What's in a Name?

Back for more appointments.

2012-01-25T12:58:00.000+10:00

So it's been a good month since I blogged about my tingling hands and feet etc. The month overall has been pretty normal given it was Christmas. I played with the kids. Swum at the beach. Started taking some more photos. Stayed up way too late gaming. And obviously rode my bike (I say obviously because I'm addicted), I even fell off and lost a few bits of skin. The whole time the tingles have

Blogging instead of shopping.

2012-01-12T14:23:00.000+10:00

In an effort to curb my crazy consumerist ways I'm sitting down at a coffee shop writing a blog post instead of shopping. (ok so technically I'm shopping because I bought a coffee but baby steps)I was at the shops earlier this week aimlessly browsing and realized that all the things I was browsing for were different versions of things I already owned and decided that maybe it was time to give the

Photo Revival

2012-01-03T14:57:00.000+10:00

At the start of this year I was challenged to take a photo challenge for the month of January. Initially I thought it was a bit gimmicky but was happy to give it a go. I must say though, we are only 3 days in and I'm completely inspired to take photos. I'm just loving it. Today's challenge was to shoot "Something you adore" which I found really hard because there are so many things that I love

Do I only need one lens for my camera?

2011-12-27T19:32:00.001+10:00

A while ago now I bought a vintage lens for my Pentax camera. It was a 50mm f1.4 manual focus that I picked up from eBay for less than $50. It takes beautiful photos, if you get the focus right which was no easy task. I finally saved up (aka finished procrastinating) about getting an auto lens that was similar and picked up a 40mm f2.8 as a compromise. Turns out that compromise has turned into my

Good News but more scans...

2011-12-02T14:35:00.001+10:00

As the saga continues I had some more good news from the Neurologist ruling out some nasty things which was very good news. Unfortunately I'm no closer to a cause so I'm off for another MRI today and some more specialists.... way to haemorrhage money before Christmas! (Not that I can complain... lots of people are working hard to figure it out)

I want these speakers!

2011-11-29T15:34:00.000+10:00

Final Frame: Transparent Soundshttp://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/final-frame/final-frame-transparent-sounds-161852(Sent from Flipboard)

Hiplok; Wearable Bike Lock

2011-11-29T11:24:00.000+10:00

These look awesome and would go with my hipster shorts :PReview: Hiplok; Wearable Bike Lockhttp://bikehugger.com/post/view/hiplok-wearable-bike-lock(Sent from Flipboard)

New commuter tyre

2011-11-29T08:43:00.000+10:00

I've been riding the new malvern star single speed convert as my commuter since I got it but I've made a few changes (mainly to reduce the death risk). New brakes and some deep 44mm rims with a decent breaking surface (still purple though to match the rest of the bike) were the first upgrades. It wasn't long though and the tyres were shown the door. A spate of flats and no quick release wheels

A nervous day

2011-11-29T07:57:00.000+10:00

Today is the day... I'm off to see the neurologist today. I've managed to resist the urge to look at the MRI results simply because if it was bad news a few more weeks of ignorant bliss was nice. Sent from my iPad

Worrying for the sake of worrying...

2011-11-18T14:45:00.001+10:00

So after discovering that it's the waiting that is the most painful part of this whole scenario the worry that has kind of set in. Generally I'm a pessimist at the best of times so in this sort of scenario every little thing seems to be spark a worry in the back of your mind... The inevitable "It's probably nothing.... but what if it's not...." I'm going to ban myself from "what if's" for the

It's the waiting that is the most painful

2011-11-16T17:39:00.001+10:00

So after the news of yesterday I went off and had an MRI today. Which as far as medical procedures go was pretty easy. I almost fit in a nap while I was lying there. I think if you had any tendencies for claustrophobia it wouldn't be an y fun at all but for me it was an hour of time with my thoughts (probably a scary place but there is probably a whole post on that in itself). Of course now

Not the sort of thing you want to hear

2011-11-15T17:53:00.001+10:00

Was an interesting day today. I've been seeing the doctor for something that's been annoying but wasn't really impacting me at all. Today though we got to the point where it was suggested that an MRI and a trip to a neurologist would be a good idea. It's only a precaution to rule out some nasties but it still isn't fun news to here. Let's just say I was a little sad on the walk back. Somehow

The painful transition away from mobile me

2011-11-05T17:57:00.001+10:00

As many of you probably know I'm well ingrained in the apple product suite and have been for a while now. The upgrade to iOS5 and iCloud has brought a few challenges. The biggest one for me is photo sharing/storage. Up until now I'd used iPhoto and mobile me gallery for all my photo needs. It integrated perfectly with all the base apps and worked beautifully so that I could take a photo on my

Getting older....

2011-11-03T11:30:00.001+10:00

It's inevitable I know... All the birthdays (both big numbers and small) have come and gone and it hasn't really affected me. In fact I love birthdays... presents, cakes and the excuse to be selfish for a day (or more). The fact that it meant I was getting older was neither here nor there, sure I was getting older but I wasn't really feeling older (most people would probably say I still acted

I remember how I used to have time to blog.....

2011-10-24T12:27:00.002+10:00

This week sees me return to a week of works travel away from home and I remembered why I used to have time to blog..... Flight time.... It's one of the few times that I'm disconnected from the intertubes leaving me time to just thing and blurt out useless post like this.... The constant connection especially armed with an iPhone and iPad with push notifications there's rarely a few minutes that

New Wheels.... yay...

2011-08-12T07:58:00.000+10:00

I agonised over upgrading the wheels on my Kestrel for weeks... after much deliberation and a lot of spreadsheet comparison I decided it wasn't worth the upgrade. Of course the irony was just after I decided I didn't need new wheels I had an incident and then needed new wheels (along with a few other things). I went for Aluminium wheels as a bit of a compromise over performance, weight and

EyeTV Netstream DTT: A first look

2011-07-11T20:16:00.000+10:00

With my parents moving into the house there have been some rethinks around how my media is distributed around the house (something I've talked about at length here over and over and over again). The biggest thing was trying to get commercial TV everywhere (not that I really watch that much) with only one antenna point in our master bedroom. With so many iDevices and two AppleTVs in the house the

Training for a ride?? When did this happen

2011-06-20T13:01:00.000+10:00

The weekend gone saw me go on a training ride for the Brissie to the Bay event. This is a first for me... I'm not a big one for training... I guess some where along the way I became a cyclist and this is the sort of thing they do. It was kinda fun having never cycled that far before, the ride next weekend should be a bit of fun! I managed to reach my goal so after a call from MS Events I've

A big move!

2011-06-16T12:40:00.000+10:00

After 6 years in the same place we have packed up and moved (all be it only one floor). I found it pretty sad to move out of our old place. I surprised myself with how emotionally attached I'd become to our old house. Even now I still have no real logical explanation for why, but it made it quite hard (and sometimes stressful) event. A big thanks though to those who helped me lug all my gear

Pimp My Ride

2011-06-14T12:41:00.000+10:00

So I've had my new bike for a little while now (a bit over a month) and I've done almost 500km on it and started the pimping process already. First of all I managed to track down some Kestrel branded water bottles and holders (which are actually in the shape of the logo). I then swapped out the tyres because the Slicks made me nervous especially if there was any water around and as the Water

Signed up for a ride and some fund raising thrown in

2011-05-31T18:05:00.001+10:00

This year I've signed up to do the Brissie to the Bay ride to support MS. Like a fun run though this fun ride is about raising money. So if you feel so inclined my donations page is here http://www.msqldevents.org.au/Enerflex-MS-Brissie-to-the-Bay-Bike-Ride-2011/CAMDSSent from my iPad

The end of an era?

2011-05-29T20:39:00.001+10:00

Could it be? The end of the nespresso? Our Nespresso has started to play up and seems like it's on it's last legs. The odd flashes of the lights warming up doesn't look like a good sign. It's given us many long years of service (I think maybe 6? And I'd hate to think how many coffees) but maybe it's time to upgrade to one of the Pixie models. http://www.nespresso.com/pixie/Sent from my iPhone

Bloggn' from my new phone.

2011-05-26T18:00:00.000+10:00

After all the bike talk lately it's about time there were some more gadgets on here. My old iPhone 3GS finally stopped connecting to the phone network and suddenly became an iPod touch. Having to switch back to my nokia 6110 for a day was enough to get me to walk down to Optus and get a shiny new white iPhone 4. My screen has been broken so long going to the retina display is just amazing. The

And the New bike, Stolen bike, no bike saga ends.... with a KESTREL Evoke SL

2011-05-08T17:30:00.000+10:00

Well the saga of my new bike is at an end... A bit over a month ago I took the plunge and decided to upgrade my ancient Apollo RDZ3000 that I'd been riding since before time began. I picked up a very cheap Specialized Festina Team bike from eBay and after one ride was super happy. Unfortunately after one ride it was stolen from my house and thus the saga. I have to say the response from the

Musing over an upgrade for my turntable

2011-05-02T06:13:00.001+10:00

I have no real need but I've started to think about upgrading/replacing the tivoli that is the heart of my turntable setup. I have no real reason. Sure the tuner has started to go but most stations I could stream to the airport express if I'm desperate. I think the lack of traditional speaker setups in my house has been starting to chip away at my and it's started to form into an idea. I love