Jason's Housewarming:

I uploaded a few shots of a lab BBQ Here.



I'm using photoblog as fotopic.net decided to start screwing with pics, resizing etc, despite setting it not to.

Exhausted...

You know something is wrong when you pick up your home phone to dial the hairdresser and press 0 for an outside line.<BR>
2 deaths to mention :<BR>
The screen on my samsung D500 - in optus getting repaired. If no answer from my mobile it's because the battery on my old Sony doesn't last long.<BR>
(Never had an issue with it before, worked perfectly up till then)<BR>
Liana's blog - blogspot/blogger and the Google account migration killed yet another victim' blog.

sunset over a baby spider's web.






2 is a crop from 1. Fotopic.net has resized them and screwed them over. hmm..

time to change image hosts for the random shots i guess

Rescue chopper:




In other news today, Sherry's PhD confirmation talk kicked ass. She did well.

http://samishra.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/getting-wbloggar-to-work-with-blogger-beta/
This works as long as the beta server is still active. will find the new adress soon enough i guess.

Inclusive language
From UQ's guide to inclusive language.

Instead of : | You can Say:

The Office Girls | The administrative staff

the tea lady | the attendant

manning the booth | staffing the booth

mankind | humankind, humanity

workman | worker

headmaster | prinicipal

the head of school and his staff | The head of school and their staff

woman lawyer | lawyer

A mother of 2 has been appointed | professor blogs has been appointed

tranny | Use the pronoun which represents the gender expressed. i.e. him or her, she or he.

I oftened wondered where the equity office spent all its money...

so the evil that is vista is out there.

I like it

but meh, my comp is too crap and dying massively. I styled xp though to have that scheme.

Anyone considering getting it - the upgrade edition is the exact same dvd as the full versions (32bits anyway) and the only difference is in your key.

On a completely unrelated note, when you install vista without entering a serial number (booting from dvd), it installs as a 30 day trial.

again, on an unrelated note. The upgrade editions search for an exisiting install of win 2k, XP or Vista installed (doesn't have to be activated); so yes the install program runs within vista, just run setup.

join the dots...

Vienna Cathedral

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I also did a Toned version.



P.S. new blogger is a piece of shit. stupid google migration blocks me from being lazy and using a client. i wish i never migrated.

photoblog.

For those that are interested, I now have a Photoblog. Just random snaps, don't expect any decent photography on there. If I don't take a pic on that day I will try and process from raw one of my travel shots and put that up.

HP7

"2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The Harry Potter series has gone on to sell 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages. The last book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, sold 2,009,574* copies in the UK on the first day of its release, making it the fastest-selling book of all time. All six Harry Potter books have been number one bestsellers around the world."

2 million+ copies in the UK on the first day for HP6. thats 1.54% of the entire UK population buying the book on its release date. (assuming only 1 copy/person etc). Lets see if the 21/7/7 will beat that record.

To put it into perspective, Raymond E Feist, one of the top 5 fantasy authors in the world has only sold 20 million books in 25years of writing.

Impressive stats by JK. if you followed wiccan beliefs you would almost assume she had bewitched the books to sell better.