Every now and again I need my social security number (from the card), for filling out some form such that the Men in Black can keep track of me, or whatever. After I’m done with the little bugger, I invariably hide it somewhere in a way which seems somewhat blasé at the time, yet consistently… Read more
So last night I went with Matt to see “In the Name of the King”… which I’d seen the trailer for and recoiled from as it seemed an obvious plagiarism of Lord of the Rings. It also looked pretty silly, even given that. So, I wasn’t particularly interested, but I do like Jason Statham’s movies… Read more
I didn’t get up to much over the holiday break… I worked when the mood took me, which was occasionally, but otherwise just watched movies, gamed, and successfully avoided all household duties. NYE I didn’t end up going out, which I felt pretty poor about going into the evening, but eventually realised that a) pretty… Read more
While shopping for wine for Myke & Pam for Christmas (I went with a chardonnay and merlot from Lindeman’s and … some other South Australian winery… anyway), I happened to find myself in the confectionary aisle – I know, truly bizarre ;) – and figured what the hell, I’d indulge myself slightly and go some… Read more
For a while now I’ve been wanting to do some tutorials based around Shark and some other tools my group publishes. Not for work as such, but, obviously I have a bias and stock in the idea. The more I work on & with Shark the more I’m surprised by what it can do. But… Read more
That’s right, I used an arroba in the title, muahahaha. Christmas day, yesterday, I went round to Myke’s place for Christmas dinner. Mainly his family, and a couple of friends such as myself. It was pretty good, actually – I can handle being away from family for Christmas, though I do miss it, and Myke’s… Read more