So a few days ago we started having wild weather - high winds and rain. That day (Wednesday) I lost my NBN connection. On Thursday the winds picked up and the rain bucketed down and it snapped limbs and blew down trees throughout the region where we live. It wasn’t...
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Health
Knocking on 40's door. It's time to make sure I'm not going to conk out and become a couch surfing TV viewer when I get beyond 50. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
The 5th Anniversary
They really made her... Perfect. I know. Just had a wonderful anniversary weekend with my Beautiful Wife: Friday Night: Anniversary Dinner at the thevintage.com.au. This is where we had our reception 5 yrs ago. Saturday Night: Chris Isaak concert at...
Wonk — When you have to KNOW
A little while ago I was watching an episode of Covert Affairs and it used the term `Wonk'. I had heard the term "Policy Wonk" before in relation to someone employed as a political adviser that had a vast general knowledge of just about everything related to politics...
My Comment Policy
Do'sDon'tsGeneral guidance regarding comments It should have content that displays a good knowledge of the post it is attached to. e.g. "I loved this post especially the part where you mentioned that the best approach is placing some sort of barrier between you and...
Husband Creche—How to take your husband shopping… sort of
Here is a tip for the ladies... Your husband, if he is typical of husbands, would probably prefer to be neutered than to spend a whole day shopping. This is not his fault—it's genetics. What to do? Take him to the Shopping Centre, but put him in a 'Husband...
IIBYGTKBP – If it breaks you get to keep both parts
IIBYGTKBP. I saw this acronym on the linux-users email list A Google didn't enlighten me. So I delved into wet memory and came up with what it means by recalling the poster who used the full version of IIBYGTKBP in the past. So here it is - IIBYGTKBP: If it breaks you...
Going offline for a day or so
I'm moving my website to another provider.
Quote of the Day
"You ask her the time and she tells you how her watch is made"
Power outage for a day
Today 7 Jan 2009 we have an all day power outage starting at 8:30AM. Seeing as this webserver sits under my desk at home and the UPS is a tiny one that means that we are going offline for the duration of the outage. Be back at about 4:00PM