I’ve added three new photos to a new gallery.. It’s been a very busy two days including a 24-hour travel day on Monday. Yesterday we went to the Hawaii Volcano National Park – a 2.5 hour drive from Kona/Keauhou Bay. On the way we stopped off at various […]
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Hi all, So recently I’ve come to the conclusion that Vista and Flash aren’t a match made in heaven. If you’ve got or used Vista, you may be aware that most flash powered sites don’t detect your flash version on Vista (for whatever reason) even though it’s […]
Hi all. It’s been a while since my last non-political rant. This time, I’m cheesed off with Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au) and its shameless popups/"pop-behind" advertisements. Now fair enough, sites derive revenue through banner advertising, and some of the advertising can actually be worth a look (not that […]
My, my, my.. There are a series of movie trailers over at IMDB which are worth looking at. Transformers (a Michael Bay film) is looking better and better I have to admit. Eerie, actually. Fantastic Four.. jury’s out. Who doesn’t like the Silver Surfer though? Die Hard – […]
Well, I’ve been a bit slow in getting out my usual volume of blog updates – sorry for that – I’ve been a bit more busier than usual the past week or so. Aside from making an ass of myself on the aus-dotnet mailing list (always read carefully), […]
Well, the sports world is abuzz with rumours and opinion about what is the likely future of dual international, Lote Tuqiri. Personally, I think he should go back to Rugby League so that Rugby Union can go back to focusing on growing its own talent, and reward individuals within its own ranks, […]
So, with much fan fare, we return to the promised land, down under(tm). The climate is temperate, it’s raining, sunny, humid, windy, stormy.. nice and unpredictable. We had a blast of a time abroad, now it’s time to sink back into a routine and get our collective heads […]
Well, we are officially outta here. 3:30 AM wake up call is scheduled. Our 6:30am flight should see us hit Los Angeles around 8 AM. Today we hiked to the Embercardero Centre before back tracking. We wanted to go to the Zoo, but the Muni (local subway) was […]
As if international isn’t tough enough already with security smack downs and passengers being treated as potential t3rrorists, Qantas has been found to be doing the dirty on its own customers. On the one hand, you could get a horny stewardess (so that’s a plus) but hardly […]
Apologies in advance: this post was written over the course of this afternoon… We are standing on the terrace rooftop of Macy’s waiting for a table at the Cheesecake Factory. Below us is the famous Union Square; it sprawls across a city block, lit by a beautiful blue sky. […]
Hi guys. It’s approx 18:10 and Toni’s taken a quick snooze. We were up and out the door by 8 AM this morning – tour to Muir Woods (Redwood reserve), Sausalito and the Uber-famous Alcatraz! Muir Woods reminded me of Stanley Park and Capilano in Vancouver. Very pleasant. Used […]
WOW, finally have Internet access. Haven’t fallen off the edge of the world, although we could have at the Grand Canyon.. We visited Lost Wages (Vegas) Monday thru to today. Yesterday we visited Y Grand Canyon which was interesting. Last night we saw ‘ka’ by Cirque du Soleil. We landed in […]
Today we visited the Honolulu Zoo and Pearl Harbor. There were thousands of people leaving Waikiki which made it very difficult to do anything. In Pearl, we visited the USS Missouri, the battleship featured in 1991’s ‘Under Siege’ with Steven Segal. Got to keep this brief, we’re in LAX […]
Today I got up early (pre-sunrise) and headed down to the Hilton while Toni had a sleep in. On the beach, I took photos of the wharf/jetty and various buildings as the sun rose in the east. Unforturnately, Waikiki faces south, so my bold plans for sunrise pictures was […]
After a long and sleep-deprived flight we touched down in Honolulu, Hawaii. The customs queue was a paltry 40 minutes which isn’t the longest I’ve ever encountered. We cleared and met the coach to take us to the hotel – we received flower leis on arrival with the […]