Perhaps the biggest challenge I am facing with the prospect of a new house is avoiding clutter. For 2 years now I’ve got away with having packed boxes of junk lying chaotically around the house, thanks to the excuse that where I live now was just temporary until I bought somewhere. Come October, I’ll no ... [More]
Rae’s post about the amusing email Away message reminded me of the screensaver I wrote years ago. It was intended to run on office computers, and one of the animations included a random message: I’m not here right now because I’m… out experiencing life. doing a nude team-building workshop. at a job interview with an ... [More]
Last Saturday night was Trish & Leanne’s Multiple Sclerosis fundraiser trivia night, and we all piled into a packed hall somewhere in Balwyn. (The whole NE suburbs are a bit of a blank spot for me.) Great fun had by all, I reckon. Lessons I learnt for future trivia nights: We had smart people, but ... [More]
I just bought one. It’s walking distance to a zone 1 station and a great shopping strip (supermarket, library, coffee shops). There’s ways to improve it, but it’s really lovely and very liveable even as-is. It’s art-deco style, 1930-ish. Two words: central heating / dish washer. Argh wait, is that four words? It’s on a ... [More]
Ah, the joys of working from home. Last night 9pm deployment, then conference call until (yawn) 1am as things on a related system went a little askew. This morning, more of the same. Monitoring systems on one screen, blogging on another, listening to conference call on speakerphone/mute. If things calm down a bit later, maybe ... [More]
From the people that brought you The Goodies and classic Doctor Who in chalk, here’s the new Doctor Who at Southbank: (Thanks to Tim for the tip-off) On this occasion, the artists were present and busy at work, touching up their older drawings: