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26August2009 06:26

wrapped 3 days of workshops in canberra — really productive but utterly exhausting; am now enjoying a beer while waiting for the plane

23August2009 22:09

beautifully warm in sydney and I'm off to cold and wet canberra for the next cpl days

23August2009 03:56

liking the vid for Jay-Z's Run This Town — http://bit.ly/4CP6Zo — imagery borrows heavily from 2Pac's California Love, but much slicker

22August2009 09:41

cafe lounge big breakfast _so_ good, but really shouldn't have had it for lunch — I'm still not at all hungry

22August2009 06:37

finished watching michael mann's Collateral — incredible film, great acting (even from tom cruise) and looks amazing

20August2009 22:29

off for a second day of workshops; yesterday's was hard work but ultimately productive; hopefully today's a little easier

19August2009 02:40

read _How Twitter works in theory_ — fascinating, and gives me lots of Chatter ideas — http://bit.ly/VMEmN

18August2009 10:58

got the tv set up & receiving digital; felt like a great achievement until, after 5 mins viewing, I remembered why I don't watch television

15August2009 05:57

district 9 was really good scifi; the mix of live action and doco-style and CG worked; am very impressed with the look from the RED cameras

15August2009 01:22

ticket bought for district 9 this arvo; been looking forward to this movie since seeing Alive in Joburg yrs ago (well b4 d9 even dreamt of!)

14August2009 06:55

drinking sauv blanc with ice out of a tumbler — a classy friday afternoon

13August2009 21:26

RT @diveintomark In case you were wondering, Iran is still a repressive theocracy. MAKE YOUR ICONS GREENER.

13August2009 05:03

I think I know where the pumphouse is, but their genius website doesn't include a photo of the place! #wsgc

12August2009 10:00

wow — creepy carnivorous plants found in the philippines — http://bit.ly/qw19H — they even eat rats! cool looking too

10August2009 06:28

[cos I recommend them] RT @MarkStanto Gruden are hiring! 1x Designer & 1x .NET Dev. See http://www.gruden.com/index.cfm/p/jobs for details.

09August2009 10:52

it's taken me a week to distill my thoughts — just published my review of coco avant chanel — http://bit.ly/mntTI

09August2009 09:33

watched public enemies; nicely done, and shooting on video gives it a curious documentary feel, even if it does look pretty cheap

07August2009 07:51

heh, "sent from my iPhone" — http://catandgirl.com/?p=2137 — so true

07August2009 07:37

won't be around for it, but looks like an interesting event — http://www.media140.com/sydney/ — on social media, realtime web and journalism

07August2009 03:43

I don't buy it myself, but RT @ellyhart DDoS attack on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube [...] because of one guy's Livejournal http://tr.im/vP2V

07August2009 00:59

interesting comments on grech and turnbull by @overingtonc in today's Australian — http://bit.ly/4mzrx7 — "beware the scoop"

06August2009 21:39

I slept thru it, but wondered why my chatter script spat errors all night. NYT Twitter "attack" - http://bit.ly/nkxNZ

06August2009 07:40

painter is here and there's a fine dusting of paint over every surface in the apartment — I'm trying not to breathe too deeply

06August2009 07:34

cos i'm liking the sound of it RT @wheelyweb Where's my geek buds? [...] (event:http://bit.ly/1eDgQd) [...] WSG casual, Aug 13

03August2009 09:31

awesome run tonight — a completely unexpected 12.35km in, my iPod tells me, one hour and one second; now a little tired but not hurting

02August2009 10:59

just published a bunch of photos from yesterdays same sex marriage rally — http://wintermute.com.au/photos/album/37/

01August2009 09:12

coco avant chanel was brilliant — well told, well acted, and absolutely gorgeous; love her style, looks great on audrey tautou

01August2009 03:50

big same sex marriage rally has marched on the alp conference in darling harbour but the pollies have gone to lunch

01August2009 00:27

Imaginary Friends — "participants ... reported being less likely to feel lonely while watching [a favorite TV show]" — http://bit.ly/nLFjH

31July2009 13:20

just watched kidulthood — gritty, too much sometimes, but really well told. and acted in and written by noel clarke, aka mickey from dr who

31July2009 07:43

repairs are progressing! http://bit.ly/2ZixtH

31July2009 06:20

have spent the day implementing a bunch of java code that is well beyond my ken — here's hoping it still makes sense next monday

31July2009 01:33

"in A.D. 2009, the option of reading primary sources is open to anybody who's willing to take a little trouble" http://bit.ly/ndqU9

30July2009 08:16

just got jury-rolled; wondering if it's worth becoming an avowed member of a religious order to avoid, being too late to get that law degree

30July2009 08:05

wine and pâté on toast in lieu of running and eating properly — it's one of those days, I'm afraid (recommend twin islands sauv blanc tho)

29July2009 04:38

just read a great essay by malcolm gladwell —Cocksure http://bit.ly/15JSRA — on the psychology of overconfidence, esp re banking