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I’m not going to be in Sydney until January 6 or thereabouts, but I hope everyone enjoys their various NYE celebrations and stays safe, etc. I’ll be in Canberra as of tonight, without any foreseen ‘net access — I will, however, have my mobile with me (the number is on my Contact page, right column), should anyone urgently wish to get in touch… yeah, right ;)
Happy New Year!
Perhaps more exciting for me than anyone else, although most geek-minded people will probably jump up and down a little bit over the fun I’m going to be having with some things in the near future.
No, I’m not saying exactly what yet. Something vague? OpenLDAP, Samba as a PDC, quiet, uptime. Watch this space.
No broken strings. I’m here, but am just about to disappear again until post-NYE. Which is kind of lame, seeing NYE in Sydney or at least with friends beats NYE anywhere else with family, but you get that. Hope everyone’s been having a great Christmas and the like, and I’ll try to break the string and stick around some time in the not-too-distant future.
p.s. We’ve bought a house, which, for all interested/caring, can be seen on the Domain website. The listed price isn’t what we paid, but it’s fairly close. Yeah, it’s really really big. It’s also really really glassy. I’ll post some more/better pics when we actually move in, which is scheduled to be sometime in late January (around Australia Day — that’s January 26).
Just in case anyone cares, here’s the itinerary for a 10 day cruise I’m going on from tomorrow through until the 27th of December.
| Date | Ports of Call | Arrival | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 17 Dec | Sydney, Australia | N/A | 3PM |
| Mon 20 Dec | Poum, New Caledonia | 9AM | 4PM |
| Tue 21 Dec | Noumea, New Caledonia | 8AM | 6PM |
| Wed 22 Dec | Lifou, Loyalty Islands | 8AM | 6PM |
| Thu 23 Dec | Mystery Island, Vanuatu | 8AM | 4PM |
| Fri 24 Dec | Isle of Pines, New Caledonia | 8AM | 4PM |
| Mon 27 Dec | Sydney, Australia | 8AM | N/A |
No, I shall not play Bingo with old ladies. I’m sorry.
A few days back, Stuart posted a brief entry on Ocean’s Twelve, basically saying it’s the best thing since sliced bread Ocean’s Eleven, in terms of… most things. Anyway, I kind of believed him, and loved the original, so Tori and I went to see it some time today (my choice, for which — so I am told — I am now being held responsible); it wasn’t great.
Not straight out crap, just not great. It lacked any real concise and rapid plot development, instead being pulled together as one big twist machine which was seemingly poorly resolved and unified at the end point in the same way that the first movie so eloquently managed. The production side of things seemed a little lacklustre, too; they’ve gone for a decidedly boring type face for all on-screen text (primarily Arial!), and either their camera crew sucked, or they used only one take for the whole movie — it alternates between shaky and repetitive in terms of shots used, with an occasional cool one (which, statistically, probably had to happen) thrown in for good measure.
It might be worth seeing, but only once. Tori said that it’d probably make more sense if it were seen a few more times, but that’d mean having to sit through it again — the movie really wasn’t all that interesting!
Full Disclosure: It was an early-afternoon session, and we hadn’t yet eaten lunch. This may have affected perceptions of the movie, attention spans, and responses to the constant eating of characters throughout the entire planning process (!): serving only to induce further hunger and distract a little more from the plot! Having said all that, go see it, if only once… just eat beforehand or buy overpriced popcorn…