How come in every American teen/college movie where there’s a party they have the same red on the outside and white inside plastic cups?
The Swedish subtitles for the one I’m watching now are interesting :)
Red plastic cups
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In Stockholm again
This plane: 
took me to London. Then a BA 757 took me to Stockholm.
It’s cold here – Â 
So who instead?
Andrew asks So who instead?
The problem is (as I said in my last post) – I don’t know. I don’t think there are any good contenders. At best there’s “okay”.
Hence the saddness in the Australian political arena.
I think there’s some good people around – but being good seems to take second place to backstabbing and arguing like 3 year olds. Question Time is a great thing to watch on TV – it makes you feel mature – even if you just pulled your sisters’ hair to make her cry (especially if you don’t have a sister).
Stick Michelangelo’s
Boing Boing: Stick Michelangelo’s “David” on your blog to protest censorware
Here I am, sticking it. err… I think that came out wrong.
Obviously pornography here. Not art at all. Sick bastard that Michelangelo.
AUSTRALIA PRESS: Telstra To Charge More For Fixed Lines
AUSTRALIA PRESS: Telstra To Charge More For Fixed Lines
great – I get to pay more for a service I DON’T WANT! I just want internet, not a phone line (which I aparrently have to have to get ADSL).
Howard: What the blogs are saying – The Nation – Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au
Howard: What the blogs are saying
I’m not a Howard fan. I think he plays politics very well – possibly better than anyone in the country (and is certainly a world contender) and I’d love to have him on my side on issues I care about. I also
I also think he’s wrong on a bunch of things (or not paying the right kind of attention to them). Some of these I think it’s possible to work on, but others are just fundamental differences.
- Healthcare
- Education
- Copyright and Patent legislation
- Industrial relations
- Taxation
(hrrm… some major ones there. I am quite happy though that (at least in the past) he has been active in upholding the right to choose on abortion and not giving into a certain health minister who wants to impose his moral view on the country.
This isn’t to say that there’s a feasible opposition. The Australian Labor party is a joke. Total discrace. I’m feeling like I could say that I feel that the Greens have a higher chance of winning government in the next two elections than the ALP.
Way to get depressed about the political situation in .au
cut a bit of my finger off
Finger currently bandaged like the above. On monday night i sliced a bit of my finger off. Not too much, it’ll grow back.
downside of having an unco moment with a good sharp knife.
Munich
On an internal list, a thread switched over to breifly mentioning the film Munich which incidently, I saw a few weeks ago just after linux.conf.au and really enjoyed.
I thought it was really well done and a good film. I really recommend going to see it – it’s a good cinematic experience. Possibly don’t see it if you’re feeling really sad though – not exactly a happy film. Eric Bana and Geoffrey Rush are superb in this film (both Aussies too!).
I found it to be more about his journey than anything else and enjoyed it as it was a personal story.
Oh, and why haven’t Margaret and David reviewed it yet? I would love to know what they thought. It’s not often I see a film before I’ve seen them review it :)
Slashdot | Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia
Slashdot | Toxic Toads Taking Over Australia
I know that slashdot can be a bit behind in news… but this is rediculous! They’ve just found out that Australia has cane toads and that they’re a problem.
icq spam on the increase?
Is anybody else noticing an increase in ICQ spam?
I have an increasing number of random people, without much details messaging me and adding me to their buddy list (or attempting to) saying something like “hi”.
I obviously don’t know them.
For the record, if you’re a real person – say who you are in that first message!
more stupidity from whereis.com.au
Hit back to get the last screenshot. Then click the continue button. Boom.
Has anybody heard of QA? (That’s Quality Assurance, not Question and Answer)
Whereis.com.au is dumb
Because browser detection is soooo cool and the thing to do. I use a mozilla based browser you idiots!
Tasmania Day 1 – Friday evening
Working down to the wire, packing at the last minute to head to the airport. Had a bit of the “hope i packed adequately”-itis as heading out, but oh well – worst case scenario I hear they have shops down south.
Drink in the lounge followed by the short flight from Melbourne (a *lot* shorter than the boat – Jessie said about 11 hours and then a 3hr drive to Hobart – she says she’s not sure if she slept or not, but was pretty tired at the end). The approach into Hobart is pretty impressive (as was the approach into Dunedin a few weeks ago) where you get hills, mountains and trees and not much sign of people. It’s also just great fun to fly into an airport you haven’t flown into before.
Hobart airport is pretty small, but sure enough, you can land a 737 there. Bag came right off the carousel (like the fourth one off) and was out the door in no time. Brilliant.
Oh, and the planes do a u-turn on the runway – there isn’t a taxiway for the whole length. All the stairs also roll up to the plane and it’s sorta like “the terminal is that way” when you get off :)
I got to have the interesting experience of getting picked up by your own car in a different place after just having gotten off a plane. Weird. But nice, as then you don’t have to futz about with a cab or a bus or subway.
Met her brother Mark again – I think we met breifly once in Melbourne… I think…. like for a minute as he was heading out after visiting Jessie. I think… could be wrong. Also met her mother – which was certainly a first. She’s who we’d be staying with for some of the trip. I wonder how Michael will go with the meeting of the gf’s mother? Probably one of the longest relationships without mother meeting among our group.
From what I recall the main events of the rest of the evening was driving home (where home is in New Norfolk – about 30mins out of Hobart – so about 45 from the airport) and dropping Mark off on the way. Had some tea and went to bed (after making some rudimentry plans for the morning)
MySQL Forums :: Cluster :: Re: Any production clusters yet ?
On the MySQL Cluster Forum, there was a thread “any production clusters yet?” to which this was a reply
I’m using NDB in production with a high-traffic web site. We have about 500,000 members and lots of surge activity at specific times. What I’m finding is that the web server goes but the cluster doesn’t break a sweat.
sweet.
mythtv scheduling
So, naturally, while at linux.conf.au I still need to get to my home mythtv box to set (and check) what’s going to be recorded.
I can also have a look to see what my flatmate has set to record.
It looks like I’m missing the tennis one day to have “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Guide to All Creation” recorded.
Hrrm… for some reason I’m not unhappy with that….
bloody right thumb
knife left out overnight – with stuff on it. I should point out that I’m not the one who left it out.
Washing it this morning, trying to get gunk off it (what looks like garlic) managed to slice into my right thumb. Also a little on the finger next to it. Blood pouring out. Crap.
No more washing up for me this morning.
At least the knife is sharp though.
White Stripes tour dates
ticketmaster.com.au – The White Stripes
Damn, damn, damn, damn damn. Only January 28th – and I’m in NZ.
Note to future organisers: make sure dates don’t overlap BDO or any really cool band tour dates.
Of course, the real disaster would be if Tool were touring at the same time as a work thing. How will people take it if i leave a company event for however long is needed to see Tool live. as many times as possible. I am dearly hoping that travel co-ordinates itself to see them in different cities, countries. Heck, even another planet if we can do that by the time the new album is ready :)
Some people don’t seem to get the Tool thing. It’s just good music. But that’s the thing – it is good music. Also, great music to hack with. I reckon each album gets played at least once per week – still.
Mangoes are good
that is all.
err… okay, a bit more. Breakfast this morning consisted of doing the dishes (good first step), some toast with jam and vegemite and a mango. Yum. All the time listening to the recording of the company-wide conf call from the other day (2am was just a little bit late that night).
These conf calls are really good actually – being able to throw questions directly at the top (and have them answered) is a great thing. Also getting to know what is going on from a higher perspective is really valuable.
at the pub last night
Well, went out for food with jp, rupak and owen before heading down to a bar to meet with others for beer.
Slow start to this morning. Anyway, got some piccies. some people even smiled!
I wish there was a way to bulk transfer photos from my phone to my computer via bluetooth. It’s a real pain going “Send” on each friggin photo.
Pity phone cameras really suck, but hey – i guess they’re pretty portable. Notice how the really noisy pictures are taken with the phone’s “Night Mode”. Which really just means introduce more noise into the photo.
uh oh, goodbye secure internet banking
Westpac seem to have lost the plot. My housemate signed into her internet banking a few minutes ago (and then I did, just to confirm) to be greeted with one message.
A portion of which is below.
Do I really need to point out the problems with this?
Followup: I’m on the phone to them now. The woman on the other end of the phone wasn’t aware of the move. She’s just gotten the same message and is now confirming it. I’ve asked if this is some kind of April Fools joke. I hope it is.
Followup 2:Â Aparrently it’s no joke. “Early 2006”. I’m putting in a complaint. You can to – and please do!