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We still havent got our internet connection hooked up in our estate.. and I’ve been busy as lately, too busy to keep this site updated. Hopefully that will change fairly soon. Here’s a short recap of what I’ve been up to..

• Missing my girlfriend who’s back in Sweden.. =(
• Surfing.. lots of it (surfing Wilsons Prom this weekend)
• Started my thesis on materialized view support for flash memory storage
• Read a book describing Sweden as a dystopic orwellian society (heaps funny)
• Started working in the department for an undergrad project unit
• .. lots of research

We still have no Internet connection in our new house, it’s been ordered though. Hopefully it will be installed shortly so I can start keeping you all up to speed (read: bore you with my whining) again.
The weekend forecast spells hot weather and decent swell, surfs up!

Since moving to our new place, we’ve been without Internet access.. things have been a bit too stressed to fix that yet but we’re getting there. I’ll be back soon. Currently I’m sitting at Amber Café on High Street.. Internetcafé combined with sushibar, juice bar, Indian food, fax services, used computer reselling and sandwich bar. Phew.

Now, time to go surfing.. it is friday after all!

Time for a surf! I’ll be down the coast at Barwon Heads during the weekend surfing with the La Trobe Surfteam.. and the forecast is sun, sun, and then sun.

Beach

Surfing

Sun

Yes..

A lot of stuff came together today.. I now have a place to live and a topic for my research thesis that I’m writing this year. All done and all good. More posts will follow on both of these topics..

..and photos. Definitely photos.

My lovely girl Emma comes back from a month of traveling today.. the trip of a lifetime. Welcome back honey, I’ve missed you so.

(Back in this case still means that she’s on the other side of world from where I am but at least theres phones..)

For about a year and a half I’ve been meaning to write a paper on my research in description driven modeling. I know what I want to say, and pretty much how.. but still no paper. Just a few lines of rambling and some sketchy notes from a think-night at Bar Nancy  over a Little Creatures (an aussie beer) a few months ago.

Today I approached my course coordinator about writing up that paper instead of doing a scheduled unit of coursework.. and while the paperwork needs to be done and permissions from various scholars are needed, she pretty much said yes on the spot. There might actually be a paper on that work one day.

About bloody time..

Australia has a decent coverage of the worlds dangerous animals. If it crawls, runs, hops or moves in any general way.. it’s most likely very bad for your insurance policy to hang around. Most of these are pretty slow on hot days like today though, in the near 40 degree heat they get fairly lazy. All but one. Fittingly the most dangerous one. Humans driving airconditioned cars.

When going down Plenty Rd around lunch today a person, exhibiting a serious case of mental clearfelling, did a u-turn from the left lane. In the middle of a busy section. Without checking the mirrors. Good choice. He would’ve seen my 2.5 tonnes Kingswood very close going 60km/h if he did. Luckily I managed to come to a screaming halt, with locked wheels painting the road in a nice Goodyear color, about 50 cm from his driver seat.

I should add that I was driving in the lane with the tram-tracks.. all four wheels on slippery metal.

A few days ago I was in a freezing cold Sweden.. 10 below easy. The past days have kicked my ass with 38 C and hardly any wind. Driving home today I had to wrap my hand in tissues to be able to hold the steering wheel and gear knob.

Adjusting isn’t going well, the jetlag lags on..

Happy Valentines Day!

(I love you Emma..)

I’ve arrived at Changi Airport (5.30 local time) and managed the entire flight without any apparent traces of bodily fluids among my fellow passengers. Thank you very much.

Being at airports at off-hours is somewhat fascinating, they are running on their own timezone.. night, day, early, late.. doesnt matter. The transit hall is all a big round-the-clock blur free reality intervening.

Now for some coffee.

I’m sitting at Copenhagen airport on my way back to Melbourne.. time for a new life.

Join me.

This morning I threw away a Photoshop tutorial book at the city dump.. and right now I’m drawing with Poscas and Copics.

Digital is just so 90’s..

The brakepedal in my 30 year old Holden Kingswood tends to get stuck when you sit on the brake for too long. The brakebooster needs to be replaced according to my mechanic. The red-lights needs to be greener according to me. Anyway. When traffic ease up I automatically tap the side of the brake pedal when I take my foot off it.. to un-jam it. Works perfectly.

Today when driving my dads brand new Volvo I realized I was tapping the brake there too..  felt a bit redundant.

Being horribly tired of drinking plain water I tried to remember a decent cordial and bought a bottle of Fun Light. And what a fitting description, drinking the resulting chemical-tasting foul liquid is hardly any fun at all.. fun light, a tiny version of fun.

Perhaps I can do the dishes with it?