Blog

So the weekend is winding down. It always goes way too quickly. On Saturday I did all the usual computer maintenance, and discovered a few funny things on the net: most notably the labelling of one character from Star Wars Episode I, as Captain Obvious. That link is to the leading Star Wars Wikipedia, humorously labelled Wookieepedia (a side note is something that Andrew told me last night of someone vandalising the Orthodox Wiki with links pointing to Wookieepedia).

Wikis are curious things, and their popularity is now so ubiquitous and widespread that there is basically a wiki … Read more →

I love this city. For the unaware, I live in Brisbane, Australia. Unlike many who live here, I am an unashamed Brisbane lover. Many say the city is too small, doesn't have a great night-life, blah blah blah. (The picture right is another from this year's RiverFire fireworks and jet fly-by).

I was born here, and God willing, I will probably die here as well. Much more than my home, Brisbane is part of me and I really can't imagine living anywhere else. I guess what really makes me love Brisbane is that it has everything a city has: … Read more →

As many around the world have seen the news, yesterday Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray's barb that pierced his heart. A very sad incident indeed, and I find it slightly ironic that out of all the deadly animals that he has handled and had contact with over the years, the one the actually got him was a relatively harmless stingray.

Another slightly more humorous incident that was making the rounds on the internet last week, was that of a passenger jet in Canada calling in bomb squads etc over an iPod that was accidentally dropped in the plane's … Read more →

It's been a while since I did a good lifeblogging.

This last week went mainly according to some form of routine. As alluded to in the previous entry, i've had a bit of hosting problems for this website as my account has been migrated to a new server. The site was down, and because it has contravened their 99.5% Uptime Guarantee, i will undoubtedly be getting some money/bonuses in return.

In our state of Queensland, we are having state elections next week, and I am already sick of all the ads related to it. Each party promising this, that, the … Read more →

Firstly, you may have noticed that this site has been down a bit over the past few days. My hosting account has been moved onto new servers, so while DNS propagates around the world, it looked like the site was down (geek stuff, so don't worry about it). Hopefully everything should be ok now, but obviously i'm not very happy with my host at the moment.

Edit: Site is now back up, but the gallery seems to be on the blink. Welcome back, and hopefully that will be resolved shortly, but I'm not too worried about it.

After my recent … Read more →

Today Despina and I went out to Carindale to go to Big W to take advantage of their big DVD sale that they've got going. Unfortunately the one movie that I really wanted to get from it was surprisingly sold out. Not happy.

Added to that utterly depressing performances from Arsenal recently, and banging my head on our wardrobe, I did not have a good start to the day.

Anyway, I did buy a couple of movies: I got a double pack containing Fantastic Four, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for a cheap $20 (right). Despite wanting to, … Read more →

I can't believe it, I am so ashamed.

Most who know me, know that I am a huge Weird Al Yankovic fan. Massive. It was fantastic seeing his show a few years ago when he finally came and did a proper tour here down under.

I am so ashamed that I have seemingly missed all the latest exciting news. Al is going to release another album next month, entitled Straight Outta Lynwood. Even better is that he has made a few new songs totally available for free download.

Firstly is a parody of James Blunt's You're Beautiful, called … Read more →

Hi, my name is Lucas, and I'm a Nando's addict.

Over the past year-or-so, I have become addicted to Nando's, a spicy Portuguese chicken restaurant/take-away. Previously hating anything with spice, I first came to love their 'wussy' lemon & herb burgers, and since attempting the 'mild' spiced ones, I am now a solid 'hot' eater, even sprinkling the side of chips with the hot sauce.

Right now I find myself having Nando's at least once a week, sometimes even up to 3 or 4 times. I would now classify it as an addiction. Although it's probably better than the… Read more →

It's been a frustrating last 24 hours of football. After going to Church last night, via Nandos we went over my parents' place to watch the first few games of the English premier League. My team Arsenal, playing their first competitive match at their new stadium, only managed a 1-1 draw against relative minnows Aston Villa.

It was a totally frustrating game that I won't really go into.

Right after midday today was our indoor game, which we got pretty much hammered 6-2. The other team wasn't really that good, but were more persistent and took their chances well.

So … Read more →

I've had a dreary few days since my last blog entry. Wednesday was the Ekka public holiday, and I spent nearly the whole day beginning a design on a new website for the Bribie Island Youth Centre project that the Church is working towards. You can have a special sneak preview here. Despina helped out greatly with the graphics. Hopefully within a few weeks it will be up and running with its own domain.

Other than that, I have just really worked. Thursday and Friday were not too bad work-wise; i think most people were there to see themselves … Read more →