So, like a good fan I was following the game. I was sending instant messages to another fan (whose responses have been blanked for privacy). This is an interesting account of the fourth quarter and overtime. Start of the fourth quarter: Rob Sanders says:lets just not call any stupid screensRob […]
Personal and Hobbies
305 posts
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 […]
So I had a little spare time just now, and decided to se what was happening on facebook. Nothing, as it turns out. Seems like all the applications are broken. They can’t be added or used. Ho hum. Anyhow, back to a pet peeve of mine: Microsoft will you fix […]
So for people who are new to the "Rants" category, posts in the aforementioned category are usually me blowing off some steam. These are usually fairly harmless, just a nice way to highlight some of the oddities of my day/week/month/life. Now this rant by a former Ruby on Rails developer […]
Well, it’s a great day to be a Green Bay Packers fan. Brett Favre and the warriors from the frozen tundra bounced back from an early 14 – 0 deficit to score 42 points (to Seattle’s 6) and win the game 42 – 20 in huge snowfall at Lambeau field […]
To everyone "out there" (on the world wide web), please have a safe and prosperous new year. To my special group of regular readers, hope additionally that you win the lotto and/or get three wishes (genie-style) in 2008. More info.. Since we’re moving to Queensland ("the land so beautiful, […]
Just bumped into this gem in a JB HIFI catalog and immediately bought the last set they had in store: "Stanley Kubrick – Directors Series" from Warner Home Video. The set includes: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition), A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition), The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition), […]
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 […]
Hi all. So, this is a rant (skip if you will). You’ve come to love and respect the rant process, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this entry. This fact warms the cockles of my heart, maybe below the cockles, perhaps the sub-cockle area; Maybe in the liver. Maybe in the […]
So the place I’m staying at currently has IPTV. This means that the nice big plasma TV has been locked out at the hardware layer. More specifically, it won’t accept external input. This is a real shame because I usually like to hook my laptop up to the larger […]
On the weekend I bought a new set of rollerblades so that I could blade while working in Melbourne. My previous blades (in Sydney) were Salomon blades. The new blades (Seba FR2) are designed as "all rounder" skates for street skating and also ramp and park skating. They’re designed […]
So, I’d assumed that everyone knew… LINQ isn’t going to officially support (RTM) SQL Server /SQL Server 2008 until Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (or, more specifically, I’d guess a Framework revision). Everyone probably knows that SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 both will be hitting RTM in February, rumoured […]
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. […]
Below is the current list of top 20 films (as of 6 December 2007)as voted by IMDB users. Except for "No Country for Old Men" which was only released recently, I have all these titles on DVD. IMDB Top 20 The Godfather (1972)The Shawshank Redemption (1994)The Godfather: Part II (1974)Buono, […]
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 […]