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Posts from 2004 to 2017. This was a personal blog during a fairly chaotic decade in independent publishing — some of it tech commentary, some of it Australia, some of it ephemera. It’s kept here in full for anyone who arrives via an old link.
Current writing lives at SiliconANGLE.
OMFG! Does some one have an email alert bar yet?
226 unread in my inbox as I write this…and worse still there would be another hundred emails I’ve flicked through and not responded to yet. I need a Homeland Security style alert bar/ boxes thing, and I’d go to high/ red alert! On other things, I bought an webcam today…ok, so I already had one […]
Kangaroo Sighted on Austrian Highway…damn roos
The headline says it all: Kangaroo Sighted on Austrian Highway (via Fark), and that’s Austria, not Australia. OK, so the kangaroo’s hoping down the street is a bit of a cliche of Australia, after all, you don’t see them in most cities (oddly enough Canberra is an except), but you do where I live. She […]
Jericho reviewed
So I finally got my hands on a very nice, HD Dobly Surround Sound Copy of Jericho. As per Fridays post, no comment as to how 🙂 General thoughts. Not bad, not bad indeed. I can’t get she who must be obeyed to watch it though because the premise of the show is too dark […]
Lazy Sunday
All for funny money of course 🙂
CBS and Channel 10 suck
Last night was the debut episode of Jericho, the new American series based around an end of the world sort of scenario…and a series that for once we haven’t got to wait 6-9 months to see after its debuted in the States..indeed we got to see it 12 hours after it’s US debut. I’ve got […]
Another step closer to the grave
XXXI.
My Fathers Day gift
Today is fathers day in Australia, and my thoughtful 4 year old gave me a gift I’m sure to get many hours of enjoyment out of, Absolute Power Series 1. Although it was made in 2003, the ABC has only recently showed the series here and I only managed to catch a few episodes, but […]
And on the 8th day, god delivered a working Australian EPG for MCE, and all was good in the world
I was having a look around the Australian Media Centre Community Boards this evening and I found this: EPG Stream, a free, working, integrated MCE EPG for Australia…and when I say integrated I mean it, unlike some of the other half arsed efforts out their by people to deliver Australian program guides into MCE via […]
I don’t get cold tea
Just noticed this post over on Southern ByWays (a b5media blog) on a recipe for “sweet tea…southern style” which made me think: I don’t get cold tea. It seems to be a big American thing, and whilst you can still buy cans of “Lipton Ice” at supermarkets in Australia, they don’t sell a lot of […]
Tornado Watch
I think it’s probably raining to much for there to be a tornado today, but I’ve got the camera ready just in case…and certainly on my drive into town today the Preston and Collie Rivers looked like they were pretty close to bursting…so maybe I can get some flooding shots 🙂 SEVERE WEATHER WARNING For […]
Anyone had any experience with Engin or similar Australian VOIP companies?
I looked at my Telstra bill during the week, and I’m seriously considering dumping my Telstra landline…nearly half the bill is made up of Telstra charges: I pay extra to have my number not listed, I pay extra to have call number display…it’s stupid and given I’ve got a 2mb Cable connection I don’t need […]
Interesting Census questions
It’s census time again…has it really been 5 years, and god bless the ABS, I can do it online using Firefox. Some interesting questions: I thought about adding Mongolian…but you know. Interesting short list though. Spanish doesn’t get a look in here. OK, I didn’t actually submit this exact response….. 🙂 I need help getting […]
I’m in a natural disaster zone!
Exciting…sort of, but not for the people who were worst affected, bloody strong winds though….there’s a bizarre buckle in my brushwood fence, and sand everywhere…but nothing else is damaged. The Tornado struck just over the river from where I am….too close for comfort. Tags: Australind Tornado
Where to live in Sydney?
I won’t go into the personal side of this, but I’m tossing up moving back to Sydney in the next couple of months. It’s the town I grew up in, but a town I left at the age of 21. For those of you outside of Australia, Sydney is as close as we get in […]
Scary….thank god no one took a photo!
7am: a stumble outside in my pyjamas, my overcoat and my slippon Colorado shoes to wash ice of she who must be obeyed’s car…thank god no one had a camera handy….and yes, it’s that cold again…global warming my you know what, in the 8 years I’ve lived in Western Australia I’ve only seen ice on […]
EMAIL ALERT
I’ve decided I need one of those Homeland security style alert boxes for my inbox….I’m so far behind on email at the moment Im responding to stuff from weeks ago, and still got a pile of stuff I should have read back then and missed…so the code alert would be red: high risk of inbox […]
You know Wiggles tickets have gone on sale when…..
5 minutes to sale time….grrrr, going to keeping having to hit refresh until I get on…. Tags: Wiggles
Why it’s getting hard to get out of bed!
This from the official Bunbury weather station yesterday (Saturday), which is actually closer to the sea than I am! the first column after the time is the official temp (in celcius) the next is the dewpoint temp. A record apparently for the coldest ever day!
Where else to live
If the day should come, that I’d needed to live elsewhere, I’ve been wondering where I should go. Aside from living in WA, this is my short list. Overseas really isn’t a consideration, besides the fact I still don’t hold a current passport, I still can’t see my self living in another country, unless some […]
I know it’s winter, but this is ridiculous!
At the forecast top: 12.