Sold: House. Sydney, Australia

On the 9th of September, I announced that my current place of residence was for sale. Slightly more than one month later, it has been sold for $AU1,000,000.

It appears that offer was more palatable than Planet Banana to the owners, something which causes me infinite displeasure. I would have rather liked Planet Banana.

And yes, that is a full $AU150,000 shy of the initial listing price, but that’s what happens when people place unrealistic expectations, and attempt to assume their own expertise in such matters. If I recall correctly, the agency recommended we list at $1,100,000, but the male parental unit decided that $1,150,000 was a better idea. That worked well…

Anyway. It’s sold. I’ll probably get all nostalgic and wind up taking lots of photos. Maybe.

Pulchritudinous

Pulchritudinous is a very, very cool word. Thankyou for your attention.

Bang.

Live Range, UNC Army ROTC, Ft. Pickett. Incredible shot (photography, that is).

Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer is either clueless, or deliberately ignorant, regarding the success of non-DRM encumbered music playback devices. John Gruber of Daring Fireball comments.

Public Domain Enhancement Act

The [proposed] Public Domain Enhancement Act. If you’re a US citizen/resident, sign it, or at least read about it and form an opinion.

I don’t know what the situation in Australia is with Public Domain stuff, though… Looking into it.