Broken Spoke

After 20 years of riding my bike, I’ve finally broken a spoke.

by Jarod | 3 comments | September 19, 2009 at 11:06 am

Motor Driven

Just a heads up that the talented Matt Mead has “decided to setup a car blog”. It’s called Motor Driven and if you’re inclined to ogling nice cars captured by even nicer photography, I’d advise you to check it out.

by Jarod | one comment | September 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Ramona Was A Waitress

For the past few days I’ve had Paul Dempsey‘s Ramona Was A Waitress in my head. It’s a cracker of a song and fully deserves all the airplay it’s getting on Triple J of late. Pleasantly, the video clip is well above average too.

by Jarod | no comments | September 11, 2009 at 8:59 am

A Very Interesting Read on Bicycle Infrastructure

Why We Can’t Resist Bicycle Infrastructure. I quite like the analogy towards the end of the article comparing traffic congestion to liquids and gases. A part of this problem has been an assumption that traffic behaves like a liquid. A new paradigm has now emerged in which planners see the traffic as more like a(click to read the full post)

by Jarod | no comments | September 10, 2009 at 9:30 am

Happy Train Day 2009!

We don’t actually know when Train was born, but we picked her up on 30 September, 2007. That makes today Annual Train Day – the day we celebrate all things Train! From this… To this… To this… (Giving me warning signs about interrupting her morning sun time.) It’s been a busy 2 years. She’s *almost*(click to read the full post)

by Liz | one comment | September 30, 2009 at 10:16 am

I have two questions.

(Taken at 6.17am) 1. Why am I awake this early? 2. Why is the sky orange?

by Liz | 2 comments | September 23, 2009 at 7:41 am

Bestest Brownie Ever.

It’s a big statement, but I’m willing to put it out there. Especially for this brownie. I followed the recipe exactly, to ensure I didn’t end up with another tasty disaster. Hilariously though, I still made it a disaster. While tipping it out of the pan to cool I dropped some brownie on my foot.(click to read the full post)

by Liz | one comment | September 14, 2009 at 10:04 pm

Traaaiiiiinnnn….

That bit at the end where Glenn’s voice breaks? (4:10) That’s exactly how I yell it when she bites me. (feed readers, click here)

by Liz | no comments | September 12, 2009 at 11:23 pm

Tasty disaster muffins!

Original recipe from Fig & Cherry… the below is a slightly altered version, probably leading the the issue seen below. 1 cup self raising flour 1 cup caster sugar 1 tsp bicarbonate soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 100g melted milk chocolate (nestle melts style) 1 egg, lightly beaten 125g butter, melted 1(click to read the full post)