• 9 November 2009 09:40am: Riding the Epping to Chatswood for the first time. So far not much to see as it is all tunnel.
• 9 November 2009 12:00pm: Confirmed: s-mart has been banned from ever returning to the hotel we were at this weekend. Surprising is the indignity expressed by this.
• 9 November 2009 07:25pm: Trying the new Vegemite. I can't decide if I like it or loath it. Either way I think I prefer the original.
• 10 November 2009 11:23am: Dev machine is caught in a five second loop. Groundhog day.
• 10 November 2009 03:35pm: How many years has it been since I did studio lighting? I'm eager to get back into it.
• Yesterday at 08:02am: Today is the day I face my density.
• Today at 09:00am: Fox cancels a Joss Whedon project. Surprising?
• Today at 09:02am: "at the end of the day" guy is relating an amusing story about voice messages and queues.

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The last time I was working somewhere they^[1] decided to do something nice for us peons was when I was still working at The Company in New York State and we had a huge dinner/dance to celebrate the fact that we were the number one ASIC fabricator for that year. I was single at the time, and I didn't really know anyone so it was pretty unpleasant since I tend to be quiet around people who don't know me, but my manager strongly encouraged me to go so I didn't feel like I could say no. The next year we were also number one in ASICs, but the bubble had burst, the economy had taken a dive, and layoffs were looking more likely than a big gala.

update: I can confirm that we've been banned from ever returning to the place we stayed at, and the owners are going to ask that s-mart pay for the broken table. Strangely this has elicited mostly ridicule that those that broke the table ought to pay for it.

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• 14 October 2009 08:51am: Who would win in a fight? Teenage mutant ninja turtles or teenage mutant pirate turtles.
• 15 October 2009 10:42pm: I am excited about falling asleep.
• 16 October 2009 05:41pm: It's official. I am on vacation!!!!
• 17 October 2009 06:00pm: Big Indian Pacific freight train just rushed through my little station at Narara while waiting for the cityrail to Sydney.
• 18 October 2009 02:45pm: Having my last paddle pop untill I get back to Oz.
• 23 October 2009 05:58am: Going on a three hour boat tour .... a threeeeee hour tour. Should have read the fine print more closely.
• 23 October 2009 05:53pm: Made it back to land with 6GB of pictures of the Napali Coast without loosing my lunch.
• 26 October 2009 01:32pm: I am certain that the locals do not call it that. They string together vowels and watch the tourists contort their mouths for entertainment.
• Yesterday at 05:57pm: Hiked Kilauea Iki Crater Trail today where it rained on us! It was fun, interesting and brisk!
• Today at 01:32pm: sunburn :(

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• 2 October 2009 08:20am: Taking the late train means lots of annoying school kids.
• 2 October 2009 08:56pm: Margret wants to do "At The Ballet" instead of "At The Movies".
• 2 October 2009 09:32pm: The rain pitter patters and the thunder roars like a sleepy dragon. It's time for some well deserved sleeps.
• 3 October 2009 10:13am: bacon is candy bar of meats
• 3 October 2009 10:24am: bacon makes everything taste better, especially bacon.
• 5 October 2009 08:20am: Completely empty box CAPTCHA prevents crackers from getting into my bank account... that is good except it also keeps me out!
• 7 October 2009 08:48pm: paddle pop o'clock is my favourite time of day
• 8 October 2009 10:41am: Fighting with XML::Simple. I understand now why the author prefaced his talk about test driven development with an apology re this module.
• 8 October 2009 07:07pm: Where did the warm weather go? Hawaii I hope :)
• Yesterday at 07:02am: Last day of the old train schedule. More sleeps on Monday! :)
• Yesterday at 11:11am: The one button on my iPod Touch is starting to die. yay for Apple quality ...
• Today at 09:30am: it may seem that I am obsessed with bacon, but I actually don't eat it very often.
• Today at 01:35pm: Mushroom rain!!!
• Today at 02:45pm: of course the mushroom rain was just to lull me into a sense of false security, it then began to DUMP cats and dogs on me :(
• Today at 07:50pm: Using Microsoft and Apple software is like playing hide and go seek as they constantly change their interfaces.

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• 25 September 2009 09:48pm: new hd in mac mini = waiting forever for tiger to install
• 26 September 2009 07:59am: more dust.
• 27 September 2009 11:28am: All the cars are dusty except for the taxis. Hrm.
• 27 September 2009 12:26pm: Everywhere I go there are Los Alamites.
• 27 September 2009 01:53pm: Watching the A380 take off from Kingsford Smith. Too bad United can't afford one of those.
• 27 September 2009 07:07pm: hope snow leopard doesn't take as insanely long to install as tiger...
• Yesterday at 09:59am: Thank you IE for having a sucktastic onresize bug.
• Today at 12:31pm: Made a Mirror Universe reference in my QoS detection code today.
• Today at 12:38pm: A long weekend is coming up, but we loose an hour to daylight savings shenanigans so it's a short long weekend.
• Today at 08:08pm: and the time is ... paddle pop o'clock

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• 24 August 2009 06:55am: This crazy weather has me in a great mood :)
• 24 August 2009 09:07am: Don't worry, we'll make them regret undooming themselves ~skywarp
• 28 August 2009 08:31pm: Paddlepop isn't ice cream, it's delicious on a stick
• 29 August 2009 01:43pm: SQLite has this great little error message which reads: "not an error".
• 6 September 2009 08:26am: The bell birds are listening in to our Skype conversation.
• 7 September 2009 01:25pm: Great big sulphur-crested cockatoo is tapping morse code messages through our window.
• 7 September 2009 05:57pm: They just don't make rocky overhangs like they used to.
• Yesterday at 09:10pm: At Una's Doma they flatten a whole chicken and then schnitzelise it.

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• 7 August 2009 02:03pm: Nice bbq on the office balcony for lunch today. Sausages and onions were on the menu. I could get used to this.
• 7 August 2009 09:13pm: The Librarians is like schadenfreude theatre. Am I a bad person for enjoying it when bad things happen to Francis?
• 8 August 2009 10:18am: I'm excited lena liked her blindspot mag :)
• 11 August 2009 10:00am: Somebody broke the build last night, but it wasn't me :)
• 11 August 2009 10:23am: Allison says she melts in the rain... somehow not surprised.
• 11 August 2009 09:22pm: ...and a crocodile playing the accordion
• 13 August 2009 07:46pm: noisy choppers hovering about our building.
• 13 August 2009 09:36pm: David keeps complaining about the hand held camera work!
• 15 August 2009 08:16am: ran out of internets :(
• 16 August 2009 09:20am: Good mic makes the distance seem shorter :)
• 16 August 2009 04:46pm: It was gorgeous today; at 21 degrees not resembling winter in the slightest.
• 18 August 2009 01:24pm: New train schedule starting October = extra 1/2 hour of sleep! yay!
• 19 August 2009 08:15am: Saw Ave Q for the second time last night and now I'm wondering what my purpose is again.

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• 21 July 2009 06:54am: It's a bitterly chilly morning the day after we lost the second test.
• 22 July 2009 08:16am: Alarm didn't go off and missed my train and all I can say is this is a more civilized way to wake up.
• 27 July 2009 05:33pm: One of the legs of the label on my right earphone has rubbed off and become a russki R.
• Today at 07:26pm: Nobody noticed he didn't change his underpants, or is the space station crew just too polite?

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• 11 July 2009 09:42pm: Ricky Ponting's television endorsements are cringe worthy.
• 14 July 2009 09:50am: I am nostaligic for the dark room
• 15 July 2009 03:43pm: Today's tip: don't try to change the desktop icon size in Vista with ctrl-wheel over RDP.
• 15 July 2009 07:58pm: Peter Garrett is a sell out.
• Yesterday at 09:15am: Downloading Under a Killing Moon for kicks: There's a geiger in the terrarium!
• Today at 01:09pm: Just officially requested my leave for 2009: Hawaii 18-31 Oct and UT/NJ/NY 18 Dec - 10 Jan. Let me know if you're going to coincide.

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• 4 July 2009 06:16pm: considered a lamington instead, but having some apple pie to celebrate the 4th.
• 6 July 2009 12:04pm: Moved into our new office.
• 8 July 2009 08:09pm: Watching The Ashes. England is batting first. Go Aussies!
• Today at 07:53pm: Mushroom and avocado tacos for tea and custard tart for sweets.

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• 20 June 2009 07:23pm: Happy Birthday Errol Flynn! ... I mean arrrrr... Captain Blood!
• 23 June 2009 06:42pm: Buses are always early when your late and late when your early. Such is my Tuesday.
• 24 June 2009 06:19pm: Not sure why they bother publishing bus timetables. Come to think of it, why do I read them?
• 25 June 2009 12:02pm: Andrew discovered a program to play youtube in ASCII today. Watching the video in firefox first helps to understand what is going on though.
• Today at 11:17am: Catching up on email and rss feeds after the long CND weekend, and I see that MJ made it into even /.

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• 2 June 2009 03:17pm: Ira Glass has to explain what the "Classified Ads" are in the intro of an old TAL episode.
• 5 June 2009 12:32pm: I think I found a place to get posole in Sydney :)
• 5 June 2009 12:36pm: I feel a field trip coming on :)
• 5 June 2009 04:16pm: Food coma from lunch out with the fine folks at s-mart.
• 10 June 2009 10:34am: i AM the computer.
• Yesterday at 10:57am: I have too many windows open. I've been meaning to cut down.

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• 27 May 2009 05:43pm: James found starscream by my computer.
• 30 May 2009 06:30pm: Tried the crocodile joke on dad and the fam. Crickets :(
• 31 May 2009 10:24am: tristy is re-writing macbeth and sending me IMs from accross the dining room table.

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• 7 May 2009 06:58pm: Tonight's mission: to boldly go to the movie theatre.
• 11 May 2009 08:30pm: Why is it that every gadget that I own needs a different charger and/or battery?
• 13 May 2009 09:52am: newt is a little thick, I am getting tired of andrew explining to him what he is supposed to be working on over and over and over...
• 13 May 2009 10:12am: "we're describing value types" ... yes ... yes I KNOW
• 14 May 2009 12:00pm: It annoys me that newt doesn't use both heads of his dual monitor set up. Um. Give the extra one to me to make three :)
• 15 May 2009 01:14pm: Free lunch and drinks on s-mart.
• 20 May 2009 03:23pm: Newt thinks I am 28.

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• 29 April 2009 05:45pm: Somebody at work packed up the beer in a box for the move, I kid you not.
• 30 April 2009 09:07am: Mushroom rain!
• 30 April 2009 09:10am: My PC is named Zodak and I just noticed that Newt is on She-Ra!
• 30 April 2009 01:08pm: MT seem to be allergic to the telephone. It is very tedious trying to debug shit over email.
• 1 May 2009 10:53am: My Rudd Bucks finally made it into my account.
• 2 May 2009 07:02pm: Watched The Boat That Rocked at opera quays. Now headed home for tea.
• 2 May 2009 07:22pm: Diverted to woolloomooloo for pizza due to heavy rain. I'm not complaining :)
• 4 May 2009 05:28pm: New bus routes always make me nervous, but I think I have this one sorted already.
• Yesterday at 06:44pm: Watching the trailer to Star Trek auf Deutsch and по-Русский.
• Today at 09:55am: Senator Stevins must have broke the intertubes because I am typing this on my phone.
• Today at 04:29pm: Internets were broke for nearly the whole day thanks to TPG. Today would have been a good day to work at home where I have Telstra instead.

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• 17 April 2009 03:37pm: Just got off of a teleconference and I'd swear from his voice that guy was Craig from The Chaser.
• 17 April 2009 04:58pm: Goss and glam goes to four pages starting Monday. Forgot how nice it is riding the trains Easter week.
• 20 April 2009 07:04am: Seeing a rainbow at Narara station and realizing I will soon have to wear a jacket in the morning.
• 20 April 2009 06:11pm: They expanded my two favourite sections but I don't really like the new format of the mX. Guess I don't like it when things change.
• 21 April 2009 04:03pm: Anybody play Starflight or Starflight II back in the day? What about Protostar?
• 21 April 2009 07:52pm: On the 7:30 report tonight: from Wall Street to Woy Woy. The GCF hits Gosford city council and our services are going to suffer.
• 21 April 2009 07:53pm: That's GCF as in Global Crisis Financial of course. I need more sleep.
• 23 April 2009 06:26pm: First time ever: someone asked me directions for a place in the very same city that I live and I was actually able to give directions!
• 24 April 2009 11:16am: s-mart is going to be without an office for a few weeks during the move... meaning I will be working remotely sooner rather than later :)
• Today at 09:55am: The novelty of expensing my taxi fare over to MT has worn off.

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• 7 April 2009 07:02pm: I discovered today that before the elimination of ѣ(yot) in 1917, ѣсть(to eat) was distinct from есть(there is). That one always confused me.
• 7 April 2009 08:52pm: I am looking forward to some Exxxxreeamememememe CORRUPTION! this weekend.
• 9 April 2009 01:37pm: System Integration Testing is testing my patience.
• 12 April 2009 06:37pm: Kevin Rudd is trying to bribe the media with chocolate egg shaped desserts!
• 12 April 2009 08:42pm: Mary and Max got good reviews on The Movie Show last night, gonna go see it tomorrow. Anyone seen it?
• 13 April 2009 07:09pm: Liked Mary and Max.
• 14 April 2009 04:06pm: They should call it Colbert II a la Audry II.
• Yesterday at 09:32am: Installing uVNC at work so I can log into winblows from home. Since we're moving to Lane Cove, I think I will lobby to work from home some.
• Yesterday at 09:20pm: I had better take my chocolate egg home with me tomorrow, or mum is going to eat it.
• Today at 10:06am: This just in: using a dev version of MySQL on a prod system may not be a good idea.
• Today at 01:36pm: I just realised I am going to miss my window view of the graveyard :(

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• 5 April 2009 08:52am: Yay for an extra hour of sleeps.
• 5 April 2009 03:42pm: Netball on TV is the Thunderbirds vs. the Firebirds.
• Yesterday at 12:52pm: Daylight savings reveals bugs in our website. Fixed now.
• Yesterday at 06:46pm: I am already missing walking home before the sun goes down.
• Today at 08:15am: Some prankster set all the clocks in my house an hour back on Sunday and now I'm showing up to work early :P
• Today at 01:49pm: Today is International Graham Gets To Be Anti-Social Day and I totally forgot.

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• 2 April 2009 08:29am: April Fools Day is even more tedious when it's April 2.
• 2 April 2009 04:05pm: Newt requires a lot of hand holding, but I still contend that he is nicer to be around than Kimbot.
• Yesterday at 09:05am: Train with the AC very welcome this morning due to humidity. I thought summer was over?
• Yesterday at 05:34pm: Tim Tam beat Monte Carlo three to one in mX's My Platform. No American bickies were even in the running of course.

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• 30 March 2009 02:24pm: "Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal." - voltaire
• 30 March 2009 06:39pm: Huge black out in Sydney. Wonder if the lifts will be operating in my building when I get home.
• 31 March 2009 07:53am: I am going to be sorry I left the brolly in the car this morning.
• 31 March 2009 04:31pm: I have MTSG fatigue.

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