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September 3rd, 2009
01:25 pm - Returns with a head full of Tech.
One simple obvious thing I have learned from my experiences as a full-time shit-kicker job employee: The internet is your ultimate ally in the never-ending fight against the evil forces of boreDOOM (like boredom, but with more doom, get it? get it?).
One other thing I have learned: Like all true geeks, I get a serious spiritual hard-on for speccy new tech reviews. Particularly anything with pc-like capabilities. Lately my oh-so-nerdy thoughts have turned towards these sexy new phones:
Nokia N900:
HTC Hero:
I particularly like the look of the Nokia.. main reasons being it's got that nice lookin' physical keyboard and a damn sexy set of hardware for a handheld device (does anyone but me get concerned about the connotations of slipping that much processing power into your pants everyday?).
One issue I turn my suspicious mind towards though, is that Nokia's app store is.. well lets face it, just plain crap when you compare it to Apple & Android's 70 bazabisquillion easy-to-download apps. Then again, the thing i love about open source software (yay for Maemo 5) is that it's just choc full of wonderful software dev potential, and it seems like they're only just getting started, so I guess I'll accept it as an 'hmmm, maybeez?' rather than a 'zomg so shit' factor.
A lot of people on public forums seem to be complaining about the resistive touchscreen on the Nokia, as opposed to the more popular Capacitive touchscreen (as seen on the Apple iPhones and just about every other popular smart phone). The difference here of course is that the capacitive touchscreen offers multi-touch, and supposedly better accuracy, although the accuracy gap seems to be closing as the technology develops. I really would question the value of multi-touch on 'general use' mobile devices to be honest - is it really that much more convenient to slide your fingers apart than just to double-tap the screen to zoom? Aren't people just whinging over what amounts to a rather small "hey that's pretty cool but also kind of useless" feature here? I can't really comment fully as I've never used multi-touch on a phone for a long enough timespan to really figure out all its uses, but I'd sure be interested to learn of them from someone who has.
The HTC Hero is hot because it's an Android phone (I <3 Android! There, I said it), and it has all the bestest features, and it WORKS.. or at least SHOULD WORK without lag once HTC get their software update rolling out. See here!:
After giving my bent on all of this I've probably made it fairly obvious that I prefer the Nokia, mainly because the N900 effectively holds the Hero over its knee and spanks it hard when it comes to the difference in hardware specs. I shall weep for you though, dear Android *wipes tear from eye*. But when it comes right down to it, operating system developments come free, hardware developments don't.
Of course my decision to buy a phone is wayyy off in the opaque mists of the future, and neither of these phones is available in Aus yet anyway, but hey, I'm bored. It will be interesting to see some user reviews coming out of Europe while I wait for my current phone contract to run out though.
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/blah.gif) bored
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September 27th, 2007
01:50 am - Strange connections, John Simm, and 'The Shakespeare Code'.
So David Tennant, Shakespeare, and Harry Potter walk into a bar in 1599...
...coz they're all in one great episode of Dr Who (at least by reference). And that's a whole lot of popular character for one 45 minute timeslot. Now, my issue is that i've realised i am nearly as uneducated as you can get when it comes to shakespearian plays and the like, [the extent of my experience doesn't go much past a couple of brief highschool readings and Baz Luhrman's Romeo & Juliet (shut up its a good movie!)]. So if anyone wants to help me out a little here... answer me, these questions three:
Have you read/seen many of shakespeare's plays?
and if so,
Which of these were the most enjoyable/thought provoking?
and given this opinion,
Why?
I'm toying with the idea of picking one up, and looking for some light persuasion (and possibly someone to talk shakespearian to when i'm done) to convince me that it's worth the reading effort. You would think that the fact that Shakespeare rocks The Doctor's socks would be enough of a reason for me wouldn't you? For who in the universe could argue with The Doctor? No-one! (except perhaps The Master/John Simm that is). But apparently my reading laziness levels are just a bit too high lately.
Opinions, anyone?
PS: John Simm is great! and so is what i have seen of Life On Mars
Current Location: Unconscious at Keyboard
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/snore.gif) tired
Current Music: The gentle whirring of my laptop fan.
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June 13th, 2007
11:27 pm - Check it.
Nuff Said, Biyatches. :-D
Current Location: My room.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/smile.gif) amused
Current Music: Watching Footloose
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June 12th, 2006
11:07 pm - three one!
THREEEE ONNNNNEE!!! THREEE ONNNNEEE!!!! 3-1!!! 3-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAHILL CAHILL ALOISI!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/bouncy.gif) 'nuff said
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September 10th, 2005
11:15 pm - Its tea time in the jungle...
Yes indeed... i left hannah's Tea and Circuits party early. Why? Because i needed to work on my programming assignment. Yes indeed. So what am i doing now, while missing said party? UPDATING MY LIVEJOURNAL! ARRRRRGH! Its not humanly possible to work on a saturday night! Amazonas is BRILLIANT. Tea etiquette is BRILLIANT. Exit To Dos/Whatever their name is gonna be are shaping up to be BRILLIANT too (i wait in eager anticipation of the full version of the "As Yet Nameless, Soon To Be Related To Detectoring Catchy Tune").
Now.. programming by comparison to all this? Not so brilliant. I think i shall just accept the fact that i am going to get zero for this assignment. You can bounce back to pass from a 7 or 8% loss in marks right? Of course you can. I SHOULD BE IN THE JUNGLE EATING CIRCUITS AND PLAYING STRATEGO WITH CIGAR SMOKING COLUMBIAN DRUG LORDS CALLED BERNIE WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING AT HOME?!!!!!
I'd also like to note that today was the very first time ive ever had a parade to see me off! Yes indeed, there was clapping and dancing in the street! (although it wasnt improper dancing so its not much of an electric six reference - hey dirty dancing was on the other night! i shouldve watched that) - so yeah, ROCK ON to the tea and circuits crowd for being so happy to see me leave! :-P I bet you're all funning it up to the max while i read and type the night away. Finally, here is undoubtedly the most significant cause for my amazonas defeat at the hands of dr moriarty: (of course, had i had the same amount of jungle experience as him, i would have realised this from the beginning)
It was so OBVIOUS! Why did i not see the value of the research into girly purple flowers? Curse you iguanas, for you have failed me in my quest for expedition funds!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/annoyed.gif) (Tea-and-circuit-less)
Current Music: Magnetic Fields - All my little words.
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August 12th, 2005
04:03 pm - May the Ferris be with you!
Shortly after watching a certain movie today, i went googling for pictures, and it turned up ( THIS )
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July 14th, 2005
10:06 pm - Harry Potter Enthusiast Pope Benedict XVI Tipped To Be Next Bond!
Bond producers are said to be in talks with comedian and lion tamer Pope Benedict XVI about his taking over as the secret agent following the shock announcement that Pierce Brosnan will not be returning after just 268 years in the role.
Insiders were keen to stress that no decision has been made as yet, but it's believed Pope Benedict is a strong favourite.
According to an MGM spokesperson:
"He has that English charm and steely glare that would make him perfect for Bond. We can't make any firm commitments just now, but if negotiations are successful we expect to be filming the regeneration scenes in time for Lent."
Other names who have been tipped for the role include Bill Nighy, who stars in the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy movie, David Tennant, star of BBC3's Casanova, and Richard E. Grant, who has already played Bond in an online animated adventure.
It's thought that the next Bond will appear in a recently announced Christmas special, but the producers are keeping tight-lipped over whether or not the current Bond will also make an appearance.
In related news, MGM has confirmed that they are in negotiations for the rights to feature Bond's arch-enemy, the Daleks, in the next series.
Oh the hilarity.
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March 8th, 2005
12:04 am
I am The Damsel In Distress! Also note not-so-secret relevance of my "first mate" :-D.
Does anyone know what a "bate" is? Moriarty perhaps since he happens to be one?
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March 3rd, 2005
09:50 pm
Figures. Abby and Anne, those violent violent girls. Just a good thing they can't reach (some of the time).
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February 16th, 2005
10:04 pm - Moriarty made me do it!
 | You scored as Chandler. You're Chandler. The sarcastic commitment phobe. Could you BE any funnier.
Chandler | | 75% | Ross | | 50% | Monica | | 45% | Joey | | 45% | Phoebe | | 40% | Rachel | | 40% | </td>
Which Friend are you?
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Oh yeah. AND i only had to do it once for this result :-D.
Current Music: End Of Fashion - Too Careful
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February 8th, 2005
07:46 pm - Living journalist musical update wanted...
Whats with the lack of big day out posts people? Ive only seen one on my friends page thus far! i mean i know i could just give one of you the third degree on it but its not the same. I want a detailed recording of how cool/not cool it was and who the best bands were and all that stuff! Yes i am talking to YOU anne and YOU jenny, and anyone else who went!
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February 3rd, 2005
04:49 pm - If you cant guess, you dont really know me lately.
I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!! Isnt it a rule that using more than 2 exclamation marks consecutively constitutes insanity? I fear so.
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October 24th, 2004
12:45 pm - Sunday Night Loneliness...
Im up too late. Who doth know the loneliness of a late sunday night? Aye, i do that. Admittedly i have brought this upon myself, refusing to finish my SE assignment until now, but still, i had forgotten just how empty msn could get if you're on at the wrong time. Not a soul online. A student awake after 11 on a sunday night is an oxymoron in itself it seems. Unless of course they're pulling an all-nighter to get homework done... or they're an arts student maybe :-P.
Anyway.... im just posting to fill the huge feeling of emptiness encroaching on my ever-tiring soul until there will be only PAIN and BLOOD and DEATH with BIG SHARP POINTY TEETH!!!! Which will consequently make me want to listen to all of the Placebo and Nine Inch Nails albums on loop (no offence meant Anne!), paint my nails black, wear excessive amounts of eyeliner and talk about how i want to kill myself all the time.
How was that for an uber-gothic angsty post? I think i could pull off the gothic look quite well if i had the inclination. By the way magdalnea, i dont remember saying your sister is you magnified but now that i think about it.. i can be so right sometimes :-). Ill see you on tuesday pretty lady.
Apologies to Russell for my boycotting of his bday celebration - i hope the email and those Cat Stevens records make up for that somewhat.
I'm sure theres more i wanted to say.. but im too tired to go on, so, goodnight sleeping world.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/tearful.gif) lonely
Current Music: SoCo - Me and the Moon (something sarah gave me -tisnt bad)
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October 12th, 2004
07:38 am
hey guys isn't magda the COOLEST?
she made my live journal look soooo absolutely fab.
and i knew i could trust her to not do anything stupid with my password!
oh she's such a foxymoron (like a spunkrat only feminine.)
now onto more important matters... do y'all think i should cut my hair like the photo below?
i think i should. cos man that seth is hot. but that's unrelated.
anyway that is all. i shall torment you no further. delete at your will.
"Luke"
ps: i am seirous about the haircut, it would be a good look
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September 14th, 2004
08:28 pm - "It appears this is my first entry in two years".. well ok more like a month but who's counting?
Event? I think im doing this basically just to diminish a video game obsession i seem to be developing. Playing off a potential live journal addiction against my current one i suppose. I wonder what its like to have all that time on your hands? I've decided to listen to The Smashing Pumpkins album by album. In fact im currently listening to "I am One" from Gish. Xcellent song. Thats right. Xcellent with only two e's. which makes it BETTER. or maybe BETTR? you get the general Gis(h)t anyway.
Apologies to anyone who has found me an irritating prat over the last few days. For those of you who believe that I CAN actually be sick (i.e. not david or russell) and dont just fake it for whatever reason, i would like to blame all my actions, good or bad, upon this cold. That's right. I am no longer really Luke. I am merely a husk, a vehicle even, under the control of a super-intelligent parasitical entity in cold form. And i dont want any comments such as 'oh. i thought you seemed less thick lately.' either.
Now for a few messages to those people i am ocassionally allowed to associate with.
1. Magda (A.K.A my significant other) : Wednesday doesnt seem to be getting here quickly enough. NEEEED TO SEEEE YOUUU.
2. Sophia: i have no credit to reply to your messages still - and am feeling extremely guilty about this situation - call me sometime so i can actually talk back to you! i particularly liked the snow peas message by the way. Is the world yours yet? Do let me know.
3. Jenny: Thanks for the lift home the other day. That was some damn fine gear changing of yours. The three point turn in that random car park wasnt bad either.
4. Clara: thank you for the temporary loan of your maths notes - will get em back to you before thursday morning.
5. Russell: cool icon. And i DO post occasionally, see?
6. David: can you burn the Henry Rollins thing for me? though i doubt you'll read this anyway.
7. Moriarty: Not sure if you'll get this either - depending on whether i am on your friends list or not.. but thank you for the use of your cards, regardless of their annoyingly hard to manage size.
I REALLY mean it about number 1.
Luke.
"Time is never time at all,
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth,
And our lives are forever changed.
We will never be the same.
The more you change the less you feel"
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/think.gif) thoughtful
Current Music: Smashing Pumpkins - Bury Me
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August 22nd, 2004
02:12 am - Another isolated posting..
2:13 am. my room can only be described as stark, yet cool. three separate lamps provide it with low-level lighting, almost giving off a feeling similar to that of a bachelor pad. i love these wall colours. (my room is now dark red on one wall and creamy grey-white on the other three for the less informed of you)
moving away from unnecessary descriptions of my half-renovated room, i find myself posting at an unreasonably early hour again. damn. so much for getting a decent sleeping pattern back for uni.. hmm thinking about that, when have i ever had a decent sleeping pattern? debatable methinks.
anyway, they call these things LIVEjournals so ill assume i get to ramble on about my life now :-) hey i never said you had to read this if you are currently groaning at this prospect.
Good things about Luke's life:
1. I have an amazingly cute girlfriend.
2. I have extremely cool room which can only become more so.
3. I will soon have my driving licence if i pass my tast on the 21st of september. (admittedly it has been a long time coming :-S)
4. I have a reinforced resolve not to drink/smoke/other such stupidity [many thanks to Clara for that one :-) ]
5. I have a few new fashion advisors (possibly) in the form of Sphere and Lisa whom i believe i will be searching for clothes with next tuesday ( hmm.. beginning to feel very metrosexual here. worrying. :-S)
6. I have started reading the Greatest Books Ever Written again ( again for the uninformed: such books are of course the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett)
7. We rocked in the swimming at the Olympics.(not sure if any of you guys are following this though, but Grant Hackett won the 1500 which was cool and we won the womens medley relay tonight as well.. what am i thinking? my social circle? sport? pssscht. not likely.)
Bad things about Luke's life:
1. I have two extremely boring and difficult assignments due 12:00 monday, neither of which i have worked on to any great extent yet :-S.
2. I currently have no job, and therefore no money, due to the tennis place closing for the winter.. hopefully it will open again soon though.
3. No money means missing out on such events as those that are happening (have happened?) at the Amplifier tonight - at least i think it was the Amplifier? where did you lot go again? and what bands did you see? - however i wasnt really in the mood to go out tonight anyway for whatever reason, so it isnt a big deal.
4. I dislike my haircut. But then im hopeless when it comes to choosing hair styles anyway so it was to be expected.
5. I cant go to the Eskimo Joe concert because it clashes with my holiday in Kalbarri :-S ( i know i shouldnt complain as ill be on holiday anyway, but i did REALLY want to see them - apologies to abby and anne for my ducking out on them, hope the concerts good anyway - i need to sell someone my ticket if anyones interested? Magda wants to go to the all ages one instead so if anyone else needs a ticket to the over-18 gig plz ask moi before buying one)
6. Im starting to feel a bit sick lately it seems.. might be getting a cold or something :-/
7. I seem to be at severe odds with several people i would like to call friends lately.
Thats about everything of marginal importance to me that i want to disclose here... apart from the fact that im incredibly justifiably unsustainably exhausted right now.. so, goodnight you crazy people in livejournal world.
Luke.
P.S. what does quixotic mean? whatever it is, ive decided its my current mood. :-)
Current Mood: quixotic
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February 15th, 2004
10:32 pm - Blah-di-blah-blah-blah...
bored...so very bored... - went to see an interesting act that was part of the arts festival tonight - a verrrry random thing called the 'Tratchenburg Family Slideshow Players' - it was ok, in an eccentric kind of way, a 15 year old girl played the drums and her father did this whole neurotic comedy act and played guitar or keyboard to various slide shows they had taken from american people. he also sculled an entire 600ml bottle of water without stopping as part of his act. as i said: random.
went rollerblading last night with abby, amanda and lori, which was ok, although i seem to be arguing with amanda a lot more lately, not exactly sure why. I get the feeling she 'doesnt approve' of me when im around or something - anyway, we went to gelare on beaufort street after skating - its so great to know someone who is prepared to drive you around! i should get my P's... but yeah free transportation is great.
apart from that i havent done a hell of a lot.. had a driving lesson yesterday.. had work yesterday ( or 'work' as you call it magda :-P, by the way, have you got your tickets to the whitlams/lb concert yet? anne and i are going on wednesday to get the tickets and then go see a movie, one of us should call you about it)
It is now 2:40am.. yes it took me four hours to make this post - mainly due to a lengthy conversation ive had with anne about... well everything almost, most of you probably know how i get during late night msn chats.. i am now extremely tired so i think ill finish this now, oh and sophia, if you're reading this, abby was at dp library, well spotted :-P - apparently my sister saw her in there as well -( i couldnt reply to you because im out of credit) you're certainly very popular abby! news of your visit to the library has come to me through two different sources - how is asma going?
Good morning.
Luke.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/dwaggins/blank.gif) indescribable
Current Music: The Music - Getaway
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February 6th, 2004
11:07 pm - Tennis Achievements...Musical Mediocrity.
Played tennis today with Jesse, David and Amanda - Amanda picked me up in her moderately expensive looking car (its gold!) - she drives ok, considering she managed to back out of my driveway and only hit one curb (as opposed to my usual 3 kids, a rubbish bin, and the neighbours car.. ok exaggerating but its still pretty damn difficult!). The tennis was good practice i thought - i can still get my serves in! (unlike everyone else who had to start off with a laaaame forehand :-P) i think i should start playing regularly so i can acquire some skill - which is why im going to join the club at uni with Jess and David - anyone else that wants to should as well, even if you arent that thrilled about tennis, you need exercise: i KNOW you need exercise.
Not much else happening lately.. although i have been playing guitar a bit at last - i managed to finish tuning it by ear - thanks to the large number of people who have attempted to tune 'Mark' (my guitar is now called Mark for a very tenuous connection to George - abby's guitar, if you dont understand get me to explain it to you some time), however effective they were - im kind of crap at playing it at the moment but im improving.. i think.... i hope.. bleh whatever, even playing guitar badly is better than not being able to play at all :-)
Luke.
Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Placebo - Protect Me From What I Want
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12:33 am - Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Havent updated in a while so i might as well do it as im bored. Not a lot has been happening in the very recent past, but if you'll allow me to go back a week or so i did attend the big day out with an interesting mix of friends, and amazingly they all seemed to get on pretty well :-)... that is, with the exception of ellen and russell who now seem to officially dislike each other for whatever reason - something to do with russell using my phone to sms her i think - anyway, the best bands of the day, in decreasing order of skill and amazingness were: THE DANDY WARHOLS (brilliant band! currently my favourite in fact), The Darkness - the lead singer really put on a great show, and the black eyed peas made their best appearance of the day during their act: one in which they DIDNT SING or make any of those noises they seem to consider as 'music' thank god -, Magic Dirt (who only lost out to the darkness on account of that random last song they did which was too long and kind of odd - adalita or whatever her name is is awesome though, and kind of hot too, i really wish id been at the very front, i could have seen what she looked like up close when she came down to put her microphone into the audience), The Sleepy Jackson... any guy that can play a guitar with a knife and fork even remotely well has my vote!, luke steele dresses cool too.. the datsuns - i was impressed with MF from Hell, but all their songs are a bit samey... hmmm.. thats about it thats worth mentioning. i regret missing out on muse, jet and little birdy though - the first two i was prepared for as they were sacrifices i had to make ( to see the dandy warhols), but im still annoyed at missing out on lb for that 'thing' the flaming lips seemed to think was a live music act! i wont say anything more about the 'flips' because im fighting a losing battle there anyway.. but yeah.. cant believe i wasted my last hour so completely.
Hmm havent done much else, except ive decided im going to see placebo, ill get my ticket with you on.. monday was it magda? let me know... - and anne, im NOT only going to it so i can hold your camera for you ok? im not some sort of tripod for your convenience! but having said that, ill probably end up taking pictures for you anyway...ehhh
Done Rambling
Luke
Current Mood: blah
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January 25th, 2004
06:34 pm - Self Disrespect.
Sick of being me. I know who i want to be though. I think its time to change. Only a question of how really. Christ im so neurotic sometimes.
No-one of importance.
Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: Placebo - Second Sight
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