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Tonight on the way home, Town Hall station was sweltering awful humid hotness on both sides of the platform like the innards of Hades in a bad mood. It does not bode well for the weekend when it is supposed to top off at 43 degrees in parts of the city^[1]. Since I got a train pass that goes out to Bondi Junction this week ^[2] I might go and hide in the mega mall with the AC for at least part of the weekend and maybe go see a movie.

I started writing this journal to keep my writing skills fresh. That was in 2004 and seems like forever ago. I didn't have any delusions of being some grate writer or anything^[3], but I think being able to communicate clearly is a pretty worth while skill even if one is simply a particularly cleaver monkey banging out source code on the keyboard. Then this year I started posting more photos because I've been taking more photos. Now I am thinking that balance is in order.

I am relieved at the ease of migrating my email server today. It took a long time to copy inboxes and folders and stuff, but the actual configuration and updating of the DNS MX records was a relative breeze. Since I ditched sendmail dealing with my SMTP server has been difficult but possible, a significant improvement over trying and impossible. The new server^[4] is going to save me a lot of money which is a good thing given that we are all going to lose our jobs and subsist on stealing gasoline in the desert using revved up muscle cars. I'm still losing money on it, which is okay, because I get a lot of utility out of it.

read it in mX so it must be true^TM
at the price of $3 more, which is pretty good because even one trip out there will save me money over getting a round trip ticket
...any more
Actually the new server is really three (virtual) servers, which is good because it builds some redundancy and backups into the system

30 January 2009 01:36pm: so hot omg.
30 January 2009 06:54pm: Things always seems better after nice Australian lamb chops for tea.
1 February 2009 03:00pm: Preparing our attack plan for tonight's twilight parade.
2 February 2009 08:10am: It's February: meaning hot and humid like every year. Least. Favourite. Month. Ever.
3 February 2009 05:38pm: I forgot to wish Kathy a happy Groundhog Day.
Today at 11:22am: Andrew is asking if I know any HTML monkeys. Apparently Kim has been a no show for a while, maybe we never have to see her sorry face again.

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Yesterday at 06:51pm: Rain rain rain. At least it cooled down to a liveable temperature. And with that the three day weekend comes to a close ...
Yesterday at 07:12pm: Potatoes and lamb chops for tea. Happy Australia day aussies :)
Today at 12:17pm: I just dodged several enormous man sized spider webs in the graveyard.

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22 January 2009 07:31am: There exists a person named Kevin Howard. This amuses me.
22 January 2009 07:42am: Ira Glass is sounding increasingly desperate for donations :( hope they don't axe the podcast.
22 January 2009 11:58am: The universe still works... even when you forget to notice. And other trite observations by yours truly.
22 January 2009 09:05pm: Wonderful. RAW files from a Nikon D700 are unsupported under CS2.
Yesterday at 08:53am: My Australian hosting provider proves yet again that they suck. If there were alternatives.
Yesterday at 10:21am: Layoffs at The Company once again makes me nervous for my friends, and glad I'm not there any more.
Yesterday at 10:57am: While looking at the graveyard through my viewfinder and waiting for my tea to cool, a coworker told me a ghost story.
Today at 11:13am: Camera running low on battery juice. This wouldn't happen on a mechanical camera.
Today at 02:28pm: High is only thirtynine today. Happily I am in an air con restaurant.

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5 December 2008 08:58am: Day 3 of "don't have to go to work for three days" conference. Internets and my notebook. I'm too shy to boot my notebook into windows here.
5 December 2008 11:57am: Talk on Klingon programming (in Perl) was surprisingly entertaining.
6 December 2008 04:53pm: heading off to the beach wheeee!
6 December 2008 10:31pm: I am bored of the Internets, but I keep clicking anyway.
7 December 2008 10:18am: I had my twitter hyjacked accidentally.
7 December 2008 10:25am: I am glad it is only 24 today after it being 30 yesterday.
Yesterday at 09:30am: Pancake and pear sauce with fresh squeezie orange juice for breakfast. Was raining but now stopped. Pretty good start for the day.
Yesterday at 03:04pm: I'm frustrated by how difficult it is to find film and equipment for film cameras now a-days.
Today at 10:51am: I'm happy to report that at least one of my MF Nikons appears to be back in working order and the other will be within ten days.

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28 September 2008 10:31pm: It was hot and sunny today. I had the front and back doors open and a nice breeze through the house.
Yesterday at 07:19pm: Best reason to be the first one off the train: not having to breath the smoke of those that are. Long pointless day; am glad it's over.
Today at 02:21pm: Guy walks up to me with a post-it note that says "I'm deaf please give me $5" and puffs cigarette smoke in my face.

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