Category: Blogging

• Great to see as we walked in this morning Bert's new friend come belting across the yard yelling at the top of his voice "Hey buddy!!!!". #
• Nice, a three year MSDN sub. That should get me through to the next version of Windows. #
• ooooooooooh, Baraka is on at The Astor tonight… #
• For sale. Two naughty twins, aged 3 1/2. Job lot, lowest bidder. #
• Went to watch Media Watch online this morning and I'm geo-blocked. @abcaustralia #notmyabc #
• At last, my Kindle now has a nice leather home. #
• Well done Google : http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/ #
• Frustrating that I can buy the physical book but the Kindle version isn't available to Aus. Grrrr. #
• Woo Hoo. Real page numbers on to the Kindle. #
• Hate early morning flights. #
• Hello Sydney, nice to see you again. #
• Charging phone off laptop battery. Had to use the phone as a modem for two hours today so it's not done too badly. Need to find power. #
• Enjoying the free wifi at Sydney airport, thanks @Optus #
• Home again, now let us off the plane! #
• Pancake catastrophe – no eggs in the house this morning. Dissapointed children. #
• Pizza for dinner, what are you having? http://t.co/gp1qOD1 #
• Chinatown – what a movie. #
• Pancakes, coffee, The Age and some classic @billybragg. Now that's how to start a weekend. #
• Even though I'm working today I'm enjoying having every window open in the house. Must type faster and get out to enjoy our summer day. #
• Today I bought myelf a hand beater and a big pyrex mixing bowl. #livinthelife #
• The cat is growling at me because it is raining. I think she overestimates my roll in her day. #
• No donut van @sthmelbmarket today. What's going on? #
• Is it really as bad as I think it is to have a whole bag of cashews for lunch? #
• So very happy. New Lego set for Bert was too complex so I have just spent one whole hour building Lego for him. #

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• Dear Westpac. The folder name is not the same as the physical path. #yourapidocumentationsucks #
• Attention @hawkshow and @6MusicSlev . If there's no news today we'll all get moderately annoyed. #
• Lots of smoke from burn offs in Derrimut. http://yfrog.com/h4ot6yaj #
• Faith shaken. Book Depository not the cheapest option for a book I want to buy. #
• Online price is 60% less than we saw in Borders yesterday. No wonder Borders now has so much non-book stock. #
• Good luck on your first day my love. #
• Just trying to get my Tweets going back to Facebook. #
• And trying again to get Tweets across to Facebook. #
• As a Tigers supporter I'm accustomed to saying "there's always next year", but I'm generally talking about footy, not summer. #
• Take your hat off at the table! #mkr #
• Ugh. Slept, but if feels like I haven't in days. Boys up and playing at 6.00am. Already not a good feeling about today. #
• Dear Bert's school. Sorry, we'll return the contents of the sandpit tomorrow. #
• Sad to hear A&R and Aus Borders have gone bust. A&R kept me in Dr Who books as a kid and Borders was amazing when it opened…. #
• …althought I guess I haven't helped them much in the past couple of years with Book Depository and now the Kindle. #
• Just realised I accidentally parked in a no standing zone AND opposite a solid unbroken line yesterday. Used up good dose of parking karma. #
• Overdosing on fizzy cola bottles. My wife bought me a 1kg bag. #
• We we're never being boring because we were never being trivial. #
• We're number 1! (@ Werribee Community Centre) http://picplz.com/Wx1n #
• Woo Hoo! We won the trivia night, even with a round of 2 for sport #
• I swear I just heard a frog croaking in our front yard. #
• My wife appears to be heating slippers in the microwave. #
• Cat doesn't actually eat her food, just licks the gravy off. #
• Coffee and calzone, Sunday breakfast rocks. #
• Oh dear. it appears Moo has Bieber fever. #
• Footy on the radio, summer really has ended. #

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• Bert's big day. #
• Happy Bert. I didn't cry, just exercised my tear ducts a little. http://t.co/sru2B39 #
• Biggest change – the house sounds so different with just the twins playing together. #
• Can someone please explain what on earth the new @iinet is about? #
• And that would be one deliriously happy boy home from his first day at school. #
• "Greenbay are world champions". World? Give us a break. I guess that makes Collingwood the world champions too, and no one wants that. #
• A monday night bbq. Novel AND yummy. #
• In a post @tacobill stupor. So glad my new pyjama pants have elastic. #
• Bert home today. The house sounds normal again. #
• Why, of all mornings, would my database connections suddenly go flaky today. #
• Woo Hoo!! Yellow pages delivery people just rolled up the street and bypassed our house. #
• School Dad 101 : when you give your son a fruit tub for snack time make sure you also give him a spoon to eat it with. #hungrybert #baddad #
• It's official, Rae has just left work for the last time. I'm now married to an unemployed layabout. Well done hon! #
• Wondering if this thumping headache has anything to do with no caffeine today… #
• One double strength short black later and headache going. Guessing that's not a good thing. #
• Some of the crap on my bed side table. http://picplz.com/nMmD #
• Ah well, the best laid plans of mice and men… #
• Last Day Of The First Week http://picplz.com/nsW3 #
• The award for worst api documentation for a payment gateway goes to……Westpac. #
• Bert and Dad Time http://picplz.com/n8v0 #
• The End Result http://picplz.com/n9Vh #
• Lotso Lego http://picplz.com/n9V0 #
• Footy's back! Go Tiges! (please, oh, please…) #
• "Don't expect too much from your Tigers tonight." Le sigh. #
• Bloody impressed with Tiger cubs to half time, but should be 3 more goals ahead. #gotiges #NABCup #

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• okay eyes, how do you feel about, you know, being able to focus on things? Would be a big help. #
• Seriously, eyes, I have work to do. Get your act together. #
• Going to try and work off laptop today. Even with (evaporative) air con this office gets pretty warm with the main PC and two monitors going #
• Moo quote of the morning "But Henry, I'm a lady so can I have a lady train?" #
• let's have a listen to what @HawkShow and @6MusicSlev got up to yesterday. #
• And they don't diasspoint, starting off with Regret. Well down @hawkshow, @6MusicSlev #
• Big gusts of wind outside, could it be the cool change (currently on 38)? #
• Temps are dropping! http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/melbourne.shtml #
• No they're not!! #
• Cool change has hit here too @danielbowen , dropped 17 degrees. #
• The chick on MKR looks like Sherine from Big Pig. Hungry Town anyone? #mkr #
• One vomiting child for a couple of hours in the middle of the night makes for two very late running parents this morning. #
• Is slowly realising that maybe he didn't confirm today's shift with the baby sitter…. #
• There she goes again. Poor Moo #
• Pretty happy we got in with @Kogan LivePrice the day before it officially launched. http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/category/liveprice/ #
• Can't believe how bad this cyclone may be. News is going to be tough to watch tomorrow. #
• Flights booked for a quick trip to Sydney to visit clients. Another 5 hour burst of meetings. #
• Saved, yet again, by Chrome's 'Restore Closed Tabs'. #
• Web install of apps to my phone is pretty cool. Nice one Google #android #
• Friday morning. You know what that means. http://t.co/ckYQBlN #
• Bert had his assessment for Prep this morning and is even more revved up for school now. But when did teachers start going by first names? #
• Camembert and crackers covers all 5 food groups, I don't care what they say. #
• Serious rain just hit Derrimut. #
• Can't sleep. #
• Dear #Optus and Channel 7, the Australian Open finished a week ago, you can stop the ads now. #
• To quote the Eurythmics, here comes the rain again. #
• Made a good old fashioned Aussie tonight to universal acclaim, it goes on the roster. #
• Oh oh. Looks like Henry has the bug now. Fingers crossed it doesn't get to Bert before Monday. #
• You know the one thing Bert's school doesn't include in their information pack or on their (crappy) web site? The time school starts. #

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• Kennedy still asleep. Funny that. #
• Network multi-function devices rock. #
• in all the new job excitement I completely forgot Rae is going out to dinner tonight. Pizza time. #
• Watching 6PM #
• Reading the kids The Magic Faraway Tree, they're loving it. #enidblytonrocks #
• Why is my bed covered in Thomas The Tank Engine stickers? #
• Catching up on a couple of @HawkShow (and @6MusicSlev ) shows while I work. Public holidays are great for getting work done. #
• How cool. Bert just came in to the office and asked if we could read more of Alice In Wonderland together. #awesomedadmoment #
• Sitting around in my new robot covered pyjama pants. Don't judge me, it's a holiday. #
• Bought the kids a little box of Lego when I was out. Happy Lego building sounds from the lounge room. #
• My New ' Sleeping Pants' http://picplz.com/FBPP #
• Dear @hawkshow and @6MusicSlev how do I unhear what I just heard!?!? I need a mental scrubbing brush. #
• Phone rings, I answer. "Hi Tony, I wonder if would be possible to get a quote for a monument." "It could be, but not from me." #
• Why am I still hungry after that huge dinner? #
• Slept in this morning, pancakes are running late. #
• New Do. Ain't she pretty. http://picplz.com/FqDs #
• Back from shopping. One of this tiny yet amazingly expensive shops. #
• Butter Wouldn't Melt… http://picplz.com/FTC4 #
• The opening line from another of my favourite books. http://amzn.com/k/1VNW04FP8T2IO #Kindle #
• Wiping 1TB external HP HD to get rid of its stupid backup program. 'Smart Backup' kills network connection whenever it starts up. Thanks HP. #
• Why on earth do next door still have their aircon going flat chat, it's beautiful out, open your windows. #

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• It's in Melbourne!!!! Arrived at the delivery facility at 07:24. Woo Hoo! #
• Status is now "Delivery arranged no details expected" (?!?!?) and apparently Derrimut is "VICTORIA STATE OUTLYING AREAS" #
• Sherbet guitarist and Cold Chisel drummer die. Members of Midnight Oil and INXS very nervous. #ruleofthree #
• Phee's mowing the lawns with nary a tanty to be seen. #
• Dear population of Melbourne despite what you hear we are not murdering Kennedy, she's just not happy at being told to stay in her bed. #
• Still waiting. DHL have given it someone (possibly Aus Post) to deliver and now I have no idea where it is. #
• Looks like it's going to take longer to move one suburb than from Louisville, KY, USA to Melbourne, Aus. #
• It's arrived!! http://twitpic.com/3r19lm #
• And here's what I've been waiting for. http://yfrog.com/h41a7gj #
• Lunch! That's what I forgot! #
• At what stage of Jan do you stop saying happy new year? #
• The first line from the first book I bought for my Kindle. http://amzn.com/k/2794L2DBYENCU #Kindle #
• Loving my new #kindle so far, only thing is that after my phone I find it weird to be pushing a button instead of using a touch screen. #
• Can't remember the last time I used Access for a database, lot's of cobwebs being blown away to help this client. #
• 7.30 if too late to be waking up. #
• Being Boring #
• If you could kindly turn off that screaming alarm I may be able to get some work done… #
• Good weather for a bbq. #
• Dexy's doing Jackie Wilson Said on The Young Ones. Brilliant. #
• Friday morning…here come the pancakes. #
• Net back to normal at about 7.5Mb/s after a week or so of speeds around 2.5 #
• Very happy for two reasons. One is I got to legitimately use NewOrder as a variable name and two, well, that has to wait. #
• Haircut done, coffee done, time for work. #
• Catalogues! Time to stop work. #
• Hey @neatstreets just saw a clean up crew in my street for an issue I submitted, thanks! #
• Who needs Instagram, now I've got @picplz, thanks @scobleizer #
• just posted a pic: http://picplz.com/FKf7 #
• Miaow and Roger had a bath. http://picplz.com/FKGp #
• Market breakfast was Plan B http://picplz.com/FQJW #
• Henry eyes off number 2 http://picplz.com/FQJt #
• omelettes! omelettes! It's omelettes for dinner! Rae makes the best omelettes in the world. #
• Fly your flag Bert! http://picplz.com/F2H0 #

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• Rae's sister in Qld just been told to evacuate her house. Scary times up there. Best of luck Jac. #
• Have Channels 7 and 9 gone for news all day because of the floods? Well done if they have. #
• Struggling to come to grips with just how bad the Qld floods are. It just gets worse minute by minute. #
• http://twitpic.com/3p0hxv Don't know if the foil our the flam is the highlight. #
• Anna Bligh looks (understandably) exhausted which makes her presentation even more impressive. #
• Wonderful night away with the while family. Being spoiled rotten in the lap of luxury. #
• Gee the news has been tough to watch tonight. #
• I see @danielbowen agrees. #
• A Thursday with no Green Guide. This just feels wrong. #
• Humidity has gone! #
• Eating Kool Mints takes me straight back to watching movies in the old Cinema Capri in Shepp. #
• Eagerly awaited new toy has been dispatched and is in Louisville, Kentucky. Wonder how long it takes to get to the other side of the world. #
• Surely that can't be the sun trying to poke through the clouds? I thought it had taken the week off. #
• Eating the world's greatest chocolate mousse cake. No, you can't have any. #
• It's in Cincinnati now. #
• Gone from Cincinnati to Los Angeles. Left Los Angeles a little while ago…. #
• The Age TV guide still marks some shows 'WS' (available in widescreen). Is this still necessary? #
• Client's weak password causes me a couple of hours of pain. #
• Don't bother with bricvention – line is around the block. #
• Tried to take Bert to #brickvention but line was around the block. Went to Disney exhibition at acmi instead. #
• Update. Last seen departing LA. No sign of it since. #

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I’ve taken a leaf from Daniel’s book and started Twittering. I’ve been looking at it for a while but have only just got around to setting up the account, integrating it with my Facebook and upgrading my blogging software so I could easily add it to my blog.

For those who don’t know Twitter is a web based piece of social software that allows you to let people know what you are doing and to keep track of what others are up to. Posts on Twitter are called tweets and are limited to 140 characters, similar in length to SMS messages. You can use it to let friends know where you are or what you are up doing (you can get messages on your phone via SMS, via IM or on the web) or use it as a micro-blog, which is how I intend to use it. Every now and then I’ll just write what I’m doing, what I’m thinking of or links to things I find interesting.

There’s an RSS feed to keep track of this mini-blog, or my username on Twitter is awmalloy if anyone wants to follow me. For those of you who don’t use RSS and still make the journey to my site each time you can see the last 3 tweets on the side bar.