pushing the sky

Going on the point I made just before, I went back and looked at what I had written oh so long ago, back when this used to be the dke project, all the way back on friendlygrocer :) The first thing I picked up on was that my designs overall have probably been slipping :) [...]

The Yankee Prankee: probably one of the ultimate pranks you can ever pull.

Beep-beep. Beep-beep. The SMS tone woke me from my reverie. I glance down at my phone, wondering who it might be, whether it was ok to check it at work or not. Bugger it, everyone else did. “Can you make some time for me tonight? I will be home about 9.” Shit. Guilty conscience twigged. [...]

Flying on September 11th, over Pakistan and Afghanistan? Only mildly terrifying. 20 hours is how long it takes, all up, to get from Sydney to London. It is much too long to be in that tiny metal tube; business class would have helped, but to sit idle for so long is mind-numbing, and I can [...]

Man trying to discover a cure for cancer comes up with possible cure for fossil fuels: a way to make salt water burn. You’ve almost got to say “Well why hasn’t someone else come across that already?”

“The Deathly Hallows? What on earth is Rowling on about?” was roughly the first thought through my head when I heard of the last Potter book’s title. The second was how massive this book would be given how large the previous one had been. Rowling is many things, but concise is not one of them. [...]

Let me count the ways: free showers, free massage chairs, cinema in the airport, hotel in the airport (for those really long layovers), perfect-place-to-relax banana chairs, laptop charing points, and oh, free wifi. Man, I don’t think I’ll travel through anywhere else ever again if I have the choice. Yeah, I’m here for about 4 [...]

This one feels real alright.

Apple unleashed the new range of iPods overnight, including the iPhone-esque iPod touch. My take on the new range, especially the naming of the “classic”: over on karan on everything. It looks like they got the headphone jack on the Touch right. No games on the Touch; probably pending update for touch & phone? Wifi [...]

Last minute flight to Melbourne – $300 (very) Last minute hotel booking – $200 Lunching, brunching, dinners, cakes, and 7 coffees – $200-ish Realising your friends are more awesome than you’ve ever given them credit for? I’ve felt this way before, and the earlier feeling returned stronger than ever, as I moved from one friend [...]