U Wish
Saw this driving home the other week. Not quite the sexy car I’d expect with that kind of license plate.
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Nick Broughall.
My life: Unboxed and unscored.
Tech journalist with 20+ years behind me. Running BTTR.reviews. Writing here about everything else — music, family, food, the odd rant, and the weird stuff in between.
Waiting for Transformers 2 screening
Wow, it’s been 3 months since my last post. That’s pretty poor form. I’ll have to do something about that. At the moment I’m in The …
Continue reading →1st Wedding Anniversary, Kangaroo Valley
Last weekend saw Lauren and I celebrate our one year wedding anniversary. I know - how quickly did that year go by? We tossed around a few ideas of where to go …
Continue reading →Who's Your Daddy? (Me)
Well, maybe not your Daddy, but a Daddy. That’s right - Lauren and I are having a baby! We’re both incredibly excited, as you could imagine. …
Continue reading →So Much To Write About, So Little Time
I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t neglected the Shuffle in recent weeks. There’s just been so much going on. So here’s the plan: Three …
Continue reading →What Exactly is a Wookie Cookie?
The question is: What exactly is in a Wookie Cookie? Bantha Fodder? Cream of Ton-Ton? Jar-Jar Binks? Well, we can only hope that the last one is true… …
Continue reading →Finally! The new bookshelf has been delivered and installed
It took about a month, but I’ve finally got our new bookshelf. It’s massive. Now I just need to put our books in there..
Continue reading →The Ubuntu Expedition
This week, I found myself without a decent working loaner laptop for the first time in a long time. And I needed to head into the office. And I needed to work …
Continue reading →Thoughts From The Big Day Out 2009
Yesterday Lauren and I headed over to the Big Day Out, courtesy of HP (who had a stand at the event). The only way to describe the experience come from the …
Continue reading →Another Giz Milestone
So this week marked my one year anniversary at the helm of Gizmodo… and what a year it has been! Here are some figures to mull over: Monthly unique …
Continue reading →Star Wars Retold By Someone Who's Never Seen The Films
vimeo.com/2809991 I love this. It completely made my Friday.
Continue reading →Finally, A New Study Worth Working In
We spent the better part of the past week painting the study. While it’s still not the perfect home office – I still need some decent shelving and we …
Continue reading →Looking Back At 2008
On the last day of 2008, I thought it would be prudent to sit back and look at the year that’s been. All told, Lauren and I have had a very big – and …
Continue reading →Who Will Watch Me Watching The Watchmen?
So I turned 29 last week, and one of the presents my lovely wife gave me to celebrate my slow and deliberate approach to retirement was a copy of the graphic …
Continue reading →Where The Hell Did All The Guiter Hero Bundles Go?
What’s the deal, Activision? I’ve been looking for Guitar Hero: World Tour (full band kit) for the Xbox 360 for about three weeks now, and it’s sold out …
Continue reading →8 Months After Our Wedding, We've Finally Paid It Off
Today is a good day for us. After 8 months or so, we’ve finally paid off our wedding. It was hard work - I worked a little harder and longer than I …
Continue reading →Last Week...
… I past the 1000 post mark on Gizmodo Australia. It was such a momentus occasion that I didn’t realise until 2 days after it happened.
Continue reading →How I Organised My Workload And Emptied My Inbox
Time management is not my strong point. Organisation is not my strong point. Keeping my inbox under control is definitely not my strong point… I guess …
Continue reading →Homebrew Disasters: Exhibit 5...
I’ve been brewing my own beer for almost two years now (my original kit was given to me for Christmas ‘06), and sadly I have to admit that the sight …
Continue reading →Stephen Conroy Wants To Kill The Internet. We Can't Let Him
I finally managed to get my thoughts together long enough to write a post on the Rudd Government’s planned internet filter. It’s up on Giz AU now – …
Continue reading →Damn! The Internets Are <em>Slow</em> at 64kbps
So slow! It seems I exceeded my peak-time download limit this month, and now I’m paying the price. I’ve been capped at 64kbps, and considering that …
Continue reading →If I Ever Meet Someone Who Works On Timetables For Cityrail, I'm Going To Kick Them In The Shins. Hard.
I have just hopped on a train at Central after waiting for 32 minutes on the platform. At least, that’s what the board said when I arrived. The train is …
Continue reading →Say Hello To My New TV
Last week, we had our brand new, 50-inch Panasonic plasma delivered and installed. When I say installed, I mean “stuck up on the wall”. Coupled with …
Continue reading →The Force Unleashed: Awesome
[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch I just finished playing The Force Unleashed on Xbox 360. When I say finished, I mean I completed the story mode for the first …
Continue reading →And The Home Theatre Setup Begins...
We had our TV cabinet delivered last weekend. It looks great. Even better is that we went out and bought a new TV. Panasonics latest 50 incher. It’s being …
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