tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62501906625743639682011-04-22T08:46:11.137+10:00Mattynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-47051896112733858622009-04-07T12:06:00.003+10:002009-04-07T12:08:58.630+10:00

I wonder what kind of backend they have and how many requests/hits they need for it be 'over capacity'...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-34798410488594689262009-02-15T12:36:00.004+11:002009-02-15T12:52:38.044+11:00

Late last night I listed my trusty old xbox on ebay... going for only $0.99...It has 15 games, 3 controllers, DVD Remote and a Steering WheelCheckout the listing at http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170302725996

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-82333543023397384292008-09-24T00:08:00.002+10:002008-09-24T00:13:00.214+10:00

I just logged onto SMH and read an article about issues that Optus is reportedly having with it's 3G network... I then noticed an ad right next to the article for the exact same service...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-36724616937056150072008-05-20T14:11:00.005+10:002008-07-09T17:55:41.963+10:00

I was on Digg the other day and found this cool little website... It helps you find where your blind spots are...http://www.findyourblindspot.com/blindspot.swf

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-76606632924710073032008-05-15T12:01:00.003+10:002008-05-15T12:08:27.176+10:00

Hey...[Checkout her blog here, http://hayleyneal.blogspot.com]

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-36846197185427205852008-05-08T22:29:00.005+10:002008-05-08T22:32:18.222+10:00

Notice the new app on the side of the page...Now you can start a chat with me whenever you like, for whatever reason, etc, etc, etc...Just a random thing I found when downloading the latest Google Talk the other day...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-71389276539721996932008-05-01T23:23:00.004+10:002008-05-01T23:42:37.846+10:00

I just got home what may have been the gig of the year for me... One of my favourite bands played at the Annadale Hotel tonight... Jackson United - probably most famous for Chris Shiflett who also happens to be the lead guitarist for the Foo Fighters.A photo of band from last night... (Enlarge and check out the drummer)For full album, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35001&l=6fb51&id=

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-38502702584100916302008-04-30T19:05:00.001+10:002008-04-30T19:07:04.654+10:00

Checkout how fast I can type...(Click to enlarge)

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-83287945612914706712008-03-13T12:31:00.002+11:002008-03-13T12:55:18.073+11:00

Since coming to College I've been thinking about the way people cross the road between Chappo and Moore College - Carillon Ave.While walking to dinner in the city I had a conversation with a friend, Nick, who is also at College and had been thinking the same thing. Although, he'd done a little bit of research and discovered that in Queensland it was illegal to cross the road if you were within

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-9441095470409411332008-03-04T17:05:00.004+11:002008-03-04T17:37:17.863+11:00

I was reading a post on zenhabits recently about how the author only uses Google Documents for all his office needs...I switched over to Google Mail for the hosting of furtech.net almost a year ago and I've never looked back. I can use pop or imap for free if I wish (which I sometimes do to backup files). I love the way GMail archives files into one thread and the search-ability is great!This

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-64874648878189993562008-02-15T15:00:00.003+11:002008-02-15T17:05:13.863+11:00

Hi Doug, I thought I'd post off the back of chat today ;-)P.S. this is the 100th post - yay! Just out of interest is anyone still reading? Other than Doug?

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-32773754663607587602008-01-23T16:09:00.000+11:002008-01-23T17:23:47.772+11:00

Last week I sat an exam on Biblical Greek Grammar as part of entry to Moore Theological College. Most people don't need to do any exams to get in but as I'm yet to complete any of the degrees that I've started I was required to apply as a mature age student.To my surprise, on Monday, I received a letter of acceptance - somehow I passed the Biblical Greek Grammar exam!Leading up to the exam I'd

Mattynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-88037263543635477742008-01-20T13:10:00.000+11:002008-01-20T13:21:02.761+11:00

I was out driving last night and Matchbox20's new song came on the radio... Matchbox20 is one of my favourite bands, I love all their singles and I usually find the 'fillers' on the albums is their best work!I also really enjoy Rob Thomas' solo work as well...It made me think "What is it about Matchbox20 that I just love all their work?", maybe they write similar sounding songs (they don't),

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-88943027164136906402008-01-19T07:07:00.000+11:002008-01-19T07:28:46.949+11:00

I was at JB Hifi the other day and noticed the Soundtrack for Juno had been released, after loving the movie and the music, it was a no brainer to purchase the soundtrack.I usually don't like purchasing soundtracks, singles or one-off downloads from iTunes - just prefer whole albums - but I made an except for on this one.It's a great CD, full of indie artists, and as my friend said "Juno will do

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-11892120105328829742008-01-10T22:42:00.001+11:002008-01-10T22:48:13.248+11:00

Well it's feel like a while since I last wrote anything...Last Saturday I went to see "Atonement" at Circular Quay with Tash and Alex after seeing Paul Kelly's set at the Sydney Festival. "Atonement" is probably one of the best movies I've seen in while!After church on Sunday I ducked over to 'Movies in The Overflow' to see 'The Inconvenient Truth' - which once again was a great movie...it

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-48539640139765912532007-12-27T11:30:00.000+11:002007-12-27T11:53:44.789+11:00

I was invited to join Twitter yesterday by an old work mate...From what I can gather Twitter is a social network who's only feature allows users to say what you're currently doing, which seems pretty similar to Facebook's Status.Well I signed up as it only takes a minute or two and posted my first "What are you doing?" message (I was very tempted to say Status!). Needless to say I bored

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-85232103092771342702007-12-22T06:11:00.000+11:002007-12-22T06:25:56.537+11:00

Last night I held some belated birthday drinks... We headed to Chinatown for some quick dinner and then over to the Cruise Bar for a few drinks...Yes, there was fireworks and a million and one jokes about how it was my present...This is probably the only 'good' photo of people, most likely because I think Sam took control of my camera...hmm:Full Album

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-87815699194361053092007-12-20T16:40:00.000+11:002007-12-20T17:22:12.675+11:00

I was down in Canberra recently to celebrate an early Christmas with half of my extended family... Unfortunately, no one from my immediate family was able to make it. After lunch: The next day I took the scenic drive back via Boral...I always thought there was more in Bowral... (This isn't Bowral)Full Album

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-51055944455989860812007-12-17T21:17:00.000+11:002007-12-17T21:26:07.501+11:00

On the eve of my birthday Griogri Nestor, the world's oldest person, pasted away at age 116. I have only 92 years and 1 day until I can beat his record...Source: SMH

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-69660489912089052312007-12-16T07:19:00.000+11:002007-12-16T07:26:02.145+11:00

I remember the good old days of Kris Kross...While I'm sure they were highly produced, they're still a lot better than most current Rap going around nowadays!

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-19227701693632975652007-12-13T23:58:00.000+11:002007-12-13T23:31:52.527+11:00

I really liked James Blunt's first album but I thought his follow up single, '1979' was "okay"... But I'm loving the second single, 'Same Mistake' off 'All The Lost Souls'

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-73311411046327821912007-12-13T08:49:00.000+11:002007-12-13T08:24:42.488+11:00

With our faithful Bible Study leaders overseas we decided to make last Tuesday the last Bible Study of the year... No doubt through lack of ideas we decided to do the usual end of year social and go Ten Pin Bowling at Hornsby.With several of our members sick, including one in hospital with appendicitis, our number had slowly dwindled down from 3, just Ty, Tommy and myself.(View full album)When

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-46248387914040656132007-12-11T18:32:00.000+11:002007-12-11T18:51:26.535+11:00

A friend from Bible Study's little brother brought back a Fender Strobe-E Keychain Tuner. It's a little strobe light that pulsates at the same frequency as the low E string on a guitar...Who does it work?A guitar string vibrates, in circles, at different frequencies; so if the E string is tuned correctly, under a strobe light at the same frequency, the string will appear stationary. When the

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-22735224196206819692007-12-11T16:05:00.000+11:002007-12-11T16:07:19.103+11:00

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-45457076955086245442007-12-09T23:44:00.000+11:002007-12-10T12:40:50.975+11:00

After Wal talking people taking photos of the hail today...I thought I'd post some random photos from a sudden and very uneventful hail storm that hit earlier today... Minty hiding in my computer room:.(It's hard to see but her tale is puffed up)Small part of the backyard:Close up for the hail:(It looked bigger in real life!)Hail hitting the pool: ***Update: apparently my 'uneventful' storm was

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-2463904308486234322007-12-09T16:05:00.000+11:002007-12-09T16:08:01.826+11:00

I think this was filmed in Sydney and has been receiving a lot of airplay on Music Max recently...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-12440718083716401532007-12-06T10:28:00.000+11:002007-12-06T10:51:55.866+11:00

I saw Snow Patrol's "Open Your Eyes" video clip this morning and I've always wondered where the footage came from... Was it shot years ago? Was it filmed on a set? Was it filmed on normal roads under normal conditions? Did they close off the roads? Etc.Here's the film clip: Well I did a search on the net today to find out that they used part of an 8 minute movie called "C'était un rendez-vous

Mattynoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-4416585582333167282007-12-05T23:21:00.001+11:002007-12-06T10:53:00.987+11:00

This would have to be one of the coolest designed websites I've seen for a while, www.xy-1.com. They're a Web Design, Graphic Design and Short Film (Video Clips and Ads) company based in Sydney.Sure the design wouldn't work well for a lot of websites but I love the uniqueness and simplicity to the it all...very cool!Some notable artists/video clips:Operator Please - Get What You WantOperator

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-68014526295920552512007-12-04T15:51:00.000+11:002007-12-04T15:58:17.932+11:00

I was using my computer today when my cat, Minty, came along and sat at my feet...She almost looks camouflage with the carpet.She was asked to a whiskers ad once, but my Mum turned them down... :(

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-78567579294607478582007-11-29T17:12:00.000+11:002007-11-29T17:15:35.430+11:00

I'm at uni right now just waiting for a 5:30 appointment... Man it's a ghost town or at least the Faculty of IT building is...I'm writing this from one the uni computers in the Faculty of IT building which I only just worked out how to log into...it only took 6 months but I finally got it.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-25235931632321020992007-11-27T16:29:00.000+11:002007-11-27T16:36:35.218+11:00

I saw this film clip yesterday morning and thought, "Yeah that's probably the best song she's ever released..."Just to do a little name dropping...I know her drummer!

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-29658465727097216912007-11-26T00:13:00.000+11:002007-11-26T00:23:22.710+11:00

I just did an online 'Real Age' test... below are my results... Biological Age: 23Real Age: 8.9 Average Life Expectancy: 74 Your Life Expectancy : 88.1Something tell me there is something wrong with this test...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-90057747156546021252007-11-23T19:17:00.000+11:002007-11-23T19:12:43.357+11:00

I just arrived home from the otolaryngologist who had a look at my ear. I thought I may have developed an ear infection in the ear that I had my operation on last month. Thankfully, the pain was the result of a tender jaw and a sore throat.Unfortunately, the doctor noticed that I still have a hole in my ear drum! He said it was only small and will hopefully close by it's self but that's what

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-6114738379684987822007-11-22T17:38:00.000+11:002007-11-22T17:42:23.166+11:00

I don't know if you've noticed or not the ads that have been running during this election... We'll I've tried to take notice to learn a little bit about each party's policies...So far I can't think of one ad in the last couple of weeks that either Labor or the Liberals have aired which touch on their own parties policies...I have no idea what any of the policies are...Sure they both have an

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-58305372841335610332007-11-21T22:14:00.000+11:002007-11-21T22:33:16.121+11:00

I was watching 'The Morning Show' today when Sara Storer appeared performing her new song 'Land Cries Out'... I quite like Sara's music...I soon realised Sam Hawksley and Matt Fell was backing her... Sam Hawksley being one of my favourite artists who I've blogged about before, here and here. Matt Fell also produced Sara's CD as well co-producing Greg Cooper's new CD...I had a chat to him once

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-68424151597226660872007-11-20T23:06:00.000+11:002007-11-20T23:16:57.206+11:00

I logged into Facebook this afternoon to find that when I tried to change my status I could delete the 'is' after my name. So I changed my status to something without any 'is'. I went back a short while later to discover if i tried to change my status again it forced the 'is' back in.I'm thinking they did an update to the 'home page' on Facebook, made a mistake in the code allowing people to

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-65697692148423022732007-11-20T09:29:00.000+11:002007-11-20T09:25:39.154+11:00

Yesterday I took a train from Gordon to Central return for $3.80, a grand total of 13 stations. I stopped off at uni (UTS) quickly and then bought another ticket from Central to Redfern return for $2.60, that's only 1 station.I can't workout how CityRail justifies a $0.80 difference when I traveled 12 fewer stops.I might add that the train between Central and Redfern was the worst train I've

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-67972295941633527912007-11-19T08:09:00.000+11:002007-11-19T07:25:12.865+11:00

Did anyone catch this? It's too funny...It says that it's 'live' but I doubt it really is... ;-)P.S. Sorry, I don't have time to write much more...I've got a big day ahead of me...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-55266018297996280272007-11-18T16:45:00.000+11:002007-11-18T16:39:36.118+11:00

I was just looking on your.sydneyanglicans.net when I noticed a link to a Times Online article titled 'More women than men are being ordained to Anglican priesthood'.Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2864673.eceWhile the article actually discusses a few issues in the Church in England it states two interesting facts: 1. 213 women were ordained last year, compared to

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-57679511363303464342007-11-18T11:13:00.000+11:002007-11-18T11:22:44.282+11:00

I stopped off at Hornsby shops on the way home yesterday to pick up a few things...Firstly, I purchased Linkin Park’s new album “Minutes to Midnight” from JB HI-FI. The nice emo girl who served me at the count decided to relive, in detail, how she saw them live once and they ‘went off’... It was a sell-out gig in Adelaide, I believe, and everyone was ‘out of their seats’.As she was giving me my

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-1471447046897369362007-11-17T19:17:00.000+11:002007-11-17T19:34:39.269+11:00

I arrived home kinda late today after I spent the last few days at Diamond Beach. Here are few shots I took... A healthy fridge: The view from the balcony: The bling beach house from the beach:As close as I went to the water:

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-56904992642093169482007-11-12T22:13:00.000+11:002007-11-17T19:35:15.574+11:00

I was just packing my bag as I won't have time tomorrow, due to a night exam...When I was in Japan I used a technique of folding t-shirts quickly and effectively but I couldn't quite remember it...Well here is a YouTube video of it...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-88018219372918406702007-11-10T23:50:00.000+11:002007-11-10T23:52:29.846+11:00

Celebrity Politicians...Peter Garrett's comment about ‘reversing’ the ALP’s policies once elected is a good exam of why I'm not a fan of celebrity politicians. I understand what Garrett said was only 'jest' in nature (or one might say 'jocular') but as a politician you really need to be careful about what you say. Hence, this is why 'others', such as Howard and Rudd, have spent so long in

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-39466023219930374212007-11-09T15:10:00.000+11:002007-11-09T15:25:18.814+11:00

Can I start by saying I stole this straight from http://duck5.blogspot.com (thanks) but it was pretty interesting so I gave it ago.Below is the reading level you need to be to understand my blog.I did some tests on a few other blogs and 'Genius' was the highest that I've seen... I thought well that's pretty cool, but on later reflection, it might mean this blog is full of a 'mad' genius thoughts

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-78156360292429382492007-11-07T23:59:00.000+11:002007-11-08T00:02:05.145+11:00

For some strange reason one of my favourite blogs, www.schrankmonster.de, has started to post in German.I have three options...1. Stop reading it...2. Dust off my old German text books...3. Use http://babelfish.altavista.com/to translate it for me...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-16797080550937314782007-11-06T10:17:00.000+11:002007-11-06T10:25:36.011+11:00

Ever here a song and think 'oh, it is like they're singing about my life!'? Well this song doesn't speak to me in that way but I still like it...Girls Who Play Guitars:I must confess that I'm a bit of a closet Maximo Park fan... I was going to check them out last time they toured with Sammy but I remember it clashed with something, just don't recall what.P.S. I just worked out you can change the

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-39574671873106757632007-11-04T17:35:00.000+11:002007-11-04T17:55:12.222+11:00

Last Friday I headed down to St. Matts at Manly to checkout Greg Cooper and Revive play... They're doing a gig together a few weeks at Christ Church St. Ives but I'll be up the coast so I thought I'd checkout the St. Matts one instead. The crowd was mostly youth groups, meaning a lot of 'teenie popping' teenagers and a lot of covie kids. So I just hung up the back at Greg Cooper's stand with

Mattynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-67558249604481996002007-11-04T15:09:00.000+11:002007-11-04T15:09:31.833+11:00

A few weekends ago, both MusicMax and Channel [V] played Foo Fighters specials, in which they aired 'Monkey Wrench' (one of my favourites, of which there are many), this made me reminisce...The film clip features Dave Grohl playing a Gretsch White Falcon, which was actually owned Pat Smear who was the original lead guitarist in the Fooies and he also did some season work for Nirvana towards the

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-53132041832728312612007-10-31T00:19:00.000+11:002007-10-31T00:45:54.868+11:00

Okay I was downloading the latest version of Ubuntu when I noticed I was reaching speeds of around 1240+ kB/sec, it maxed out at 1269 kB/sec. So I disconnected my ethernet cable and tried using my Wireless connection (its only B) and it slowed down to around 500-600 kB/sec...1269 kB/sec is equivalent to around 10 mbps of actual throughput!(Click on the pic to see full-size)587 kB/sec is

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-54468251511726392922007-10-29T20:09:00.001+11:002007-10-29T20:18:38.205+11:00

I was watching 'How I met your Mother' tonight and they closed the show with 'Spit on a Stanger' by Pavement... Man that song takes me back to the good old days, when I was in High School. I use to head down to my Cousin's place in Canberra with Haley and we'd ramage through my cousins' CD collections. I remember thinking 'what a find' when I came across that song - and I still love it!

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-34666082516616504972007-10-29T18:58:00.000+11:002007-10-29T19:16:52.136+11:00

After being housebound for the last two weeks and having my car at the smash repairers the week before that, I haven't managed to drive it for over 3 weeks... Until today!I had to head down to Dee Why to see my specialist and as soon as I took my little Sportivo out of the garage I remember exactly why I bought it - it's such a sweet drive! The responce, the handling and the power...Oh Yeah!

Mattynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-67832730444599750632007-10-27T18:06:00.000+10:002007-10-27T18:19:46.111+10:00

Okay, the trailer for this movie grabbed my eye because it featured both Jason Bateman and Michael Cera from Arrested Development (one of my all-time favourite shows). Michael Cera's acting actually made me think it was 'Arrested Development: The Movie'...Judging by the trailer it looks pretty good and I've read comments about it being the next 'Little Miss Sunshine' - personally, I thought of '

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-43160479394242336342007-10-27T17:45:00.000+10:002007-10-27T17:50:35.249+10:00

UPDATE: this was reposted due the fact I deleted the pics and I only just realised...woops!Last Friday I watched some cooking special on Japan... It brought me back to my Japanese trip earlier this year and reminded me just how good Japanese food is! Man Japan was great in general - I wish I was back there now...I can't wait till I can start leaving the house again because I'm gonna be heading to

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-38273025318242658752007-10-26T18:29:00.000+10:002007-10-26T18:37:41.262+10:00

I've recently started to read another blog called Duck5, http://duck5.blogspot.com/. It’s written by someone that I met a few weeks ago through Church... Anywho, ‘The Morning Show’ aired something called 'Inside Hillsong' yesterday morning... Basically they interviewed a couple and a single lady who attend Hillsong, I think they've only been going a few weeks. An interesting Post was made on

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-19207678470336109282007-10-25T23:32:00.000+10:002007-10-25T23:38:03.704+10:00

A few friends just left so I jumped into bed and switched on The Country Music to find them playing Sam Hawksley... One of my favourite artist...This is the clip they played (it's what got me into Sam in the first place):I posted his other video clip, 'Only Crying' back in May...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-32063511258886144802007-10-25T05:54:00.000+10:002007-10-25T06:18:13.879+10:00

Due to the fact I can't sleep, largely because I can only sleep on one side and I like to turn a lot at night, I've decided to get up and write another post so early in the morning... A couple of Saturday's ago I headed into the city with a few mates to check out Cloud Control. I can't tell you how many people I've said 'Cloud Control' to, only to have them say 'Crowd Control?'. We had some

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-18241789917947273752007-10-24T17:28:00.000+10:002007-10-24T18:33:10.187+10:00

A friend, Scott Westaway, sent me this last week...Have a look at her and see which way she's spinning, clockwise or anti-clockwise...If you answered clockwise you're the same me and you use the right side of your brain :), but apparently most people see her moving anti-clockwise which is using the left side. Also, if you focus hard you should be able to see her spin in the opposite direction to

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-38979578147011346192007-10-23T18:23:00.000+10:002007-10-23T18:28:17.056+10:00

I was just online a second ago and I went to the 'Friends Online' function to see how else was online... I had 21 friends online at the same time, I've never seen so many friends online at once - it's almost 10% of my friends in total!I conclude that 6:20pm on a Tuesday is the busy period for Australian Facebook users... that's probably a huge assumption but hey...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-15336444122167259462007-10-21T17:14:00.000+10:002007-10-21T17:21:19.898+10:00

Here's a photo Mia after she splashed around in our fish pond. It was taken back in March:Here's one I took last night of her with her squeecky toy:Man she's really grown! Check out the full album here...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-79570465994911343802007-10-15T20:51:00.000+10:002007-10-15T20:57:57.811+10:00

For the second time in four months I'm heading back into Hospital... While I've had many operations in my 23 years and even more visits to Hospitals around Australia, I think this might actually be the first time I've had two operations within the same calendar year!I'll be getting up nice and early to check into the Mater in Crows Nest, probably one of the best Hospitals I've been to and as

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-14947559245104113572007-10-06T13:19:00.000+10:002007-10-06T13:33:00.722+10:00

I just browsing over an old post on a friend's blog, http://shadrachs.blogspot.com, yes I've pull stuff there before.When reading it, something really stood out to me, this quote from Cal Thomas:"The problem in our culture isn't the Clinton Administration. It isn't the abortionists. It isn't the pornographers or drug dealers or the criminals. It is the undisciplined, undiscipled, disobedient, and

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-55022152277431286742007-10-06T08:20:00.000+10:002007-10-06T08:58:31.272+10:00

I found my cousin on Facebook the other day and I noticed under websites that he has a blog that I never knew about called 'Search for Mediocrity', http://searchformediocrity.blogspot.com. He also has listed his travel blog and the one of the weirdest MySpace pages, although it's been tamed down a little nowadays.Anyhow, back to 'Search for Mediocrity', basically it's a review site of restaurants

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-49672967155507928722007-10-06T01:51:00.000+10:002007-10-06T02:02:47.325+10:00

During a state of insomnia which I'm currently experiencing, probably because I've mostly been in bed since Wednesday, I looked up my exam timetable which was released on Friday...I only have to sit 1 exam out of all four of my subjects - yay! Unfortunately, the exam falls in a week which I was looking at going away in but thankfully it's early in the week so it shouldn't affect things too much!

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-1456530889997118032007-10-05T11:15:00.000+10:002007-10-05T11:16:40.620+10:00

I added a little MSN status app. to the blog the other night... Check it out, it's on the top right.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-45746415222092317202007-10-02T13:52:00.000+10:002007-10-02T13:55:24.869+10:00

Morning... After waking up at 6:30ish I received a call, at 7:30, from a friend who has been in America for the last 5 weeks... I headed over to his place and we jumped in his car and left. After driving for around 5 mins we realised neither of us knew where we were headed... So on-the-fly we decided to head to Lakemba for an early lunch. We arrived so early that the restaurant that we

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-12659726354124244442007-09-25T15:27:00.000+10:002007-09-25T15:33:06.480+10:00

After a discussion on MTS Challenge at lunch on Sunday, I did a quick Google on teleporting... This is what I found, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2049048.stm, basically the ANU has managed to teleport a laser beam a few metres - interesting...Gotta love the glasses they wear...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-22601993113057675732007-09-14T08:41:00.000+10:002007-09-14T08:49:35.756+10:00

It was reported on SMH this morning that McLaren was fined $100m for spying on rival F1 team Ferrari... But I suspect they'll miss the constructors points more, after losing them all.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-13973478969111353592007-09-12T22:49:00.000+10:002007-09-12T22:57:47.931+10:00

Despite not having a class until the afternoon I decide to head into Uni a little early to do some work in the Library and that all went swimmingly.I went to my lecture in the afternoon which was pretty boring... I pretty much did more unrelated work on my laptop for an hour.After leaving the lecture I headed over to my Tut where we had an exam; something I only found out the day before. It was

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-63096301250442581162007-09-12T09:31:00.000+10:002007-09-12T09:37:21.171+10:00

It was reported on SMH this morning that Richard Hammond from Top Gear has had another high-speed crash but this time escaped being hurt.After reading another report on RTE, it sounds like a bit of hype...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-31131214779420262312007-09-09T22:23:00.000+10:002007-09-09T22:41:38.325+10:00

At the request of some, I held a BBQ at my place on the Friday public holiday, in honour of APEC. I invited a friend from uni, he's only been in Australia for about a month so it was a good experience for him and I think he enjoyed himself...Below is a photo he took (hence why he isn't in the photo) of the gang (minus a few) outside in between the rain:Later on we hit up Georgie's for some oh so

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-36679183227992253872007-09-07T08:33:00.000+10:002007-09-07T08:46:30.931+10:00

I was hanging out with my sister last night waiting for my bother-in-law to come home from work... With not much else to do, and despite my protests, we flicked over to Home and Away.After watching it for about 5 secs I thought "who are these people" and asked "Is this Home and Away?". It appears pretty much the entire cast has changed since the last time I took a remote interest in the

Mattynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-77864690870688621812007-09-03T16:48:00.000+10:002007-09-07T08:33:19.710+10:00

This is the first single off the Ben Lee's album, Ripe. I love Ben Lee!Love Me Like The Worlds Ending:

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-29251842569376398062007-08-26T22:26:00.000+10:002007-08-26T22:29:55.700+10:00

Its late and I'm working on an assignment which I really don't want to be doing... :(So I thought I'd post another My Chemical Romance clip that I just can't get out of my head, it's called Famous Last Words...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-62498183591730256162007-08-12T13:39:00.000+10:002007-08-12T14:51:47.427+10:00

Okay... here are two pretty random stories from last night that happened about a few minutes apart.I was in Darling Harbour last night and I had a craving for some saturated fat and as it was almost 1am I really didn't have too many options. With nothing at the kebab places taking my fancy we headed over to Macca's near the where Sega World use to be.I was sitting quietly in a booth with a few

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-34036955860668406902007-08-11T10:51:00.000+10:002007-08-11T10:56:34.939+10:00

I thought of some something last night to post about... but I've totally forgotten what it was now :((source: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushforgetaboutit.htm)

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-89710452922411690082007-08-09T14:08:00.000+10:002007-08-09T14:29:59.062+10:00

My old Senior High leader is currently studying at Regent College and recently made a post about one of his subjects "Solidarity, Resistance, Liberation: The Way of God in the World?" on his blog. He talks about the subject content (largely the stories of Joseph and Moses) and then how they saw modern day slavery...Basically, read what he wrote, http://shadrachs.blogspot.com/2007/08/

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-42662075437798768762007-08-08T07:44:00.000+10:002007-08-08T07:50:47.779+10:00

I've seen this guy on TV before and he's always pretty passionate about his views but this is just a little over the top...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-27639767499462775012007-08-07T09:46:00.001+10:002007-08-07T10:23:09.287+10:00

I logged onto SMH this morning to see that they've once again changed the layout of the site...They seem to do this every few years and in my opinion I find that it slowly gets worse... Maybe its just I'm not use to the new layout and I find it hard to find things at first.I just wish they wouldn't change things!

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-32403785063962298482007-08-05T15:41:00.000+10:002007-08-05T23:34:57.424+10:00

I saw this on YouTube today...The blurb said says "Hydrogen is less dense then air surrounding it"... If this is the case, I would have thought that the air would make the hydrogen float away. Which would mean the little boat wouldn't have sunk but become washed up on the bottom of the tank once the hydrogen had floated away. Unless I have it around the wrong way and the room is filled with

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-58098489208356245532007-08-02T09:41:00.000+10:002007-08-07T23:46:06.700+10:00

Recently I've really been getting into My Chemical Romance, here's one of my favourite clips from them...Teenagers:

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-33187443749622187812007-08-01T07:13:00.000+10:002007-08-01T11:20:17.670+10:00

I've been reading Job recently and came across this yesterday...Job 9:4-10 (source: BibleGateway) 4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed? 5 He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger. 6 He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble. 7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-50513137716294025302007-07-30T00:31:00.000+10:002007-07-30T01:19:41.860+10:00

After starting at Covenant Christian School (Covie) back 1989 as a student, going through to 2001 and starting work there in 2002, it was finally time for to call it quits and hopefully move on to bigger and better things...Covie has been good to me over the years and I'm very thankful to all those who have touched my life. What I love about Covie is that it's a Christian school not a school run

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-43597632866925307102007-07-28T11:01:00.001+10:002007-07-28T11:08:56.882+10:00

I was just sent a link to a John Bulter Trio instrumental, I'm not a big fan of the John Bulter Trio - I don't hate them, just don't love them.Anyhow, the intro to the John Bulter Trio instrumental reminded me of Midnight by Joe Satriani; the piece I did for my HSC back in the day.Here it is:

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-34880141163146371872007-07-22T11:04:00.000+10:002007-07-22T23:18:00.529+10:00

It looks like Kisschasy used the same cardboard cut-out idea as Eskimo Joe a few years ago...Kisschasy:Eskimo Joe:I wonder who directed these clips... Hmm...I think I prefer the Eskimo Joe song better.P.S. I've had this idea for while but it wasn't until Saturday morning, in a sleepy daze, watching JTV at burg's place with a few friends that I remember I should actually post it.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-74380269252273479192007-07-05T19:48:00.000+10:002007-07-05T19:52:05.788+10:00

I saw this ad on Ten last night... While it's not as good as the Ronoldinho's ad its still worth a watch...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-66033548767158198222007-06-25T17:25:00.001+10:002007-06-25T19:17:31.985+10:00

Today I received a huge answer to prayer when the 'UAC offers' where released... I applied for uni about a month ago after resigning from my job a few weeks earlier. When I resigned I wasn't really sure if I'd get into any of the degrees and I had no other prospects except to maybe move to Bathurst to finish off my IT degree through CSU.Well I was accepted into my first choice which was a

Mattynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-77886711407867278242007-06-23T12:13:00.000+10:002007-06-23T12:44:31.865+10:00

(New App Just For Lunch)I was playing around yesterday looking for a RDP app to work on my new phone and I found RDM+. It seems work much faster then any RDP app I've come a cross and the graphics are a lot better.What is RMD+?Just a little program which allows me to use my computer remotely on my mobile phone. So I could be anywhere in Three's network and I can use my computer as normal via my

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-73230261040468820032007-06-20T16:45:00.000+10:002007-06-20T21:36:01.600+10:00

I finally got around to loading my Little Birdy & Eskimo Joe pics onto the net last weekend… only two weeks after the event ;-) I was a little disappointed with the quality from my new camera… I would have loved to compare the pictures with my Kodak camera…Disclaimer: I'm like so bad at taking photos it's not funny! Here’s Little Birdy:Here’s Eskimo Joe: And here’s come characters out

Mattynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-82389053173933086052007-06-19T00:12:00.000+10:002007-06-19T00:37:17.253+10:00

Someone sent me an email today with the word 'enamored' in it. I had no idea what it meant or how to pronounce it - so I had to look it up in www.answers.com to find it's meaning but it didn't have the audio option for me to listen to its pronunciations.Which made me think of this cool app. I found a few years ago put out by AT&T - it turns text into an audio file to listen to... You even have

Mattynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-10944219722204897752007-06-16T12:18:00.000+10:002007-06-16T12:24:25.969+10:00

I was using StumbleUpon the day and came across some amazing photos in Iraq....To see more visit this site, http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/iraq/sandstorm.htm

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-71142031582646851902007-06-08T13:59:00.000+10:002007-06-09T00:57:35.976+10:00

Hmm...when I was in Japan recently 'Jackson United' was pretty much all I listened to. Here's a couple of my favourite clips:Loin's Roar (I was obsessed with this song):Fell Into:All The Way:Source: http://www.jacksonunited.com

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-77055512800838289832007-06-05T22:52:00.000+10:002007-06-05T22:54:43.431+10:00

This is a quick shout out to Val... As promised after church, all be it a little late.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-49866066943358237082007-05-30T08:17:00.000+10:002007-05-30T08:29:34.018+10:00

I rarely remember dreams but in the last 3 weeks I’ve had 3 dreams that I could remember…weird – so I thought I’d write about this one I had last night. I was standing inside a Woolworths Caltex petrol station at Goulburn holding a baseball bat doing my usual shopping. I saw someone I knew from school and we sort of made eye contact, as a man walked by with a balaclava on – I think he was

Mattynoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-37380864454414421832007-05-27T12:28:00.000+10:002007-05-27T12:36:31.239+10:00

I was walking home from the newsagent this morning and I saw this behind Belrose Village Shops:Notice the shirt to the left of the dumpster & my finger in the top right...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-69366216331696254332007-05-25T16:58:00.000+10:002007-05-25T17:04:15.645+10:00

MYRacing, Dave's racing team, launched it's website today, you can check it out at www.myracing.net.au. A few pages still need some content uploaded but I'm sure in the weeks to come it will grow! Dave is a mate that I'm currently working with.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-8676593153663649222007-05-24T17:05:00.001+10:002007-05-24T17:13:24.796+10:00

There was an article on SMH today about how Qantas is looking at splitting up the company, selling off Jetstar and their Frequent Flyers program. The article, found here, stated that Air Canada listed it's Frequent Flyer program, Aeroplan, on the stock market. Now Aeroplan is worth around $4.8 Billion which is more than Air Canada itself.

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-68234351487285982562007-05-22T16:37:00.000+10:002007-05-22T16:53:28.833+10:00

It was reported on SMH today that Virgin Mobile ran a promotion via their website, unfortunately the system contained a minor flaw which left customer's details exposed for all to see. Click here for the full articleI'm currently with 'Virgin Mobile' but I'm in the process of looking for a new phone...I'm thinking 'Three' - it appears to be where all the cool people are going ;-)But I can't

Mattynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-84594986604779523712007-05-17T21:23:00.000+10:002007-05-17T21:28:12.486+10:00

I've really been getting into this song by 'Manic Street Preachers' recently, so I thought I'd share it with everyone...

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-6147611498723712092007-05-16T06:18:00.000+10:002007-05-16T06:40:15.263+10:00

I was going to post this last week but never got around to it.Last Thursday a friend, Greg, and I went to checkout one of my favourite artists, Sam Hawksley. He was playing at the Shamrock which is a small Irish pub at Asquith Leagues Club, I believe he's playing there every second Thursday of the month from now on.The Shamrock is small and there wasn't too many people there. With Greg knowing

Mattynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250190662574363968.post-29311708237183476512007-05-14T13:35:00.000+10:002007-05-14T23:42:35.650+10:00

Someone at work was emailed this today... If you like your F1 racing then you should enjoy this! (Note: there is about 50secs of nothing before it really begins)

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