Now while some people will immediately decry this as politically incorrect, keep in mind that if we didn’t find this cute in some way, we wouldn’t have the ever-popular stereotype of the bickering old married couple, together for 40 years, and still fighting on. TV soapies as we know them would simply cease to be.… Read more
I’ve made the observation that if I don’t eat during the day, snacking occasionally, I feel very hungry. If I don’t have dinner, however, I don’t feel hungry; I just get a nasty headache at around midnight or so. Must be an emergency override in there somewhere. Yes, I haven’t had dinner. Yes, it’s almost… Read more
I’m reminded, by a different train of thinking, of the time Sarah nearly knocked me out by kicking me in the head. Yes, it’s an unusual courtship ritual, but apparently that’s how some do it. ;) Okay, so the story was we were having a video night or somesuch at my place, and I was… Read more
I guess this takes the phrase “Corporate Theft” to new levels… apparently a group spread across Asia has, for years, been operating a shadow NEC. Beyond just copying authentic NEC products, they actually developed their own original ones. The details aren’t too prevalent in the article, but it seems that this has been done by… Read more
I’m contemplating taking up water polo. Not kayak polo, as we play on Tuesday nights, but normal, float-on-your-own polo. La Trobe has a club which trains Monday nights, and competes at Albert Park on Thursday nights. So it fits into my schedule nicely. ‘course, I’m not sure how well I’d do at water polo… I… Read more
Just recently – I found out yesterday – the University of California, Berkeley, made available a whole swathe of lectures available through the iTunes Music Store. Their website on this is here, which has the gateway link into the relevant part of the store. It’s worth noting that Apple are providing the hosting for all… Read more
It’s funny the personalities our cars develop. I noted this more so than normal yesterday when I stopped to help someone out in the carpark, who had their bonnet up and wasn’t looking particularly excited. Flat battery, as it turns out. While I had all the equipment for that on hand, including the spare battery,… Read more