Entries from August 2006

At Bray Bay Reserve, Rhodes, Sydney, on a wet Saturday afternoon.

Word has it Microsoft are designing and building an iPod “killer”. That I have to see. I recently had to buy a USB mouse for my new notebook, and if the design of Microsoft mouses is anything to go by, then they can pose no possible threat to the iPod.I’d been trying ... Read full entry

There are days I envy the piloting skills of Star War’s protagonist Han Solo. Ducking laser fire, dodging errant asteroids, and out running the Imperial fleet is all in a day’s work for Captain Solo, and he even makes it look fun.It’s not just his flying abilities though. He has a certain panache, and charisma, that make him both the hero, and envy, of many people.At least that’s the way ... Read full entry

10°C and rain. Winter takes a firm grip on the sunny city today.At the movies: River Queen is set in 1860’s New Zealand, during the wars between the British colonisers and the Maori people, and follows an Irish woman caught up in both sides of the conflict. While this Vincent Ward production almost seems to get lost along parts of the river that is central to the story, the ... Read full entry

Transferring data between computer systems seems about as frustrating, and thankless, a job as moving house is. I’ve bought a new laptop and have had the usual set up problems, and more.I had internet access for a day or two, then it mysteriously went off line. Seems a network cable had somehow plugged itself (very strange, no?) into another port on my router, ... Read full entry