One of the best duets from one of my favourite shows, Rockwiz:

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Inevitable, really. And what a shot by the bride!

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Okay, so apparently this isn’t new; some 6.1 7 million views in the last six days, but not surprising. I won’t say why, just put your headphones on (yes I’m looking at you, you built-in PC speaker lovin’ friends) and watch. No scratch that, put on headphones/earbuds, crank up the volume, then click the HQ and fullscreen buttons:



Thanks to Bynkii for posting this. He nails it.

P.S. This must be the first time that I’ve come out in goosebumps listening to a song that gratuitously uses auto-tune. Well, maybe the second, but that’s a less significant story...

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Stopped smoking two years ago today.

Yay me!

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I’d have watched as it happened, but I was only a few days old at the time.

As for where are they now...

“The White House is a good guess for today. If true then Armstrong is probably looking for a side door to duck out of, Aldrin stretching/warming up his arm so he doesn't hurt himself if he has to punch out a stupid reporter later, and Collins is stuck circling the Beltway banging his head on the steering wheel...” - Recoil Therapy @ Fark.

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Yes, I caved. Day after it became available here.

Awesome thing it is, too.

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Kathy bought me an early birthday present! Take a look at this bad boy.

Phono out, line out, USB out, and of course on the Mac, no drivers need apply.

And before you ask where the second turntable and the microphone are, yes that is a slip mat but this critter’s just for getting my last box of records on to hard disk.

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We love storms. I know, very Adams Family, anyways, a few pics from the balcony.

Very nice having the elevation and a big sky to catch the leading and trailing edge of a cell. This one dropped about 20mm in 10 mins a little south of us.

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Jambezi are a band I’d never heard of before Tuesday when they played a gig on campus for Harmony Day. I could hear them in the office and had to walk outside to see what they were like. Such an amazingly energetic, uplifting sound, and they looked like they were having a ball too!

Have a listen here, their website is here with more samples here.

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Two weeks ago, things were their normal, blissful, er- normality.

Things have changed.

Tuesday we signed the lease on a beautiful new house. Instant connection when we went to take a look: wide open spaces, views forever, on a cul de sac off a cul de sac.

Wednesday, left my shitebox troubled child of an aged car with a dealer and picked up a gorgeous little brand spanker that does everything we want without so much as a shrug of the shoulders.

And the best part? I get to do all of this with my beautiful wife Kathy.

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25 years ago today, the Macintosh was unleashed on the world.

Saving the world one computer at a time.

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This man could out-Neo Neo.

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(pic by Annie Leibovitz.)

President Obama.
Has a good ring to it don’t you think?




Well done, U.S.A., I think you chose wisely.
And hats off to Senator McCain for being very gracious.

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UPDATE: Firefox 3.5 has this feature built-in, no add-ons required.

Getting sick of Firefox not using Mac OS X's system-wide proxy settings like Safari does? Well barf no more, and have a look at SystemProxy.

Just installed it and Firefox's proxy settings are following network location changes closer than a puppy following an ice cream. Or something.

om nom nom!

Original pic here.

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Skimming through my daily bookmarks I had one of those did-I-really-see-that moments when closing a tab. Thankfully Firefox has a nifty re-open tab feature so I could go back and take a closer look at the front page of MacUpdate.

Not sure how that happened, but w00t!

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We watched The Devil Wears Prada last week, very good movie, but an awesome (and perfectly placed) cover of Seal’s Crazy snuck into the soundtrack. I had to search the credits to see who it was, turns out it was Alanis Morissette.

Update: someone made a © claim on the video so the above link is just the audio. Go ahead and thank the content cartels...

Better quality sample at iTMS.

Oops, mouse just slipped on the buy button.

P.S. Had a disturbing thought when listening to this for the 238th time that day; Celine Dion could probably also do a respectable cover of this... because we already know she’s fracking amazing...

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Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

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Awesome piece of work, this.

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It’s been One. Freaking. Year. since I stopped smoking.

Go me!

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Sorry to have left you (both) with a "Well!? Did they??" end of season cliff-hanger, just letting the dust settle from the last few weeks.

So to answer your question, yes we did.

Both clans got along, Chappo was an excellent best man, and the birds didn't kick up too much of a fuss for us crowding their back yard. 'twas a lovely day.

Chuck an email this way if you'd like to see the pics.

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Both clans are here or nearby, sleeping. Our rings, worn throughout engagement, are freshly polished and nestled in little boxes (we feel so naked without them!)

All is quiet.

Kathy, I love you.

All our tomorrows start here¹.

P.S. Still yes?

1- Apologies to Neil Gaiman.

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