I don’t know about you suckers, but I’m off to Vietnam for Christmas!
Woooot

Well, it looks like it’s time to update my “about me” section (which I’m sure I’ll get around to sometime next century) as I just got a promotion.
That’s right friends, I’ve moved up in the world, and am now officially “Communications and Publicity Officer” for the Health and Community Services Union.
I’ve been wrangling for the [...]

So big weekend on the Linux front for me.
I was running Ubuntu 8.04 but it was starting to get a bit clunky. I hadn’t reinstalled since 7.04 and with two major upgrades I got the impression that a few settings were starting to clash.
So I thought with the recent release of KDE4 it would be [...]

Well my donations plug-in is complete.
I’ll release it properly on the Wordpress site when I get a chance - but I thought you lot would like the scoop first.
In the mean time you can download it from here.
It’s a plug-in that let’s people know who you’re donating to at the moment. I try to donate [...]

I’ve decided of late that I don’t give enough money. So, to remedy this I’ve decided to donate $50 a month to different organisations whose work I admire and wish to support.
Then I thought that I’d like to encourage others to do the same. I’m also teaching myself php.
These things combined have lead me to [...]

Sorry kiddos (both of you), not much love at the moment.
I’m currently moving house - which really has no impact on my blogging at all but I am using as an excuse for my lack of blogging.
I’m sure something insightful will be brought to your attention soon.
In the mean time, I’m currently reading the Pirate’s [...]

For those of you interested in my Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice activities, it’s all up and going again in a big way.
Check out our latest newsletter with all the details here: http://democracyandjustice.org/content/view/98/53/

As someone who is just about to start looking for a rental property again thisscares the hell out of me:
MELBOURNE’S rental property drought has hit crisis levels after last month’s vacancy rate fell below 1% for the first time on record. Rental accommodation in the central city has almost dwindled to zero.
For those wishing to [...]

Well it would appear that for the first time in a long time I’ve been Memed by the ever so lovely Kakariki over at Radical Cross Stitch (which I’m happy to call party of the Goonanism family).
So I have to “tell 6 things of your life which look like manias or tics, and then pass [...]

Hello my beautiful readers (both of you).
I’m off to Egypt on Monday and Meredith tomorrow so I dare say that this will be my last post for about a month. However I might post some stuff from Egypt if I have the time and the inclination.
In the mean time, if you happen to be thinking [...]