http://brainsnorkel.com Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:19:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the virtual Cecil B. DeMille's of Bennelong. Yes, we're early. But we did let a month go by after Myer put out their decorations. http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/11/16/merry-xmas-2008/ To make sure we catch the thrilling finale to The West Wing, J and I are taking Wednesday (US Tuesday afternoon & night) off from work.  Tragic, we know, but we'd be useless at work and drinking games are frowned upon the day after the Melbourne Cup. I'm sure it won't ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/11/03/democracy/ As mentioned previously, we recently acquired an Apple TV and a fairly standard 720p 66cm LCD TV. What problem was I trying to solve? After spending some time in the US, we have Australian and US iTunes Store accounts. For the last year the majority of our TV ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/10/26/our-apple-tv-experience/ Apparently Disneyland aims to polarise its guests. Or perhaps if you weren't pissed off or ecstatic about the experience they don't really care if you'd recommend them to others. http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/10/22/goofy-survey/ Some parents of kids in Mr 5's class have expressed concern that the school-hours scripture classes are a little too "Fire And Brimstone!" Some kids have been coming home from school talking about death and pretty upset about their parents' prospects for admission into heaven. We hadn't noticed anything particularly odd. ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/10/21/wondering-if-there-is-a-dog/ Blade Runner, in any of its forms, is clearly one of the finest science fiction films ever made. While enjoying our new Apple TV last week, I succumbed to the temptation to buy the high definition Definitive Cut version and watch it. I've seen pretty much all of the versions ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/09/29/too-bad-they-wont-live/ I was foraging around in some old boxes when I found a small collection of things that used to be in Amigas I have owned. Here's what might be the original Motorola 68000 processor from my Amiga 1000: I believe this might be the processor I swapped out for a 68010 in ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/08/24/fossilized-amiga-bones/ I'm going out on a limb. I think Optus is going to be giving more than just iPhone users unmetered access to Apple's Internet properties. Yesterday I downloaded Season 2 of the best TV ever. Thankfully HBO have been gradually adding seasons of The Wire to the US iTunes Music ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/07/06/is-optus-making-itunes-music-store-usage-unmetered/ After reading about and enjoying the Firefox 3.0 about:robots "feature," Mr 5's $8 plastic gift for accompanying me to the markets today might have been a subliminally-suggested choice. We acquired a fashivhably coloured, double-luffing, go-ahead homage to a silly software release mascot. For fans of robots, this model screams "Fire. ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/06/21/the-truth-eho-the-eyes-met-before/ Worth reading just for the introduction. From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novels The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gaining notoriety for various anarchic situationist manifestations, including the defacement of billboard adverts, the posting of prominent cryptic advertisements in NME magazine and the mainstream press, and highly distinctive and unusual ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/06/17/annual-klf-wikipedia-article-linkpimp/ I blame sleep-deprivation for a lack of even sporadic blogging. Rather than kick off a del.icio.us linkspam bot, I'll just refer you over to the rightleft. My Google Reader shared items change far more frequently than this blog. That widget is powered by the wake of my leveraged synergy ... http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/06/10/not-dead-just-busy/ This week I installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on my Vista desktop using Wubi. Wubi lets you install Ubuntu as a dual-boot option that can be uninstalled from Vista's add/remove programs control panel widget (but why would you?). Short review: Wubi Rocks. http://brainsnorkel.com/2008/05/03/wubi-rocks/