Sure, I’ll buy that bank off you

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:06:52 +0000

But $50 is my final offer. And I want all those pens-on-a-string too

Widgets, Weather Images, And Javascript

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:31:38 +0000

I’ve had some fun messing around with Satellite Images and netvibes. Check it out here
I’ve just done some fun stuff with some weather images. Check it out here

Sad Day

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:15:33 +0000

One of the cats here just died. The neighbour found it, we had a knock on the door at midnight. Steph, the owner, had to identify it in a garbage bag with a torch. We’re burying little Echo tomorrow.
It was a good cat, it will be missed. I wish I’d let it jump on my lap more, even when I was eating.
Sad day.

Go and pick up your cat or dog and give it a big hug. It won’t be there forever, it probably won’t have a good ending. And you’ll miss it.

Use procrastination to avoid procrastination

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:13:15 +0000

Is it possible?

To want to avoid one task, like packing for a holiday, so other tasks can be done? Like homework?

I remember at uni the people with the cleanest rooms where the ones with an assignment coming up. Don’t want to study? Clean your room.

I need to pack to move, but don’t wanna. I think I’ll do some over due web dev instead.

How to make a really good chai tea

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:07:37 +0000

Firstly, the fresher and more organic the ingredients the better. But to start out you’ll need
Ginger, and lots of it
Cardamom - a fair bit too
Cloves
Cinnamon
Fennel ( or Licorice )
Nutmeg

And boil it all in a pot with filtered or just clean water, but the fewer chemicals the better for an hour for the first batch.

Add some black tea towards the end of the hour, and pour off some mixture in to a cup
Add sugar and milk ( preferably vanilla soy ) to taste.
Experiment with different amounts of all ingredients, be careful not to add too much cloves.

Find out about the history of chai here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai
And enjoy your chai high

Now on Netvibes Universe …

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:32:16 +0000

Now it’s all out there

EEEEEEEEEEENNNNNGGGLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAANNND

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:58:52 +0000

Well, coming back to England in the middle of their winter is always tricky.
Step 1. Make sure I keep warm. It may seem like fun getting around in shorts and a t-shirt, but even running around like it isn’t cold dark and wet outside doesn’t keep the flu away for long.
Step 2. Try and eat something fresh. Just because the fruit and veggies look like they’ve been on a truck all the way since spain doesn’t mean that they haven’t traveled even longer. I found a batlow apple here once ( batlow apples are from Australia ). And if I thought I’d had a long flight.
Step 3. Keep active, once all the sunlight juice is out of my bones, I have to make a huge effort to stay active. I can’t be solar powered in this country. I have to run off sugar, and caffeine and other friendly foods.
Step 4. Just keep on pluggin’

Back in Leeton

admin — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:02:01 +0000

Ok, time for my annual post.

Firstly, everything is becoming more like a city.
Canberra has a centre that could be confused as a city centre at long last. I even got a little bit lost.
Wagga has cafe’s everywhere. When I lived there 10 years ago it was all pubs, now it’s coffee.
Even Leeton has cafes with real coffee, deli food and a woolworths. And with a really big pool, lots of space and fresh food, it’s a pretty good place to live.
Compared to living in say Sydney or Leeds UK, country NSW does feel a bit ‘away from it all’, but that shouldn’t take too long to get over.

And, in reference to a previous post, it did finally rain in Leeton. We’ve had 4-5 inches in the last few months. It’s looking green again

DOB Meme

admin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:25:48 +0000

Lela made me do it ….

Your date of conception was on or about 20 May 1975 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Aquarius.
Your Life path number is 8.

Your fortune cookie reads:
If your desires are not extravagant they will be granted.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2442818.5.
The golden number for 1976 is 1.
The epact number for 1976 is -1.
The year 1976 was a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1976 and ending 2/17/1977.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Otter; your plant is Fern.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Parmuthy, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 9 AdarI 5736.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 10 AdarI 5736.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.2.10.14 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 2 tun 10 uinal 14 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Tuesday, 9 Safar 1396 (1396-2-9).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 18 April 1976.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 25 April 1976.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 3 March 1976.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 6 June 1976.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 13 June 1976.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 25 September 1976.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 15 April 1976.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 2 March 1976.

As of 10/19/2007 8:28:38 AM EDT
You are 31 years old.
You are 380 months old.
You are 1,653 weeks old.
You are 11,574 days old.
You are 277,784 hours old.
You are 16,667,068 minutes old.
You are 1,000,024,118 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Lance Berkman (1976)	Laura Dern (1967)	Cliff Burton (1962)
George Stephanopoulos (1961)	Greg Norman (1955)	Mark Spitz (1950)
Roberta Flack (1939)	Robert Wagner (1930)	Leontyne Price (1927)
Lon Chaney, Jr. (1906)	Bertolt Brecht (1898)	Jimmy Durante (1893)
Boris Pasternak (1890)

Top songs of 1976

Tonight’s the Night by Rod Stewart	Silly Love Songs by Wings
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee	Disco Lady by Johnnie Taylor
Play The Funky Music by Wild Cherry	December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) by Four Seasons
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon	Kiss and Say Goodbye by Manhattans
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago	Love Hangover by Diana Ross

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.52994129158513 years old. (You’re still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Saturday.
Your lucky number is 4 & 8.
Your ruling planet(s) is Saturn & Uranus.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Leo.
Your opposition number(s) is 1.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 114 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 32 candles.

Those 32 candles produce 32 BTUs,
or 8,064 calories of heat (that’s only 8.0640 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.66 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1976 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1976 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1976 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1976 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1976 the population of Australia was approximately 14,110,107.
In 1976 there were approximately 227,810 births in Australia.
In 1976 in Australia there were approximately 109,973 marriages and 63,230 divorces.
In 1976 in Australia there were approximately 112,662 deaths.

Your birthstone is Amethyst

Glenn Kelly

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