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 […]
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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 […]
Wowie, there has been a big storm over Sydney today. Thunder.. oh there it goes, right while I’m typing. This is going to be very short entry in case I get fried by lightning (let us hope not). Bonus rant: Lane Cove tunnel and the RTA = a […]
Hi All, For those near and dear to me, I’ve updated my gallery of pictures to include Christmas, New Years and some selected photos from Canberra (January 07). If you don’t have the link already, email me and I’ll forward it on. More mind numbing content […]
** In Game Commentary ** 2 min warning. Colts have this won, folks. Lovelock is an idiot. Though, putting Griese in isn’t a bad idea. Now Manning can have fun. Another Rex Int! My namesake, Bob Sanders! Oh, It’s not looking good for the Bears. Now they have to play offense or […]
Joseph Cooney, look away. Okay, so tomorrow morning 10 AM AEST, the NFL "Grand Final" – the Superbowl kicks off. This year pits the Indianapolis* Colts against the Chicago Bears, in South Miami. Peyton Manning is the star Quarterback for the Colts, and this is his first […]
From the ‘It happened this millennia‘ Desk: Just read this off Slashdot, apparently an ancient village has been discovered within two miles of the ancient site known as Stonehenge at a place called Durrington Walls. Apparently the site has been carbon dated to around 2600 BC, which is around the […]
We’ll take a quick break from my multi-part post on Windows Vista to bring you this outrage-based rant on unfair increases in Fuel prices. Fuel prices have suddenly skyrocketed without any possible reasoning. When does it become time to start publically naming and shaming oil company executives? I mean, personally telling […]
Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali has been in the news lately. So has Hillary Clinton; Hilali – Hillary. It’s a good time to be named something rhyming with Hillary, or is it? In this case it’s a ying/yan proposition. The former is in the news for nefarious reasons. The former […]
Advanced warning: Sport Post. Joesph Cooney, please ignore. OK, so I know that this post is two days in arrears, but I didn’t want to lose the sentiment by analysing round 2 of the Australian Open – at least without discussing Lleyton Hewitt’s first round match. Those […]
Assume you’ve got no more than 10 days, 2 people, and a reasonable budget (up to AUD $7,000). Further assume you live in Sydney, Australia (i.e. rather remote for intl travel purposes). Where do you go and/or what do you do? How do you achieve value for money within […]
A Recent report on Customer satisfaction with the major Australian banks has been published. I don’t know who they asked, because I don’t know more than a handful of people who would have anything encouraging or constructive to say about bank service, myself included. The major banks […]
Santa was very generous this year and delivered a very nice xbox 360. Now, I had a feeling that this might happen so I went out pre-Christmas and bought some games in anticipation. The older you get the more clairvoyant.. to a point. Starting Games Lineup: Project […]