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| Sunday, April 6th, 2008 | | 3:55 pm |
Snow Because it's approaching the middle of spring, it's now the obvious time for snow. ( Images behind cut ) | | Monday, March 31st, 2008 | | 1:40 pm |
Transport woes
So at the moment I'm spending about 4 hours each day on transport; it's not an acceptable long term position, but for the moment I'm getting by. It does mean though that I don't get much time for myself during the evenings.
So I've got a bullet list of things that need doing tonight, including tidying, programming and cooking dinner. I aim to get through all of them, if only to test my organisational abilities. We'll see how I go. | | Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 | | 1:35 pm |
In search of a laptop bag
It looks like my fossil satchel bag is just this size of too small to carry my laptop, so I'm in need of a bag that can take a 15.3" laptop. Anybody know any good sites for laptop bags? | | Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 | | 6:30 pm |
Current weather in London
The current weather today can best be described as; rain, wind, sun, then snow, then sun, with bits of rain (still sunny though), then some more snow...
Being a Melbournite though I find the inability of the weather to make up its mind somewhat refreshing (it's what weather should be like!)
Current Music: Mass Effect OST | | Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 | | 5:02 pm |
Nostalgia (with a small shot of homesickness)
Over the last week my music tastes have taken a sudden and, to be honest, unexpected swing. I've found myself hunting down the songs I used to hear on TripleJ, both in the mid to late 90's and during the 00's. As most people who know me can attest, I tend to listen to a fair amount of electronic dance music (with some metal in the past), but at the moment all I really want to hear is indie oz rock (and perhaps a bit of folk as well. Really it's all about the music I used to hear on the radio). I've been going through my friends music collection, queing up Rebecca's Empire, Whitlams and The Waifs, and grooving away to music that although I listened to all the time I never reall used to take to. And of course there's youtube, which is fantastic for tracking down songs.
I'm not sure where the sudden interest is coming from; nostalgia perhaps, or maybe a small amount of homesickness. Or maybe I'm just getting old; I'll buy a walking cane so I can mutter about how music used to be better in my day and age.
I think I'll ask my family to send over a few hottest 100 collections when my birthday swings around. | | Saturday, March 1st, 2008 | | 2:12 pm |
Well, somehow it's turned into a month since I last updated. I'll post more details about my stay in London and trip to Europe later (there will pictures too, I promise!). But for now, a few quick notes on my last few days. Yesterday I had my first job interview; a company called Lakeside Imaging that does work with image recognition and high speed cameras. The companies based in Tring, a small town north west of London. I gave myself an hour from arriving at the station to get to the company, but still managed to be late. I'd alerted them beforehand to my potential lateness though, so it wasn't so bad. Tring is a lovely little town, though I'd rather not move there; I love being in London, with the hustle and bustle of crowds and the nightlife (that night ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) goratrixx and I visited End of the World in Camden and played "Spot the person who looks like someone we know" game). My laptop arrives Monday. It's a Dell XPS M1530, and though the stupidity of Dell UK means I had to get a bluray drive to have a decent screen resolution, I'm still happy with my decision. Plus I'll now be able to play high def movies when I get a place of my own.
Tonight I'm off to see UNKLE perform; I didn't have enough time to buy a ticket online, so I hope I'll be able to buy a ticket there. That's just about all for the last few days; I have a few more companies I wish to submit my resume to, including Introversion Software. | | Friday, January 25th, 2008 | | 7:00 am |
What is this sleep thing you talk of?
It's currently 7am London time, and my body has decided that it's had quite enough sleep, thank you very much. I think I must have woken up sometime between 4 and 5 this morning, and that was the end of that. On the other hand, I went to bed at a reasonable hour, so I suppose I should be thankful for that. Hopefully my sleep cycles won't take too long to acclimatize.
As I mentioned before, nothing really interesting happened on the plane trip. Singapore airport is pretty awesome however; if you have the time be sure to check out terminal 3 (there are small trains the constantly link the three terminals). During the first hour I was there one of the larger areas had guards with berets and some form of mp5-like submachine guns; they were all just in the one area, and were gone when I returned later. The number of "Don' t leave your luggage" warnings were a bit higher than normal as well, so I think there might have been a mini scare.
Whoever decided to have a facility at the airport that lets passengers have a lovely long shower between flights should be granted the pacific island of his or her choice. Though it took me a few minutes to figure out how to work the thing (it involves turning on the water, then pulling or pressing the right knobs to get the water through the right nozzle)
I somehow managed to sleep during the last part of my second plane trip, though I'm not entirely sure how.
Heathrow was fairly boring and uninspiring, but that may have just been the terminal I was at, and the ease with which I left.
Today I'm going to visit the Natural History and Science museums, and then if I still have the energy I'm going to see Hyde park. | | Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | | 4:35 pm |
Just a quick hello from merry 'old England.I expected it to be colder honestly.
The plane trips were fairly boring; nothing really exciting in terms of flying transportation.
I'll try and pop online again ocne I reach my friends place. Now, to see what taking the tube is like. | | Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | | 11:46 pm |
My flight's status is currently "Relax". This I have no trouble with.
The little internet kiosk I'm using has a fairly crappy connection, which is making accessing gmail (and chat) annoying. | | 5:48 pm |
7 hours to go 'til my plane lifts off. My packing is mostly done; I'm just leaving it now 'til I've gone through a few more things, thought a little bit etc., in case anything else pops up. But I'm mostly ready now. Dad helped me check in via the internet, which should make the queuing far less of a hassle.
I'm hitting that nervous stage, which may just be from not having anything really to do at the moment. | | Friday, January 11th, 2008 | | 2:50 pm |
Meme taken from shemjaza, simma14, taiba and sefiesljLet's Make a Band: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of your band. 2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album. 3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover. You then take the pic and add your band name and the album title to it, then post your pic. Our capacity for waiting was Desmodromic valve's breakthrough album, and is still referred to by fans as the "black and white album", "the stand album", or sometimes as the "Hailing a taxi from the football stand album". The band have routinely denied in interviews that the man in the picture is former guitarist Eddy McKenzie, whilst McKenzie has refused to comment on the matter.  | | Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 | | 3:37 pm |
Date of depature
After a few misadventures, I now have a plane ticket. I'm scheduled to depart 24th January, 12:50am. | | Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 | | 11:26 am |
Just in case you hadn't heard yet...
Most of you probably know of this already, which is cool because I like talking to people face to face, and not informing them of the details of my life via the intertubes. But I digress...
I've decided to move to England for a little while. I've always planned to go at some stage, but right now seems like the right time to go. The current plan is to be over there for a year or two, but that part of the plan isn't set in stone.
And don't worry people; there will be a going away party at some stage (before I leave :-p ), and I promise to update this blog more often to keep you informed of my misadventures.
Current Music: The Chemical Brothers | | Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 | | 11:56 am |
The Weekend
Well, now that my body has stopped aching (in a good way), I think I'll report on my weekend.
Friday night I headed down to Safety Beach with my Taekwondo group for the weekend, for fun, leisure and getting up at 8:30 to pound our bodies into shape.
Saturday morning exercise was hell; I think I picked up something from my mum and sister, as my lungs felt full of mucus, it was far too warm and I hadn't had enough water to drink (the last thing I'd had to drink was two beers the previous night, so it really was something of a recipe for disaster).
During the day I found out something disgusting, something that may shock many of you to your core; I quite like the beach. In fact, in complete disregard for my own conventions, I swam in the sea. Well, there was more wading than swimming, but nevertheless I was there in the water. In the afternoon I drove back up to the city to see Sneaky Sound System, giving lifts to three others who found they needed to be back in the city.
Sneaky Sound System were amazing. Absolutely energetic from the get go once they hit the stage. There was far too long a wait for the band to appear (2 DJ sets, 2 support acts and far too much set up time? My feet were aching before SSS hit the stage), but it was definitely worth it when they entered. They covered the majority of their current album, (no complaints from me there) plus there were about three tracks I didn't recognise, two at least which will probably make it onto the new album. I'm really getting into seeing live music again, so I'll be keeping my eyes out for any gigs to attend over the coming months.
When I finally got back to Safety Beach it was about 2 in the morning, and everybody else had turned in for the night. This is of course when the tiredness kicked in, and instead of calling someone's mobile and asking them politely and apologetically to let me in I opted for the dumb decision. No, I didn't break a window (that's the dumber decision). I tried to sleep in the car, with results that shall be labelled "unsatisfactory" for further reference.
Sunday's morning exercise, once people had rapidly progressed through the "You poor thing/Why did you do it/You idiot" responses, was a lot easier to push through, and we even dipped into the sea instead of just using the beach.
And then, of course, before we knew it we were heading back up to Melbourne. Amazingly it took until about 8pm before the lack of sleep kicked in; I think the amount of exercise helped keep me focused throughout the day. I'll have to figure out a way to internalise that lesson about my body; it could be very handy.
Current Music: Planetfunk | | Monday, October 22nd, 2007 | | 11:05 am |
Well, seeing as how it's already been posted on taiba's lj, I'll post about it here as well. taiba and I have broken up. I won't be giving out any more information on that matter over something like lj, but I'll be fine with talking with friends (you know who you guys are). | | Sunday, October 14th, 2007 | | 11:17 pm |
On my repressed yearnings to clean stuff.
*phew* Well, that's my bedroom significantly tidier. Although I discovered one interesting fact (apart from three or four socks long presumed dead): once you start tidying, it can be hard to stop. I guess that's just the programmer in me ("What? You just wanted a little tidying in your code base? No sir, what is actually needed is an entire refactoring of this system!*").
* Actually nearly happened with Swinger's drawing system. I stopped short of reprogramming the method of mouse interceptions for the video screen... just. Not that it doesn't need it of course. | | Monday, February 12th, 2007 | | 4:54 pm |
Does anybody know anything about Uninterrupted Power Supplys for computers? I've been having annoying resets on my home machine of late; it hasn't interrupted anything important yet, but I'd rather find a solution before I loose anything important. | | Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 | | 11:37 pm |
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