Holidays

Hi folks,

K decided I was working too hard. So she organised a weekend away for us.
I'm not one to contradict her.

So anyway it was an awesome weekend, I'll let the pictures do the talking.

This is the view from the cottage.

And apparently this is the whitest sand in Australia. (Bring your sunglasses)
See that speck in the distance? That's the neighbors.

Howzat for luxury?

Sugar & Spice

There are some things that were made to go together.

My batch of Dunkel beer from the Beer Factory is ready this friday...

Now I wish I'd thought about planting some edamame to go with it!

Stealing somebodies newspaper.

I have this persistent feeling that it's getting harder to find interesting stuff on the internet. As more normal people get online, the information gets dumbed down and the presentation gets shinier. In the early days of the internet, there was a similar phenomenon called "The AOL Effect". When the internet provider AOL, gave it's users access to "Newsgroups" the forerunner of the current discussion forums, the quality of the posts dropped dramatically, as the quantity of posts increased.

So in these days where search engines send you to the site that pays the most, as opposed to the one which has the most accurate information...
It's nice to take a shortcut, and instead of finding the good spots of the web yourself.. just steal suggestions from someone else.

Google asked some journalists, foodies, and tech bloggers, "What do you read"?

Itsy bitsy spider.

For those of you who haven't met one of these yet.

This is a huntsman. Mostly harmless, unless it gets your hair while you drive and causes you to swerve off the road. (Happened to a friend!)

K pointed out that there's no reference point for the scale of this monster spider...
So to put it in perspective, here's a picture of the empire state building. IT WAS THAT BIG, HONESTLY!

Trying too hard?

In a follow up to yesterdays post, I found out this today...




Yes, the Australian Prime Minister get's his news from Twitter.

Either he's trying very hard to be with the in crowd, or social media has come of age.

Shouts out to mumbrella for the scoop.

new media

Here's a neat perspective on why it IS worth your time to learn how to use new technology and social media.

Always be prepared

[Edit: Sorry had to remove pics and link instead after I saw the Copyright on the source page!]
If you're going to do
this...
Jump off this,

Or get around this..


Then for god sake, don't do it in road slicks!!

If only I'd taken the time to put on some knobbly tires, my trousers might not have been so full when I got to the end of the course.

As you can see, it's a bit hilly.


50km/h, over rocks, sand, and hairpin bends, is enough to give me nightmares.

I can't wait to do it again! (With real tires!)