The widening gyre...

90.6!

Despite a week of no exercise (well only 18 holes of Golf and walking back and forward to the train!) and eating out (almost every night) I have managed to lose about 200g since last week... I know I know... time to get serious again!

Weekly weigh in... goal re-evaluation

I weighed in at 90.8kg this morning.
It has been hard lately - so many dinners \ lunches out etc.
Further, I am starting to wonder whether 75kg is a good goal - I think I would be too skinny at that weight. I will get to 85kg and see how that feels - might go further and try for 80kg, but only if it feels right...
Certainly going to get more exercise in any case, as the recent slack off has cost me in terms of the fitness I was starting to build up.

The Australian: Two-thirds believe terrorist hit more likely [March 23, 2004]

No fooling us aussies!

TWO-THIRDS of voters believe Australia's involvement in the Iraq war has increased the chances of a terror attack, in a rebuke to the Howard Government's national security credentials just months from an election.

*Cough* children overboard... *cough* .... weapons of mass destruction...

Read on: The Australian: Two-thirds believe terrorist hit more likely [March 23, 2004]

The best dilbert ever?

Check it out - it is laugh out loud (LOL) funny: click here.

Osama t-shirts

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Our short break on the Gold Coast

I stupidly left the memory stick from the camera in Queensland, so wasn't able to post these pics until today. Check out our holiday on the Gold Coast of last weekend, including shots around the place we stayed, dinner with my parents and Kate's (and my sister!) and a great snake show we watched in Surfers (previous post has video).

Check out more pics: smugmug - Jesse Gleeson (jesterg) : Gold Coast 10-15 March 04

Snake video from Surfers Paradise...

When we were on the Gold Coast last week we saw a snake demonstration - the snake expert (Herpetologist) running the show had a carpet snake slithering on a wire over the 'snake pit' - this is a short video (4mb download) of the snake balancing on the wire - Download movie file

2 years!!!

Big night last night - we had a work party for my peer group to mark two years at the firm! It has gone so quickly, hard to believe that we have been there that long.... We went to the Apartment first, which was good - though not quite as nice as its usual role as a lunch venue (they do a nice steak and brilliant prawns!). It was great to catch up with everyone again - especially since I have just got back from secondment.

Love that beer.... a little too much?

Afterwards a few of us went to Kum Den Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown - which had great food, though we had to send back our first bottle of wine. The hot and sour soup I had was very good, as was the sizzing Seschuan beef. I just love getting a few dishes and sharing when you have a big group. A good night all in all.

I have been naughty

I know the lack of posts on the '75 challenge' has been ominous - click here to read all about it.

ScienceDaily News Release: American Innovators Take Robotic Technology Into The Field During Saturday's Inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge

Regular readers will know that I have been following the DARPA Grand Challenge (an autonomous robot vehicle race) with great interest. Well the race has been run, and lost by all of the teams. It seems that it will be run again in the future - so it will be very interesting to see if they get further next time.

“Today was a most important first step in a long journey,” said Dr. Anthony Tether, Director of DARPA. “Although none of the vehicles completed the course, and we were not able to award the cash prize, we learned a tremendous amount today about autonomous ground vehicle technology. Some vehicles made it seven miles, some made only one mile, but they all made it to the Challenge, and that in itself is a remarkable accomplishment.”

Read on: ScienceDaily News Release: American Innovators Take Robotic Technology Into The Field During Saturday's Inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge