Author: Andrew Ison
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Song Of The Day (08-08-2024) ~ Nexus Bloom – I Stopped The Birds
My song of the day: Nexus Bloom – I Stopped The Birds Apparently this is “defiant punk rock”, according to Triple J Unearthed’s description from back in 2008: Nexus Bloom are something of a rarity. Bucking trends, stripped down to core components, they are a tightly cranked three piece, of defiant punk rock. Like a…
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Melbourne Trip, Day 2 – Pho, Fish, and home time
My favourite comedian came to Australia, so we flew to another state to see him. This is the day after that day.
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Melbourne Trip, Day 1 – Parmies, Teslas, and a funny man
My favourite comedian came to Australia, so we flew to another state to see him. This is that story, dun dun.
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Song Of The Day (24-04-2024) ~ The Siren Tower – The Banishing Of William McGuiness
My song of the day – The Siren Tower – The Banishing Of William McGuiness
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Ever do a quick trip to Bunnings, but end up buying a new car instead?
We started the day with the expection of BBQing some sausages, but somehow ended up buying a new car. I hate it when that happens.
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Song Of The Day (22-01-2024) ~ Bic Runga – Close Your Eyes
My song of the day – Bic Runga – Close Your Eyes
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Song Of The Day (18-01-2024) ~ Astrix – Deep Jungle Walk
My song of the day – Astrix – Deep Jungle Walk
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Song Of The Day (16-01-2024) ~ Texas Plant – 2s, 3s, and 12s
My song of the day – Texas Plant – 2s, 3s, and 12s
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David Attenboroughing in suburban Brisbane
We watched a baby snake eat a baby rat and it was like filming a nature documentary except we were at home.
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Limiting apt speed to prevent power line adaptors from killing your DSL connection
Throttling apt to prevent VDSL connection caused by power line adaptor noise
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Day 33 – A quick flight back to Los Angeles to check out a pier and overpay for a hotel without air conditioning
• With the puppy show done and dusted, the ribbons handed out, the photos taken, and the puppies all making their way home, today was fly out day for us too. After great success at jamming all our stuff within the specified dimensions and weight limit of our domestic luggage allowance, it was off to…
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Day 32 – Playing hooky from the dog show so I could hoon around Dallas in a golf cart checking out crime scenes
• Today was another big schedule of dog showing, so in the interests of supporting the exhibitors I quickly and selflessly left the show to allow more room for spectators. One of my very few faults is that my body is too frail to support the size of my giant heart. • Now that I’d…
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Day 31 – High stakes auctioning and 15″ showing at the Beagle National
• Today was dog show day, so minimal photos once again. I did quite enjoy breakfast, because it had waffles. In the shape of Texas. It’s this sort of attention to detail that I really enjoy. • The whole show was held inside a convention centre, which means air conditioning. I can definitely see the…
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Day 30 – Stolen numberplates and our first full day of Beagle National
• Today was hire car return day, so to make the best use of the last hour or two of automotive freedom I ducked off to Starbucks to collect some bad coffees. When I wandered back out to the car, pumpkin spice cold brew in hand, I noticed our hire car looked a little naked.…