Is this on anyones Christmas wishlist? I think I’d rather breathe the smoke.

I converted another computer to firefox today after getting rid of the spyware that had invaded it. Chalk another up for the open source community. You get a great warm feeling inside after deleting the Internet Explorer icon from the desktop. Its great way to subtly tell Microsoft to pick up their game. Frankly I’m a bit sick of spyware and malware and zombies. In my opinion the biggest problems with internet security at this point in time is IE, Outlook and the unprotected network mode Windows defaults to on installation....

Well this is an interesting experience. At the moment, rather than hand crafting a blog entry in a web page, I’m using a neat application called ecto to handle the hard work. It has a button for including the current song in iTunes (which for the moment spits out: “The Careless Kind from the album “Six Feet Above Yesterday” by Infusion”) It also lets me edit html at the click of a button and view the ‘finished product’....

… you’ve had a coffee and a coke within the first hour of being at work and you spend your work typing on a computer and you wake up with a sore hand from the masonry drilling you did at 1am the night before. I think I might be getting a bit old for such reckless activities.

If anyone has watched someone as they work on a computer, someone playing a game or even someone watching tv then you should easily be able to imagine their face as they ‘interact’ with the machine. For some the face is completely blank - no visible sign of emotion what so ever, for others they will cringe and react to what is going on on the screen, but all will have the fixed stare - often wide eyed, and the rigid bodies making minute hand movements as they manipulate the mouse or as they push the buttons on the keyboard....

Well its been a while since I last posted so I guess its time to place something new on top of an ever increasing pile of stale. I have been suitably distracted with completing the tiny bit of work I had left to be marked (aka my thesis), with work and all the hijinks that go on their, and with the stuff I’ve been doing for the 40 Days of Purpose thingo we are doing at church....

For the last few days I have greatly enjoyed the time I have spent in my car. The stereo, engine, nor the in car navigation system (whihc I may or may not own) are the reasons for this, but the quality air conditioning unit. You see, with the exception of my 10 minutes in a mall buying lunch, my car is the largest does of cool air I have received in over those few days....

I don’t normally talk about work on my blog. Actually rarely will I talk about anything on a public blog that involves someone I know (mostly because I don’t want to be offensive), but anyway…. I’ve learnt of the last few weeks why its not a great idea to go into business with your friends. Sure there are probably thousands of business from tiny to big that are successfully founded on the partnership of friends, but I reckon there are heaps of relationships that have been strained and broken by the pressures of working with your friends and let me tell you its not pretty to be around....

this would have to be the most useful site on the internet.

I am so bored right now. Judging by the content of my previous messages today you’ve probably already realised that. So far today I’ve been to church, I’ve shaved my head, I’ve watched The Big Sleep (its very good, watch it), I’ve watched the Roosters beat the Cowboys (I was kinda hoping the Cowboys would win being the underdogs and all), I’ve watched Black Hawk Down, I’ve checked slashdot, smh and a dozen of my other regular sites more than twice including various blogs I seldom read....