Monthly Archives: January 2008

This might just be a musical plan …

Found out about this challenge recently, and it might just be something to do. Basically, a whole bunch of people have pledged to produce an album in 29 days, in the month of February. It doesn’t matter how you do … Continue reading

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Geeky political graffiti for the day

Try to work this one out — helps if you’re a coder and looking forward to next January:

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Google brings back the youthful fun

Had to smile at the Google home page today — brought back a lot of childhood memories, and some more recent ones as well: Apparently it’s the 50th anniversary of the creation of Lego, probably my favourite childhood toy (and … Continue reading

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Cloverfield review OR Blowing up New York is back in style

Checked out Cloverfield tonight — and was quite impressed. Seems as if it’s OK again to start trashing New York on film again if this is anything to go by. Cloverfield is smart, stylish and funny when it needed to … Continue reading

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On the death of certain technology …

I did say a few days back that the “y” key on my keyboard seemed to be dying … Suddenly, it seems quite fine. I see this old laptop that I’m using as something like a temperamental old man, seeming … Continue reading

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Building …

Despite seeming to have basically no money already, I’ve been back in the garage working on some new woodworking projects. With the long weekend, there should be some time to build a few little things. Just stuff that I need, … Continue reading

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Someone told me this was a public holiday …

Australia Day today, where we’re all supposed to wave flags and say “yay!” or something like that. Wanted to keep a lowish profile, but instead the misses had us all up early and off the Paddy’s Markets and Flemington. This … Continue reading

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I’m as Australian as [Insert Product X]

It’s Australia Day tomorrow, which for some people apparently just means a chance to embarrassingly appeal to every cheap patriotic sentiment out there to sell stuff. “Be an Aussie, buy X … if you’re a true Aussie, you’ll buy X … Continue reading

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In other news …

… the “y” key has pretty much given up and died on my keyboard. This is likely to be a problem, for, well, almost anything I want to type … It isn’t completely dead, as it works if I bash … Continue reading

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I was really working, honestly …

Spent much of the day working from home today, which despite the impression that most people have, really is actually working. I mean, if your work is usually about sitting in a centralised office, using a computer, especially when it’s … Continue reading

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