Just because ben refuses to read twitter

A photo of the bike

A new bike and a new riding partner

Yesterday I cashed in the profits from the sale of the Jamos and bought myself another bike. There isn't really anything wrong with my current bike but I've been looking for a way to ride around with Zachary. My road bike doesn't have any mounts that suit a child seat and the clip in shoes don't make it very practical for trips to the park.

I started looking for a cruiser style bike and settled on the Electra range for the bike. After a fair bit of shopping around and a few recommendations from the bike store I picked up an Townie 3 Speed model. The trip is pretty flat into the park or the botanic gardens in the city or even Southbank (apart from the bridge)

We took it for it's first ride yesterday and while I had loved the ride Zachary is not so sure yet. He doesn't hate it but he's not sure he loves it either. A few people we passed could coax smiles out of him so it's probably not all bad. The bike was really strange to ride especially when compared to the seating position on the road bike but once I settled into the easy riding style it was a fantastic way to get around. The low speed didn't even worry me, at one point there was a jogger keeping pace with us, it was just a relaxing way to travel along the river taking in the last of the afternoon light.

I think the biggest problem for Zachary is the helmet, knowing how much he loves hats the helmet is probably one step too far.

We'll probably a few more short rides to the park before we attempt a city or southbank run. But I'm looking forward to it either way

This I would have tweeted IF I'd had internet:

6:20 Apparently I can't bring my coffee on board with me. I'm so glad that I hadn't drunk any of it.
6:31 Didn't realise I had a premium economy upgrade have to be happy about that!
6:55 The VB staff seem to be as grumpy as bus drivers with giving change
7:07 I forgot it was 3 hours to SA I should have uploaded more video content to my #iPhone I think I'll be downloading some in the lounge
7:55 Turns out the blue screen earler corrupted my system for the workshop today. I'm hoping the 42% battery I have left is enough to rebuild
8:06 The #XPS strikes again.... yet another BSD... *sigh* in case you're wondering @tcns,  wish I'd put my emo today
8:34 #GMEE vs the #XPS 17% and 25mins battery left and the final import is on table 13/197 I don't think the import is going to make it
8:40 looks like the battery is dead, time for some wolfenstien on the #iPhone

Back on the plane....

It's been over a year since I've flown for work which has been a nice change. Today, however, is the beginning of the flights (with a few more ahead I'm sure). I'm off to SA for the day which is a big round trip. My Flight out is at 6:30 and my flight home returns at 11:30. I think I'll be trying to catch a few winks on the plane for sure!

One big surprise is that my lounge membership hasn't expired yet... I really must have done a lot of flights last year.

My own little vinyl revival

It's not much of a secret that I buy music on vinyl. However, Over the last year I've probably bought more new albums than the rest of my collection combined. The biggest driver by far is the addition of the digital media bundled with the 12" discs. For me it's a no brainer to pay a few extra coins to get the same album I can get from iTunes along with the tangible items.

This week though has been a bit of a glut. I had a disappointing shop for vinyl on Fathers day but after a killer of a week I stopped by Rocking Horse for a bit of retail therapy and picked up

The pinicale though was my pre order of the new Muse album Resistance that turned up today.... makes for one happy vinyl listener...