I'm sort of depressed. Which is weird - there's no reason for it. Nevertheless, the depression trolls that lurk under the metaphoric bridge of my concious mind (be nice, it's 6am) are alert, and jumping on any thought ambling across, that seems like it might lead somewhere miserable.
It's not a matter of just trying to focus somewhere else - really, I'm working very hard to distract myself.
"Well... lets see what's on TV. Hmm ET! Trashy. Has potential.
Brittney Spears! Geez, she looks depressed. And bald. With two mini K-Feds. Sucks to be her."
And then I'm thoughtfully reminded that Brittney is stupidly, stupidly rich and could jet off anywhere at a moment's notice. Its not as if I cared ten seconds ago, but right now this situation seems terribly unfair.
I have a lot of things going right at present. Why the hell do I keep trying to sabotage myself?
20.2.07
19.2.07
Let the record play
Today's Earworm- "Keep your hands off my girl" - Good Charlotte
I didn't load up enough music on my iPod, it's a slightly emo selection and I don't feel emo at all now. Just strange. Disjointed. It's funereal. I'd made some predictions about the future that turned out to be dead wrong. In a good way, but still strange, and the new data means my worldview gets recompiled. (I had another post where I elaborated, but that sort of thing is just begging for the KarmaHammer).
On a personal level things have been pretty good of late... I *know* saying that is asking for trouble, but here we are.
As for the webcomic... working on that, but the next time I natter about that will be when I've posted something.
I didn't load up enough music on my iPod, it's a slightly emo selection and I don't feel emo at all now. Just strange. Disjointed. It's funereal. I'd made some predictions about the future that turned out to be dead wrong. In a good way, but still strange, and the new data means my worldview gets recompiled. (I had another post where I elaborated, but that sort of thing is just begging for the KarmaHammer).
On a personal level things have been pretty good of late... I *know* saying that is asking for trouble, but here we are.
As for the webcomic... working on that, but the next time I natter about that will be when I've posted something.
13.1.07
“You don’t want your phone to be an open platform,”
Bullshit.
Yes, yes you do.
“You need it to work when you need it to work. Cingular doesn’t want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.”
Because phone networks are a series of tubes . And if some joker running Bittorrent on his iPhone clogs up those tubes....
Ahh this isn't even worth mocking. If I can't run 3rd party apps, I don't need an iPhone. It's not worth the asking price... it would need t be a lot cheaper, if nothing else.
Good thing Apple dropped the 'Computer' from their name. Wouldn't want to have mistaken the iPhone for a computer.
Yes, yes you do.
“You need it to work when you need it to work. Cingular doesn’t want to see their West Coast network go down because some application messed up.”
Because phone networks are a series of tubes . And if some joker running Bittorrent on his iPhone clogs up those tubes....
Ahh this isn't even worth mocking. If I can't run 3rd party apps, I don't need an iPhone. It's not worth the asking price... it would need t be a lot cheaper, if nothing else.
Good thing Apple dropped the 'Computer' from their name. Wouldn't want to have mistaken the iPhone for a computer.
11.1.07
Geez, *thanks* Apple
So *now* where are my iPod dollars going? My 3G iPod is in pieces, my Palm ... well, it's a Palm.... and my Nokia going to need a new battery soon.
Don't you want my money?
*Whimpers*
9.1.07
The night before Stevenote
I'm a pretty recent switcher. I'm Mac-whipped, my 3G iPod is dead and my mobile phone battery is developing CBF syndrome. I've been tracking the iPhone rumors. But the pre-Stevenote buzz is much crazier than it seemed to be last year. We've moved from the barest whiff of an iPhone rumour to a 'mobile computing device that's the first of its kind' (Noooooooo, John Markoff never exaggerates) . Ending in this sort of scenario.
How do you manage expectations before an event like this, with a massive, distributed rumor mill running on the barest whiff of objective evidence? Do you try to scale back your expectations? Probably not, because it feels inherently disapointing, and human nature is to get worked up over silly things. Remove the pomp and ceremony and gossip from life, and things are pretty damn dull.
No, the only way to deal with likely disapointment is to blow your expectations out to LUDICROUS levels. Push it so far it's actually funny. It's like imagining that skeevy asshole ex or old boss (the one who used to 'jingle the change in his pocket' far more than was comfortable) is not only doing better than you, they're the silent third partner at Google, they have a lovely submissive daytime soap star wife, North Shore real estate, and a model they are also banging (either gender) while on 'business' in Dubai.
So using this mental judo on yourself, it's not just an iPhone, it's a Seti node that allows you to speak to advanced civilsations, Enter The Matrix (thanks to Google), it shoots video at HD at 600 frames per second, a wireless Skype phone that somehow isn't a COMPLETELY RETARDED idea, and it does all *that* with a completely intuitive interface that scrolls like butter.
When you're done sniggering at that, you remind yourself that yes, it's just a trade show keynote, and actually, the Nanophone you actually get is kind of nice (though not really for you).
How do you manage expectations before an event like this, with a massive, distributed rumor mill running on the barest whiff of objective evidence? Do you try to scale back your expectations? Probably not, because it feels inherently disapointing, and human nature is to get worked up over silly things. Remove the pomp and ceremony and gossip from life, and things are pretty damn dull.
No, the only way to deal with likely disapointment is to blow your expectations out to LUDICROUS levels. Push it so far it's actually funny. It's like imagining that skeevy asshole ex or old boss (the one who used to 'jingle the change in his pocket' far more than was comfortable) is not only doing better than you, they're the silent third partner at Google, they have a lovely submissive daytime soap star wife, North Shore real estate, and a model they are also banging (either gender) while on 'business' in Dubai.
So using this mental judo on yourself, it's not just an iPhone, it's a Seti node that allows you to speak to advanced civilsations, Enter The Matrix (thanks to Google), it shoots video at HD at 600 frames per second, a wireless Skype phone that somehow isn't a COMPLETELY RETARDED idea, and it does all *that* with a completely intuitive interface that scrolls like butter.
When you're done sniggering at that, you remind yourself that yes, it's just a trade show keynote, and actually, the Nanophone you actually get is kind of nice (though not really for you).
1.1.07
Happy New Bear!
A spontaneous Druid bear dance on the bridge at Auberdine. No, I don't have a good explanation for this.
20.12.06
Traditional Xmas Pine Smoke
Bushfire Season in Melborg. The sun hangs red in the sky, the air is smoky and muggy, there's an orange light cast over everything, and my hair reeks of wood smoke.
The heat seems to be affecting my ability to sleep through the day too. Hoping that isn't really the case.
I might need to up the 'B' vitamins because I've spent serious sleep time lately worrying about things that proved to be of no consequence. I spent some time at the doc's last week, but fortunately only my credit card was unhealthy. Having bumped the one thing off the list that could potentially have been worth worrying about, I moved on to 'did I get people presents they wanted'? 'Did I send the boxes to the right addresses'? (Possible as I didn't *triple check* the shipping labels. I'll take photos next time.)
Now that I've confirmed *that* stuff is okay (the parcels arrived via rocket camel) I've moved on to really inconsequential stuff, the day to day paranoias. I forget that I live and work with fairly reasonable people, and I start taking all kinds of things the wrong way, and start extrapolating wild alternate realities where Everything Goes Wrong and I Can Do Nothing Right. For example, the english language and I usually have a pretty good relationship, but there will be this horrible lurking fear that what I though was concise and well-written, is crappy and incomprehensible, and that I'm just lucky nobody's realized it yet. (With the corrollary that in fact, nobody at work really reads what I write. Hmph).
It's the weekend tomorrow, though. All I have to do is finish this week and it's off to Virtual Xmas (working on the 25th), Wii sports and WarCrack.
The heat seems to be affecting my ability to sleep through the day too. Hoping that isn't really the case.
I might need to up the 'B' vitamins because I've spent serious sleep time lately worrying about things that proved to be of no consequence. I spent some time at the doc's last week, but fortunately only my credit card was unhealthy. Having bumped the one thing off the list that could potentially have been worth worrying about, I moved on to 'did I get people presents they wanted'? 'Did I send the boxes to the right addresses'? (Possible as I didn't *triple check* the shipping labels. I'll take photos next time.)
Now that I've confirmed *that* stuff is okay (the parcels arrived via rocket camel) I've moved on to really inconsequential stuff, the day to day paranoias. I forget that I live and work with fairly reasonable people, and I start taking all kinds of things the wrong way, and start extrapolating wild alternate realities where Everything Goes Wrong and I Can Do Nothing Right. For example, the english language and I usually have a pretty good relationship, but there will be this horrible lurking fear that what I though was concise and well-written, is crappy and incomprehensible, and that I'm just lucky nobody's realized it yet. (With the corrollary that in fact, nobody at work really reads what I write. Hmph).
It's the weekend tomorrow, though. All I have to do is finish this week and it's off to Virtual Xmas (working on the 25th), Wii sports and WarCrack.
23.11.06
So, I'm not tone deaf
Go figure. I always assumed I had tin ears. I can't hear the mosquito ring tone, I assumed my pitch perception was just as crappy.
FWIW, it doesn't seem to be an Internet Inflated Test (See : any IQ test on the internet). Plenty of people scored lower than I did.
It's not a *useful* skill, but it was a surprise.
16.11.06
DeadPod
My MacBook Pro is back, with a fresh new logic board. If Temperature monitor isn't lying to me, the main CPU temperature diode sits at about 57 degrees C in normal use. The whine is pretty much gone, I hear it extremely faintly on AC sometimes.
So that meant it was time for my iPod to sign off. I can't blame the battery upgrade for this. There was some hard drive clicking and abrupt disconnecting from my computer that I'd actually put down to the battery. So when I replaced the battery, I'd expected my iPod to just behave and not unmount itself.
It started unmounting itself after a few seconds today, and I heard the iPod hdd frantically clicking. I pulled the iPod open again and checked the IDE connector and battery connectors, but to no avail. I guess using the iPod for only a couple of hours a day (all the battery would hold) had held back its demise, but since I'd started USING it again it couldn't keep up. The hard drive controller is toast. It's an ex-Pod.
As an interim measure I've bought an iPod shuffle. If I'd realised I was getting *one* playlist I might have sprung for a Nano. It's charging though, and I look forward to using it.
One reason I didn't get a Nano was that the Nano gets the best accessories, and my stop-gap solution plus add-ons would really quickly start heading for the full price of a 5.5 Video iPod anyway. I'm not fussed on the Video iPods, the video functionality feels a bit hacky. I was waiting for the 6G, that hasn't changed.
So that meant it was time for my iPod to sign off. I can't blame the battery upgrade for this. There was some hard drive clicking and abrupt disconnecting from my computer that I'd actually put down to the battery. So when I replaced the battery, I'd expected my iPod to just behave and not unmount itself.
It started unmounting itself after a few seconds today, and I heard the iPod hdd frantically clicking. I pulled the iPod open again and checked the IDE connector and battery connectors, but to no avail. I guess using the iPod for only a couple of hours a day (all the battery would hold) had held back its demise, but since I'd started USING it again it couldn't keep up. The hard drive controller is toast. It's an ex-Pod.
As an interim measure I've bought an iPod shuffle. If I'd realised I was getting *one* playlist I might have sprung for a Nano. It's charging though, and I look forward to using it.
One reason I didn't get a Nano was that the Nano gets the best accessories, and my stop-gap solution plus add-ons would really quickly start heading for the full price of a 5.5 Video iPod anyway. I'm not fussed on the Video iPods, the video functionality feels a bit hacky. I was waiting for the 6G, that hasn't changed.
3.11.06
Crazzy Go Nuts on Graveyard Shift
I've been without my laptop since Wednesday. Doesn't feel like the two full days it has been - these shifts are a blessing in disguise I guess.
*Twitch* *twitch*
*Twitch* *twitch*
1.11.06
Mac-less
I send my MacBook Pro in for service for its Rev A issues . Hopefully it comes back de-whined, with a new MLB and accompanying thermal grease. *Crossing Fingers*.
So Dave's old Pentium II has been pressed into service, running Ubuntu. I *highly* recommend Fluxbox for older hardware, and Automatix2. And Gkrellm so you know why you're waiting. Yay, computing 90's style.
At least I can watch DVDs and web surf.
So Dave's old Pentium II has been pressed into service, running Ubuntu. I *highly* recommend Fluxbox for older hardware, and Automatix2. And Gkrellm so you know why you're waiting. Yay, computing 90's style.
At least I can watch DVDs and web surf.
26.10.06
iPod surgery
I just replaced the battery in my 3G iPod. The patient has a scar, as I started cracking open the case with a metal screwdriver as the supplied iPod prysticks were just bending under pressure. When you start opening the case you have no idea how much force it will take to get the back off, so I misjudged and the screwdriver skidded off and gouged the metal case. But it's a battle-scarred iPod anyway. Only the first scratch matters :). Ask my MacBook Pro.
So a burkha is a whiskas bag?
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20647626-948,00.html
Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly makes the argument that men, in his own community, and probably outside it, are no smarter than tomcats. Like stray cats, it's probably much too difficult to train them otherwise after years of reinforcement by their communities and men like the Sheik himself.
If you are a meat product (veal, chicken, steak, woman - though pork is probably safe) and traditional Muslim dress is not available, foil or cling wrap would work pretty well in a pinch to prevent sexual assault (and would hold in freshness).
Also, we quite often euthanaize stray cats, and few would be terribly sorry to see it happen to rapists as well, Muslim or otherwise.
Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly makes the argument that men, in his own community, and probably outside it, are no smarter than tomcats. Like stray cats, it's probably much too difficult to train them otherwise after years of reinforcement by their communities and men like the Sheik himself.
If you are a meat product (veal, chicken, steak, woman - though pork is probably safe) and traditional Muslim dress is not available, foil or cling wrap would work pretty well in a pinch to prevent sexual assault (and would hold in freshness).
Also, we quite often euthanaize stray cats, and few would be terribly sorry to see it happen to rapists as well, Muslim or otherwise.
19.10.06
C0rruPti0n
I really have no explanation for this. My MacBook Pro froze up on me, posted below is what I found in system.log after a reboot. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
I've pretended those kernel panics didn't happen. And as for that occasional video corruption - who isn't a bit confused when they first wake up? The whining I could ignore.
And the TmOP errors I got with the hardware test after that time Deus Ex crashed on me... well, it might have been overworked.
Ok, I really didn't want to bring it in to get fixed. What if it comes back scratched, whinier, or boomerang shaped? But I can't put it off any longer.
Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine /Applications/smcfancontrol_1_1/smcFanControl.app/Contents/MacOS/FanControl: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine /Applications/Adium.app/Contents/MacOS/Adium: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine /System/Library/CoreServices/rcd.app/Contents/MacOS/rcd: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine FrontRow[1471]: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:20 Caffeine loginwindow[93]: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:20 Caffeine loginwindow[93]: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 12:20:17 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetFillColorWithColor: invalid context Oct 18 12:20:17 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor: invalid context Oct 18 12:20:18 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetFillColorWithColor: invalid context Oct 18 12:20:18 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor: invalid context ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
(It does this for a while. I had to cut it out because it breaks the formatting on my blog. Below is the log as the machine then reboots......)
Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000 Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 254336 free pages Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 71 Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: 106 prelinked modules 54%
I've pretended those kernel panics didn't happen. And as for that occasional video corruption - who isn't a bit confused when they first wake up? The whining I could ignore.
And the TmOP errors I got with the hardware test after that time Deus Ex crashed on me... well, it might have been overworked.
Ok, I really didn't want to bring it in to get fixed. What if it comes back scratched, whinier, or boomerang shaped? But I can't put it off any longer.
Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine /Applications/smcfancontrol_1_1/smcFanControl.app/Contents/MacOS/FanControl: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine /Applications/Adium.app/Contents/MacOS/Adium: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine /System/Library/CoreServices/rcd.app/Contents/MacOS/rcd: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:14 Caffeine FrontRow[1471]: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:20 Caffeine loginwindow[93]: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 11:54:20 Caffeine loginwindow[93]: removeDisplayMapping: _CGSUnmapFramebuffer returns -536870206 Oct 18 12:20:17 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetFillColorWithColor: invalid context Oct 18 12:20:17 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor: invalid context Oct 18 12:20:18 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetFillColorWithColor: invalid context Oct 18 12:20:18 Caffeine /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine: CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor: invalid context ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
(It does this for a while. I had to cut it out because it breaks the formatting on my blog. Below is the log as the machine then reboots......)
Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000 Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 254336 free pages Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 71 Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes Oct 18 14:01:38 localhost kernel[0]: 106 prelinked modules 54%
12.10.06
Writing With a Scalpel #2
I'm trying to cut out sluggish exposition. This means I write the version where everybody explains things first, then I hack the action and dialogue down to the what audience should be able to understand by inference.
Also, House gets away with a one-scene introduction because people have no problem believing in hospitals, doctors, or jerks.
I went back and watched pilots for genre shows, and the first episode is always thick with awkward exposition. In fact mid-arc episodes can also be thick with exposition.
(It seems the most important rule of diplomacy on Babylon 5 is not to start mentally re-organizing your wardrobe when anybody starts a sentence like - 'On *my* homeworld.....'
This goes double for Sheridan. )
Also, House gets away with a one-scene introduction because people have no problem believing in hospitals, doctors, or jerks.
I went back and watched pilots for genre shows, and the first episode is always thick with awkward exposition. In fact mid-arc episodes can also be thick with exposition.
(It seems the most important rule of diplomacy on Babylon 5 is not to start mentally re-organizing your wardrobe when anybody starts a sentence like - 'On *my* homeworld.....'
This goes double for Sheridan. )
Writing With A Scalpel
I'm doing some serious writing at the moment... and the gears are very, very rusty. I've also discovered that some ideas don't come out without a lot of writing to dislodge them.
Basically, I need my stuff there on paper so I can understand exactly how crap it is, and how it would be better if character y didn't do z.
And then the ideas come.
I can remember being able to dump whole stories out of my brain and onto paper but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
So these days its braindump to notebook (paper, the visceral thing seems to help. Also, unlike my laptop, if it got stolen I'd feel sorry for the recipient). Then scalpel it until the redundancy is excised.
I'm re-watching the House pilot because there are things I can learn from it. If you watch the first scene featuring House himself (along with Wilson), you learn pretty much everything you need to know about the character. You can make a list, and then check it off as you go through that first scene.
Then, just in case you missed that he was *smart*, the Scoobies re-iterate that he is smart in *their* first scene.
That sort of economy looks like genius when you've re-written your opening scenes several times over and the dialogue is *still* stilted.
Basically, I need my stuff there on paper so I can understand exactly how crap it is, and how it would be better if character y didn't do z.
And then the ideas come.
I can remember being able to dump whole stories out of my brain and onto paper but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
So these days its braindump to notebook (paper, the visceral thing seems to help. Also, unlike my laptop, if it got stolen I'd feel sorry for the recipient). Then scalpel it until the redundancy is excised.
I'm re-watching the House pilot because there are things I can learn from it. If you watch the first scene featuring House himself (along with Wilson), you learn pretty much everything you need to know about the character. You can make a list, and then check it off as you go through that first scene.
Then, just in case you missed that he was *smart*, the Scoobies re-iterate that he is smart in *their* first scene.
That sort of economy looks like genius when you've re-written your opening scenes several times over and the dialogue is *still* stilted.
19.9.06
Housecleaning
We looked at a unit in the city. We expressed interest in the unit. We toasted the buying of the unit. I started mentally decorating the unit. Then we did the math with a mortgage broker, and realised that we could not buy the unit without our wallet getting reamed *severely* (sans KY). We mourned the loss of the unit. That was just this last weekend.
So I'm stuck with my ridiculous commute. I'm heartily sick of it and I hope we move soon. We can afford to pay more for rent, and it's about damn time we moved to a better flat. As it is, today the hotplate on the (40s?) stove died. As if certain people who get at least 3 hours a day more rest at home than I do need a hint that Its Time To Move, there's another one.
The thermometer rising is another clue that we need to leave. Very soon, our drafty little box is going to become a stuffy little box, and I need to sleep through the day sometimes.
Moving is not negotiable.
I've been continuing the process of de-cluttering my life. The first of a few bags of too-large clothing have gone to charity. Not cheap, and they haven't all been replaced yet, but they were just taking up space.
So I'm stuck with my ridiculous commute. I'm heartily sick of it and I hope we move soon. We can afford to pay more for rent, and it's about damn time we moved to a better flat. As it is, today the hotplate on the (40s?) stove died. As if certain people who get at least 3 hours a day more rest at home than I do need a hint that Its Time To Move, there's another one.
The thermometer rising is another clue that we need to leave. Very soon, our drafty little box is going to become a stuffy little box, and I need to sleep through the day sometimes.
Moving is not negotiable.
I've been continuing the process of de-cluttering my life. The first of a few bags of too-large clothing have gone to charity. Not cheap, and they haven't all been replaced yet, but they were just taking up space.
5.9.06
Ouch
D and I are back from our holiday. I had an extra stop in Darwin to see my family.
I've just recovered from what I can only describe as Tropical Bowel. While medication set me right for the duration of the 4 hour flight back, the joints and muscles that were cramped up in my little space on a Virgin Blue flight are all complaining VERY loudly today. Ow. Ow. Ow.
Guess I'm getting old.... or perhaps just too old to fly economy.
This rubbish plastic student swivel-chair thing that I'm sitting on is going to be replaced very soon, by something well-padded with arm rests.
Back to work tomorrow.
I've just recovered from what I can only describe as Tropical Bowel. While medication set me right for the duration of the 4 hour flight back, the joints and muscles that were cramped up in my little space on a Virgin Blue flight are all complaining VERY loudly today. Ow. Ow. Ow.
Guess I'm getting old.... or perhaps just too old to fly economy.
This rubbish plastic student swivel-chair thing that I'm sitting on is going to be replaced very soon, by something well-padded with arm rests.
Back to work tomorrow.
15.8.06
Armageddon
Thankyou Daily Show, for your entertaining education on how the US is Different. Oh my goodness.
And in the same vein, here's Colbert. Laugh or you'll cry.
And in the same vein, here's Colbert. Laugh or you'll cry.
3.8.06
A series of tubes
I have the Festy Throat Virus this week, yesterday was spent mostly asleep, too listless to even push my Night Elf around Ashenvale. I need to kill more things. But not until the weekend. Pushing around a mouse is hard work today.
Apple sent over a replacement battery for my one that has been recalled. The old one seemed fine, but having said that I full expect to get home and find its gone Pufferfishy. Now I just need to get the logic board swapped for one less hot and whiny.
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