Thanks to Reddit (do you sense a common theme here), I found out about this nifty little site: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com The premise is that it compares common metrics of countries, and tells you what would happen if you lived in one or the other. You can pick pretty much any country, and compare it to any [ Read More ]
A coworker sent me a link to this video from the flooding in Toowoomba (my home city in Australia). It’s from a place that’s just a few blocks from where I used to live, and well….it’s just crazy the amount of water that was flowing through there. If you have 5 minutes, I would recommend [ Read More ]
Today I had what, in the grand scheme of things, was a small victory, but it felt good enough, because it represented a step towards finishing a project I’m working on. It was basically a script that takes text, converts it to an image using a proprietary/protected font. This is important, because it means that [ Read More ]
This morning I arrived at the office at my usual time (close to 7am), and expected to be able to walk into my new office suite. Of course, that was naive of me, as I didn’t have keys yet. I did think (naively) that the suite would be opened for us, as no one in [ Read More ]
Last night, NC State canceled classes before 10am due to the ice storm that was due to hit overnight. So this morning, i got to sleep in a little longer than usual, and then spent the day working from home. The additional reason to work from home today, was that our furniture was being moved [ Read More ]
This morning I woke up early to watch the Liverpool versus Manchester United FA Cup match. Unfortunately for the cup run, Liverpool lost. However, I was slightly happy, because that means they are in one less competition for the rest of the year…meaning they can focus on the league (and hopefully climb up to 4th [ Read More ]
There’s a show in Australia called “Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever!” and it’s freakin hilarious. I just found their YouTube Channel that’s not geo-blocked, and here’s my favorites from the playlist: Mexico Versus Argentina in longest GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!: Kiwis at the World Cup: Kim Jong Il talks about the loss to Brazil …and more for [ Read More ]
Just because Australia is going to need a mini-miracle to qualify for the second round of the World Cup…i thought back to the glory days of qualifying through the Oceania region, instead of what they do now (Asian Region). And then there’s the game where Australia won 31-0. Who said soccer doesn’t have enough goals!
Well…..it’s World Cup day 3, and rather than speak about the horrible display put on by Australia in their game against Germany (ended in a 4-0 loss), I figured i would point out something Australia does well. The Metric System. I could go on for days about how much sense it makes, and how idiotic [ Read More ]
