Wow. Ahsoka is perfect.

From the opening crawl (in red!) to the parallels with the Rebels finale at the end of episode 2, it was the perfect Star Wars show. Epic lightsaber battles, stunning locations and droids, and lovable characters, I loved every second.

I have really struggled to get out of first gear today. I’m chugging along, but in fits and starts.

Finally got to go and see Barbie today. It was great. Thoroughly enjoyed it, though nowhere near as much as my wife. I think she had a spiritual connection to the whole thing.

England was the better side overall tonight. But the Matildas were still phenomenal. Kerr’s goal was extraordinary.

A couple of mistakes and a couple of missed chances was all it took for the match to go the other way.

Let’s see them take third.

Yes.

I’m still emotionally recovering from the Matilda’s match last night. What a game!

There’s this one PR agency with a few big tech clients that I’ve been chasing to get on the media lists since the start of the year. Different people, different clients, but I am yet to receive a release without having to chase them. They promise they have added my details (again, different people, multiple times), but I still don’t receive the information. I can’t decide if they just don’t want to send me the info, or if they are just truly and utterly incompetent. Continue reading →

It has been about a month since I started at Compare Broadband, and I’ve slipped into a habit of doing an extra half day’s work on BTTR after I clock off from CB.

So far it’s okay. My energy levels are good and I’m enjoying the work on my own site.

But I need to watch it. This time last year, I was almost completely burnt out, and had little motivation for anything at all.

Words cannot capture my disdain for GA4. It’s ridiculous how shitty the experience is.

Side of the house is coming along infinitely better than the 10 previous attempts. Still a long way to go though.

At some point in the not so distant past, somebody vomited on the plane I just boarded.

I can’t see it, but I can smell it.

It lingers on the air, seemingly longing to repeatedly venture into my nostrils.

Australia’s snowy mountains may not compare globally, but they still looked nice flying over them this morning.

First flight since about 2019. Heading down to Melbourne for the new job.

For probably the 10th time since we bought this house, I have cleared the weeds down the side to try and do something down here.

Now, I am sore.

Last night the family and I went to see Beauty and the Beast.

It was amazing. It started a little bit slow for me, but it picked up. And both Gaston’s number and Be our Guest were among the most incredible musical performances I have seen.

The wife wants to go again, and she might just get her way…

The past few weeks have been hectic. I’ve been all over the place mentally, and things have changed fairly quickly. A quick summary: I got sick. Like, sicker than I’ve been in a long time. It took two courses of antibiotics to get me on the mend. Even then, the cough lingered, and I had to go get an X-ray to make sure I didn’t have pneumonia. After that second course of antibiotics, I was doing better. Continue reading →

For the past few times the kids have gone to Nanna’s, the wife and I have tried to beat Box 2 of the Monster Box of Monsters expansion to Hogwarts Battle.

Before yesterday, we had played that box 6 times, and lost every time.

But yesterday, we prevailed. It was glorious.

Today was the first day in a week and a half I could do some work. It wore me out, but it sure beat lying in bed, coughing.

Finished reading: Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel by Beth Revis 📚

I had a couple of great chuckles at moments I could definitely see happening in the days after Return of the Jedi.

But it was a bit romancey for me. A bit too much of Han and Leia doubting themselves at every second turn, only to gaze into the other’s eyes before remembering they really do belong together.

I have completely lost this past week to illness. No work done, very little entertainment enjoyed. Just a week of phlegm and coughing.