Monthly Archives: September 2006

Electrical work

We had an electrician in on Thursday. The main trigger for calling was that our front light switch was failing. We haven’t used it for a few weeks now because it sounds all fizzy and makes the lights go strange. … Continue reading

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Kid Update

Emily has been coughing at night for a while now. She’s also had a rash on her face. Bree got concerned and took her to the doctor. It seems she might have athsma. She’s been coughing after running around at … Continue reading

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Han shot first

Despite George Lucas’ attempts to rewrite history, Han did in fact shoot first. I now have the DVD to prove it! That’s right. I’m now the proud owner of the limited edition original Star Wars trilogy. Each movie comes with … Continue reading

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More photos than you can poke a stick at

I got around to looking at iLife and it seems that iPhoto can export to iWeb, which can publish to a folder, ready for me to upload to my ISP. It handles scaling and thumb-nailing the images but it’s still … Continue reading

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Looking after the kids

A last minute issue meant I got to look after the kids yesterday. Bree left for work leaving us all asleep until 7:20, when Isaac woke us up. Talking about breakfast requires knowledge of the new teats so a quick … Continue reading

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New photos of the kids

There’s some new photos of both Emily and Isaac up. I really need to check out the new stuff in iLife ’06 (came with Eve) to see if there’s something that makes posting photos easier. I’m pretty sure there is…

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Of iMacs and Meroms

So there’s a massive amount of “discussion” about what’s going on and what it means. Unfortunately, most of the people involved with these discussions are totally clueless. Here’s what’s actually going on. Apple chose to use the Core Duo in … Continue reading

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Blogger Beta looks interesting

I noticed that there’s a new Blogger Beta. My initial thought was “meh” because it’s not much use without blogspot hosting and that has some problems. The minor problem is that you have to have the navbar enabled. The much … Continue reading

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Along came a spider

On fathers day, we were sitting watching the Wiggles DVD that came with the paper when a spider came down the hallway like it owned the joint. Emily and I waited outside while Bree killed it.

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Recycled sound effects

Perhaps I’m just hypersensitive to this sort of thing (a side effect of my musical abilities perhaps?), but I seem to have an uncanny ability to pick recycled sound effects. The most recent one was the use of the DOOM … Continue reading

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