Blogs

Friday five: Year-end wrapup Saturday 27 December 2003 \<!\[CDATA **1\. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?** Taking my debt from nearly $40,000 to just under $10,000, while simultaneously establishing myself on the other side of the planet.
Friday five: Couch potato Saturday 20 December 2003 \<!\[CDATA **1\. List your five favorite beverages.** Hmmm. This is a tricky one.
The historical future of the Internet Friday 19 December 2003 \<!\[CDATA *The Register* does it again. The article starts out as being [an announcement that Google will google books](http://www.
To catty for Zagat Friday 19 December 2003 The [Zagat](http://www.zagat.com/) are “indispensable” guides to the best “fooderies in town”, and feature mini-reviews “pieced together” from the quotes of “actual punters”, “smattered with quotes”, much like this “heap of words”.
Snubbing Friday 19 December 2003 Whoops. I just realised that the [blogger meetup](http://blog.meetup.com/) happened yesterday evening.
Who da man? Friday 19 December 2003 You da man, George II. You da man.
Binary joke Wednesday 17 December 2003 There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don’t.
Confessions of a Saddam double Wednesday 17 December 2003 What with his recent capture, people who have known me a while, who know my dark secret, have been asking me for my thoughts on the subject.
So Jurgen, how’s that visa thing going, anyway? Tuesday 16 December 2003 Glad you asked. A mere 16 days after my previous visa expired, I got notification from DIMIA that I have a bridging visa – basically keeping me legal until they make up their minds about the longer term visa.
As if there aren’t enough already Sunday 14 December 2003 The incredible marketing power of VB and Neighbours join forces to bring more pommy backpackers to my beloved land of Vegemite and Tim Tams.