Brog Blog

Ok tonight is a blue moon ! This is a very rare event and one that should be marked in some way, here in Australia we decided to call an election. Yay! Last month the America’s had a blue moon on the 31st of July. Well now it is our turn. Due to the confusion [...]

My son lost his first tooth two days ago. Now we cleaned it up and put it in a special tooth holder, so the tooth fairy would have no problem finding it. Now we have a busy life at the moment, with me travelling each week Dani working 4 days a week and all of [...]

Ok a work friends wife has published her first book, Holycross (search for Holycross). This book outlines the history of the O’Mara family from Tipperary in Ireland. Through civil unrest, murders, trials and then to the Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania) colony. Judith did all the research, most of the illustrations, the cover design, layout and [...]

Ok so here is something a little different. Bose, the famous speaker makers, have come up with a new suspension system for cars. This looks really cool, and active suspension system that uses linear electromagnetic motors to control each wheel. Each of the linear motors can push the wheel towards the ground or pull it [...]

Tomorrow is “Software Freedom Day” and as a user, suporter and contributor to Open Source Software I highly recommend that you all go have a look, and if you can grab TheOpenCD do so. This disk has a wealth of software for Windows that will make your life simplier, easier and save you money.

Well in a day or so I am off to Canberra for another months worth of work. This will be my last trip, before starting on a new project in Brisbane. As usual I will keep you all posted.

This morning it was raining for the first time in, I don’t know how long, and it made for a very surreal bus ride into work. My random play on the iPod seemed to be reading my mood and the images as they flashed by. Windows fogged and streaked distort the world into surreal images. [...]

Well I have injured myself. Silly really . My son had his athletics today, and after his races (in which he put in lots of effort) it was the parents time. So I dutifully lined up for a 50 metre dash. They sent the ladies off a few seconds before us men, well I must [...]

Via Michael Hanscom’s site I found that he liked unbifurcated garments and that his favourite supplier is Utilikilk. Now myself I am not sure if I would like to wear a skirt kilt, but the product has somewhat of an appeal to me.

Ok this has to be one of the most anoying games. waste paper basketball.