Happy New year.

I've become Dilbert, I'm not happy about it.

If you think the water you put in the freezer several hours ago is still there, it probably is - Doh.

Public blogging is arse. Not all you want to share is public.

Pah!

Other stuff -
delicious, not sure if I like this or no - the Flickr thing is cool, being a corp not so sure.
This I dont like.
Ya ya Sydney is such a great place.

A some what scary forecast for Apple freaks at zdnet blogs.

So went and saw Jamiroquai on Saturday, really liked it - haven't been to a concert in bloody ages, did manage a live gig the other night. Although I had been drinking for bloody ages before hand so may not really count, though it was also great.
Barefoot bowls on Sunday and a pub quiz tonight, pub quizzes aren't as crap as I thought.
Cayne found the most amazing online radio err type thing check it out - it's Licioustasticorama, haven't decided if orama is a bit much, oh well.

So what is a below average Apple ad on TV, its a Microsoft ad. Poor, poor, poor - I mean how much bloody money do you need to come up with a good advert.

video ipod and a telly, such a fucking cool idea - nice.

ok, I'm still alive. I am working like a mad bastard also had someone down from the US for training for 6 weeks. Turned into a bit of a learning drinking extravaganser. Oh and I brought a new video ipod, fucking amazing, I haven't played with the video side of it yet. But it is still bloody lovely, and smaller than a small thing, that is quiet small and yet holds a sooooooooo much music. Nice very very nice.

Well iTunes has finally launched after waiting bloody months, currently downloading "Let Us Play" By Coldcut, fucking brilliant.
Will see how fast it downloads,currently looking like 4 minutes to download a eight and a half minute song. Also the err Album ? was only 17 dollars.
About time, Huzzah.

Finally back in my flat, after going to New York. I've been house sitting for some friends who were back a couple of days ago, I left just before they were due back. Could have stayed a few more days, but I've been working such manic hours I figured the last things they wanted was a) someone living in there house, b) some manic getting up at 6 to go to work, coming home whenever having a scotch and doing to bed.

Good to be home, if not a touch weird.

Well that was most mundane, bed time.

Hmmm, last blog was 9/11 and I've just been in NYC for 10 days, weird. Its was good. I'll attempt to blog about it properly at some stage. Finished reading Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham, the copy I was reading didn't have the crap cover in the link, once again I'll attempt to blog more about it at some stage, beautiful book, lovely to read.
I've now started on another Maugham book titled Merry Christmas, which seems wonderful so far.

Fuck me, the bbc are trialing pod casting, this is excellent. The beeb are always ahead of the game.

cool google talk, my gmail address.

Ash must have had a hand in naming this company.
Oh my, how a puerile sense of humor just keeps on giving.

Ash sent me this Chillicam, first decent use of a web cam yet! had a good weekend, well a good sunday. A bit of a drive up to Brooklyn then back down to Sydney via wiseman ferry, err I'll check that name. Amazingly beautiful part of the world and about 45 minute out of sydney we from home-ish. Managed to stop for a few beers with Brent in Gordon.

I'm currently enjoying a rather wonderful Martini, found a good article on them at Salon.
On the olive, lemon zest discussion, it really has to be lemon.
If you leave the olive in till the end, the martini tastes overly strongly of olive, otherwise you have to eat it. If it is a poor quality olive you are left with the taste of olive all through your mouth and martini.
Hence Lemon zest, nice, citrus refreshing and constant.

If you want to piss your self laughing, reread through IM conversations you've been dirnking. I was looking through a skype IM I had with Richard, it was meant to be things I'd have a look at over the weekend, it really just went off tangents all over the show, rambling nonsense, wonderful.

Manic weekend, a few quiet drinks on Friday pretty much turned into a bender ending up at home about 1 making loads of pasta, can't stand, nor talk, but can cook, wonderful.
Woke up a little rough on Saturday just in time for a shower and to run out the door to go have Yum Cha for breakfast, that was pretty much the last coherent action of the weekend, me and a mate got left alone for half an hour while his wife buggered off to look at clothes so we ended up sitting in the sun have a beer.
From there we wandered through Hyde Park to Pier 26 in Darling harbor, for a few pre-match drinks, then off to Telstra Stadium, to watch the Bledisloe Cup. Our state of mind can be summed up by the fact that instead of waiting for the free buses, we jogged to the stadium, not good, not good at all, at least it burnt off some of the booze. What we all remember of the game, it was good, the score was very very good. Excellent seats, in one corner, so had a wonderful view.
Post game is pretty much a lost cause for all concerned when it comes to recollection, I know we stopped at a beer tent on the way to get a train back into town, had quite the lively debate the a few guys, no idea what it was about, lots of laughing though.
<---- LARGE BLANK ------> Drinking at some dodgy pub near central station, pretty much totally incoherent by this point in time, no idea how long we were there or what the hell we got up to, I remember getting a cab home or at least I remember being in a cab then waking up in my flat. A few moments of panic, I was able to find I had all my limbs, a pittance of the money I had left with and all my clothes.
All in all a good weekend, I may take next weekend off and watch a video, maybe have a bottle of wine.

How the fuck do you damage a weapons range ?
It is by definition something you bomb.
Oh shit, oh shit they blew up our dirt,
Stupid bastards.

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