Let the Travian addiction begin

8:41 am, January 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, gaming, geekery, internets by Jarod

Thanks to the crazy88 boys I’m now semi addicted to Travian. It’s one of those sassy online in-browser strategy type games. I played Utopia on and off here and there, but seems a little different. Somewhat more refined.

Once I’ve been playing for more than a few days I’ll post a mini review. Be warned though, it might only consist of a few (swear) words if I end up getting smooshed by people bigger than me.

Planes on final approach

11:28 pm, January 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in bikes, boythings, geekery, photography by Jarod

Since moving to the inner west I’ve wanted to head down to the north end of the north south runway at Kingsford Smith Airport. You know, to generally be a camera nerd and take photos of planes rushing 50 odd metres overhead. This morning, I finally go around to it.

VH-VUF

I know I know, that photo is tiny. Smash this link to see it bigger though.

Crazy Kitties!

3:17 am, January 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, cuteness, internets, roundups by Jarod

It’s a pretty simple concept. Hit the play button, watch the cats be stupid, piss yourself with laughter. Well, that’s what I just did anyway.

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009

11:07 am, January 1st, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Posted in bikes, boythings, local by Jarod

Yay for sky explosions!! And Damish for once again letting us invade their rooftop!! And the City of Sydney for lashing out with 6 million dollars of fireworks in these times of financial crisis!! And to the sky writer who wrote ‘The Creator is Jesus‘ at about 8pm over Sydney Harbour!! And to horrible traffic coming back over the Harbour Bridge!!

Here’s to another fantabulous year on this humble little planet we call Earth.

New Years Eve in Sydney

New Years Eve in Sydney

New Years Eve in Sydney

New Years Eve in Sydney

New Years Eve in Sydney

New Years Eve in Sydney

I’ll be damned if I’m not having a much more quiet NYE in 2009.

The Camera Blackboard

6:38 pm, December 31st, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Posted in boythings, cuteness, girlthings, photography by Jarod

The Camera Blackboard!!

Goosync… three weeks on

11:20 am, December 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in bikes, geekery, internets by Jarod

A little while ago I did a little mini review on Goosyncing Google Calendar to my Nokia E71. Well this is the even shorter review which takes place after using it every second day or so.

The only negative that both Liz and I found is that a week or so ago we both couldn’t sync for a few days. An error message stating that a connection couldn’t be established or something. We presumed their server was down and were just patient and things returned to normal pretty quickly. Other than that it’s been a bundle of joy which works nice and seamlessly such that you don’t know it’s there.

If you want to sync your Google Calendar to your E71 (or anything on the S60 platform), get Goosync. Don’t worry about the subscription version unless you’re a super duper mega power user, the free version will do fine.