Blog
-
Awesome weekend camping
We had a fantastic 4-day weekend camping with our kids down in Bundeena. Bit of a risk this late in the season but we got extremely lucky. 26 degrees every day! Our kids were a bit unwell at times, wi…
-
Snorkelling photos
I've been getting into snorkelling a bit recently. I've always enjoyed it but recently I bought some good quality gear, replacing the toy shop crap I've been using. It's another world with good equipm…
-
Current status
Chilling in Jervis Bay. Weather has turned out much better than the forecasts. Lovely.
-
Alternatives to Posterous?
My blog has been on Posterous for some years now and it's been awesome. The best thing about it is that you just email a bunch of stuff, with whatever attachments in whatever format are relevant, and…
-
Camping on a soggy weekend
I took Louis camping this weekend in Bundeena. Train, ferry then a short hike to the campsite on the edge of the Royal National Park. The weather outlook before we left was pretty shaky, and it lived…
-
Simon Rumble taxidermy
SRSLY? Moral of the story: don't Google yourself!
-
Contract or permie? Quick app to compare contract rates to permanent salaries
I've always had a spreadsheet to help me compare a daily contract rate to a "standard" salary, to ensure I'm always comparing like for like when considering jobs. A newer wrinkle has been recruiters q…
-
Home alone Dad, forced to fend for himself
Holly's out to see The Hobbit so I'm home along with the kids. Improvised Ploughmans of: Home made bread I baked earlier Leftover Xmas ham (almost finished) Selection of cheeses we didn't eat over Xma…
-
Vodafone Foundation cooks for OzHarvest #charityleave
We spent the day cooking for charity. Lots of fun. I helped on chicken cacciatore and another team did amazing apple calzones. Good stuff and quite fun. My wimpy office hands scored some nice blisters…
-
Early start
Ruby has me out of bed at 0530 this morning so everything moved along earlier than usual. Got to daycare and realised we had 35 minutes to kill so we stopped for smiley babycinos.
-
Brilliant Tumblr: Bargain Bin Blasphemy
via bargainbinblasphemy.tumblr.com via @robbie_shepherd
-
Amazon just killed the hosting business in Australia
Amazon finally launched their Sydney data centres yesterday and I really wouldn't want to be in the hosting business in Australia. Their pricing is amazing. Same price as Singapore for everything, sam…
-
Happy first birthday Ruby
Ruby turns one today. Amazing how quickly it's gone. She's a beautiful little girl with a huge personality. She'll be walking and talking soon!
-
Praise be to the Microsoft Natural Keyboard
I've been typing for a very long time. I was originally taught touch typing using an old-school manual typewriter in Year 3 by a nun. I spent much of my childhood dicking around with computers startin…
-
Music I've been enjoying
For those of you who don't religiously observe my last.fm feed, I've discovered some awesome new music recently, from a variety of sources. And I don't mean The Wiggles. Blame Louis for that... Grimes…
-
First Sydney FC home game of the season
Saturday night was the first Sydney FC home game for the season. A lovely warm afternoon and 35,000 people packing the stadium. Given the last home game last season had around 7,000, it was a very dif…
-
Happy Birthday Louis
Louis is 3 today. It's gone so fast and he's grown into such a delightful boy. Beautiful day of presents then beach.
-
Sad face
Yep, smashed my SGS3.
-
MA BICYCLETTE ♫ - YouTube
via youtube.com
-
Ahhh democracy
Spent the morning handing out for The Greens in Marrickville. The powers wielded by local government are quite incredible. According to one old Greek lady, since the Greens came in she's had to pay so…