brett_jackson

I've got a beanie that's long enough to cover my ears just fine. I've been told a beard (for guys, obviously) is a good way to keep your cheeks 'n chin warm. But a mask as described above is probably the best bet.

Man ... I really want to try out snowscooting. I knew I should've bought one while I was over there.... P.S. you look like you're somewhere between the ages of 15 and 45, considering I can see no facial features

They are Predators indeed, here's a photo of one that was about to attack me one day after I bombed out. (looks suspiciously like the other one hmmm?)

Jeez gamera, I've seen 4 different avatars for you today .... can't decide which one hey? I only just got around to putting mine there today (after writing on here for a couple of months).

Grilled Cajun chicken (just sprinkle chicken with Cajun spices before you grill it) Whole egg mayo with chopped spring onions stirred through Tomato Rocket Use Turkish bread too ... much nicer.

I think with Alexander, a lot of it's problems had to do with bad press even before the film was released. Apparently a lot of people were put off by knowing that the portrayal of Alexander was as a bisexual. But I haven't seen it, so I may be wrong: it might just really suck.

I have two friends who have each told me independent stories about discovering used girls underwear vending machines, which even come with a photo of their prior owner. One said he saw them in [one of?] the 'Pink Light' district/s in Tokyo. I think it was near Shibuya or Shinjuku, but I might have conjured that from some other story. There's something extremely wrong with the idea of that, but I'm not really surprised given the fascination with Japanese girls over there ... especially some of the stuff in those Manga comics. Very disturbing indeed. Having said that, there's a (seemin

Man, that's some funny shit Weegeoff

I agree - 'The Aviator' looks good, I've read a bit about Howard Hughes in the past - interesting (if not overly philanthropic) fella. Of course with Cate Blanchett & Kate Beckinsale on board it should be pretty easy to watch. 'The Incredibles' was the most fun movie I've seen this summer (well, winter actually since I saw it in Japan). I'm seeing 'Sideways' tonight.

Apple related gadgets (including some iPod add-ons): http://www.griffintechnology.com/ Even though I hate all things Apple, I like the PowerMate knob thingy ... very cool, especially for video editing. Or even just to adjust the volume on Winamp.

Similar to farquah, i like to think that all the decisions i've made - good or bad - have gotten me to where i am in life today, which is a pretty good spot. But if a time-travelling DeLorean suddenly appeared in front of me, I'd probably go back: a) About 8 years when working for a friend of mine who opened his own restaurant, and quit as soon as he started saying "I'll pay you next week" rather than 9 months later (money can quickly affect friendships that way), .... and About 9 years ago when I went for my very last Ski, when the hire person said "Skiing or Boarding?" - because I

I'm pretty sure that if you want to use your own image, you need to have it hosted somewhere. Then follow the steps taguchi listed above.

Quote: I wouldn't buy Burton products- personal choice. Fair enough ... i thought that might be it, but i just wanted to make sure there wasn't something majorly wrong with the brand that i didn't know about. I did a little research before buying, but not a lot. In the end they were the most comfortable boot (by far) to fit my size 30.5 hoof (other brands I tried were Salomon, Ride, Nitro & DeeLuxe)

I agree with snowglider on that one (Spicy = crappy boards) ... but then again, they were the only place around that had size 31 boots .... it was just unfortunate the widest board they had was about 25cm at the waist (serious toe drag). NOTE: I was told that Spicy don't deliver to Hotels that provide their own rental ... since the Hotels don't like to see people specifically not using their gear.

Given Seymour Hersh's accuracy over the past couple of decades, I wouldn't want to be living in Iran right now. Not with the possibility of getting the democracy bombs dropped right on my doorstep.

Quote: Never heard of most of the above. In which case, you should check out: Eternal Sunchine of the Spotless Mind House of Flying Daggers Sideways 3 of the better (non-mainstream) films mentioned above. But yes ... the raspberries are indeed fun to see listed. I just think of the producers & studio bosses faces when they get nominated for 'Worst film'.

Quote: Open sauce - like OsCommerce, right? That's right Thunderpants, except it's 'source' as in 'source code' (the programming code behind a software application) .... unless you knew that already and just wrote 'sauce' to be funny, in which case, that's pretty funny There are actually HEAPS of Open Source software projects like OsCommerce for people starting their own business, which is a really good idea since it's all free. The reason for their success is that they get so much input from people who actually use the stuff saying things like "It would be good if it did this ... " etc.

(Although it's a bit late) And for all the Aussies out there who aren't too keen on VB and like to support the micro-breweries, Happy Australia day from me too:

I use SpamBayes which is an Open Source application (i.e. written by and improved upon by hundereds of developers around the world who hate getting spam). Once installed, it 'plugs in' to Outlook (i think some other mail clients as well), and 'learns' how to distinguish what is spam and what is not by looking at what you detect as Spam. In fact, I've only had to teach it with one or two emails out of about 250 spams, so it's pretty clever. I've noticed a lot of posts in the OffTopic area about applications for peoples computers. Seriously, you should all consider sourceforge.net as the

Ibuprophen, not bad. Diclofenac, good. Celecoxib - now that's the stuff. (Celecoxib is usually prescription only ... but most doctors in Oz dish it out easily - called Celebrex here in most cases)

BearShare is a Gnutella client that only has a couple of spyware apps (a Weather program and one piece of advertising software) which aren't too malicious, and both can be removed using AdAware which is excelent for Spyware removal. One other file sharing client is eMule which is an open source file sharing app, so it's got absolutely no spyware at all.

Quote: ...and my favourite Why Burton sucks! Having just bought a pair of Burton Snowboard boots, can you please tell me what sucks about them? Or is it just the brand in general?

Learned to ski at probably the smallest ski field in Australia Mt Selwyn, NSW . That was a yr 8 school trip in 1988. Loved the snow ever since, though I could only afford to go a couple of days a year. Started snowboarding 4 years ago at Mt Buller, Victoria - in particular the Burnt Hut Spur run. One day snowboarding in Japan made me realise how tiny our mountains in Australia really are.

Similar to the thoughts of other posters here, I'm going to start locking my gear up ... especially since I only bought it last week (NB: 05/06 boards have just arrived in Australia ... my new Ride Fleetwood looks awesome!) Just curiously, what type of lock is best for your snowbaord ... anyone? (referring to the type you take out with you for lunch/toilet stops)

This one was used at my old workplace: CRAFT MOMENT - a moment during the day when you "Can't Remember A F#ckin Thing"