Icy Simians- Where would one find them?

I was talking to Scott Mullane the other day, and mentioned something about the Arctic Monkeys' new track, and he agreed that it was pretty good, and he doesn't mind them, in spite of their origin…

I'm all like, what?

So, he says there was a national televised quest to find the NBT. Like Idol, or Popstars, etc. Something that has been suspiciously absent from any comment by Triple J.

They do good. I hope they write their own music tho', cos I think that's one big plus for them… I'll see what I can find out this evening...

[Edit] But just now I can see no reference to any of this in the wiki entry, so...
Hmmm. Oh well. It's either been supressed, (unlikely, methinks) or Scotty might've got his wires crossed. Or not heard me when ... Wait... i just remembered that I mentioned them as the "monkeys", and he musta thought i meant the Monkees. Huh. Well, please disregard this entire post....

The Art of Communication

So, we were at this communication seminar for young married ppl, and they got some "volunteer" couples to come up, and asked who was the better person at drawing stuff, and gave a marker to the other person. Each couple had an easel set up, and the person with the marker stood in the front, and the other one stood behind the easel, where there was a picture taped up. The one had to tell the other what to draw, without saying what it was they were drawing. As in, they had to describe the thing.

Anyhow, I decribed and Carmen drew. And this is the result.



I reckon we didn't so much need to sit thru the seminar, hey? Was good fun though, and got some good tips. Like the knowledge that I am (and she is too) totally committed to an imperfect person. And other good stuff.

Ray of Sunshine

On the way home from werk, the other day, I caught a shot of sunset... Ah, pretty...

Reminded me of the shot from our wedding photos a bit.

Clock-over or Overclocking?

Milestone today: hit 100,000 km on my bike. I got it new in Feb '99, so that's, what, an average of about 990km per month, or 11880 per year. Not too shabby, for a bike that's not too shabby...







Plus track days, a bit of log distance touring, and it really has held together very well. What's gone wrong? A cracked frame at about 30,000(warranty replacement, I paid labour), busted plug caps, I'm on the second chain and sprockets (changed at 60000), Timing chain tensioner replaced at a service as recall, and a bunch of tyres and fuel. I can't even tel you what sort of mileage I get from a set of tyres these days. Time was I was pretty clued up on that stuff.



And for Mick Kov, and Gentle Annie (Napier to Taihape)...

How much was that software for Windoze?

I got a pretty cool error message this arve, in the FEA software I am using:




Sweet. "Genreate". I think (not totally sure) that this is a twenty thousand dollar chunk of code.

title case

I thought I'd better clear it up pretty quickly: the title of this blog is an homage to Luke's speech at my wedding, when he mentioned that Carmen and I were each the most correct choice for the other, referring to our (and my in particular) pedantic leanings...

So rather than thinking that I am all that, I am just admitting to my melancholic side. I'm not a ferpectionist, just someone who likes things done right. Or correctly...

First Post!!eleven!

The Pupose: to present an easy place for folks to see my life, I guess. I've held out for so long, because I've thought it's an exercise in public introspection and narcissism. But whatever. Bandwagen, (the german version...) here I come!

Of course, because I'm me, I'll be including an error in every post, and the first person who points it out will get ... the opportunity to correct me? Ahdunno, no prize necessary, i rekn.

Have fun.