I just wrote this for a Whirlpool post – thought I should save it here as well. I am against gay marriage. I am pro gay civil union, with exactly the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexual marriage. I decided to try to explain it in the context of motorsport: Way back before the dawn [...]
So, last night I was watching the rather average telemovie Hawke and it occured to me that some of our parliamentarians could come straight from the pages of JK Rowling. So, I thought of a couple… and then a couple more… and now, with a little help from Wikipedia and my Harry Potter loving partner, [...]
Wow, Microsoft can be annoying. I have been googling for hours trying to find a solution to an issue with a new SBS 2008 box. In their infinite wisdom, the guys and girls at Microsoft decided that the default policy is for all client machines joining the domain to get a shortcut on their desktops [...]
A teacher asked her 6th grade class how many of them were Rudd fans. Not really knowing what an Rudd fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raised their hands except for little Johnny in the front row. The teacher asked Johnny why he has decided to be different. [...]
Tragic, just tragic. Another accident, and another 5 people killed in an horrific accident in Melbourne – http://urlg.in/1nl My heart goes out to the families of these kids, and indeed to all those people forced to attend the scene and deal with the aftermath of this accident. It still happens all too regularly, despite all [...]
Isn’t it funny how we all think we’re right. Especially when it comes to our politics. And I think, if one sits to one particular side of the political spectrum, that one probably tends to associate with people and read online blogs of people and organisations that have a similar point of view. This tends [...]
Okay, so yesterday, I get a friend request on Facebook from an old friend – someone who I haven’t spoken to in probably 12 or 13 years. It came with a nice note reminding me how we knew each other (not that it was necessary – I was pretty close friends with her whole family [...]
Tony, Thankyou for changing the Liberal’s position on the ETS. I feel strongly (as I’m sure you do) that there are a huge number of your constituents (including myself) who feel that this was the wrong direction for our country to take – in short, a massive waste of money for little to no tangible [...]
Well well well, today has been an interesting day. I have been following this story since early this morning, which has been plastered all over ‘skeptic’ websites (and I don’t mean that word in a derogatory way, I consider myself one also. http://rankexploits.com/musings/2009/real-files-or-fake/ http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/19/breaking-news-story-hadley-cru-has-apparently-been-hacked-hundreds-of-files-released/ http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/hadley_hacked/ For those too lazy to read the links – it [...]
Haven’t blogged for a while. So much for Scribefire helping it happen. Oh well. Discovered something interesting this morning so thought I’d stick it here. It’s probably well known among PHP gurus but hey, worth sharing anyway, right? So I am writing an upgrade to my web app, and as part of the upgrade many [...]
Okay, so this morning I was playing with something on a web app I’ve written. Previously it had been very clumsily written (and not modular at all) and over past weeks I’ve been busily rewriting it in a sort of semi MVC pattern. I looked at using one of the prewritten frameworks out there (and [...]
Just noticed Internode have released their (much anticipated) new plans. Unfortunately, as I am on a TwoPlus plan (ie ADSL2+ on a Telstra Wholesale DSLAM) with 25gb data included, my plan has seen no change. Even more disappointingly, after churning my home phone to Internode a month or so back (on the promise that some [...]
See, here’s proof! 3 times in one day I have blogged! Just watched Zombieland trailer (and it looks great) – love Woody Harrelson as a redneck. Since I had to watch it with the sound down (at work) I missed the dialogue… but I DID see some comments on this video about For Whom The [...]
Woo! Just installed Scribefire. To explain – one of the reasons I don’t blog much is because the internet is such a distracting place. You know what it’s like – you’re surfing around, you read an interesting article, you think ‘gee that’s interesting, I should share’ and then next thing you know an email or [...]
Well I’m still running and my weight has stayed static (if anything has gone up 1kg or so). I guess expecting results in 2 weeks was a little optimistic. To make matters worse I’ve strained my calf this morning, must be getting old! And basketball tonight, so will have to go easy.
Impressed with my discipline so far. Was raining yesterday morning so I skipped the jog but went this morning (a Saturday!) instead. Can’t believe I managed to get up so early on a weekend… it’s amazing how much you can get done in a morning if you don’t sleep in too long! I worked out [...]
Argh. Am I the only one who struggles with the dreaded spare tyre? There’s lots on this blog about it – but last year I managed (with the help of Kate Morgan) to trim down from a rather portly 106kg back to 87kg. It took maybe 8 months to do but was relatively painless aside [...]
Bored at work (nothing new there) – so decided it was time for a change. A new theme and a new title, to reflect hopefully a new outlook and a bunch of more positive (and perhaps interesting) rants and writings. For anyone who read this blog before (hardly anyone) the old title “The Blue Corner” [...]
Okay, so John Birmingham (Australian author) puts out a challenge today to write a poem inspired by his last book Without Warning. The brief was: Imagine you’re the new (Post Wave) Poet Laureate of the US. It’s your first gig at the (western) White House. You’re reading from your first epic bit, entitled, ‘The Disappearance’.* [...]
So the other day at work we had this big discussion about Harvey Norman’s interest free etc. This is a subject I am passionate about, having worked in a retail environment for a long time (in a business that didn’t do interest free because of the cost). Basically (and this is all my opinion) it [...]