Arnie's World

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 10:45:00 +0000

Can't believe it has been 9 years and I came out of the cobwebs to post a Fortnite video of all things!!! But here you go boy for you Ollie and William. Demonstrating they're "sweats" on XBox.

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:54:00 +0000

Mythbusters - New Season

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:13:00 +0000

Not sure when we'll see the new season in Australia, but can't wait!!!

...meanwhile in Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:35:00 +0000

Extreme Weather - Sydney's waterfalls flow upwards

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:11:00 +0000

The last couple of days weather has been bad here. Causing a luxury problem: I had to drain the pool preventing it from overflowing, today. I know, terrible!

Winds battering southern Australia over the last 24 hours have been so strong that spray from waterfalls south of Sydney has billowed up into the air.

Nearly a month's worth of rain has fallen on the city in 24 hours, and wind speeds have reached 120km/h.

Via

Google+ Need an invite drop me a message

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:25:00 +0000

I recently received a Google+ invite here and don't mind sending some invites myself.

Please note you will need a gmail account to be eligible.

My first impressions of Google+ is that I am not entirely sure about it, I have never used Facebook or MySpace so I do not have much to compare it with.
It looks promising and when more people get on it, it might become more fun.

Have a go it's free and in the end you can always delete your account.

And since today there is also an app available for the iPhone, here.

I received a Google+ invite the other day and thougth I d share the favor

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:44:00 +0000

Who would like a Google+ invite?
Please leave a message in the comments.

Please note you will need a gmail account to enter.

He's doing the dishes!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:31:00 +0000

It took us 21 months, but Ollie is finally doing the dishes! =)

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24 Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Carrot-raisin-pineapple muffins

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:22:00 +0000

We made carrot-raisin-pineapple muffins this afternoon. It was suppose to rain today but it never did. But since we had all the right ingredients there was no stopping us!!!

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noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:35:00 +0000

A very tired chair

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:57:00 +0000

Via

Osama!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:10:00 +0000

Anyone else encounter this issue?

Shopping with Ollie

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:47:00 +0000

We took Ollie shopping the other week. Every time you go to a mall or supermarket you'll find one of these carousels. And when you are little they are the best thing you can find in a mall (until you discover candy and toystores). Anyway we thought Ollie would like to go for a little ride on one....

YouTube Video

And when you have done all the shopping you have to put it all away of course...

YouTube Video

No longer our little secret

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:42:00 +0000

Today Caroline had her 12 wk scan. All results came back positive or is it negative? Ollie will have a little brother or sister soon. =) We have known for quite some time Caroline is pregnant (since 25th of January at 4 weeks) and we ve managed to keep it quiet all this time... No more 'lies' no more secrecy we can tell the world! It was a huge relief to find all the results came back the way they should be. We have had a trisomy 18 scare with Ollie around this time so we ve been a bit on edge about it. But we can now enjoy Caroline's pregnancy to the fullest now. The baby is average on everything so there should not be any issues. No pet name for the little one yet, at the moment it is simply known as No.2. We are over the moon about it. We did ask if they could tell what it would be a boy or a girl, but it was too early to tell yet. Ollie does not realize it yet, but we think he'll make a great 'Big Brother' with his happy character. Let's hope he has learned to share his toys by then...

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Location:Sydney; Australia

Are you in the market to buy a house?

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:28:00 +0000

I wonder how many viewers they had?
Not YouTube the house...

A dog in the midsts of the rubble in Japan stays by the side of his injured friend

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:37:00 +0000

Dogs are strange animals. They can be extremely loyal to their owner or in this case his fellow companion. I would love to have a dog, if only we had the time, to take care of it properly.

Here is an English translation of the voiceover exchange between the two reporters in the clip (translation courtesy of Toshiyuki Kitamura) found here :

We are in Arahama area. Looks like there is a dog. There is a dog. He looks tired and dirty. He must have been caught in the tsunami. He looks very dirty.

He has a collar. He must be someone's pet. He has a silver collar. He is shaking. He seems very afraid.

Oh, there is another dog. I wonder if he is dead.

Where?

Right there. There is another dog right next to the one sitting down. He is not moving. I wonder. I wonder if he is alright.

The dog is protecting him.

Yes. He is protecting the dog. That is why he did not want us to approach them. He was trying to keep us at bay.

I can't watch this. This is a very difficult to watch.

Oh. Look. He is moving. He is alive. I am so happy to see that he is alive.

Yes! Yes! He is alive.

He looks to be weakened. We need to them to be rescued soon. We really want them rescued soon.

Oh good. He's getting up.

It is amazing how they survived the tremendous earthquake and tsunami. It's just amazing that they survived through this all.

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Create a custom iPhone icon for your website

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:02:00 +0000

Woohoo. Add my blog to your home screen on your iPhone and you'll notice Arnie's World has it's own icon (before it was only an image of the blog)

How I did it?

Quite easily, create a PNG image that's 45x45 pixels in size. (there are free sites that can do this for you). Upload your image into your photo sharing platform (Picasa; Flickr) or upload your image and save it by itself as a draft in Blogger, like I did. View the HTML of your draft and copy the direct link of the image you just uploaded. Test your direct link by copying it into the address bar of your browser. All you should see is your icon.
Then insert the following HTML in your website template just before (< /h e a d>)
(< link href='http://yourphotosharingplatform.com/Your picture.png' rel='apple-touch-icon'/>)

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iPhone icon

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:06:00 +0000

Simon's Cat in Cat Chat

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:29:00 +0000

Simon's Cat: one of our favorite short animations out there and we're glad to see they haven't been sitting still.

<Simon's Cat iPhone app>

Wow has it been that long?

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:34:00 +0000

Oliver (14 months old here)
When I started blogging I did so as a way for family and friends to see what we were unto at the other end of the world. I did reasonably well I thought until last year. The arrival of the Ollie-Bollie has changed Caroline and myself and how we spend our time a lot. Not saying it is a bad thing, Ollie is a wonderful boy, merely saying it has had a profound impact on us and how we live our lives, obviously. It has taken awhile but I think I can find the time again to blog every now and then.(not making any promises). For this reason I have also joined Twitter recently and my ID is @ArniesWorldOz. You don't have to sign up with Twitter to see my short ramblings either. All you need to do is check in to my blog every now and then and on the right hand side you can find the last 5 tweets I made. Twitter allows you to include pictures so check in regularly to find a pic of Ollie that might not necessarily make it onto the blog. And I finally have the iPhone I wanted (here). It really is amazing! There are soo many apps out there, most rubbish others little gems. Those little gems allow me to now blog and Twitter anywhere on my iPhone! Anyway I am back, if not here then Twitter. I still don't have Facebook (FB) not sure if I ever will. Caroline is on FB so if you are on FB and like to stay in touch with us, give her a nudge or whatever you call it. See you soon...

It's been a long time....

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:16:00 +0000

It's been a long long long time over a year, but I will try to start blogging again.
I have also joined Twitter not sure what its all about and how to use it but time will tell.
Still looking for a good way to combine my iPhone

Australia Day 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:52:00 +0000

Last Tuesday January the 26th it was Australia Day.
Australia Day is usually a day where you get together with friends, "put another shrimp on the barbie" and have a good time. This year being Ollie's first Australia Day it was really special, one because Ollie is so far the only Australian in our family unit and two because we were invited to attend Phil and Pip's Citizenship Ceremony in Springwood. Around 50 people from different nationalities chose Springwood as their venue to become Australians and after the ceremony with Australia Day ambassador Robyn Moore (voice of Blinky Bill) as a guest speaker, Phil and Pip are now proud Australians. Oliver was well behaved and didn't mind the brass band or sitting through the ceremony at all. After the ceremony we went to the Springwood Club to have our Australian bbq meal. Mostly because of a suspected fireban in the area. It was 38+C!!!

Australia Day 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:22:00 +0000

Ollie Phlrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

noreply@blogger.com (Arnoud) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:11:00 +0000

Ollie blowing raspberries in his little Star Trek uniform.
He is just over 4 months old now and has just discovered how to blow raspberries and its one of his favorite things to do, after eating his fingers.