Nightshadow - The world of Aaron

So, recently steph purchased:

HTC touch dual - http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=142 

(work will pay, eventually).

Recently I purchased:

Canon EOS 40D - http://www.canon.com.au/eos/range/eos40d/default.aspx

Sigma 17-70mm F/2.8-4.5 DC macro - http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3315&navigator=6

Canon 70-200mm F/4 IS L series - http://www.canon.com.au/products/cameras_lenses_accessories/telephoto_zoom_lenses/ef_70-200mm4lisusm.aspx

so yeah, I feel guilty.

Damn, 4.4 tonnes, 15 million tablets or $440 million worth of ecstasy. They claim it’s 60% of Vic’s eccies. One would imagine a price rise. At least the dealers not arrested won’t be affected by federal inflation for a while. That’s a lot of drugs to be in tinned tomatoes… I hope the legitimate shipments of tinned tomatoes from Italy aren’t held up. I am quite fond of the ones from my local importer.

So, mental note: clicking cancel (then yes to delete the torrent) on a partially downloaded file in ShareAza does not delete the data. It leaves it sitting in your temp files in the shareaza directory. After struggling to work out why the windows system drive was full - I deleted 30gig of partially downloaded files. yay.

In other new… yeah nothing really. Had an awesome sat/sun away at blairgowrie (mornington peninsula).

Photos on FB, so far.

It’s good to chill. So much cleaning etc to do this w/e. tax return is back, yay.

I might go buy a camera.

The universe apparently wants the hooker-look-a-like Miss Universe: Venezuela to be the new Miss universe.

Miss Venezuela (as per the judges)….

or

Miss Colombia.

ahh well..I’m happy with steph

so… 5 left. I think MU: Australia should have scored higher. Stunning dress she had and yeah, talent. MU: columbia, damn… she is utterly gorgeous. The judges actually seem to be leaning her way (they never agree with me). Anyway, we’ll see in a few minutes.

Researchgate: Going strong, lots of pimping and many conferences, societies etc joining in. They offer many web-based tools that companies pay lots of money to implement. All free. Just do it!

Monash Imaging: some funky new equipment, but I still miss UQ’s easy access to decent equipment.

Kung Fu Panda: seriously over-rated. Kind of funny, drags on a bit though.

Get Smart: average. 99 is quite decent :), max was ok. The secondary actors were a bit ave though. Worth watching, but the TV show was cooler.

Bruce and LLoyd out of control: a spin-off movie of the two tech guys from Get smart. Worst movie I have seen this year.

Shutter: Kind of freaky, a little odd, very much japanese styled horror. Reminiscent of the Grudge. Dawsons creek guy did a good job.

Street Kings: definitely worth watching. Good acting. Different to most.

There is a cat lover speaking to me atm, she is arguing that animals should not be used for research. She is however, a vet, and her training required animals for practice. Interesting. It’s also interesting that she sits here saying she doesn’t want animals used for research and will do her best to reject your applications.

So yeah, fun times today. monash has wifi in most buildings. Once connecting with the VPN it’s quite easy (for vista) to gain access to everything.

Cinque Lire on monash clayton campus has good coffee.

So half a year is gone. Crazy hey? Damn time can fly.

So yeah, they are giving me my PhD. UQ certainly takes their time sorting it all out.

Work is moving along. Lots of pain and annoyance with cloning - c’est la vie.

Spain won the euro2008. Good for them, they haven’t won since 1974 (but nearly always make the quarters/semi’s etc).

Ever wondered what I work on?

Here is a simplified version of one of my projects:

Isn’t science fun.

I know you all love it.

MMM coffee. I know I am addicted.

Garuva’s was fun and the old lab peeps are fun. I’ll miss them all. Melbourne is a little chilly today - damn breeze.

Sooooooooo many minipreps to do!

Yay for end of the financial year - now I just have to wait for my tax return.. Big return - heaps of HELP repayments and I should still have a decent return to py off some debt with. Forced savings.

So, I thought edward norton did a good job. I quite liked the film. Marvel is doing well now. Ironman + the hulk + hancock…. will be an interesting cross-over film.

So yeah, the incredible hulk is worth watching. Stan Lee doing his normal cameo appearance. Liv tyler did well…she’s odd but sexy. The other actors all did alright.

Australia lost to China, but are through anyway. yay. Is it wrong to know more about european countries football teams then you do about Australia’s.

anyway, stress is not good.

SO, with the trend of violence in computer games now comes a trend of violence and anti-christian/muslim. A new game previewed here http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_stop_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/

focuses on killing religious leaders, abraham, mohammed etc before they get a chance to spread religion. The atheist designer seems like an immateur toss, and I know most atheists would not share his opinion.

But seriously - how screwed is the world?

heads up to sendai for pointing it out to me.