January 2010
21 posts
Back to the Past?
Is it just me, or has the future turned out a lot more BORING than we were lead to believe?
Just finished watching Back to the Future - Marty McFly travels 30 years into the past, from 1985 to 1955 and the differences in time are outstanding. Fast forward 25 years since the movie came out and what do we have?
Madonna is still recording, Michael Jackson would still be with us except for an...
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
– Isaac Newton
Helpful advice for anyone who has a laptop
marco:
TUAW ends this article about laptop batteries with this advice:
Never leave the machine plugged in all the time. Laptops are meant to be portable. Using it as a desktop that never runs on the battery will destroy your battery life.
Cycles are your friend. Never letting the battery complete a cycle will greatly diminish your run-time. Try to avoid charging the battery unless it’s...
Sad....
Is it sad to send an instant message to a work colleague 2 metres away from you because you’re too lazy to turn the iPod off?
Yeah probably…
Quiet day at work - only Matt and I. Everyone else is away, or working from home, or still on leave. A tumbleweed just rolled past….
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Early morning dip
Went for an early morning swim with Deanne, managed 26 laps - probably my best yet :-)
How to wash dishes in an office
marco:
Stack as many dishes, glasses, and mugs in the sink as you can get to fit in it. Be sure to include as much leftover food as possible, especially if it came from the ocean. There should be no more than 1 inch of clearance between the top of the stack and the faucet’s opening.
Saturate the sponge, then hide it somewhere in the middle of the stack.
Pour coffee over the stack.
I think we...
Ripping time!
Just ordered a USB turntable - time to turn all those rare old singles and LPs into mp3s I think!
Farewell Doctor Who #10 :-(
Just watched David Tennant’s last episode as Doctor Who. Sad. Didn’t want him to go :-(
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Happy Birthday Dee!
Happy birthday to my beautiful wife :-P
Wish you were home with me and not working - I can’t believe they are making you work “twice” on your birthday :-(
December 2009
1 post
“No matter where you go - there you are”
– The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension