Was this really 8 years ago?

We were only talking about this in the office the other day... surely it wasn't 8 years ago...

8 years later

I was a little disappointed/surprised in the political ad at the end...

More early morning browsing....

Not quite as early as usual but heres a few jems of the morning...

Roman this one's for you..."Pew, Pew!"

This is just a litle odd.

What We Learn From Living Out Of A Suitcase from Apartment Therapy Main..

Stylish Parisian Studio Tech Tour

Pyroblazer for Wii

Miyamoto Scrutinizes Mario, Zelda, Hails Portal

Again... weird
Obama, Palin coming to Mercenaries 2 DLC Pew Pew!!!

High-def audio wiring guide removes the mystery

Warning: The following post may contain Zachary

While I'm still in the excited new parent phase (as opposed to the terrified new parent stage) I though I should start warning those people only looking for tech stuff.

Tonight (aka this morning), I'm suffering from a mild case of "Zachawakitis" which isn't all bad, as well as the formentioned "exited new parent" plus side, I've also started whittling away at my overpopulated Google Reader list. But, before we get into that a few small Zach updates. We attempted a trip to the shops today, we were running a little low on food and though that Coles was probably a fairly inocuous destination for our first house -> car -> pram -> destination. The whole trip went really well, despite the checkout attendants surprise that we took an 8 day old to the shops. Zachary to his credit went through the whole thing barely stirring once. Obviously the payback is now where I'm still awake at 2am. I was a little surpised at how many people shot a second glance at the Stokke though.

In house news, our Air Con has broken down just in time for summer. It looks like it's going to be an expensive venture though. The words "well we're going to need a crane to start with..." and "body corp approval" don't inspire thoughs of cheap.

Oh and this morning I flicked on FoxSports HD to catch the end of an thrilling goal fest in the EPL. By the end I was cheering for 'Spurs to steal the point!

Now onto google reader....

This ad made me laugh....

It may be lack of sleep though.

Fable II is out and looks like a must play title. I've still got oblivion to get through so not just yet for me.

And OMG say it's not so!!!! Tennant calls time on Dr Who

BanjoKazooie is making it's way to the 360 and Portal Still Alive Available Now for Download instead of waiting for the Orange box to drop in price!

The new Monitor Setup

The 24" Unboxing

I've now got my new development setup for work up and running, it's basically an upgrade from a 19" to a 24" Dell 1920x1080 monitor. The monitor itself looks fantastic (even when it's off) with nice rounded corners and flat button finish. I was doing a bit of work on it today and it's a pretty good workstation, the 24" is far enough away that I don't have to look like I'm watching a tennis match to use it and I can have 2 full VM sessions at reasonable resolution on the same screen. Ness discovered though that it's just that much bigger than the iMac and so I lost it for her afternoon net surfing.

(Oh and that's not Zach's permanent home, he was just easier to watch there today while Vanessa was asleep)

Yes Ben, He does cry...

It's not quite 4am but there seems to be a trend in these early morning posts....

Zach has been a great baby today, but between his last 2 feeds has been upset. We think he had an upset tummy - perhaps being confirmed as his nappy gets changed now. He did manage to throw up on my side of the bed tonight while being comforted by Ness ... I think it was a conspiracy.

In other news, the new Dell monitor arrived today. It looks very schmick, and if you wanted a single monitor/tv option it would definitely be on the list. It's Full HD and comes with a HDMI port (and at the time of purchase an HDMI Cable). Of course, I will hold back from making that recommendation until I'm sure it doesn't go the way of the laptop ... At the moment all it's managed to do is make a very very pretty digital photo frame. I'll put up some unboxing photos tomorrow.

In other news, Zach is part of a news.com.au "baby boom". Are we the next baby boomers?

(sorry for all the baby post but the 3 hour feed cycles limit the amount of non baby stuff.... and he's a bit adorable, I should probably order one of these though )

Zach makes it home,

(Looks like Zach really likes the 4am feed judging by the time of my last post)

Zach had another day of firsts yesterday (but I guess being a 5 day old that's not such a surprising thing). He had his first trip home in the car and his first ride in the pram (and in fact the only reason for this post is so I can put up these cute photos)



He does look a little ridiculous considering his size and the size of those arm straps.

What a difference a day makes

It may be 330am in the morning and Zach is awake but this time round he's been an angel and we've had so much sleep! I almost remember what it feels like when you had a full nights sleep. Really was that only 5 nights ago? Surely it was more like 50.
In things outside baby my laptop is officially broken. After a few more of the pretty rainbow lined screened I'm now getting bsd with hardware parity errors. Fingers crossed that it's a panel problem, and I can use it with my external displays at home. That would also be nice because my new monitor is due to turn up and being able to work on the 24" would make up for the fact the laptop is having a spat.
We had a fantastic turnout of visitors today! Thanks so much to everyone who's come to visit it's been fabulous to see everyone and big thank you for all the emergency food drops. We're due to head home tomorrow (which is actually today now I think about it) and fingers crossed we'll be able to introduce our gorgeous litte boy to our home. One thing I will miss about the hospital stay is the bottomless linen cupboard and the magical linen fairies who clean the dirty ones each day! Apparently they don't get vm come home with me.

ZOMG the dad gift has been passed on.

(Whilst watching the Indy 300, Lap 20, Will Power Leading)
Cameron: Gee, Will Power is doing pretty well.
*BAM! Will power hits the wall...*
Cameron: OMG I just did a Ken jinx!