Archive for June, 2005
Imation Disc Stakka
New toy in my home office, an Imation Disc Stakka. I’ve been looking for a solution to the piles of CDs/DVDs lying around my home office, and while the Imation device does not have a drive built in, it does a great job at organising my discs. The software bundled integrates nicely, offering to catalogue […]
Posted: June 27th, 2005 under Technology.
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Productive weekend
The weekend is over already, but it was a very productive one. We took delivery of a new lounge, which then triggered the complete rearrangment of both the lounge room and family rooms. After that we started on a backyard blitz and paved about 6 square meters of the backyard, including surrounds and plants. At […]
Posted: June 20th, 2005 under Miscellaneous.
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Pink Floyd reunion
Oh my god!, Pink Floyd reunite for Live 8!
According to the story David Gilmour & Roger Waters are putting the past behind them to support Bob Geldof’s Live 8 project. Sadly there is no world tour to follow and i’m afraid this will be a one off. Hmmm - How can i get over to […]
Posted: June 14th, 2005 under Music.
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Home again
Woohoo!
Unfortunately i’m now suffering a case of the sniffs and have a sore throat. I knew it’d only be matter of time before the New Zealand cold and the poorly airconditioned planes got to me. ho hum (sniff)
Posted: June 9th, 2005 under Travel.
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Spent the day flying nowhere
Get up this morning, fly to Auckland, get above Auckland, Auckland airport is shut due to fog. So the plane returns to Wellington!
Since I’ve missed the meetings i had planned for Auckland anyway I’m now booked on a flight home to Sydney.
Posted: June 9th, 2005 under Travel.
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Christchurch to Wellington
Flew into Wellington this morning. 7am flight from Christchurch, wake up at 4.45am (2.45am Sydney time). Got a free upgrade which made the 45 minute trip a little more relaxing.
Tonight I went with fellow Adobian, Lee Gale, to watch Star Wars Episode 3. Great movie, it wrapped a few loose ends that had me wondering […]
Posted: June 8th, 2005 under Movies, TV & Books, Travel.
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CD recommendation: Lemon Jelly
Just bought a new CD from Lemon Jelly. The bus driver was playing it last night on our way into Christchurch. It sounded familiar so after interrogating him i found out who it was and bought the CD today. I now realise that it was used for the soundtrack of that Jamie Oliver reality tv […]
Posted: June 8th, 2005 under Music.
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Busy times
Busy last couple of weeks, Ruth’s mother passed away just after I arrived back from Tokyo. Spent most of last week helping Ruth with funeral arrangements. :-/
I’m now in Christchurch on the first leg of a 3 city customer / partner visit trip. It’s my first time to Christchurch. All i can say is that […]
Posted: June 7th, 2005 under Family & Friends, Miscellaneous, Travel.
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