Month: May 2002

Tristan just remotely held my hand through a frustrating debug of Photon, bugs being from source unknown. Since I am not allowed to sleep until I have passed this block, and it is now passed, I owe any alertness tomorrow to Tristan, and present to him the “He Carries Me” award.

My old website was pretty good: it did the job and I was quite proud of it. But it was hosted directly on the internet, on a computer that was barely alive – a disaster waiting to happen. Rather than let some hacker/hardware failure decide the fate of my website, I chose to make that… Continue reading You deserve an explanation

I just got home from seeing E2:AOTC, to which Kirsten had treated me to Gold Class tickets. I have to say that I disagree with the majority of my contemporaries (i.e. the reviewers). I thought that this movie kicks ass. It could have done with a bit more lightsabre fighting for my tastes, but I… Continue reading Attack of The *Spoilers*

We had some kind of motivational speaker come into work today to get us fired up, that we might move out of our comfort zones. I volunteered to punch through a piece of wood. I think I broke a finger. Oops.

It is traditional to spend your change on tickets in the meat tray raffle in support of some local football team. It is just part of going to the pub on Friday night after work. But when the seafood tray is the object, motivations change. Tickets are held tighter, other are evaluated as foes. Tensions… Continue reading Prawnucopia follows win!

I just got home from The Happy Sideshow’s performance at the the Sydney Opera House, in the Studio. This show was very much worth the small price of admission, you 90 minutes of entertainment for 25 bucks, no problems. Kisten took my brothers Reece and Aaron with us, and we went to City Extra so… Continue reading Sideshow not Freakshow

A weekend away at the Fairmont resort in Leura(Blue Mountains) has done wonders for me. It was a wonderful place for Kirsten and I to celebrate our first anniversary, much nicer than my own apartment. We found the weekend very relaxing. There are some photos that will be published at some point, I am sure.