Category Archives: Rant

Out for the Count

The company that hosts all of my sites, WebHostingPad, had some server issues yesterday morning and every site went down, though I was told they’d be back up in a few hours. A day passed and nothing had happened so … Continue reading

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My new SGCD (Smoked Glass Colour-Draining) lens filter

I’m downsizing from my old cameraI to an E-P1, so I’ve had to hunt down a new CPL. Problem is the kit lens is 40.5mm, which must be unusual as everywhere I asked had no filters to speak of in … Continue reading

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My shiny, starry Eee 1000H

Since the initial release of the Asus Eee 700, I’ve been looking into getting myself a sub-notebook. I’ve never had a laptop of my own, and lugging around the 4kg loaner laptop for a year or more on my travels … Continue reading

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Lenny Bruce is not afraid…

There’s an awful lot of people working to make life better (at least more than those doing their best making it worse) and it’d be fair to say that us humans have come a long way in the last half-million … Continue reading

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It's just not Cricket…

In the past fortnight cricket in Australia and abroad has brewed seriously heated arguments, mainly due to decisions which some say changed the direction of an entire test match in Australia’s favour. While reporters were quick to find (or is … Continue reading

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Film Fantastic 2007

I checked the Film FantasticI site a few days ago and was dismayed when I saw that they’d pushed back the date to 2008, instead of the confirmed Halloween weekend this month. I emailed them a week ago but have … Continue reading

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Mutiny aboard the good ship TheOpenCD

As of today I’m stepping down from TheOpenCD development, of which for the last eighteen months I’ve been the sole developer and general caretaker for the project. It’s not all bad news though – I’m leaving the project to pursue … Continue reading

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LASIK or not to LASIK

If you’ve talked to me in the last five years I no doubt mentioned that I’ve always meant to bite the bullet and get LASIK. First bespeckled during the fifth grade, I’ve never managed a single day without glasses since. … Continue reading

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An Amazonian rant and more LibraryThing…

My last two orders from Amazon have arrived slightly bashed about the head so I’ve had a whinge to them. Not in the hope of vouchers or refunds, just to address what has lately been a really poor effort of … Continue reading

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