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:
Here is my wine cellar collection. It sits up in the cupboard. My wine purchasing strategy is as follows: Buy the ones with the interesting looking labels (‘cos I know stuff-all about wine) Because I don’t consume them at a rate of knots, I buy bottles of moderately cheapish wine, keep it for a few ... [More]
I was watching an episode of the West Wing last night where one of the characters sees the body of a homeless man. And I recalled something I saw years ago. I was on a train going to work out in Burwood, standing by the door. Mine was the next stop. There was an announcement ... [More]
Today I went and got my defective Yearly Metcard ticket replaced. It stopped working a couple of weeks ago, after only 5 months, and I’ve finally got sick of having to find a human to get through the fare gates. To get it replaced, you have to go to Flinders Street Station, find the door ... [More]
My Lego creation from yesterday: (Captain) Jack Stone aboard the StrangeMobile. It’s got a battery pack and motor, and yes, it really moves.
Isaac’s a little unwell, so I’m at home today. I was clicking around one of the real estate web sites, when I came across this superb example of great real estate photography. Funny angle, thumb in the way… weren’t digital cameras meant to solve these kinds of issues?
After trying to stuff the Business section into its main News pages, and apparently getting flayed for it, The Age has now tried to stuff the Metro section in there instead. They say that Metro readers were sick of looking through the Sport section to find it. That’s probably true, but will they be any ... [More]