pushing the sky

I don’t know, stuff is happening but then stuff isn’t really happening. My sister’s moved out. It’s a little different, because she was the one that did most talking. We’re compensating though, and anyway she’s still calling regularly. Adelaide sounds like a nice town. Been listening to Hilltop Hoods a lot more recently =D Sweet [...]

Let’s think the unthinkable, let’s do the undoable, let’s prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. WFT-II was the only British software company that could be mentioned in the same sentence as such major U.S. companies as Microsoft or Lotus. The sentence would probably run [...]

Reporter: Mr Howard, you’ve said that pulling troops out of Iraq would be a bad thing, and– John Howard, PM: Yes, and I’ve maintained it, the Coalition should not be pulling troops out of Iraq, and I stand by George’s troop surge. Reporter: Is it true that you’re also sending in more troops? John Howard: [...]

Transformers the movie is coming! It all feels a little Independence Day-esque, but the CG’s better now =D (direct link to trailer on Yahoo)

Babel is one of those occasional movies that aim to be a little “high-concept”, exploring new ways of storytelling in movies, usually to express an idea rather than tell a direct plot. It’s left up to the viewer as to whether they absorb the message, or indeed what message they absorb. Crash was one of [...]

I’ve been working a whole year! Only 44 more to go. What have I got to show for it? Um… Not a whole lot. Sure, travel, experience, knowledge, all that kinda fuzzy stuff, but nothing I can “hold”, y’know?  It’s one of those things about working in an information-based industry, but I do occasionally hunger [...]

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Mad Folding Chair (vid): My house will be stacked with these. Sweeeeet. (via)

The first rule of blogging is: don’t talk about work. It’s a cardinal rule, the violation of which can result in much pain and regret in future. Meh. So back in October last year, I foreshadowed going overseas for my “second rotation”, but didn’t really follow up on it here – effectively, the idea had [...]

Google Maps now has directions for Australia – e.g., check out the directions from my (ex-)place in Melbourne to my place in Sydney!