So my wife and I have been residents up north for a little while now. Getting to know the lay of the land, as some might say. Tonight was a big deal – our first "State of Origin" clash in Queensland. This is a series of Rugby League games which […]
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Last night I watched the three (3) hour director’s cut of Oliver Stone’s 1991 film "JFK" with Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and a raft of other well known actors. I remember watching this film back in 1991 and, in particular, key lines from the film still resonate ("back and […]
Today I said something along the lines of "well, you know not everyone is born with ‘out of the box customer service skills’" which led to this blog post. The thought triggered some insight gathered over the last decade+ of observations, and gave me pause to think further. What a […]
We moved into a new house on Wednesday and, as usual, we have boxes galore spread throughout the house. The consequence of this is pretty obvious: no (decent) internet, no phone line, no desk and no office. For someone who predominantly works from home, this is as close to […]
Today there was a topic posted on slashdot about how a company would go about finding top shelf programming talent. This seems to come up on slashdot a lot (we can only guess as to why). Anyway, I came across this comment which I think really spells out the qualities […]
Well, the weekend was odd. We inspected 4 properties which convinced us that a cheaper lower maintenance option is the way to go. We spent close to $500 on flights, plus car rental at $150 then, to top it off, the hire car’s battery died and we had RACQ come […]
A very merry Christmas to all, may your new year be safe and prosperous. I tend to find Christmas is a good time to look back and reflect upon the year. This year has had many ups and downs. We lost my grandfather around mid year, our first loss in […]
Recently (last month) I travelled from Melbourne to Sydney and sat next to an airline hostess who was in transit to work the return flight. We had a good chat about travelling and, eventually, about the reasoning behind those safety instructions that are demonstrated at the start of each flight. […]
Hello to all.. I’ve been maintaining the blog here at live spaces for just over a year now, and last month the blog hit 6,000 unique visitors. Not a bad run.. As we head into the Christmas stretch (look out, just over a month until the silly season) I’ll try […]
Hi all. I’m entering a new chapter this coming week, whereby I’ll commuting weekly to Melbourne from for the next few months. Regular interstate travel.. Fun distraction or energy sapping nuisance? What do you think? For one thing, I’m sure to get a lot more reading and, probably, a few […]
Time for some random thoughts. "Shot through the heart and you’re to blame, you gave sting-rays a bad name" So the Chaser’s War on Everything (Wednesdays at 9pm, ABC TV) performed a song this week surmising that celebrities are usually more remembered for their virtues than their ills, which is fine […]
G’day all. It’s been a little while since my last post. Why the delay? It’s been fairly hectic of late, for a few reasons. Here goes.. Excuse List (Pick any two) 1. My wife and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary and tenth year together. Now we are into double […]
Guten Tag, Salut and G’day. The blog here has officially just clocked over 5,000 unique hits since the inaugural post last year (it’s almost 12 months.. time flies). That’s not a huge amount of traffic if you’re a site like http://www.microsoft.com, but for my own wee little blog with its […]
Today’s whacky statistic: "Total page views: 3995"Yes, that’s right this humble blog has almost hit 4,000 unique visits, or, 2,000 hits per year. Amazing. I wonder who will be the 4,000th visitor? My money’s on an RSS feeder. In other breaking world news of importance. Wallabies dropped the […]
So, those of you who know me also know that I’m, well, a bit out of shape. To be honest, I’ve been getting progressively worse since wife and I came back to Australia from living abroad. I’ve got over the 80kgs barrier for the first time in my life, […]