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Day 10 of NaBloPoMo

Not quite sure of what to blog about tonight, nothing really much has happened today. The only notable thing is that I'm by myself in the IT department whilst my co-worker goes on leave today and next week. The result is very busy days, as i'm handling the work of two people.

In Australia a Coke commercial that has been around for a while overseas has started to air on TV here recently. Entitled 'Happiness Factory', it's pretty spectacular: check it out on YouTube, or search the net for better quality quicktime versions. Every time … Read more →

Day 9 of NaBloPoMo

The big geek news of today is that the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Vista, has gone RTM (Release To Manufacturing). This basically means that Microsoft has signed off on the final version of the operating system and that it now gets sent out to manufacture (DVDs produced and distributed, as well as sent to the PC builders, etc.).

This means that Vista will be released to business on November 30, and to the general public sometime late January (most analysts say January 30).

Moving on: a TV show that both me and Despina … Read more →

Day 8 of NaBloPoMo

I finally received my sunglasses that I ordered last week after the shenanigans of the past few days. Below are some photos of the old and new sunglasses next to each other (old on the left, new on the right).

Despite looking almost exactly alike, there are differences between the old and new ones that had me a little concerned. Firstly the frames in the new ones seem to be just a tad thicker than the old ones, and the colour is noticeably different. The colour difference can be chalked down to six years of use … Read more →

Day 7 of NaBloPoMo

I am buggered and the last thing I feel like doing right now is a blog entry, but I will live up to my NaBloPoMo duties. We just got home from dinner with the parents, which included over an hour of IT support duties, mainly related to an iPod not wanting to play AVIs and Canon digital cameras being a pain.

Today was a largely uneventful day, this morning I posted the incorrect sunglasses away, and hopefully tomorrow but probably Thursday I will receive the correct ones, hopefully in good condition.

To add a bit of … Read more →

Day 6 of NaBloPoMo

Why are Mondays always bad? A few quite bloggable things made today another frustrating start to the working week.

I was looking forward to today though, because i was expecting my sunglasses that I had ordered last week to be delivered to me at work. At about 10am a package came for me, and as I opened it with glee (deliveries always get me excited), to my horror I discover that they have shipped me the wrong sunglasses.

In fact, they had sent me someone else's order from Western Australia, and after a very frustrated email … Read more →

Day 5 of NaBloPoMo

More on the latter part of the title a bit later.

Yesterday we've had something that we've hadn't had for a while: a good day of rain, and fortunately a good portion of it fell in the catchment areas for the dams. It's an event that has been so rare in recent history here that I actually brought out the camera took a picture of the downfall outside our balcony (right).

Unfortunately for others, there was an outdoor Engagement party planned for yesterday which obviously had to be moved to shelter under the house where … Read more →

Day 4 of NaBloPoMo

Does writing part of this entry a little bit before the actual day it is meant to be posted on, count as cheating under NaBloPoMo? Well, at least the first part of this entry was written before midnight.

Anywho, the reason why i'm posting this so early in the day is that I'm not sure whether i'll be able to make a post during the proper day/night before midnight. Talk about planning your life around a blog!

Speaking of NaBloPoMo, some guy has a page that allows you to randomly go through blogs participating in NaBloPomo: … Read more →

Day 3 of NaBloPoMo

Just got home from work and I have just commenced my attack on the computers. Friday night is usually when I try to get all the weekly computer-maintenance things out of the way. This includes doing anti-virus and spyware/adware scans, and doing backups among other things. I'm sure you guys all do that as well right? You don't?! Well, you really should, if not every week at the very least fortnightly or monthly. *steps off soapbox*

After getting back from the honeymoon, I have been reacquainted with one of my favourite TV shows: South Park. … Read more →

Day 2 of NaBloPoMo

Stupid me actually got up and watched the Arsenal Champions League game this morning. It was another terribly frustrating game in which Arsenal had so many clear cut chances (including two open goals), but just couldn't put the ball in the back of the net. The game ended 0-0, but Arsenal really should have won it by at least 3 goals.

I swear they only play bad when i'm watching, as all the games I haven't watched they've mostly played brilliantly. I can just imagine Arsene Wenger (the Arsenal manager), talking to his players before the … Read more →

Day 1 of NaBloPoMo

This my the first entry for NaBloPoMo! In case you missed it, this month is NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), which requires me to write at least one blog entry per day for entire month of November. I must apologise in advance for the inevitable short entries, dodgy content, and the many many speling and/or errors grammatical (those on purpose ;)).

Now onto the actual blogging. In significant news for locals, Level 4 water restrictions came into effect as the drought continues in south-east Queensland. The dam reserves are still going down, currently sitting at … Read more →