A Tiny Teddy Weighs 2 Grams

4:47 pm, December 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in boythings by Jarod

Did you know a Tiny Teddy weighs 2 grams? Me either til I weighed one.

Sombrero!

4:42 am, December 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, geekery, photography by Jarod

It’s a long story. You wouldn’t want to know.

Rear brakes and rides through the City on foggy mornings

11:58 am, December 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Posted in bikes, boythings by Jarod

Did I mention that I chucked the rear brakes on the Single Speed? Thought so. Well I did.

Even took it out for a 20km cruise into the city & toward the Opera House yesterday. Was quite foggy… so I photographed the said fog!

Train Got Christmas Presents!

9:17 pm, December 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, cuteness, girlthings, photography, traaiiiiin by Jarod

From Smudge the Dog no less!!

Oh how far you’ve come

9:36 am, December 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in bikes, boythings by Jarod

Took the newly built up Single Speed for a cruise this morning around the burb’s. It definitely gets my tick of approval in the new colour and with the new components. Maxxis High Rollers are awesome for those easy to find jumps up and down gutters. Avid Codes are stunning… even with only the front brakes on (oops!) the stopping power is intense. Longer stem and flat bars are maybe a little bit too far forward, but geez they make the bike chuckable. Yep. All in all I’m super happy with how the paint and build has turned out thus far.

It’s also never looked better in my books. Lets finish this post with an old/new comparison.

The old. Taken at Manly Dam circa 2002

The new. Taken in a laneway in the Inner West.

Single Speed in Matte Black.

1:47 pm, December 20th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Posted in bikes, boythings, local by Jarod

As Harley would put it, as black as the devil’s heart.

So yes, it’s (finally) back from the painters. Peter at Star Enamellers did an absolutely awesome job. A little too good a job really cause I’m considering chucking slicks and a fixed front end on the frame and never letting it see dirt, ever. Stone chips would make it less tasty.

Speaking of tasty…

All the awesomeness

Bottom Bracket

Seatpost welds came up a treat!

Rear drop outs are awesome

Headset

Hair Tie Catching Machine.

9:10 pm, December 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in cuteness, girlthings, local, photography, traaiiiiin by Liz

We’ve already blogged about Train’s super ability to catch hair ties when flicked in her direction, but only tonight did we try take decent photos of it.

See how much kitty anger she has inside?

And can you imagine what those claws do to flesh?

Aww.

2:50 pm, December 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in boythings, cuteness, girlthings, local, photography by Liz

One year ago today, Jarod moved in with me. I thought it was sometime next week, until he went and got me a pretty necklace while I was otherwise distracted at the shops.

Somewhat unfair, seeing as we agreed not to get each other anything for Christmas, yet I still end up with pretty things. But I’m not about to complain…

Merry Christmas and shit.

5:32 pm, December 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in nothingness by Liz

Train’s getting into the Christmas spirit:

Looking for last minute present ideas? Make a homeless kitty happy.

Wtf, Virgin?

8:15 pm, December 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in geekery, girlthings, internets, whinging by Liz

I’d been with Vodafone for what seems like forever. They’ve always treated me nicely, and I’ve never had a problem with them. I even managed to pull Jarod over to them. Then we decided to get new phones, and went out and assessed all the carriers. Virgin came out on top because we could call and sms each other for free. Winner!

I figured I wouldn’t notice any difference, seeing as both Vodafone and Virgin piggyback off the Optus network. And, to begin with, I didn’t.

Then I got an email that said the following:

“Hey, just wondering who is this? I went to gmail on my ph and it logged into ur account.”

At first Jarod and I assumed it was spam or something bizarre like that, but curiosity got the better of me and I replied asking for a few more details. Turns out this guy was legitimate, and he too was on the Virgin network. Alright, I thought, I’ll just keep changing my password every couple of weeks, and change my settings so my Gmail app sends all it’s stuff over a secure network and we’ll be fine. Perhaps the thing that controls the packet data had a hiccup which ended badly.

But then a couple of days later I went to log into facebook for the first time on my phone (sad, I know). To my surprise, it had prepopulated with someone elses email address. Luckily for them, it hadn’t saved their password.

Today, I sent an MMS to Jarod with a photo of Train (sending a test message to see if the MMS was set up on my number). A couple of hours later I got a message from someone saying ‘Who is this?’. Apparently they’d received a photo of a baby from my number. Jarod still hasn’t received anything.

So, wtf Virgin?? If it wasn’t for the fact I don’t particularly want to pay out my contract right now, I’d be switching back to Vodafone. At least they didn’t share my log in details with other people, or send incorrect messages to people I don’t even know. Seriously.

And, no, I have not yet contacted Virgin customer service as I believe it will be a huge waste of time to get through to someone on the frontline who will probably tell me that nothing is wrong. I will probably go into one of their stores during the week and see what they have to say. But yeah, if you’re considering going to Virgin… don’t.

Kitty Bath Time.

9:58 pm, December 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in cuteness, girlthings, local, photography, traaiiiiin by Liz

In an attempt to make the blog slightly less tarnished after that post, I should also mention we bathed Train the other day. Oh the hilarity!

We came out unscathed, but she refused to look at us for the rest of the day. And also covered our bathroom floor in water while trying to escape.