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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:39 PM

Embarrassing as hell…

After lunch today, rice and chicken something, i decided to head down to the bank for the rest of my lunch break. I’d nearly made it, with probably 50 meters to spare, when i started feeling a bit queasy – i stopped next to a bin on St Georges Terrace...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:31 AM

DELL XPS M1710 gaming laptop overheating...

Last night i decided to play a few games of COD4 - which i do for an hour here and there, and suddenly i had a drop in FPS and a few seconds later the whole laptop just closed down. At first my mind went OMG!!!!! a powerspike or something just as malicious...
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Sunday, September 07, 2008 1:35 PM

Happy Fathers Day!!

The saying goes "you are what you eat!"..Well, to me that's a superficial statement and i think it's far more important to remember "You are what you do!" instead. I'm a father of two beautiful, intelligent and well-rounded...
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Monday, August 11, 2008 9:29 AM

Need new RSS reader – should handle 1000+ feeds easily

Urggghh – i probably need to take some time to sort out my RSS list and remove those i don’t regularly read anymore but at least i’ve trimmed down the dublicates and have ended up with around 1000 blogs that i’m subscribing to out there. The problem started...
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Monday, August 11, 2008 7:58 AM

Back again – it’s been a while..

Haven’t blogged for quite some time – life, work and misc had caught up with me and i needed to re-group again. So what have I been up to lately? Well, i just finished off a project at Woodside, where I worked pretty much alone (part of a team, with an...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:23 AM

sleeping issues….

I’m having more and more trouble sleeping through the night at the moment and i honestly don’t know what the problem is. Over the last couple of weeks, and especially this week, i’ve been getting less and less sleep. I have no issue actually falling asleep...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:06 AM

One of those moods….

Today i’m in one of those moods that could swing either way…i’ve slept really badly the last two nights and had hoped to get at least 5hrs (just to catch up on some of the lost time earlier on) but that didn’t happen. A few things contributed to this...
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Friday, May 16, 2008 7:59 AM

Nigel Watson - compassionate geek

I was surfing around this early morning as my virtual image was taking yonks to boot up and i came across this post over at Nigel Watson's Blog . What I liked about this post is that it shows an almost uncommon compassionate behavior. Nigel was out...
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Monday, April 28, 2008 11:42 AM

Home sick...god how i hate being sick!

It's been an interesting weekend to say the least. First my wife gets a sinus infection and is pretty much down for the count, even though she was up and about, active as a mom (she got stamina, she does). Then I start to feel a bit off on Saturday...
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Monday, March 10, 2008 6:55 AM

Ikea Perth - Does size matter?

Ok, here's a small revelation..i'm an Ikea phreak..meaning i love Ikea. So when the big MEGAStore opened up in Innaloo, Perth - naturally we had to visit it. To that effect we packed the kids into the car this saturday to go for an "adventure"...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:04 PM

Still looking for people

Come work for what I believe is one of the most dynamic organisations in the IT&T industry today. Change Corporation, a member of the CSG group of companies, is on the hunt for the Australia's brightest consulting, systems integration and technology...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:32 PM

Ironic - driveacar.com.au

I simply love it when i see this particular type of irony (hypocrisy?) and i feel i should blog this story. This afternoon i went to Bunnings to get a new BBQ and as the store is only 5-10mins drive away i rarely get to see anything of this caliber. For...
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Friday, December 28, 2007 4:00 PM

Christmas turns out well after all

In my earlier post i mentioned that my father-in-law had been rushed to hospital with a heart attack. Luckily he's recovered and is now home - much to the relief of my wife. So thanks to everybody who wished him well and for saving christmas!
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Monday, December 24, 2007 11:36 AM

Christmas starting badly...

It's christmas morning and we're getting the kids ready for daycare so we can get things ready for tonights Christmas dinner. My wife receives a phone call from my mother-in-law and all i hear is "WHAT!!!"..I rush out to see what's...
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Monday, November 19, 2007 11:21 AM

Feeling miserable..

Last night was a jockey of interesting proportions as i spent most of the night on the toilet. Something I ate Sunday evening certainly didn't agree with me. So today i'm spending a marathon between the office and the toilet...great!!
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:47 PM

Garden Project: Code name "Rosario", 99% complete

Phew, in full tradition of software releases, i've decide to dub my veggie patch/garden project "Rosario". Note: any coincidental conflicts are solely accidental and you can ignore this or rename your own project. I've blogged a bit...
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Monday, November 05, 2007 9:22 PM

First day in - Induction day

Well, today i started my new gig at Change Corporation - and being the type of person i am, i have to admit that i'm impressed so far. The people are really friendly and it has the feel of a generally positive atmosphere. I also received my new laptop...
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Monday, October 29, 2007 3:12 PM

Garden Project: Edges in, time for a rest

Together with my friends Carl Franklin , Richard Campbell , Scott Hanselman and many many more, i finally finished the biggest part of the "Garden Project". A big thanks goes to DotNetRocks , RunAsRadio , Hanselminutes , Mondays (amongst others...
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Monday, October 29, 2007 2:26 PM

Garden Project: Fence done while the dog looks on

This weekend i finally got time to finish the picket fence I had started to build earlier in the month. The last piece of the puzzle was the gate and it did prove to be a bit trickier than I expected. I had the advice of my father in law to pull on (he's...
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Monday, October 29, 2007 10:35 AM

Doing what you love doing - Carl Franklin "Home At Last"

I saw this mentioned over on Sahil Malik's blog and I'm starting to think I'm living in the dark ages where everybody but me can play an instrument (or all, as is the case with Carl Franklin) and sing. I'm seriously tone deaf and couldn't...
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