I thought I would be in a good mood to write. I thought I would bring my blog up to speed. I thought the late night Eurostar would be a perfect place to get my head in gear and put my reflections and experiences onto digital paper. I didn’t really think that through so well.
As I write this, I am sitting in seat 73 of carriage 18 (yes 18/19, it’s a big train). I am red faced, and listening to Rage Against The Machine (angry music). This is because for the third time, I got shit from the UK Border Agency. I have entered the United Kingdom three times in my lifetime, once in 2007, once two weeks ago (April 2009), and today, the 10th of May. Every time I have presented myself at the border, I have been greeted… Wait… grunted at, which translates to “Hand over your documents” by a sour faced, paranoid, cold toned, glorified security guard, who clearly has no hobbies. There is no time for pleasantries when a young Australian male, clearly here to break the law, do drugs, sleep with the women and stick it to the clearly superior motherland, is at the border.
Day 28 – Sunday 15th of March – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
So I decided that I needed to have a ‘birthday eve and day’ blog post all on its own, because hey… It’s my blog, so there!
In a strange co-incidence it has been a month since I departed Australia on this crazy trip. That’s right 28 days ago, my first post Final Boarding Call was created, and I left Melbourne bound for Singapore.
Govin and I headed out at about 7pm to an Indian wedding reception. It was great, Govin labeled it a ‘cultural experience’, and it was, with amazing food, and beautiful decorations and clothing. Almost all of the women were in traditional dress, the men only in semi-formal clothing (which I though was boring). There was a traditional dance performed by one of the nephews of the bride, and a good dance session after the quite awkward speeches. As it was a Sunday, people left just after the speeches, and Govin and I were left chatting to the sister of the bride, the groom and his mates. We left the party and headed for the usual nightspot, Bangsar, where we would try and put a dent in Govin’s bottle of Black Label Johnnie Walker. As explained in my previous post, in Malaysia you can buy a bottle of alcohol and then keep it at the bar to use each time you return. Brilliant Idea, but I think it would go against Responsible Service of Alcohol in Australia. My sister did her RSA, I should ask her. (more…)
January 2009
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Now as some of you may know, i have purchased a Mac Mini to act as a Home Theatre PC in my loungeroom, it handles my TV viewing, recording as well as my music playback, photo playback and movie playback! Beats the crap out of Tivo or Foxtel IQ. Now i plan to do a nice in depth review of this system and let you all know some awesome tips and such, but for the more experienced out there, i finally found REAL FRONT ROW INTEGRATION!!!!!
Go to terminal and copy “defaults write com.elgato.eyetv “apple remote menu button behavior” -int 1″ into it (without the quotations of course! It essentially makes the quick click of the menu button on the apple remote the menu for the TV, and the long click front row. It also adds front row as a link in the more part of the menu! GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been searching for this for a while!
Thank you elgato forums and user MacPlus! I am a happy chappy!
“Smorgon heir puts money into green service stations” “At a tiny service station in High Street, Prahran, under the brand name Conservo, Mr Edwards and his business partners will start selling E10 (unleaded petrol blended with 10 per cent ethanol), B20 (diesel blended with 20 per cent biodiesel) and B100 (100 per cent biodiesel) to the public. E10 is suitable for use in all petrol vehicles and both the B20 and the B100 can be used in standard diesel engines. The fuels all have claimed lower carbon emissions than standard petrol and diesel.”
I drove across to Prahran today to get a haircut. For me, a normal trip to Prahran would be via public transport, as that side of town is congested, busy and has little parking. But i remembered this morning that my car, a 1994 Toyota 4Runner (3.2lt 4 cylinder diesel) was low on petrol, so i made the decision to drive and select one of the two diesel fuels on offer at Conservo. The two fuels on offer were (more…)
VCA Production – Puppetry Solos 2008 – “Raw Material” - June 2008
Just over two years ago, The Victorian College of the Arts School of Production established a Post Graduate Degree in Puppetry. Since then the degree has grown and gathered strong support from the Arts Industry, in fostering the development of Puppetry as a performance art.
The course this year is home to 5 puppeteers, Sabrina D’Angelo, Gai Anderson, Rachel Guy, Lisa Foote and Iris Radovic. The 5 puppeteers are an extremely diverse group of people with a wide range of backgrounds, a very large age range and varying interests. My work on the project was as Sound Designer for Sabrina D’Angelo’s and Gai Anderson’s pieces. (more…)
Sometimes I love my work… Sitting in the bio box editing sound files, and…
The view from the sound room in the bio box is stunning! Tim Ross is the lighting designer. Taken in Grant Street Theatre, as part of the VCA Production Puppetry Solos 2008. I am one of the sound designers for this production.
I would love to invite everyone along, but it is invite only, so please contact me to book tickets if you are interested!
I just wanted to share this article with everyone. It was found on www.theage.com.au in the technology section. It amazes me how far technology has come in 10 years. I found the article quite amusing in its judgments. Read on to find out more…
The Apple of your iMac
The Bondi Blue iMac G3 was unveiled ten years ago today on May 6, 1998. It was launched by Steve Jobs who had returned to Apple the year before after almost a decade in the wilderness. And it marked the beginning of Apple’s golden era. (more…)
