Once upon a time, I was a young nipper. These days, I’m probably a middle-aged nipper. Still, it beats elderly curmudgeon by a country mile. I wonder at what precise age one moves from nipping things to curmudgeoning them? How does one curmudge, anyway? Anyhow, I was a young nipper. Other people have the photographs […]
From golf to gardening… Read More »
Now, I’m not the World’s Greatest Gardener — a title which is bestowed, as far as I can see, through owning a coffee cup that lets all and sundry know that you are, in fact, the World’s Greatest Gardener. Humorous arrangements of fig leaves and thumbs may be involved on the cup, but these matters
There ain't no technology I can't kill… Read More »
What goes on tour, stays on tour, as they say. Except when it doesn’t. As in the case with this Segway-laden video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ4RHRAmcgI[/youtube] I’m possibly in the background of a few shots; sadly owing to camera issues, my epic, Mano y Mano (not to mention Brother y Brother) Segway battle was not immortalised for the
People called Romans they go the house? This is most irregular… Read More »
When in fact, what I wanted was a tank. From this story at the ABC: “The Defence Department is urging war veterans and historical groups to write in and tell them why they deserve a free decommissioned Leopard Tank.” Tanks. That have never been used. No, nothing could possibly go wrong with giving members of
Here I was thinking that what I needed was a lawnmower… Read More »
And he’s never even seen Star Wars. Well, not yet. His older sister has, but she only liked the droids, because they were (in her words) “all sparkly”. Still, years from now, I’ll be able to look at this photo with my son, and say to him “Luc… I am your father!” (Alex ducks pre-emptively.
Insert your own "Vwommm… Vwommm…" noises here. Read More »
Somehow, after eating my body weight in Mentos, I managed to survive drinking a glass of Coke. Which is, technically, meant to be suicide. Or something. Clearly, like Clubber Lang, I am the baddest man in the world. Or perhaps not. While I was testing the boundaries of science, gastronomy and common sense, I was
I'm a walking medical miracle… Read More »
So, I’m here at the MediaConnect Influence Forum in the Hunter Valley, discussing the important technology issues of the day*, and there are — as there always are — little bowls of Mentos (or similar mints — but this time they actually are genuine Mentos) on the table. And I’m eating thousands of them. I’m
Eating my own body weight in Mentos… Read More »
With the turn of a new month, my brain cast itself towards my web stats — three years working at a web-stat-obsessed publisher turned me into a web-stat-obsessed editor, and it’s a habit I’ve found rather hard to kick. Now, I’m not pulling in stats numbers of any great significance here, but there are a
You're like a gun turned on the world… Read More »
So, last night, we were cooking up some roast potatoes in the oven. Not that we were cooking already roasted potatoes — they were raw when they went in — but anyway… I’m confusing myself now. I’ll start again. Roast Potatoes. They were in the oven, y’know. And some beef. And my beautiful wife opened