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some great news and a very hectic two days

Well it's been a very hectic two days, for my non Victorian, non-Australian readers the temperature has barely got below 35 Degrees (C) in the past two days and only this afternoon has it dipped below thirty. These two days of hot weather have been accompanied by power blackouts, caused by a bushfire in the north east of the state taking out a major transmission line between Victorian and New South Wales. Luckily we were only partially affected by this brownout and lost power for about an hour.

In other news, my Auntie gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, the babies name is Elizabeth Rainsford. I was planning to visit them on Friday however I have been called into work so I will probably have to go next week or on the weekend.

I'm also still waiting for a phone call from Optus, whom were meant to ring me back within 24 hours, however as long as the problem gets fixed I'm not too fussed about the phone call.

optus finally see the light

For those of you that are Optus customers, you would know and agree with me that their Optus Zoo sucks. Well today I found out something that has almost convinced me to stay with Optus as a mobile phone carrier, it's called myZoo. It's still in the beta stage, but I was made aware of it by an Optus technician whom I was on the phone to for about an hour today trying to fix yet another Optus Zoo related problem.

It looks pretty good, however the mobile account parts (the current Optus Zoo) are not available yet (the links redirect you to the old Optus Zoo). It is a lot like the Ninemsn homepage in terms of the customizable content etc, however Optus have added there own little flair to it. Heres a link to it so you can check it out for yourself http://www.beta.optuszoo.com.au/

an early start

Today I went down to Western Port bay fishing, which was rather good (and early). I ended up catching about 6 fish which I was pleased with. In other news thank god its Sunday, this week has been extremely hectic with a combination of work, family and friends, so now hopefully I can at least have most of this week off to do nothing. Also if anyone else tells me how great the new iPhone is going to be and that it is revolutionary I will end up hitting them.

a big announcement over at apple

Well most of you would have seen that Apple have announced their new "iPhone". I'm personally not a fan of apple's non computer products (ie. iPod). I will of course not be buying an iPhone but will end up buying the cheaper, superior product that will no doubt be made by the likes of Motorola, Nokia, Samsung etc. to counter Apples new shiny gadget. The thing I like about Apple is there products have a huge appeal and practically walk out the store, this forces other companies to come up with new products (or rip off apples) and sell them at a lower price (this is where I come in), I then buy this cheaper, often superior product and then gloat to the iPod wielding, iPhone talking yuppies that I have a better music player, and a better phone and all for a cheaper price.

Anyway thats my little bitch for the day, also this bloody smoke is annoying, however today it wasn't so bad because it cleared up. Tomorrow I'm going down to Sandringham to have lunch with some people and will no doubt head down to the beach as it will be a scorcher.

a day in the world of myspace

Well I have now been a MySpace person for a full day now, and I must admit it isn't as bad as I thought it was. Obviously my MySpace was created to boost traffic to this blog, and it as certainly done that. Here are some facts and figures,

• Saturday 6th January saw more visitors than ever before, and beat the previous amount by 173%
• More people visited the blog on Saturday 6th January than during the entire month of December.
• Visitors come from 17 Different countries, with 82% coming from Australia, 75% of those from Victoria.
• 27% of all my visitors use Telstra Bigpond as their ISP, followed by Netspace then Optus.
• 30% of all my Visitors use Firefox, with IE making up 55%, 10% use Safari
• 75.44% of all my visitors use United States English, with 19.33% using Australian English, 1.75% use Portugese (Brazil) & 1.75 use French with the rest using UK English.
• 64.9% have ADSL or faster, with 28% on dialup and 7.02% unknown

Anyway my point is (to Luke) that MySpace works and is certainly increasing traffic to this little blog. Anyway today I walked up to Chadstone and ended up buying some stuff at Borders. As usual I also paid a visit to Krispy Kreme.

the day my individuality died

Well I have finally created a MySpace. For those of you that know me best I have vehemently fought against this whole MySpace thing. The reason I have done it is because I need more visitors on this blog, because unfortunately i'm sick of the twenty or so of you, and the poor little guy from spain on dialup and windows 98 (yes I can tell what type of internet connection you have, where you are and what OS you have) being the only ones that look at this site.

In other great news, well I have none, its been a pretty boring weekend so far. I was going to go out tonight (by which I mean Saturday) but unfortunately on Friday I got really badly sunburnt while swimming and can now barely move (I can still type though).

To go to my MySpace, click here (don't forget to bookmark it)

a trip to the mornington peninsula

Well today we headed down to the Mornington Peninsula (Rosebud to be precise) to visit my grandmother. We had lunch at the Rosebud Hotel and then went to the beach where we swam for about two hours. While I was down there I went into EB Games and bought Medieval II Total War (the sequel to Medieval Total War) and Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition (I'm a sucker for those flight sim games). Meanwhile my day only cost me about $175, which I was pretty happy with. The rest of my week is rather uneventful, except I'll have to walk up to Chadstone to go to Borders to spend my gift vouchers, but that's no huge effort.

happy new year

It's already 2007, it seems like 2006 flew past. I thought however that I should recap 2006 (I'm kinda stealing James Panther's idea)

• Went to Hamilton Island
  
• Started Year 11
• Got my Learners
• Got an infringement notice for "Harassing a Ticket Validator"
• Went and saw most of the school play "Romeo & Juliet"
• We got a cat "Simba"
• Started this blog
  
• Was involved in all six nights of the Tattoo - 20th Century Events
• Got Drama Colours
• Got Editorial Honours
• Pat received 150 free sms's from 3
• Got competent in VET IT 3 & 4
  
• Began Year 12 (don't ask how this works)
• Was elected Prefect
• Luke was elected Drama Captain (Belly's Bitch)
• Pat had a major medical emergency with his knee and tonsils
  
• Krispy Kreme opened at Chadstone
• I did my two Unit 3 & 4 exams and got alright marks
• I got a new computer
  
• I wrote this post

Anyway thats my (and pat's) year in point form. I also forgot to mention that I got a new computer for Christmas, here are the specs;

Intel 2 Core Duo E6600 (2.4)
2 Gig Ram
400 GB HD
Radeon X1650 Graphics Accelerator (512mb)
20" Samsung SyncMaster 204b LCD Screen
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card

Plus all the standard things like keyboard, mouse, Win XP Pro and speakers. I've also copied Luke and created a gallery over at flickr, click here to access it (the link is also in the sidebar). Well thats it for now, anyway happy new year and I hope you all have a great 2007.

what a week

Well Christmas is over for another year. I was fairly pleased with what I got. Anyway to recap my week, well I went to the Boxing Day Test (Cause I'm an MCC member), and also went to day 2. Then Yesterday spent most of the day doing nothing and then today did nothing again except have a swim. Also Yesterday the guys from Melbourne Water came out to fix the sewerage pipe on our road, cause apparently tree roots had grown into it so that was a rather disgusting visit. In my week ahead I will be going fishing on Port Phillip Bay, going down to the Mornington Peninsula to visit my Grandmother, and possibly up to our house at Gembrook to ride motorbikes etc.