Frank Arrigo: Geek

My Tweets De Jour #27

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:16:04 GMT

08:32 got my coffee before next 3 hour meeting starts #

08:51 @lokeuei - waves #

09:18 Donnerstag ? #

09:56 www.tweetscan.com is really sweet! thx @ryanstewart #

10:02 @timheuer - it's the track feature but via email. #

10:05 brrr - temp is still in the 30s. (and not the shorts wearing 30s) #

10:17 Searched Tweet Scan for: chumby tinyurl.com/yvwmvw #

10:21 ohh - i really love the tweetscan search addin : tinyurl.com/2468qn #

10:22 Searched Tweet Scan for: frankarr tinyurl.com/2ddlv5 #

10:55 @a7an - ohh, visualizations in witty would ROCK #

11:40 massive meeting nearing an end #

16:16 rolling from meetings to meetings. havent had lunch yet :( #

19:22 home at last and feeding rooted #

19:22 kids want to see xmas lights in the neighborhood #

19:23 kids want to see xmas lights in the neighborhood #

19:50 getting xmas music to add to my collection #

19:52 getting xmas music to add to my collection #

20:48 finally setting up my new Shadow #

22:13 loving the shadow #

22:58 @GrumpyWookie - Shadow == sexy new smartphone www.t-mobileshadow.com/ #

23:15 @kipkniskern - it is the official phone of fun #

23:15 @GrumpyWookie - my kids in the queue ahead of you #

23:16 @NickHodge - pretty tragic, i agree #

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My Tweets De Jour #26

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:19:19 GMT

08:24 talking #

08:35 dropped of moira's xc90 #

09:27 quick trip on barrier's shuttle back to MS #

09:46 Reading Silverlight 1.1 is now Silverlight 2.0 : www.urlfix.com/u/8584 #

11:42 New Giant Microbes : tinyurl.com/2xmbob #

13:25 had to find building 112 - it was hiding #

14:10 one hour into three hour meeting #

15:02 starting to snooze. someone needs to poke the speaker #

15:08 @mspecht - now you're talking. donuts. yum #

15:25 mind drifting to donuts..... #

15:57 going to get some donuts - ciao #

16:37 picked up donuts and moira's car #

18:29 brrrrr - feeling the cold #

19:22 Webkinz is "crack for kids" - www.tinyurl.com/2mcfsb #

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My Tweets De Jour #25

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:10:29 GMT

07:42 revising hand signals before my driving test #

08:53 passed driving test' #

09:33 i'm a licensed driver in washington #

11:38 celebrating 100 days in my job. i think i will get some pizza #

15:23 encoding silverlight videos #

16:30 @Jagath - hard to compare as i am not in australia. i <3 my TyTNII #

16:30 encoding done. looks spiffy #

16:32 checking shipping status of KIndle on Amazon - says its coming soon #

16:42 off to get stuff at safeway : bread, muffins, elbow macaroni and mineral water #

16:43 the last twitter is my shopping list reminder reminder #

19:02 taking the night off to watch tv. #

23:02 brian is nick's half-brother. yup, we saw it coming too #

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My Tweets De Jour #24

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:47:52 GMT

07:49 brrrrrr. clear cold morning. no snow outside #

08:08 @kerner : ive had a chumby for a month now. been a really good experience. #

09:27 finally sat the written test for my drivers licence. tomorrow it's the driving test #

09:47 @brucery - LOL. i got 2 answers wrong in the witten test, so i am happy. tomorrow will be the rest test! #

10:24 expenses done! #

12:56 grilled chicken caeser salad for lunch - it's kinda healthy #

16:55 optimus prime is in the house #

17:13 playing with latest gadget - USB Leather Hand Strap. tinyurl.com/ysjnka #

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My Tweets De Jour #23

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:28:49 GMT

08:07 Back to work after Thanksgiving weekend break. #

08:34 brrr - it's a chilly one this morning. #

09:19 @davidlem - turkey was yummy. #

11:51 getting ready for another conference call. still feeling the chill #

12:41 conference call ended early. lunch time!!! #

13:24 happy days. dixie's BBQ ifor lunch. 'the man' warmed me up #

16:20 meetings, meetings, meetings - ive been in lots of meetings today #

17:20 @mcscary & @OffBeatMammal - feels like Melbourne to me #

17:23 heading home for heroes. 2 more episodes to go #

22:14 avoiding sending out Heroes spoilers. finale next week. Hiro and Peter cross paths. #

22:16 snow on the mountains. kids getting excited. #

22:32 watching news about i-90 being closed. snow makes driving slippery #

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My Tweets De Jour #22

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:40:41 GMT

10:58 staying away from email and Blogs. 4 days of rest #

13:43 stopping at Burgermaster #

16:24 shimmying to Hairspray on dvd #

19:08 created a channel of just clock and weather for my chumby, he's going to sit next to me in my boudoir #

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Attack of the Movies

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:38:20 GMT

Thanksgiving.

A time of spending time with family, giving thanks, eating and going to see the blockbusters at the movies.

I've take the kids to see a bunch of movies over the last few days

It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it

My Tweets De Jour #21

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:28:32 GMT

10:52 making plans to go see Beowulf in Digital 3D #

18:16 revisiting DOCTOR WHO series 3 on DVD #

19:40 vegging out watching dvds #

21:46 enjoying a ninja warrior marathon #

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My Tweets De Jour #20

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:03:35 GMT

13:23 taking my little ones to see Enchanted. still feeling thankful #

18:50 in a tryptophan coma #

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My Tweets De Jour #19

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:37:58 GMT

07:12 omg - it's below zero! #

07:13 into the office early to coordinate a call with all my peeps #

07:36 kindle ordered - i couldnt resist #

07:48 wow - just spotted myself on twitterposter.com/ #

09:39 eating a muffin - yum yum #

09:44 @jowyang - i bought one. #

11:05 brrr - it's still chilly and the sun is out #

13:54 finding out about Masaru Emoto and his Miraculous Messages from Water - tinyurl.com/8zrcj #

14:14 Status: 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/html 500 Internal Server Error #

17:12 ZOMG - Hanna Montana was on Oprah. I hope Moira recorded it for me, umm i mean for Emma #

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My Tweets De Jour #18

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:33:33 GMT

09:06 wandering the silent corridorss of blg 18 #

10:35 getting frustrated #

11:44 preparing a presentation #

15:36 making some quick phone calls #

15:47 trying to conquer my inbox #

15:48 @chass - my pleasure. thank you @jorke #

16:31 @GrumpyWookie - you dont want to know what book we're talking about #

19:49 getting things done at home. #

20:38 finally putting my feet up. #

20:38 dr house on soon #

22:29 secretly eating kettle corn. dont tell moira #

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My Tweets De Jour #17

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:43:10 GMT

07:40 driving rigo to school. i hope i dont get lost #

11:33 jumping onto a conf call #

11:54 thinking about lunch. i could go a shepherd's pie right about now #

12:06 thinking if i shld get a kindle #

12:12 @andrewbarnett - it looks like a computer from the 70s #

12:45 brrr - it's chilly today #

12:59 @artywah - thx for the offer, but im happy here. i will turn up the heat and put on a beanie #

13:12 if i could get The SMH or The Age onto a Kindle, how cool would that be #

15:42 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - that's a mouthful #

18:14 getting dinner for the kids - moira is feeling sick and tired #

18:15 @andrewtobin - stop being so rational and logical. #

19:29 pizza for kids. check. cleanup check. time for CHUCK and then HEROES #

22:08 HEROES - OMG. im going to watch it again now. #

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My Tweets De Jour #15

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:49:41 GMT

08:51 going for pancakes #

09:40 greenhorn, tenderfoot, Cheechako - which am i? #

09:45 waiting for my pancakes. where are they? #

10:03 overheard at pancake place - 'i would love to get my hands on a chumby'. #

10:13 moira informs me i have to move more stuff today. wtf #

11:21 strangly enough, i find myself inside a bank on a saturday #

20:06 finally watched SiCKO #

22:36 checking out the new Chirp screensaver #

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My Tweets De Jour #14

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:47:56 GMT

07:31 7am confcall. eating breakfast while listening #

08:24 enjoying the cold wet grey miserable day. reminds me of melbourne in july #

09:09 in a mtg with a cast of 1000s #

09:28 pivoting #

09:41 pivoting frameworks with batons - BINGO! #

13:32 doing some interviews for an internal video #

14:02 waiting to meet up with Buzz #

15:11 had a coffee with the one and only buzz bruggerman. i feel a better person because of it #

16:42 @cameronreilly - a true national treasure. we're going to have a great time #

16:44 thinking that chumby Izzle kizzle, fo' schizzle #

17:21 wow-it got dark quickly #

20:19 Lookingt at Twittle, a Simple Twitter Client for Windows Mobile. www.jonk.org/twittle/ #

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I <3 CHUMBY

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:35:56 GMT

I have a Chumby

I call it LittleFrankie

My Tweets De Jour #13

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:26:53 GMT

08:13 2nd conf call of the day and it's only 8am #

08:16 just noticed little frankle is only showing the time. my chumby lost connection #

10:04 i am such a dummy. i spilt coffee on myself and guess what? it was HOT #

10:26 twittering borked on direct messages. or is it me? #

11:48 im going to yumcha, or as they call it here - dimsum. ftw! #

11:58 @chass jeem. come down #

12:03 @chass im at jeem. come down #

13:27 stuck in #

15:02 @chass - nintendogs, animal crossing #

17:25 imagining @davidlem in an optimus prime outfit #

17:43 busy day. lots of visitors from the "old country" #

18:10 busy day - seen lots of folks from the "old country" #

18:13 twitter seems better now, but missing some features #

19:47 chumby is connecting again. good to see Little Frankie hard at work #

19:48 Join the campaign to make @davidlem dress as Optimus Prime! blogs.msdn.com/davidlem/ #

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My Tweets De Jour #12

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:32:05 GMT

07:06 It's now 3 months that I have been in the US of A #

07:06 brrrr - it's a cold one this morning #

07:19 heading downtown - to the corner of Third and Cherry #

08:45 made it safe downtown #

10:49 craving coffee #

13:56 chowder for lunch #

15:44 Gone bowing #

16:48 feeling sore. i fell over while bowling and now i have bumps and bruises #

18:17 looking for sympathy - i really hurt myself when i fell #

18:27 @cameronreilly - yup i will see buzz on friday #

19:00 watching ninja warrior 19 #

19:01 @nickbeau - i have wii bowled and it rocks #

19:49 looking forward to Beowulf movie #

20:20 wondering if i have restless leg disease ? #

20:31 @cblake - or could it be we're becoming old #

20:32 thinking i shld go to bed #

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My Tweets De Jour #11

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:10:04 GMT

07:18 woohoo - we didnt loose power overnight and no trees crashed into our house #

08:39 upgrading zune #

09:07 @cameronreilly - haha haha haha haha haha haha you crack me up #

09:20 @bkealey - as a matter of fact Y! have an office in Bellevue #

13:36 rolling from meeting to meeting #

17:02 gone to pick up #1 son #

19:26 feeling weary #

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My Tweets De Jour #10

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:02:00 GMT

07:08 @chlong - yes i am. see you soon. i hope you packed your winter woolies #

07:36 Google Acquiring Sprint? preposterous! tinyurl.com/ynucwn #

10:02 starting on the pile of work ahead of me #

10:53 meandering to a meeting #

13:23 had lunch with @gwillis and @jorke - we met the man #

15:25 learnt a new term "Reductio ad absurdum" tinyurl.com/cxod6 now looking for a chance to use it #

15:27 @seanodmvp - depends on who is doing the viewing #

15:33 @chass - where r u? sydney?? #

17:02 wind gusts over 100mph? crazy weather #

17:23 registering myself on the National Do Not Call Registry : www.donotcall.gov/ #

18:14 taking the little munchkins to get some new webkinzs. there;s one for you too @ozziesterling. #

18:53 getting ready for Heroes #

22:09 oh yes - heroes rocked. and only 3 episodes left. wtf? wga! #

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My Tweets De Jour #9

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:56:34 GMT

11:31 moving furniture from the kids room to the garage (where the boxes were yesterday) #

12:00 enough with the moving! taking the kids to see Fred Claus #

14:46 @mspecht - snap! i had the same #

15:05 Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla, bing-bang #

15:11 @wickedboy @trib - im excited about upcoming alvin & the chipmunks movie #

16:45 add faketonygreig #

16:56 wow - it got dark quickly #

18:06 excited - i have some freddo frogs coming from downunder for me and the kids #

18:42 sitting down with the kids to watch The Wizard of Oz #

19:24 Lions, Tigers & Bears, Oh my! #

20:12 there is no such thing as an iPoddy #

20:47 watching Curb Your Enthusiasm #

21:21 lois kills stewie? #

21:29 @wickedboy - stewie rocks. just ask @davidlem #

21:43 simulation over. #

22:23 beware the windy winds #

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My Tweets De Jour #8

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:50:41 GMT

08:47 Going to get some Saturday morning bagels #

11:39 Going to burien to visit the Australian Pie Co #

12:03 mmm lamingtons, meat pies and sausage rolls #

14:36 moving 67 boxes from one side of the garage to the other #

17:49 surf's up #

18:33 trying to decide between Ninja Warrior on G4TV or a DVD #

22:07 seeing 300 on DVD #

22:26 eating Kettle corn #

23:03 amused by the stories on king5 news #

23:10 warning that girl scout cashews may contain metals #

23:28 SNL or sleep? #

My Tweets De Jour #7

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:14:08 GMT

08:22 getting ready for a series of meetings #

08:38 Movin' to the country, Gonna eat me a lot of peaches #

10:19 talkiing to my wife who is waiting for a guy #

13:01 @Duncanma - Millions of peaches, peaches for me, Millions of peaches, peaches for free #

13:01 @chass - dont forget to visit me #

13:03 @davewiner - welcome to the chumby club. #

13:04 PUSA live at Pyramid in Seattle : tinyurl.com/26z4wr #

15:52 on hold to xbox support - sounds like they are in eastern europe #

16:02 gob-smaked by xbox support people - they cant send me an email #

16:56 playing 'Apples to Apples' with the kidlets #

18:24 finally got our new tvs installed #

18:31 the kids was to watch Transformers #

18:32 oh yeah, need to take out the trash #

18:44 zomg - found a windows mobile app to get cricket updates ci.plusmo.com #

19:35 watching Transformers on NEW home theater #

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My Tweets De Jour #6

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:40:13 GMT

07:53 waiting for a guy #

09:31 *STILL* waiting for a guy #

11:01 juggling priorities #

11:10 rejigging Little Frankie. 99 widgets so far #

15:06 coffee with dugie #

15:10 listening to a dude pitching his wares #

15:19 <yawn> - where did thisdude get his koolaid? #

19:58 sitting down to watch some telly #

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My Tweets De Jour #5

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:25:53 GMT

07:36 watching moira make waffles #

07:47 mmmm wafflicious #

08:46 wondering when it will rain again #

09:23 preparing for nxt mtg #

10:08 10am mtg statts at 10 minutes late - a new record #

10:26 mind wandering to lunch #

10:50 @chass - moira made waffles today. mmmmm waffles #

11:33 talking about dipstick measurement and making dipsticks more relevant <lol> #

12:53 reviewing session list for upcoming TR event #

13:02 looked out the window and i can see rain - w00t. #

14:08 Talking Blue monster #

17:55 @Kodo - it hadnt rained for 2 weeks #

18:43 chumby upgrading itself. downloading new bits #

19:43 chumby *STILL* updating itself #

20:54 @TDavid. Update *still* going. it's been 2 hours so far. I went for the two tone latte version. #

21:57 finally got around to watching "Kitchen Nightmares" and it's hilarious : tinyurl.com/297dqx #

22:21 chumby **STILL** updating. Its been over 4 hours now and it's at 40% - what's going on?? #

23:41 @cait - are you suggesting a chumby black market? #

23:42 chumby update completed successfully. i can breath a sign of relief now #

23:44 going to bed a happy man #

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My Tweets De Jour #4

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:46:34 GMT

07:42 Another foggy morning #

07:52 Nutjobs on every corner with election day placards #

09:56 calling fry's about a problem #

10:14 beware the Shanti virus #

11:12 catching a shuttle to another building #

12:29 talking about embedded. i had to mention chumby #

12:31 @paullyoung - what a small world. 3 cheers for john #

12:32 catching another shuffle #

12:34 and getting a shuttle too #

12:47 @leslienassar - good question. i would say NO #

13:16 mmm pizza #

14:35 I deal in Metric, so should you! -- tinyurl.com/2xcm5g #

15:24 catching up on calls #

19:42 decompressing finally #

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My Tweets De Jour #3

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:01:01 GMT

08:16 dodging traffic #

08:19 foggy old morning #

09:28 rushing to a meeting off campus #

11:39 Sitting and listening. adding some comments now and then #

11:59 mmm lunch is here. #

13:51 hooked on fresca #

14:28 so sick of dealing with feet and inches. Dear USA, please deal with metric measurements like the rest of the world #

15:10 @leslienassar - you are such a killjoy #

15:10 @CathyE - maybe we need a facebook group to start a movement? #

15:11 @rbuike - we can only dream #

15:23 thinking about the melbourne cup and flemington in spring #

15:46 @joshglid - you sound surprised #

18:06 w00t - I came 3rd in the go-cart challenge #

18:07 gone go-carting at k1 speed #

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Frankarr's Tweets De Jour

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:35:15 GMT

08:22 checking all the clocks are up to date following the end of daylight savings #

09:16 playing with wikkistix - www.wikkistix.com #

09:24 breakfast at oriel cafe #

11:23 buying lego #

13:55 catching up with last nights SNL - Brian Williams was pretty funny #

16:49 doing dirty jobs #

17:18 we're getting some general tso's chicken #

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Recent Tweets

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:05:53 GMT

09:55 moving boxes -- when will this madness ever end??? #

11:02 sipping starbucks #

11:18 collecting the mail from local postoffice #

11:56 buying rugs from the crazy rug warehouse guy #

13:42 now im moving furniture. im so over it #

14:47 grabbing a cup of tea before the next load of boxes #

16:28 @leslienassar - my stuff arrived last week and we moved into our place. the madness never ends #

16:28 @OffBeatMammal - that future awaits #

17:19 lifting loading moving sorting #

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Eurovision 2007

Mon, 14 May 2007 04:00:56 GMT

Tonight's the night. Wondeful kitschy entertainment

Lots of spoilers here

Blogging takes a back seat to twitter

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:16:19 GMT

Since I started using Twitter, I have really slowed down on my blogging,

I find twitter so much simpler to use - i can do it from my phone, from any browser, from a bunch of windows apps, even from a sidebar gadget. It's just so easy.

And it's instant gratification, in just 140 characters.

Follow me at http://www.twitter.com/frankarr

Stats (as of April 1 2007):

187 Friends
89 Followers
1,005 Updates

SMH: TV program delays 'turning viewers into pirates'

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:43:36 GMT

The SMH ran a story yesterday - TV program delays 'turning viewers into pirates', with a followup 'blog' Are you a TV show pirate?

The reader comments are pure gold.

"Are you a TV show pirate?"

Yes, yes I am.

Posted by: Hurley at February 21, 2007 3:45 PM

tv is dead. long live tv.

once you download you don't go back. i never watch australian tv.

i watch what i want, when i want on what i want.

I'd be happy to download from the networks as long as they guarantee simultaneous worldwide release. They could even include 5 minutes of ads (base their advertising revenue on the number of downloads for particular programs) as long as they guarantee high def content.

Until then i'm afraid i'm gonna have to be a pirate mate....

Posted by: Dude at February 21, 2007 4:33 PM

Could someone please point me to the exact point of law and valid precedents that show downloading episodes of television that have screened somewhere, but that may or may not ever be screened on free-to-air tv in my house, is in fact 'illegal'?

'Downloading' itself is NOT illegal behaviour.

Why, Asher, are you stereotyping all of the many, many people who downloads tv shows as 'lawbreakers'?

This 'illegality' is yet to be demonstrated, and personally I cannot believe that ordinary Australians agree that it could EVER BE illegal behaviour to do so.

Posted by: bob at February 21, 2007 3:35 PM

On This Day : Jan 17

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:35:46 GMT

January 17:

1893 - The Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led by Lorrin A. Thurston overthrew the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani (pictured) of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1929 - Popeye the Sailor, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appeared in newspaper comic strips.
1946 - The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting at Church House in London.
1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a four-year moratorium on the death penalty in the United States.
1995 - The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck near Kobe, Japan, killing over 6,000 people and causing over ten trillion yen in damage.

Weird Al is coming downunder

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:25:23 GMT

Weird Al is touring

Date:	Location:	Venue:

Mar 10	Auckland, New Zealand	St. James Theatre
Mar 12	Sydney, Australia	Enmore Theatre
Mar 14	Wollongong, Australia	Win Entertainment Centre
Mar 16	Adelaide, Australia	Thebarton Theatre
Mar 17	Perth, Australia	Burswood Theatre
Mar 19	Hobart, Australia	Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
Mar 21	Gold Coast, Australia	Twin Towns Services Club
Mar 22	Newcastle, Australia	Civic Theatre
Mar 23	Melbourne, Australia	Hamer Hall
Mar 24	Canberra, Australia	Canberra Theatre

OpenX : Handy Dandy Little Gizmo

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:10:16 GMT

I ordered a really handy little gizmo online recently and it arrived today

OpenX^® is a new hand held tool specifically designed to safely and easily open plastic packages.

More info at the OpenX Home Page

On This Day : Jan 3

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:50:44 GMT

January 3:

1521 - Pope Leo X (pictured) excommunicated Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church after Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 theses.
1749 - Benning Wentworth began to issue the New Hampshire Grants on land which was also claimed by New York, and is now Vermont.
1958 - Ten former British colonies in the Caribbean joined to form a new self-governing West Indies Federation.
1973 - George Steinbrenner and a group of investors bought the New York Yankees for US$8.7 million.
1990 - United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrendered.