I splashed out a bit, and bought myself a new toy. It’s the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, running Linux.
I’m still getting used to it, but it seems quite good so far. More to come..
I finally got all the photos together from me, Stretch, Jay and Eric. I’ve uploaded them into Google’s Picasa.
Started our NZ holiday on Saturday morning, leaving from Melbourne at 6:40am. We landed in Queenstown, NZ at about 11:30am and started to check the place out.
Andy, Jay, Laurelle, Ewan and Stretch in Queenstown. The Remarkables behind.
First stop was some lunch at Fergburger. Some very nice gormet-style burgers, and later checking into our hostel accommodation and visiting some local establishments for some refreshments.
Catching up with Sam at the pub.
I even managed to catch the end of the Geelong v Richmond game. Well done to Blakey for kicking his first 2 goals in AFL, and smashing Richmond to extend their winning streak to 13 games.
We then took the Gondola up the mountain and hit some luge. Total carnage.
The Exteme Team, preparing for some Luge action.
Skiing at Coronet Peak was also carnage, as I am probably the weakest Skier out of the bunch. Let me tell you, I ate some serious snow.
Andy at Sam’s place, with some sexy Ski pants.
We just got back from the Shotover Jet Boat ride. Very high speed jet boat through a little river. Very extreme.
Stay tuned for updates, and more photos.
Geelong, now 10 straight wins this season after defeating Collingwood at the MCG by 16 points, in front of a crowd of over 85,000 people.
I don’t think I’ve ever been to an AFL game this huge before. It was a great experience, even if we did sit in the nose-bleed section.
I don’t know how I managed to snap this photo. I was just taking a photo of the ground, when the flag was suddenly waved. Worked out quite well.
Absolute pandemonium at Jolimont station after the game. Bek and I decided that it would be a better idea to miss the crowds and go eat some indian food at twofatindians.
Note to self: Don’t blog while drunk. It doesn’t make sense 
Went out on Friday night to catch up with Shane. It was the first time i’d been out since they brought in the new anti-smoking laws, and it was awesome. It’s also funny seeing the smokers huddling outside in the cold, freezing their asses off. Maybe thats a little nasty.. i’m not sure, but I sure enjoy it.
We started off at Pugg Mahones on Hardware St, where I met Shane and some of his mates from his last job. Then a couple of us walked across the road to La La Lounge, where we enjoyed some expensive but fantastic Asahi’s.
We sat in the couches next to some Asian guys, who got us involved in the game they were playing. It was a mixture of paper, scissors, rock with dares, but he dares were so lame, but still funny.
Went to see Shihad at the Hi-Fi bar on Thursday night. It was a pretty awesome show as usual. It’s been quite a while since i’d been to a gig, so in the back of my mind the whole time I was thinking how much better it’ll be once the new anti-smoking laws come into effect in a couple of weeks. Since the Hi-Fi bar is in the basement, you get this horrible haze of smoke that you just can’t escape.
I just got back from watching the Cats struggle a win over the Adelaide Crows. It was a very tough and tight game, but somehow, Geelong managed to get up in the last quarter. As usual, I was disappointed with a few of the umpires decisions. Seriously.. who’s keeping an eye on these guys? Is there a review panel about how shit some of their decisions are?
Photo from gfc.com.au
Saw a spectacular game of football on Sunday afternoon. Geelong 16.13 (109) defeating West Coast 10.10 (70).
The reason I enjoyed this game so much was not only because Geelong beat the reigning premiers, or because West Coast had won every game since the season began, but because they played with such confidence. It was really impressive when Ling and Corey kept both Judd and Kerr from really picking up momentum like they usually do.
Geelong does have a habit of winning tough games but dropping the easy ones. I hope that this form continues anyway.
I’m running Gentoo and Ubuntu Feisty on my MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo), and it just refused to resume after a suspend to ram. Let this be a note to anybody else going through the frustration that I was.
In /etc/default/acpi-support, I changed POST_VIDEO from true to false.
# Should we attempt to warm-boot the video hardware on resume?
POST_VIDEO=false
Works a treat now 
So I took up running a little while ago, under the encouragement of Graham from work. Some guys from Customs host their own handicap running event on Mondays around the Flagstaff Gardens. I managed to take out the trophy to the Summer 06/07 season.
I think this is probably the first competitive trophy I have ever won. Unfortunately, I have to give it back to the next person to win. It does look good on my desk though
Thanks Nanna and Grandad for the table!