Things I found out on the plane

Posted on Mon 13 April 2009 in geek

As I was spooling through the in flight entertainment system I found out there is a update to the classic 1980's TV show Knight Rider. Oh dear god it's bad. I watched about 15 minutes of it before giving up and returning to my Astrochemistry book. They seem to have …


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Flying back tomorrow

Posted on Mon 13 April 2009 in general

We are heading back to the norther hemisphere tomorrow. Hopefully they don't decide to storm the airport again for the 5 hours we are there.

UPDATE: Well we have arrived in Bangkok where we will be staying the next 5 or so hours. Despite it all kicking off in town …


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Footy

Posted on Sun 12 April 2009 in general

Australia is a very sporting orientated nation so Friday night Football is a big sporting event. In fact there is a lot of it over this Easter weekend. Of course Football i an incredibly overloaded term but the 3 most popular forms over here involve feet and prolate spheroids. They …


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Review: Silicon Snake Oil

Posted on Thu 09 April 2009 in general • Tagged with books, review

I picked up a copy of Clifford Stoll's Silicon Snake Oil in a second hand book shop a few days ago. You can read the review behind the cut.

I first came across Clifford Stoll while …


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Bad timing

Posted on Wed 08 April 2009 in general

We fly back on Monday. I this has cleared up before we land in Bangkok.