Darth Felix... Oh, btw, my Mum thought this was real. Oh, and props goin out to my bro for dodgeying this up in photoshop... 

QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) - A volcano spewed ash and lava onto part of the ecologically delicate Galapagos Islands on Friday, threatening to kill vegetation and some animals on the island of Fernandina, officials said. The islands, of the coast of Ecuador, are considered one of the most important natural preserves in the world. "Evidently a lot of vegetation will be burned and some animals, especially iguanas, will die," Galapagos National Park Director Washington Tapia told Reuters. "But considering that Fernandina is the most pristine island of the archipelago, we don't have to worry much. This is a natural process," he said. No humans live on Fernandina, the westernmost island in the formation. The volcano, also called Fernandina, shot a column of ash and gas 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) into the air while lava descended its banks. The lava could reach the Pacific Ocean in five days, Tapia said. Sea lions, penguins and bullfinches also live on Fernandina. 

Car on fire mona vale rd and pacific hwy. The fire brigade responded quickly to bring the fire under control. Images copyright CNN (chris news network)

Darth Bix. Apparently there is not enough fibre in this cereal, so when you go to the toilet you need to use the force.

Oil Cooled PC

via SlashDot, JaredOfEuropa writes "Forget fancy watercooled CPUs or complicated heat pipes. Annoyed with the noise of the forced-air cooling in his computer, this guy simply dumped his entire motherboard in an aquarium filled with mineral oil. (coral cache). No modifications were necessary; he even left the fans running to keep the oil moving about. The only thing not submersed in oil is the hard disk."
oilcomputer.com ~~~ the oilcomputer paradise

Happy 25th Pac Man!

Pac Man is only 9 days older than my little baby brother, Nathan awwwwww!
Pac Man celebrates his 25th birthday - May. 10, 2005

I'm geoURL'ed now!

I've embedded ICBM MetaTags in the blog now so you can see where I am and who my neighbours are! "Why?" you ask... geek + gps + blog = geoURL! :)

For rob... I won another cloth badge because im good at running around in the bush. I got a bronze order of merit for my performance in the 2004 Orienteering season. A food hamper or some petrol would have been nice. But i guess i can use the badge to cover the holes in my tattered clothes... Should have taken golf lessons...

Have you seen elton john and my brother ian in the same room...

Yes. That fire exit sign is made of cardboard. Guess what i am working on site for a client i first worked at 10 years ago. They have a mascot. His name is raymond. Not everybody loves raymond. The offices are in one of those massive sterile industrial estates where everything is placed just so. It looks like a 1:1 scale model of itself. The real trees were selected because they look fake. There is a shuttle bus to the oh so fashionable mall where all the drones migrate to for sustenance. I am jacks diminished sense of individuality. All is well in our little world. As long as we keep working the company will provide us with defence from the dangers lurking on the outside. We need not be alarmed that we are surrounded by wasteland of criminal activity or that the site was previously a chemical dumping ground... Just keep working... And smiling... But mostly working...

Just following orders...

Email time travel

The last 3 posts (previous to this post) were emailed via Flickr MANY days ago... I even recreated one of them because I thought it was completely lost.

 

Sorry about the confusion there but it wierded me out too...

 

c.

This is my new desktop at work. Yes, i am bored... And a geek.

Cooking class. If you look closely you can see some of the ingredients. They include a cow, a pig and a sheep. Oh yeah... A dog too... For "ruff"age. :-)

Darth Vader has a blog!

The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster