All my h2g2 friends (at least those who are pre-Rupert) will remember the fiasco that was the original iteration of moderation. Now, it seems that LJ is making similar mistakes. I suppose it's a technical nightmare to design a content filter that works perfectly, but, for heaven's sake, at least three of the people on my friendslist now seem to ( Read more... )

Conversation with a guy signing me up with a new mobile phone plan ( Read more... )

You know your system is ageing when ( Read more... )

Naturally, house building, moving, milestones looming at work, my mother being in hospital last month, and several other dramas which I won't go into right now aren't enough excitement for one person. I mean, I wouldn't want to start to get complacent, right ( Read more... )

Lord. Moving again. Feel the happiness ( Read more... )

We've been given notice to move out of this property at the end of our lease. This is, to say the least, inconvenient. With the builders still working on a geological timeline, there'll be a deficit of a few months between when we have to leave here, and when we can move in there. Oh well, serves us right for taking the chance that we could keep ( Read more... )

So, I haven't posted for a while. Part of this is because I'm lazy. Part because I have nothing to say, and part because, well, life is hectic.

1. Work is flat out. (Don't know what flat out means? Go to aussie_slang and find out!) <\shameless plug ( Read more... )

Like dominos, our entire household has been succumbing to the flu, which, for a change, does appear to be the actual flu - influenza A, according to the news. I got my first symptoms at the beginning of the week, and by Wednesday, I was ready to leave work early (a bad, bad sign ( Read more... )

On Friday, we move to our new rental house, which is 50 minutes by train to my new job, as opposed to 90 like it is now.

Moving good.
Packing bad.

At the moment, our current landlord's agent is good. They aren't showing anyone through until Saturday. Woot! We're gone Friday. Bring it, baby.

OMG, I'm so exhausted. Work tomorrow. Mmm, work. Mmm

Dear virus sender ( Read more... )