Category: Blogging

• Me : Dear clients, it's too perfect outside to work today. Bank : Ha hem. Me : Sigh #
• New @msfthardware Touch Mouse. Gestures are cool, may take a little getting use to though. #
• Just heard Nicola Roxon on BBC 6 news. #
• Technology fails on so many fronts this evening. #
• Gout, where on earth did this attack come from? Can barely walk today. #
• Ah, glorious drugs. Can walk again. #
• What a fantastic evening out. So nice being grown ups with great grown up company. #
• Rae has now told me five times that she has put the coffee machine on. Wonder if she'd like a coffee? #
• Saturday morning drama class. http://t.co/65wNKEWb #
• Thanks to an odd conversation last night about football cards, pink chewing gum and attics I've just downloaded The Picture of Dorian Grey. #
• Richmond forced to wear clash strip when playing Port but Pies and North don't have to. Just bizarre. #
• BluRay movie to SD footy, really shows up just how poor footy coverage is on Channel 7 #
• Management at this McDonalds is hopeless. Why is Phee still working 25 minutes after her shift should have finished? #

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• Argh, kids school pick up coincides with Curiosity landing on Mars. #
• On the phone as you drive in to the daycare centre. You are an idiot. #
• Truly terrifying how easy this social engineering hack was http://t.co/WofZh3Av #
• Read this. http://t.co/WofZh3Av Then turn on/change to email service with two factor authentication. Then start backing up to two locations. #
• Something tells me Henry and Kennedy won't be having their Olympics at Kinder today. Poor kids were so looking forward to it. #
• Not happy @microsoft have discontinued Live Mesh. No way I'm syncing 100GB of files on my network via @SkyDrive #
• Looking for a replacement for Live Mesh? Try Allway Sync. I've just installed it and it seems to work fine. @AllwaySync #
• The more I use @office Word 2013 the more I love it. I get transfixed by the way words and the cursor float across the screen. #
• Oooops. Slamming a tradie for not responding to my calls or sms' and it ends up I had the wrong number. #thishumblepietastesgood #
• After many years just getting back in to podcasts. Great alternative to The Young Peoples Music at the gym. Using @doubletwist on my phone. #
• Haven't listened to @boagworld in four years. Good to see absolutely nothing has changed. #
• I never wanted to believe that my dad was stealing from his job as a road worker, but when I got home all the signs were there. #
• and that would be the forecast hail #
• Rae's phone updated to ICS overnight. Colour me jealous. #
• I meant Rae's phone updated to Jellybean. Too early to be tweeting. #
• Where is my brain….I just type "SELECT star FROM' #
• Bloke in front of me just told someone he is in St Kilda. He's standing in Deer Park post office. #
• 20 minutes later…phone is now flashed to Jellybean. No longer experience Mother-In-Law-And-Wife phone envy. #
• Don't think Henry is a big fan of the new 'we take it in turns to choose a movie' idea. #
• Hoping that washing will hang itself out any minute now… #
• Sigh. Self-hanging-washing-fail. #
• Distracting myself from the paper by checking out where departing planes are heading. This one is off to Hong Kong. #
• It may be cold but it's still nice to able to work outside. http://t.co/tAH7ln1m #
• That @VictoriaPolice helicopter seems to be in a mighty big rush #
• Thinking I may try C25K on my treadmill days. The fact there is an app involved is not swaying me at all. #
• Deer local chicken shop guys. If you're too busy having a good chat to serve me I'll do what I just did – turn and walk out. #
• Doh! 'Dear' #
• Tiger Dreams http://t.co/qlIGA8j7 #
• Waiting in line at the deli for five minutes. Why is everyone doing their shopping at this time on a Sunday? #

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• Saved by the new @Office feature of restoring an unsaved draft. Even so I'd still prefer autosave #
• Tried a smaller keyboard. One day and aching wrists already so it's back to my much loved @Microsoft natural keyboard. #
• At the sane time I ditched my Logitech mouse and returned to a @Microsoft mouse. They really do make great keyboards and mice. #
• Being driven to distraction, I know who that missed call is from but can not for the life of me figure out what they want. ARGH! #
• Just filled out Prep enrollment for twins. The same form filled out twice – only difference was the name on page 1. They need a twins form. #
• Brain going a million miles an hour, think sleep is a long way off tonight. Contemplating going to the gym. #
• Billy Bragg in Melbourne in October – who wants to join me? http://t.co/z86Jn1OK #
• The more I use @Office Word 2013 and @SkyDrive the more I'm impressed. #
• Didn't take much. @billybragg announces an Aus tour and on goes Workers Playtime. #
• While I don't think anything could ever drag me away from @gmail the new http://t.co/6YhsIz11 looks great. @Outlook #
• Hoping this is the last doctor visit for the year. #
• Council collecting hard garbage, no more bin scabs cruising out street. #
• An update seemed to kill the new @office for me. Couple of system restores and three attempts at a reinstall and it's back. #
• Just spent 10 minutes in the sun tracking planes as they left Tulla with my new plane tracking app on my tablet. #couldIgetmorenerdy #
• Nice to have light again at this time of the night, kids still playing (read – screaming and running around) outside. #
• Yum! @coles toasted muesli is delicious, can't wait for breakfast. #
• Icicles on my weather apps this morning. Not telling Rae it was -1 when she left for work. #
• Lemon wedges for the baked fish tonight courtesy of our tree. Yum. #
• I'm having my office at the sunny end of our next house. #
• Trying not to be seduced by this perfect day in to thinking winter may be on the way out. #
• Kids Have Been So Good It's A Quick Pikelet Making Break http://t.co/6jOeth5B #
• Pikelets For The Kids http://t.co/sPEUMgW6 #
• Chicken and prawn red Thai curry. Great Friday night dinner. #
• Cotchin, you are a star. #
• Nahas, you are a star. #
• Ivan, you are a star. The mullet reigns supreme. #gotiges #
• Tigers, what are you doing…. #
• They broke my heart the weeks running, now I'm disgusted. #gotiges #
• Nahas, I want to have your man babies. #gotiges #
• You too Tuckie #gotiges #
• Matt White grabs the jumper after his goal. Love to see it. #gotiges #
• Sorry for doubting you Tigers, great comeback after being challenged. Onwards and Upwards #gotiges #
• One child at work, three others full of beans at 7 on a Sunday morning. #
• Any @nikon (D60) users have a fix for a card slot that keeps ejecting the card (ie it won't go in at all). Nothing stuck inside the slot. #
• Mmmmmmm. Leftover curry for lunch. #
• To quote dad it seems that Moo has been vaccinated with a gramophone needle. She won't shut up today. #
• Just used the food processor for the first time. Ridiculous how excited I am at what I can now do. #

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• Todays snap frozen fingers brought to you by 'a quick stroll around the ovals seems like a good idea'. #
• Cool @BBCChrisHawkins playing 'Getting Away With It'. Just the lift I need. #
• Should not watch Master Chef, especially a beef challenge, after an early dinner. Starving now. #
• "Next week TEN screens The Shire twice a week." And just what have we done to deserve that! #
• Maybe tomorrow I'll get a @trello android beta invite… #
• Ah @BBCChrisHawkins, Temptaion to start my morning, thank you. #
• Let's see if a little Pulp will help turn the day around. #
• 25 minutes in and they finally start cooking. #masterchef #
• Oh boy – looks like BTGuard forgot to renew their domain name. @BTGuard is that what's going on? #
• Poor Bella, she's kept me company all day and is quite happy snoozing at my feet but it's time for her to go out. #
• I've noticed some very spammy emails getting in to my inbox lately @gmail. #
• This rocks RT @: #
• Hmmm, retweet didn't work. Google handwriting recognition for search on tablets and phones rocks. #
• Thinking I may have been a bit optimistic putting the towels on to wash this morning. #forecastersgotitrightforonce #
• Just another reason to love @raezm . Walk in to my office this morning and there are two pack of Oddfellows on my desk. #
• Ah, 'Beatles and The Stones' by The House Of Love. Thank you @BBCChrisHawkins . #
• Only used OneNote and Word so far but I like the new Microsoft @Office 2013. Moved some docs to @SkyDrive too and intergration is great. #
• 2nd day in a row that door to door salesman has been wandering our street. He has bright red shoes, stands out against today's grey. #
• Just watched Risky Business. Can't decide if it or Pretty In Pink had the best 80s soundtrack. #
• Dad's taxi about to make it's first run for the day. #
• Thanks for the beta invite @trello. I can now run my business from my phone. #
• Three weeks in a row Tigers, are you trying to kill me? #
• Can't believe it still hurts this morning. #gotiges #
• Dear free to air networks, please take note of the Gem and Foxtel Olympic coverage. HD is the only way to broadcast sport. #
• Why don't we play handball in Australia? Looks like a cool sport. #
• barracking for Norway. #thingsyouonlydoduringtheolympics #

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• Waiting to go in to theatre. Wife just left in stitches st the thought of me having to wear stockings. #
• Back on the ward. Bit sore but appears all went okay. #
• Always odd waking up in hospital. Good night sleep though and so far not too much pain. Can't wait to get home. #
• RT @ToriaURU: Nice in depth article of what the future could hold with Google in your life – all of it. http://t.co/fkLN82hW #
• All clear to go home. They have to remove drainsge tubes though. Now wishing I hadn't seen Prometheus. #
• Oxycoton ftw #
• Why on earth is my install of Office 365 talking to me @Microsoft and what's the use of offering a look for the Office without samples? #
• Argh, I meant Office 13, not 365. #
• Discovered @trello this week – at last I've found my perfect online project management tool. Just waiting for their android app to launch. #
• I may have accidentally bought a Goole Nexus 7 tablet. It may be beyond awesome. #
• Think I'll spend the day with my new best friend #googlenexus7 #
• just when you think you can't find any joy in football… #
• Just had video chat using Google Talk on my Nexus 7. Very cool. #
• Watching footy on Channel 7 is like watching a vhs tape. #
• Up early trying to keep kids quiet while Rae sleeps a little more. A thousand thanks to Zita for taking Phee to her early shift. #
• Trying to think of an excuse to lie in be for six hours so I can finish Homeland. #
• Who ever thought I'd be jealous of my wife because she's going to gym. #
• Strong Of Pearls is still one of my favorite songs and albums. #
• Come on Tigers, wish I was there. #
• Can't watch. Tax return done. #
• Two heartache games to kill off our season. Gutted again. #

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• Watching Bella decide the best place for a nap in the sun. The spot with easy access to scratching branch wins. #
• Really impressed with Cafe Lagenda in Deer Park, great to have a cool restaurant close by. #
• Quick look at the new @theage app for android tablets. Very impressive. A newspaper-less future looks more and more likely. #
• Nicer working from the kitchen table when all the kids are home. They're being nice and quiet so I can get stuff done. #
• Slowly catching up on Amazing Race Australia, loving it. #
• Lost day today, feel as though I have achieved the sum total of nothing. #
• Gas bill came. Amount used a lot more than this time last year. Has this winter really been 25% colder? #
• Just saw a heading in a mag 'Red Meat Increases The Risk of Dying'. Thought we all had the same risk of dying. #
• Such a winter day – it's like night time here. #
• Rae out for the evening. Kids have requested Dad's hamburgers. #
• Absolutely gutted. #
• Just finished watching Kumare – what an amazing documentary. #
• Worth being up early just to see the moon, Venus and Jupiter all lined up in a row. #
• Need to head off to gym to work off that breakfast, but there are papers still to be read. #

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• All four kids building new Lego sets at the kitchen table. #
• Oh gawd- Bert just explained to me how to play a ccomputer game. #officiallyold #
• Skyping with the wife at the other end of the house. Don't tell us we don't know how to live it up. #
• Just the one shade of grey at Tullamarine this morning. Dropped off by Rae and Moo and now waiting to board. #
• Hello Sydney,.better late than never. #
• Quck trip back to hotel room to rescue my phone and then off to the outer wilds of Sydney for dinner somewhere with someone I don't know. #
• Sydney peak hour trains surprisingly empty. Got a seat no problems. #
• Hmmmm, no sign of my mystery pick up person. #
• Meeting over, lovely new clients now in a taxi somewhere in Sydney. #
• Great to have a video chat with Rae to finish off the night. Technology is a great thing. #
• Time for bed, now which of the two beds at my disposal shall I sleep in? #
• Waiting for my breakfast to arrive. #
• Breakfast! http://t.co/nixeXPyq #
• Sipping my later, reading the paper, do I really have to check out soon? #
• Not one AFL story in SMH. #notinkansastoto #
• I was in Sydney when Wallace quit, now in Sydney when Connors is sacked. Sad day for the Tigers. #
• Just saw guy jump through closing train doors only to have his backpack caught in door and fall on to the platform as the train pulled out #
• Heading home. http://t.co/QTG7Kd8u #
• Bye Sydney, you've been swell. 2 new clients, 3 new sites and an old client invited me back to work with them again. Great trip. #
• Home! Good to be back. #
• Book Depository may not be as cheap as the good ole days but their delivery time is still fantastic. #
• Microsoft still offer download time estimates for dial up. #
• spectacular golden moon over melbourne #
• Dishes done, washing hung out, gym visit, lawns mowed – hoping this adds up to free pass to watch the game. #
• It's July and we've got the doors and windows open. #nottooshabbyaday #
• Phone just updated itself to 4.0.4. Can't wait for jellybean. #
• New whipper sniper can wait. Despite best efforts Tigers may be able to win this game. #gotiges #
• I may have spoken to soon. Sigh. #
• Sunday morning Lego http://t.co/0SW8oI1I #
• Torrents running slow in uTorrent with your new Netgear modem/router? Disable DHT in uTorrent preferences and they'll be back to normal. #
• And that should be 'The Saga Concludes' #
• Very happy to see torrents that had been limping along at 40k are back up to 450k, not great but considering # of seeds that's a lot better. #
• Wondering of @audiolympics has had a heart check before tonight's final. #
• Flock of ibis just flew overhead as I was standing outside, just magical. #
• As much as I loath QuickBooks it makes end of financial year reporting a breeze. Couple of clicks and I'm done. #
• Made the mistake of starting Reservoir Dogs, there goes an early night. #
• Unfortunately work tomorrow wins. Bye bye Mr Pink #

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• Two slow cookers doing there thing overnight, I'm going to wake up starving. #
• Love it when Bella decides to come and keep my company in the office. #
• Scary, have to brave Sydney's train network to meet up with a client for a dinner meeting next week. #
• Just have to say I am indescribably proud of my wife for a multitude of reasons, she rocks. #
• Been queasy all day. Soup in the sun has made me feel a little better. #
• Dress up day at Kinder. Moo is the only cowgirl in a sea of princesses. Couldn't be more proud. #
• Achy and tired, wondering if my flu shoot didn't quite work. Off to bed. #
• Feel human again, must have just been a 24 thing. Now to try and catch up from yesterday. #
• Just found @visualstudio lightswitch. Think it may be a quick way to get a couple of projects off the ground. Could be good for clients too. #
• Package I'm tracking has arrived at delivery center, which is just around the corner. Frustrating wait now until Monday. #wanttogopickitup #
• Freakin' out – a balloon just floated up our drive way to the door. I blame you @raezm -never mess with the dark power that is evil clowns. #
• Looks like my transfer has begun. Optus signal dropped (mid call!) but new carrier hasn't kicked in yet. #
• Wondering how long the transfer between carriers will take… #
• Can make/recieve calls but no SMS/MMS/data service yet. #
• Oh god, I'm doomed. There's an Officeworks app for my phone https://t.co/fzmASfj3 #
• Poor Mr Henry is under the weather and curled up in bed so Bert has gone off to read him some books. #
• Woo Hoo. Transfer to new carrier complete. Have SMS, MMS and data back. #
• Can't barrack for Hawthorn so go team-who-isn't-Carlton! #
• Regardless of how the game ends that was the best quarter of football I have seen the Tigers play all year. #gotiges #
• Ah Tigers. after such a great effort in the first…. #gotiges #
• Le Sigh. #where #039;dthetigersgo? #
• Just used TripIt for the first time – amazing. #
• Three crazy women about to start yelling at the footy. I need a man cave. #
• Moo seems to have spent the entire weekend singing. Off she goes to Aunty Helly's. #
• Go to the gym or watch Spinal Tap on Blu-Ray. This decision is much harder than it once would have been. #
• Totally stumped as to how @theage Melbourne Magazine could only give @astor_theatre 's choc top 3.5/5. I demand a recount. #
• Just realised it's 30 Years since Spinal Tap released Smell The Glove. #
• "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever." #
• Reading some reviews on Google Places. One bloke gave ScienceWorks 0/3 and Costco 3/3. Sigh. #
• She would lie on my lap 24 hours a day if she could. http://t.co/1Z3gDoAr #
• Whatever I watch UK property shows with Rae I am always perplexed by the apparent fascination with conservatories. #

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• Wondering for how much longer I'll have the morning paper delivered. http://t.co/qUw0MJlJ #
• With @raezm away it's dad's home made hamburgers for dinner, and the win. #
• Bella has decided that because Rae isn't home she will occupy all of the bed. Impressive trick for such a small cat. #
• finished The Playground (Kindle Single) by Ray Bradbury http://t.co/Q3bFCPxD #Kindle #
• Stupid Microsoft, can't you tell that when I type UDPATE I want you to update a record. And yes, it's Microsoft that's the stupid one. #
• Just felt what I think may have been an earth tremor. Lasted about ten seconds. #
• Wow – looks like it was right across Melbourne. #
• Gone as far as Shepparton too #
• Hmmmm, wondering if that's why Bella has been going crazy tonight. #
• GeoScience Aus says 5.5, USGS says 5.2 – above parity in earthquakes as well as the dollar. #
• My Facebook account is temporarily unavailable. My first report of quake damage. #
• Should be contemplating dinner and pjs. Instead it's time for shorts, tshirt and the gym. #
• Last night I dreamt I was in Canada watching Ivan Maric do an Auskick clinic. The Mullet knows no boundaries. @Richmond_FC #
• This weather sorely testing my resolve not to have a clothes dryer. #anybodygotatwodollarcoin #
• Only those who come from Shepp and surrounds will realise just how cool this is http://t.co/dZrs0OOr #
• Looking for a client who will pay me to stay in bed reading Stonemouth. #
• Ballad of Lucy Jordan followed by Novacaine For The Soul. May the gods bless @BBCChrisHawkins #
• Now screening at Cinema Malloy, Serpico #
• Wondering if there's any chance the demon children will sleep in tomorrow morning. #
• Just me and Henry on the couch watching Star Wars. #

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• Wondering how I can configure my desk to move to three monitors. #
• Come on @Microsoft – why not release the full version of SQL Server Management Studio as a standalone download. #
• Giving the PCs a dust while SQL Server 2012 downloads. #
• Nana nap or a bit of the treadmill at the gym? Decisions decisions… #
• Any winter's afternoon you can comfortably spend sitting in the sun outside, reading your book has to get a 10/10. #
• Making a version of filipino chicken for the first time. Talons crossed. #
• Incredible outside – we can barely see across the street due to the thick fog. #
• Hmmmm, if this fog hangs around tomorrow morning it will play havoc with the meeting I'm supposed to attend at the airport. #
• So impressed by Rae. 5.00am, below zero and she still gets out of bed to go to the gym. Amazing. #
• All day in a Qantas meeting room at the airport. Got a lot done but now home to work. #
• After reading The Age over the past few days I'm wondering how many Age articles The Guardian publishes… #
• It seems my Facebook news feed hasn't updated in a few hours. #
• Kid just ran past waving and yelling 'Hi Alberts dad'. #
• Still waiting for car. Channeling my inner Ted and growing grumpier each second I wait. #
• Car goes up, car goes down…at this rate it's taken them half an hour per tyre. #
• 6 times out and about today, time to sit down and watch the Tigers for a little while. #
• Ugly win, but we'll take the four points thank you very much. #
• If you say you open at 11, please open at 11. #
• First serious gym injury this morning. Sock slipped down and there's a sore spot on my heel. #donttellmetohardenupialreadyknow #
• Crisis – no coffee beans. Time to break out the emergency stash. #
• My little sister just made me wet my pants with laughter. #
• Wonder dad strikes, three young ones in bed and quiet by 7. It's been a tiring weekend. #

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