Category: Life

My laptop finally arrived today!!!

I don’t win the prize for the best photos but it is late so I might get some better ones later.

brushed aluminum full sized keyboard and very nice screen. On screen is the small flash script I had to write for work to dynamically stick a word in a sentance with a different colour and glow then the rest of the sentence. I’ll try to post it this weekend. The exciting bit is I could write it while waiting before band and finish it on the couch when I got home.

definately not as thin as a mac book pro but still better then most laptops with its specs

Pretty black cover

Specs to drool over:
2.6 gig dual core intel processor
nvidia 8600 256meg card
4gig of ram
64gig solid state hard drive
About 2.5 kg

It boots and has vista running in just under 2 min.

My Grandpa passed away this morning. While he knew and we knew that it wasn’t long until he would be leaving this world, it is still hard to say goodbye.

Grandpa was a very well loved man. He had a smile that would brighten the room and a cheaky imagination that delighted his grandkids. He was many things to many people and did many exciting and brave things in his time. For me he will always hold a special place in my heart.

I will always love you Grandpa!

Congratulations to Elizabeth and Paul on the birth of their first child at 7:50pm today.  Well done to Elizabeth who endured 3 days of Labour!

Everyone is doing well now and we are looking forward to visiting tomorrow.

Andrew and I set up our new bookcases today. There is still stuff that needs to go into the bookcase but there will also be a lot of free room for us to expand into.

A big thanks to my Dad who took me out to ikea with the ute and helped me get the bookcases home

If you have read the northern lights books then don’t see the Golden Compass movie. Take one fantastic book with some really deep feelings, discoveries and messages and strip out any thought and meaning seems to be the formula for the movie.

The actors and the casting were great. They really did bring some of the characters and scenes alive. I just can’t believe how much they destroyed the story. Making books into films always requires some creative manipulation of the story and I also did understand the pressure to remove any mention of the church. However the movie does not even follow the concept of the book and the ending was just wrong! Andrew and I sat there completely astonished at how woeful the movie story was.

If you have not read the book then you might enjoy the movie. However really do read the book because it is fantastic! One of the families that we met on our honeymoon introduced us to it. While it is a kids book, it is a wonderful read for adults too.