So I got in a fight last night with the couch and didn't make it to Opeth.

How was it? :p

It was so hot yesterday that when I opened the cupboard to get a bowl for cereal this morning, it was warm to the touch and you could feel the heat difference between inside the cupboard and the kitchen's ambient temp....

Heat + hang over != fun.

In other news, we are missing Danica.

I need a new pair of boots, is there anyone in the US that could save me having to pay US$80 (almost AU$100!) in shipping? :D

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=LAMBGOD09

Lamb of God, DevilDriver and Shadows Fall.
December 12th at the Big Top, Sydney.

Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Digital Products

I ran into this today, essentially by way of the FTA it means that no US company can *not* delay the sale/release of digital products to the AU based on geography or *any* other reason.

So Steam (for eg) cannot release a game to AU later than the US, and potentially Microsoft cannot release Windows 7 ( Read more... )

Alastair Reynolds has just signed a deal worth 1 million pounds for 10 books over 10 years.

That is a lot of yummyness!

I was hung over like a champ this morning and had to work.
So off I went.

4 hours later and nothing I had planned worked, so that was a complete waste of me getting out of bed.

Winter + rain + 80 km/h + "water proof" pants + motorbike + my junk = not fun

At ours, probably Sat/Sun lunch into evening/night given that BDO is on this Friday and we get Monday off.

If you are interested let me or Danica know so we can sort it out.

There is a bacon factory workers union.