I’m going to go waaaaay out on a limb here. Shoot me down in flames if you like. I don’t think putting your elbows on the table is bad manners any more. I remember being told not to put my elbows on the table when I was a kid, but I think times have changed. ... [More]
Month: January 2005
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Here is my garden of weeds
Here is my garden full of weeds. The weeds are fairly intelligent of course, and lay down out of the way when they see the mower coming. I’ve done some weeding by hand in the past week, and those areas look a lot better. But it’s far too much like hard work, so I need ... [More]
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Melway madness
Let me get this straight… There’s a Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. There’s a Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. There’s a St Kilda Street in Elwood. There’s an Elwood Avenue in Sunshine. There’s a Sunshine Street in Oakleigh. There’s an Oakleigh Road in Ormond. And there’s an Ormond Street in Brunswick. (Brunswick again? Uh oh, infinite ... [More]
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Four men and a couch
Four men (and some onlookers), a couch, one right-angled hallway, and two doors. Actually, not strictly a couch, but a sofa-bed, which means it was the awkward couch shape, but 50% more weight. Somehow it had got in there. Nobody seemed sure how. Apparently it had been done by Paid Professionals from the furniture shop. ... [More]
Happy Australia Day.
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The humungatron
It bugs me sometimes to see those huge 4WD/SUVs rolling down the road, like every other car carrying the average 1.1 persons, and burning up way more petrol than is necessary and blocking everyone else’s view. So it’s somewhat comforting to read this followup to the article in The Age Good Weekend a few months ... [More]
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Pain in the grass
I did some weeding last night. All over the back garden, there’s hundreds of these bloody weed things. Every week or two they’ll flower, and look quite decorative. But they’re still weeds. The push mower can’t handle them. They see it coming, lie down, then pop back up again when it’s gone past. Well, most ... [More]
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Here is my driver’s licence
Actually the caption says “Driver Licence” … hmm, okay. Has Victorian government hologrammatic things all over it, somewhat obscuring the picture. No loss really. Feel free to post a picture of your driver licence… Link in the Trackbacks or comments. Move your mouse over the picture for descriptions of various bits (note Firefox may abbreviate. ... [More]
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The original Matrix
How’s this for a sci-fi idea: a computer controlling a virtual reality world. People hook up to the computer and enter that world. But it seems real. In fact it’s so real you can get hurt or even killed in there. And it’s called “The Matrix.” What a concept. Not bad for 1976. Doctor Who: ... [More]
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Foaming at the mouth
So far, I have pretty much kept my new year’s resolution to floss my teeth every single day. I think I might have missed one, which for someone who formerly flossed about once a month (and twice a week just before seeing the dentist) isn’t too bad. Have also extended tooth brushing times. I recall ... [More]
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A-Z of links
Saw this elsewhere, a while back… call me slow, but here’s my version. The A-Z of web sites in my browser history (also dubbed “Your personality summarised in 26 links.”) You can figure out your own by typing each letter in the address bar, and copying whatever it comes up with first. You can also, ... [More]
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Bye bye Bunnings
The theory is that the Melbourne CBD is booming. Retail activity is through the roof, not just on weekdays but also evenings and weekends. Certainly from my point of view as a CBD worker-bee and occasional weekend visitor, it seems like much of the CBD is bustling for most of the time, no doubt helped ... [More]