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Penguins take flight!

Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 10:12am CEST

a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xmlThe article/a is interesting enough, but check out a href=http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1358314062/bclid1363192294/bctid1482436596the video/a!
Apostrophes ARE important...

Posted: March 12th, 2008, 2:07am CET

bCantsup1/sup/b:ul li type=1insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety./li li type=1the private language of the underworld./li li type=1the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: ithe cant of the fashion industry/i./li li type=1whining or singsong speech, esp. of beggars./li li type=1to talk hypocritically./li li type=1to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg./li/ulbr / bCantsup2/sup/b:ul li type=1a salient angle./li li type=1a sudden movement that tilts or overturns a thing./li li type=1a slanting or tilted position./li li type=1an oblique line or surface, as one formed by cutting off the corner of a square of cube./li li type=1an oblique or slanting face of anything./li li type=1Civil Engineering. bank1 (def. 6)./li li type=1a sudden pitch or toss./li li type=1Also called flitch. a partly trimmed log. –adjective/li li type=1oblique or slanting. –verb (used with object)/li li type=1to bevel; form an oblique surface upon./li li type=1to put in an oblique position; tilt; tip./li li type=1to throw with a sudden jerk. –verb (used without object)/li li type=1to take or have an inclined position; tilt; turn./li/ul bCantsup3/sup/b:ul li type=1hearty; merry./li/ul bCant:/bul li type=1contraction of cannot./li/ul
While I'm glad Rudd said Sorry...

Posted: February 12th, 2008, 9:35pm CET

I hope it doesnt create a wave of people getting paid out - thats just as much inequality as what happened in the first place. See a href=http://youtube.com/watch?v=2rdNUynVWZAPenn Teller - Bullsh!t: Reparations/a. Disagree? Post a damn comment, Im sure nobody reads this blog anyway, so I couldnt be offending anyone regardless.
New game: Pick that quote

Posted: May 27th, 2007, 3:23pm CEST

preIt feels really good. Its a good accomplishment. I probably wont ever kill anything else that big, * said./prebr /strongNow, pick the article - these headlines all came from one page:/strongbr /br /strongA -/strong Eight alive after crashbr /strongB -/strong 25 years for earls widowbr /strongC -/strong Boy shoots worlds biggest boarbr /strongD -/strong $122b for Iraq warbr /strongE -/strong All of the abovebr / br /If youve already read todays edition of the Sunday Herald sun, no points.
Magical Melbourne!

Posted: July 27th, 2006, 3:34am CEST

Ive been meeting with, dealing with reading up on local magicians quite a bit recently, so I thought Id share a few of my experiences there, and maybe try to drum up a bit a business.br /br /centerimg src=http://www.themagicstore.com.au/images/glenn.gifbr /bGlenn Hamilton/b/centerbr /The energy of this guy never ceases to amaze me - I wish I had half of it. Im pretty certain Ive read somewhere that hes been voted Melbournes best childrens entertainer at some point (Im probably doing him a disservice here, Im sure it was better praise than that). I couldnt find a blog or website for him, unfortunately, but you should be able to reach him through either a href=mailto:glenn.hamilton@themagicstore.com.authis email address/a, or through Ellis Webster, mentioned below.br /br /centerimg src=http://www.themagicstore.com.au/images/dean.gifbr /ba href=http://www.deanatkinson.blogspot.com/Dean Atkinson/a/b/centerbr /Once a href=http://deanatkinson.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-many-other-people-can-say-this.htmlspent three months sitting under the stage of The Globe Theatre dressed as a fish/a. Ive only seen him at work once, but it was an awesome Mentalism act, from memory. Or did he just fool me into thinking that? It was a bit naughty though, so maybe not for the kiddies. br /br /centerimg src=http://magicunlimited.typepad.com/2623_new.jpgbr /ba href=http://magicunlimited.typepad.com/magic_unlimited_with_elli/Ellis Webster/a/b/centerbr /Most awarded Australian Magicians in history with 22 awards between them. Unfortunately, Ive never seen one of their shows, Though Im keen to catch a show as soon as I can. You can a href=http://www.magicunlimited.com/ArtistBooking.htmhire magicians to suit a wide range of occasions/a, including themselves, through their booking service. Webster (the blond) also does a uncanny Jeannie (I dream of Jeannie) impersonation - you can hire her for events for this, too. Also, check out Tims a href=http://magicunlimited.typepad.com/magic_unlimited_with_elli/telemarketers/humorous encounters with telemarketers/a, theres quite a few fun things there to try.br /br /Theres many great Magicians that Ive missed out on, as is evident on a href=http://www.magicunlimited.com/ArtistBooking.htmEllis Websters artist booking page/a. lt;subliminalgt;Hire one for your next function.lt;/subliminalgt;br /br /Mela href=http://www.mel8ourne.org8/aourne: Magical enough already, more so with these guys in residence.
Mel8ourne!

Posted: June 29th, 2006, 2:21pm CEST

a href=http://www.mel8ourne.orgMelbourne is bidding for the right/a to host a href=http://conf.linux.org.aulinux.conf.au/a in 2008! Could you ask for a better location? Is there a cooler and more groovelicious city anywhere? I dont think so.br /br /You. Must. Be. There.br /br /a href=http://www.mel8ourne.org/media/ShortPromotionv2.oggRusty commands you/a.
Car crash

Posted: March 17th, 2006, 10:06pm CET

a href=http://lequack.livejournal.comLisa/a and I were in a car accident on Thursday. Luckily, no-one was injured, just our cars.br /br /She was driving her car, with me in the passenger seat, down near Altona Library. Some stooge decided theyd go right through a give way sign, and ploughed straight into us, pushing us all into a car waiting at a give way sign on the other side. The accident instigator was being a bit funny about the story, so the police were called in to take statements from everybody. Looks like a bit of court time probable demerit points for the instigator. Lisas car had to be towed, along with the instigators. Probably a couple of weeks before its fixed. Very annoying, as she depends on her car for a lot.br /br /Sigh.
Sin City

Posted: March 4th, 2006, 1:35pm CET

Just watched Sin City last night, I really enjoyed it.br /br /Brittany Murphy is a ireally/i sucky actor though. Obviously hired for the tits.
Secret project release!

Posted: March 1st, 2006, 11:22am CET

After a lot of buggering around trying to find a hosting solution that actually stayed up, its finally released; Introducing Your GNOME Podcast - Episode 1. You can find it a href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/gnomepodcasthere/a.br /br /In different news, on IRC today:br /prejordim OI DUDES dnathief YO jordim whats the story? dnathief on....? jordim on everything! dnathief well, in the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded... jordim lol/prebr /br /Megapoints if you can get where this is ripped off from.
Damn.

Posted: February 28th, 2006, 10:43am CET

So, today wouldve been the day for releasing my super-secret project, but the hosting solution I had planned on using has fallen through. Damn.br /br /Stay tuned.
The inevitable return of the great white dope

Posted: February 8th, 2006, 6:45am CET

Long time, no post. Abbreviation mode, activate!br /ulliLCA06: Brilliant./libr /liLUV: Attended my first meeting of the year yesterday. Good stuff./libr /liMail: Chewed through all 1000+ unread emails. Quite an effort./libr /liCards: Fed my playing card addiction. Should really try to cut down. Hah!/libr /liMLA: Getting more active on the list, I ithink/i my posts are getting kinda helpful./libr /liGNOME-MUD: Been sending a few patches of late, still needs work on aliases, triggers, keybinds, logging, and a few other random things./libr /liSuper-secret GNOME project: Soon./li/ul
Meme for the masses

Posted: October 12th, 2005, 11:58pm CEST

Haiku for next blogbr /a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/crimson_wishesCrimson Wishes/a it to bebr /Spiffing meme it is
My first talk for a href=http://luv.asn.auLUV/a was ...

Posted: September 28th, 2005, 2:40pm CEST

My first talk for a href=http://luv.asn.auLUV/a was held last night, it seemed to go fairly well, based on the comments afterwards. Ill have to figure out some good Hey, Shaddap, Im talkin here! lines before the next one though.br /br /a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/ninjafooLisa/a and I went to see iCharlie and the Chocolate Factory/i a couple of hours before the talk was held; I really liked it, as is generally the case with me and Tim Burton films. Johnny Depp makes a inutty/i Wonka. (PUN!)
I think we can conclude that it's borked.

Posted: August 18th, 2005, 8:20pm CEST

pa href=http://jon.oxer.com.auJon/a, I think we can definitely conclude that a href=http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?imit/as borked./p pa href=http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_cg.php?im img src=http://www.nerdtests.com/images/ft/cg.php?val=0848 alt=My computer geek score is greater than 100% of all people in the world! How do you compare? Click here to find out! /a/p
Peapod

Posted: July 31st, 2005, 2:27pm CEST

Inspired by a href=http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/Dr Karl/a and his podcast push, Ive been hacking recently on a podcast tracking/downloading application for the GNOME desktop. Its not up to much yet, as Ive never coded a downloading app before, but the basics are there. Its even got an icon, although a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/crimson_wishes/Georgias/a promised me a better one once I install a href=http://www.inkscape.orgInkscape/a for her.br /br /Anyway, dont expect much, a bit of a rewrite is necessary, as the UI hangs while a file is downloading (Is gnome_vfs_xfer_uri() the right way to do this, or would gnome_vfs_async_xfer() be a better way?), some of the files are missing the GPL header, the downloading directory is hardcoded (The bit in the preferences dialog has no effect ATM), a few changes left from gnome-hello and a few bits and bobs in the UI are missing/incomplete. br /br /The source is a href=http://home.iprimus.com.au/bain5/peapod/peapod-0.0.1.tar.bz2here/a for anyone keen to finish it off before me (Hah, more like so people can kick my arse into gear to finish it).
New York Gnomes Still Roaming.

Posted: June 29th, 2005, 5:38am CEST

a href=http://www.wfmynews2.com/watercooler/watercooler_article.aspx?storyid=43787Heh./a
A few purchases....

Posted: May 29th, 2005, 2:51pm CEST

Ive gone a bit nutty recently, and bought a few thing for myself;br /br /ulbr /lia href=http://www.nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=gnome_foundationThe Official GNOME 2 Developers Guide/a - Bliss./libr /lia href=http://www.mymagic.com/kaufman.htmBasic Card Technique/a./libr /liA pack of a href=http://www.djmcadam.com/bicycle-playing-cards.htmlBicycle playing cards/a./libr /liAnd finally, a game of boggle, at the request of a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/lequackLisa/a./libr //ulbr /br /a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/crimson_wishesGeorgia/a also bought me this, cause she knows what rocks;br /ullia href=http://www.nintendo.com.au/zelda_minishcap/The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap/a./li/ul
Hell has frozen over (again)

Posted: May 29th, 2005, 2:41pm CEST

a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/lequackLisa/as posted her a href=http://www.livejournal.com/users/lequack/2789.htmlLCA blog/a at last.
LCA Day 2

Posted: April 20th, 2005, 12:35am CEST

Well, were in Canberra at last, alive and well. Its now day two of a href=http://linux.conf.auLCA/a, I spent the first day at the Debian miniconf, and today at the GNOME miniconf. Some pretty cool stuff was shown at the Debian miniconf, I was really impressed with the fastest Debian system in the world. The GNOME miniconf was good too, lots of development stuff, brilliant.br /br /Unfortunately, I was told the wrong pub to go to afterwards, so we ended up wandering around in the city for about an hour and a half, before heading back to the motel, sober and hungry. Bah. I probably couldnt drink much tonight anyway, considering the bottle of scotch I guzzled last night. br /br /Oh, and my blog is now aggregated on planet.linux.org.au, so a big hello to everyone there.
Happy Dan!

Posted: April 12th, 2005, 10:30am CEST

img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/ninjafoo/Scrap/tn_linuxtv.png style=float:left;font size= 1Joy!/fontbr I just got my tv tuner card working through Linux, would be just about as long as Ive had my computer that Ive been trying to do that. br /br /On a similar subject, Ive been out and bought some necessary supplies for a href=http://linux.conf.auL.C.A/a, not least of which is a nifty new bag for my new laptop, cheap too, only $50 AUD. br /br /Ill post some photos tomorrow, cant be bothered chasing up the camera right now.br /br /Oh yeah, seems photobucket has changed their service, so you cant post screenshots anymore. Looks like Ill have to get my own web server up soon.br /br /So, Until tomorrow,br /Chow.

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