by Mel | Feb 11, 2009 | Cool stuff, Friends who rock
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. My friend Linda is one tough cookie and now a brand new mama for the second time. Welcome to the world little Jethro who zoomed into the world after a mere two hours of labour (much appreciated by Dad and me...
by Mel | Jan 13, 2009 | Cool stuff, Writing
Today Melbourne has done a schizophrenic flip and decided to go for hot hot hot. I blame the fact that the Australian Open starts next week. That’s usually the cue for our weather to skyrocket…perfect for baking poor little tennis players to death. 37...
by Mel | Jan 11, 2009 | Cool stuff
Tomorrow it’s back to the day job and the real life routine. I didn’t get everything done that I wanted to get done – the garden remains a wilderness and my writing was slow (then again, it’s always slow over Christmas even though I...
by Mel | Dec 19, 2008 | Cool stuff
I’ve been playing with my new toy today. A very cute little blue Acer Aspire One netbook, mostly thanks to Keri who found a great online deal for the baby Linux version. It’s very cool and the keyboard is great. I tried the smallest Asus eee but the...
by Mel | Dec 4, 2008 | Cool stuff
I have the day off today and it’s a lovely sunny day so I decided a walk was in order. I live in the suburbs but there aren’t any really good parks for walking anywhere nearby so most of my tromping is done around the side streets. Which is always...
by Mel | Dec 1, 2008 | Cool stuff
No, really, it is! There’s a very cool alignment of the crescent moon/jupiter and venus over Australia tonight. And I managed to take one non blurry shot thanks to the new camera and my baby tripod. The stars looked bigger and brighter than this in real life...
