unliteral

My Picasa cup runneth over. A shame really, I was hoping to make it to 29 June and have a full 4 years. I tried a few different image storing alternatives but found them somewhat unwieldy compared to the Picasa/Blogger combination. I thought that seeing as I'm moving, that I might try a different style too. Essentially it will just be a bunch of bookmarks created with the Blog this! tool as I wander around the web. It may not be your cup of tea but if you want to check it out - unliteral.

French Masters

I'm off to Canberra for a few days to take in the Masterpieces from Paris. See you after Easter. Don't eat too many eggs. Speaking of which, I found out recently that my oldest daughter had been under the belief that Easter eggs symbolised the boulder that was at the entrance to Jesus' burial cave!

Off to Bali

Stay safe and well over the holiday season.

Thank You For TV

This morning before I went to work I left a TV and set-top box on my apartment steps with a note to take them, free. I've bought a new digital TV and no one I knew wanted the old set.
This evening when I came home it was gone. No surprise.
What was surprising was the sign left on the wall. I thought it would just be gone. I didn't expect any thanks but there it was: 'Thank You For TV'.
Enjoy, and thank you for taking the trouble to say thank you.

Preview

Do you know where it's from? Tomorrow I'll post the link.

Smoke!

There is some sort of conflagration here in Sydney this morning. Nothing in the news yet.

Slideshows

I have now used over 50% of my Picasa account. That's a lot of pictures (500 in each album)… click for slideshows (oldest at the bottom).

The Mighty Murray

My sister has a house on Hindmarsh Island. It is no longer an island. The water is just about all gone. These were sent to me yesterday.

Why Bother?

A serious waste of time when you come down to it.

It's back

Now the manuals have been used in the field, extensive edits and changes have been made. I'm going to be out of commission for a good while. 'Til next year - stay safe and well.

Where I've Been

For those of you wondering what I've been up to (yes, both of you), I've been working on a project (a set of manuals) for a client. It was a very tight deadline and ran to over 2,500 pages all up. There has been much burning of midnight oil and many lost weekends. Pictured, are some of the edits. Now it's put to bed I'll have some free time again. See you tomorrow.

Vacuum

I told you I had the urge to do something. First rough cut.

QR Code

I made a QR code for the blog. Link…

Rift in the Space-Time Continuum

A couple of days ago I noticed that Technorati listed a blog reaction as being over 38 years ago.



Today I realised that it has happened on all blogs. Some blogs have just one time-warped entry, others have multiple. Here are a couple of random blog screen dumps from Technorati:

The Elusive Zero Comments

Damn, so close, I could taste it. Link…

Unlawfully Shut Down

Dear customers and friends.

Sorry for the inconvenience

Due to a dispute over the copyright to the company's web address our webshop has been unlawfully shut down by one of our former employees. Link…
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Cotton Clock

It's that time again. 2 years. Clock from Diamantini & Domeniconi.

Podcasts

My daily commute adds up to about ten hours a week. A good portion of it is in tunnels, so listening to the radio is not possible. I used to read a lot but podcasts have just about pushed this activity out. I always have a printout of an article handy in case I do feel like reading something. I'm currently making my way through this excellent set of recommendations at Ask MetaFilter. As I said though, listening to podcasts is what I do mostly. This is where I get my ten hours:
First, a range of ABC Radio National programmes – All In The Mind • Counterpoint • Late Night Live • Life Matters • National Interest • The Philosopher's Zone • The Science Show. MeFiPodcast duh! Open Source with Christopher Lydon, invariably has interesting and informative interviews. As their catchphrase says "An American conversation with global attitude". The often funny, always entertaining, with great science content - The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Always funny and hugely entertaining with obscure facts, flying tangents and stories - Widely Ranging Interests.

Queen's Birthday

A day off. Huzzah! for the Queen of Australia. Image via Cristophe Gilbert [some NSFW].

Invoice

I'm moving house this weekend. I had a garage sale to get rid of some of the junk that has accumulated over the years. One of the things for sale was a Macintosh SE*. I pulled it out of its bag, plugged it in, and it booted up like it had been used yesterday. Tucked in the side pocket of the bag was this invoice. A little bit of history that documents the computerisation of the Yellow Pages in Australia. The things that strikes me as strange when I review it are that we bought five machines but we only bought one copy of each of the programs and that a 'diskette storage box' cost $31.

*No, it didn't sell but I had a nicely nostalgic time playing 'Dungeon of Doom' and 'Scruffy'.