Saturday 6 February 2010
Quite aside from the pollution aspects... read this URL: http://www.treehugger.com/files/...
Saturday 6 February 2010
Fix it, don't bin it! Spent all day (on and off) fixing corroded zips on old duffel bag. Been raining all day so didn't miss much else.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
From the 'State the Obvious' department... "Study: Exposure to traffic pollution negatively impacts children's health" http://is.gd/7zwM4
Monday 1 February 2010
USA buys 4M barrels of oil ($1B worth) every DAY from nations listed as "unstable or dangerous" Land of the free? No way! http://is.gd/7qSg3
Sunday 31 January 2010
Time for sleep. But that full moon staring through the window is freaking me out! 
Friday 29 January 2010
Fitting slicks to MTB rims... Aaaaarrrrrhghghghgggghhhhhhhh!
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Wouldn't have thought it newsworthy, but someone's placement at a well known telco is in 'The Australian' today: http://is.gd/73nhf
Sunday 24 January 2010
Easy to see this will make low-tech vehicles (remember the carburetor?) popular with the criminal population: http://gizmodo.com/5454295
Saturday 23 January 2010
Rode 100km in what felt like an oven this morning! No ill effects but was on the edge of that 'all over cramps' feeling for a while there.
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Few tourist shots of NZ: http://rainton.com/fun/diary/php... Long URL? 12yo software lead to that
Saturday 16 January 2010
Chilling in Kangaroo Valley. BBQ breakie on the veranda. Relax with friends. Check in on the cricket. Ah... Nice.
Friday 15 January 2010
Thanks to everyone sending happy thoughts today. Anyone would think it's... erm... my birthday or something! You are all too kind 
Thursday 14 January 2010
Sitting at PC. Phone hums in pocket. Flick back to workspace with browser in to check Gmail. Mobile mail clients are surprisingly helpful
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Still in doubt? "97% of active climatologists agree that human activity is causing global warming" http://is.gd/6bjON
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Top tip: do not max out chasing Turra's 10th seed rider up from Berowra only half way through a 106km ride. Rest of your day will be agony!
Saturday 9 January 2010
Riding on the West Head smoothness with cracked ribs doesn't hurt as much as you'd think. Lack of sleep does though. Am smashed now.
Friday 8 January 2010
Lost all menus (file/edit/etc..) from all gnome applications?! Just remove gnome-globalmenu-common. Phew! Tip found here: http://is.gd/5TvDN
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Today's Daily Telegraph had 5 pages about how screwed the Aussie cricket team were. And yet this arvo they won the match. How good was that!
Monday 4 January 2010
More knee-jerk reaction has me concluding: airport security is more to do with appearances than actually catching crims. Has been for years.
Sunday 3 January 2010
That week of riding the velvet trails of NZ made me forget how to handle roots and rocks. Very sore left Brachialis is the result 
Friday 1 January 2010
Some neighbours (across the lane-way) look pretty wasted. NYE party at the split coffee stage. They took as a sign & switched back to beer.
Thursday 31 December 2009
Cycling stats for the year: 4,855km (2,000km was MTB). 362 hours. Elevation gain: 73,513m. 490,329 calories burnt. So says Garmin anyhow.
Thursday 31 December 2009
Before you toss out yesterday's SMH Summer pull-out check out p3. Not a bad story, and... oooh... who's that quoted and in the picture?
Tuesday 29 December 2009
Pics from the Rotorua MTB trip... and lots of 'em: http://nobmob.com/image/tid/3088
Tuesday 29 December 2009
http://dpreview.com/ challenge of challenges: 506 of the best images on the 'net: http://is.gd/5FfdZ Slick presentation system too!
Monday 28 December 2009
After 2 weeks away... we return to find plants on the balcony have gone ballistic and fish have turned cannibal! PS. #Avatar hype justified!
Thursday 24 December 2009
7 days straight MTB in biblically awesome Rotorua, walk http://tongarirocrossing.org.nz/ Might be time for the lazy part of this trip
Saturday 12 December 2009
Airlines... Next they'll expect us to pay for them to make us feel shit. Oh, wait... We already do!
Tuesday 8 December 2009
At least the new UPS test went as expected this morning. Now to move a DTV tuner card and the technology woes might be over for a while.
Monday 7 December 2009
Home servers are nice until they get a H/W fault. Desktop, TV & music rely on this. RAID array has found a new home in desktop for a while.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Britons spend more (pa) on ring tones than Fusion power research. Is a ring tone going to solve the world energy crisis? Priorities people!
Wednesday 18 November 2009
New UPS: battery-backed-tastic! As opposed to the old one which was battery-buggered-iffic: The actual device (not battery) was dead
Monday 16 November 2009
How come GF spent 80 bucks in the supermarket yesterday and yet there's nothing to eat in the house? Time to go myself?
Thursday 5 November 2009
Hours of fun: http://www.starwarsuncut.com/
Monday 2 November 2009
Perhaps I should move this bottle of White Spirits from where the glass of water usually sits on my desk?
Sunday 18 October 2009
At last... some event pictures worth buying! http://nobmob.com/node/11010 Loved the Scott24 this year
Monday 12 October 2009
SMH coverage of MTB in NSW NPs http://is.gd/4f615 Don't know why they have to make it a conflict - most cyclists are environmentalists too.
Sunday 11 October 2009
Home but tired post Scott24 (24 hour MTB race, silly!). What a track! If you didn't blast round there you don't know what you're missing!
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Last day of work today... bring on a summer of fun! Erm... OK... and a little part time work but beats 9-5!
Friday 25 September 2009
Northern Beaches National Parks to pilot Sustainable MTB Access - http://nobmob.com/node/10706
Thursday 17 September 2009
Decorations and an 'xmas bear' were on sale in Myer this week. Only 14 weeks of retail desperation to go - not a sign of economic recovery!
Wednesday 2 September 2009
78,000 children work in tobacco farms of Malawi, their handling of tobacco leaves causing nicotine poisoning. Sickening! http://is.gd/2MHlv
Monday 31 August 2009
Buy a fuel efficient car, or drive less. Good for planet. But lower fuel demand = lower cost = peak oil doubters = bad for planet. Catch 22?
Thursday 27 August 2009
Radio ad: "SMS TRY. That's T-R-Y to...". So this stuff is aimed at an intellectual audience then?
Monday 24 August 2009
Might be worth pretending to be a pommie today Poor show on the cricket front from the Aussies
Friday 7 August 2009
Chilling out watching the Cricket (Oh look, Collingwood just fell). Bike race tomorrow at a rather civilised midday start.
Sunday 26 July 2009
Pretty cold last night (Jul 25). Wore my 'only 3 days a year cold enough for this' coat. Found receipt in pocket dated 25 Jul 08. Spooky!
Saturday 25 July 2009
Go Cavendish! What a rider. And with a great attitude to boot - always seems modest and thankful for his team. Keep it up Mark!
Tuesday 21 July 2009
SHT is closed so the cops are RBTing on the expressway. Brilliant way to snarl up the traffic! Doh!
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Going to the Opera House for a little bit of culture.