Well, not what you might think. When I first started this particular Blog, it was with the dual purpose of some blatant self-promotion — and from the number of varied comments I’ve had from various PR and Journo types, it seems that some of you are reading it and enjoying it some of the time […]
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Well, at least I can now pretend to be Billy Joel in the video for “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)”, I guess. Random Trivia Factoid*: Adam Savage from Mythbusters is in the “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)” video clip, which brings it nicely back to tech. Or perhaps I just have a brain that wanders
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My daughter was playing at phone calls the other day — she’s only four, so thankfully this involves an imaginary mobile phone, not a real one — with the usual preschooler babble within. But she’s clearly been listening to her daddy on the phone, as she closed each call with, and I quote: “Thanks. Can
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Going out to the parents of Liam Nelson, born a fortnight ago. All 3.14kg of him. Well done, Kit and Riko (hit me if I’ve mis-spelled her name… it’s been a long day). Now the real fun begins 🙂
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What a day it’s been. Two hour blackouts, completely incompetent Microsoft Xbox 360 support staff — maybe it’s just me, but four months to replace a dead hard drive seems a touch excessive — wobbly router performance, children throwing wobblies at the slightest provocation, and enough heat to melt what few nerves I had left.
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At 4:29am (SA time) yesterday morning, I was asleep in a beautiful (and surprisingly cheap) apartment at the Glenelg Gateway Apartments. At 4:30am, my alarm clock went off. By 5:30am, I was on the road, sharing driving duties with my wife, with three kids in the back, ranging from four months to four years old.
Your request for me to move the car along would be more acceptable if: A) I wasn’t changing a nappy at the time. Being arm deep in infant urine doesn’t put me in the best mood. B) You didn’t complain about “holding up customers” when in fact you didn’t have any except for me. Cobar
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Or I might just be a workaholic. It’s just possible. Consider, for example, the December Issue of Netguide Magazine , on store shelves right about now(ish). It’s a veritable cavalcade of Kidman-penned content, including a roundup of 13 mobile phones — one for every month of the year, plus one extra to lose down the
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(Headline courtesy of this. It’s very similar to the way my mind works, or refuses to, sometimes) Remember earlier on today, when I said I’d been working rather hard? Sure you do — you were paying attention, weren’t you? There will be a test on this in the morning… Sorry — I think I was
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If you asked my beautiful and patient wife where I’d spent the last month, she would without a doubt — and with nary a pause — state that I’ve spent the last month in the office, writing and testing to the point of collapse. And she’d be right. I’ve been working and working and working
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