last night was heaps of fun! :) We left the kids at home, and partied on! :) Rach enjoyed herself, and we had a bit of a dance too! :)
It was good to catch up with Dan, Guy, Adam and Roy.. I haven't seen any of them for ages and ages! :)
We have promised to go and visit Dan's new place, I might see if he's free for lunch one of these days too. Maybe between Christmas and New Years. :)
The iPod is going great guns, it's just a thing of beauty!
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
podcasts..
it's pretty much all I've been listening to - as it's free, and interesting.. :) Thankfully, the radio stations here are all onto it, plus I can get the best bits of Merrick and Rosso's Sydney radio show.
I will list a few of them as I go, with a review... My fave at the moment is TwiT - This week in Tech. go and have a look at http://www.thisweekintech.com
:) I've downloaded a couple of leo's other podcasts, so we will see how that goes.
I will list a few of them as I go, with a review... My fave at the moment is TwiT - This week in Tech. go and have a look at http://www.thisweekintech.com
:) I've downloaded a couple of leo's other podcasts, so we will see how that goes.
Trains..
Last night I worked back late, and got the 7:50 train - which was aparently the first train to go through to Frankston - due to a fatality at Chelsea.
Well, I left reasonably early tonight, and got an express - which stopped at Editvale - because someone jumped from between the carriages of a train coming into the city! We had to get off, and so I called Rach - who had to drive up to Mordi, and luckily she heard the announcements at our station.
Well, I left reasonably early tonight, and got an express - which stopped at Editvale - because someone jumped from between the carriages of a train coming into the city! We had to get off, and so I called Rach - who had to drive up to Mordi, and luckily she heard the announcements at our station.
Car..
Has finally been taken away! :) We were supposed to get $100, but nothing was forthcoming.
Been busy at work recently, with only 5 working days left before I go on holidays!
Been busy at work recently, with only 5 working days left before I go on holidays!
Sunday, November 20, 2005
iPod video Converter!
Found a great one: http://www.tomdownload.com/multimedia_design/video/cucusoft_ipod_movie_video_converter.htm
Do it!
Do it!
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
iPod
is this the coolest thing ever?
I spent most of my time at home searching for new interesting podcasts to download, and I've got a few good ones - This Week in Tech was really fantastic - it was long (around an hour!), but it's perfect for my train trips, and as it's basically a bunch of geeks talking about toys and technology, it's really floating my boat!
go to www.thisweekintech.com to download.
I'd have hyperlinked the title, but blogger doesnt fly with Opera. Bummer.
Other than that, Rach has been working, which has been good, but although the hours were good, it just wasn't for her. Kudos to you for trying baby! :) The job that you do at home with the boys is far far more valuable to me, and you cant tell me that you liked being away from the kids. I'm glad they dont get up when I leave for work in the morning, otherwise I'd just not go - and that wouldn't be good..
Had lunch with Amol today, which was fantastic - we tried to go to Camy dumpling house, but it was packed - lines out the door! I think the 100,000 extra people in the city for the union rally was really filling up the city. We ended up at the QV building food court, which was suprisingly good - had an Oporto, as recommended by one of my colleagues, Kevin. I'd not really had anything to do with him before, but he does look like an actor on Home and Away. Strange!
Anyway, we had a good chat, and he seems to be waiting for his review - I'm just amazed that the company isnt looking after it's most precious resource - the people. I mean, really - they dont have any assets, no IP in house, so it's all about the people - granted, they could probably get rid of the services business, and still live off 'Big Blue' like a little leech, but that would reall suck! (Yes, the pun was intended!)
So, it's time to finish my last assignment for CPT11, which is good - and I'm feeling good about the Maths exam coming up too.
I spent most of my time at home searching for new interesting podcasts to download, and I've got a few good ones - This Week in Tech was really fantastic - it was long (around an hour!), but it's perfect for my train trips, and as it's basically a bunch of geeks talking about toys and technology, it's really floating my boat!
go to www.thisweekintech.com to download.
I'd have hyperlinked the title, but blogger doesnt fly with Opera. Bummer.
Other than that, Rach has been working, which has been good, but although the hours were good, it just wasn't for her. Kudos to you for trying baby! :) The job that you do at home with the boys is far far more valuable to me, and you cant tell me that you liked being away from the kids. I'm glad they dont get up when I leave for work in the morning, otherwise I'd just not go - and that wouldn't be good..
Had lunch with Amol today, which was fantastic - we tried to go to Camy dumpling house, but it was packed - lines out the door! I think the 100,000 extra people in the city for the union rally was really filling up the city. We ended up at the QV building food court, which was suprisingly good - had an Oporto, as recommended by one of my colleagues, Kevin. I'd not really had anything to do with him before, but he does look like an actor on Home and Away. Strange!
Anyway, we had a good chat, and he seems to be waiting for his review - I'm just amazed that the company isnt looking after it's most precious resource - the people. I mean, really - they dont have any assets, no IP in house, so it's all about the people - granted, they could probably get rid of the services business, and still live off 'Big Blue' like a little leech, but that would reall suck! (Yes, the pun was intended!)
So, it's time to finish my last assignment for CPT11, which is good - and I'm feeling good about the Maths exam coming up too.
Friday, November 11, 2005
It's been nearly a week!
Ok - So it's been a few days. Brief run down:
Saturday - Didn't go to the races, but went to Phil's bucks party. Good fun! :)
Sunday, took it easy, didn't get up to much - I think I might have even had a chance to get my test done.
This week has been full on - with this weekend being a work weekend, we have been flat out trying to get everything sorted out so we are go for tomorrow.
It's a bit sucky, but we are going for a Mid-december deployment to production. Time will tell if that's enough time.
Away from work, I've been busy importing music for my iPod. iTunes music service is pretty good, as is the free podcast search. I've been listening to a bunch of them on the way to work. It's a really good way to learn things! :) Who would have thought, an iPod as a learning tool.
Saturday - Didn't go to the races, but went to Phil's bucks party. Good fun! :)
Sunday, took it easy, didn't get up to much - I think I might have even had a chance to get my test done.
This week has been full on - with this weekend being a work weekend, we have been flat out trying to get everything sorted out so we are go for tomorrow.
It's a bit sucky, but we are going for a Mid-december deployment to production. Time will tell if that's enough time.
Away from work, I've been busy importing music for my iPod. iTunes music service is pretty good, as is the free podcast search. I've been listening to a bunch of them on the way to work. It's a really good way to learn things! :) Who would have thought, an iPod as a learning tool.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Trying times..
I was stuck in this as I was trying to get to work this morning.
grrr...
It happened in February this year also. How hard do you think it would be to lightning-proof the signal box at Caulfield. Unfortunately, I was stuck on the train, and it was known the signal box was down at about 6am, and I didn't get on the train until 6:52. If I'd have known, then I would have got off and grabbed a bus to another train line.
Anyway, I managed to get booted off the train at Moorabbin at 7:10, waited for a bus for about 20 minutes, and then after talking to Rach, grabbed a train to Mentone. Mentone is a bus hub, and I waited there with a couple of other people for a bus to the Sandy Line. We waited about 30 minutes for a bus, and we got on it ok - and made it to Southland. As we were going to transfer to a Sandy bus, the bus depot manager told us the trains were back on. Back to Moorabbin at about 8:40, or 1.5 hours after I got booted off the train.
Anyway, went down the ramps, got a seat, and the train was still waiting about 25 minutes to get through Glenhuntly. I finally walked into work at 9:55, right on 2 hours late for work.
grrr...
It happened in February this year also. How hard do you think it would be to lightning-proof the signal box at Caulfield. Unfortunately, I was stuck on the train, and it was known the signal box was down at about 6am, and I didn't get on the train until 6:52. If I'd have known, then I would have got off and grabbed a bus to another train line.
Anyway, I managed to get booted off the train at Moorabbin at 7:10, waited for a bus for about 20 minutes, and then after talking to Rach, grabbed a train to Mentone. Mentone is a bus hub, and I waited there with a couple of other people for a bus to the Sandy Line. We waited about 30 minutes for a bus, and we got on it ok - and made it to Southland. As we were going to transfer to a Sandy bus, the bus depot manager told us the trains were back on. Back to Moorabbin at about 8:40, or 1.5 hours after I got booted off the train.
Anyway, went down the ramps, got a seat, and the train was still waiting about 25 minutes to get through Glenhuntly. I finally walked into work at 9:55, right on 2 hours late for work.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Melbourne Cup Party
We had a few people over today to watch the Melbourne Cup. Really beautiful day weather wise, we all spent most of the time out in the backyard, except for the really important race at 3pm.
Mike, Kylie, Jake, Paula, Jenny and Darryl came over for a bbq, and lots of betting.
I put on about $40 worth of bets, all of which LOST! Rach did ok in the betting though.
Maykbe Diva ended up winning the race, retiring at the top of the game, and is widely regarded as one of the best of all time. No horse has ever won 3 Melbourne Cups, let alone three in a row.
We played Buzz, which was heaps of fun! :)
Mike, Kylie, Jake, Paula, Jenny and Darryl came over for a bbq, and lots of betting.
I put on about $40 worth of bets, all of which LOST! Rach did ok in the betting though.
Maykbe Diva ended up winning the race, retiring at the top of the game, and is widely regarded as one of the best of all time. No horse has ever won 3 Melbourne Cups, let alone three in a row.
We played Buzz, which was heaps of fun! :)
Opening Doors...
Jude can now open doors himself. He stands up on his toes, and jiggers the handle while pushing the door. Little bugger. :)
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