I did a survey the other day for a wine company. It had arrived in the mail, had a nice brochure, offered a decent free gift for doing their survey, no strings attached. I mailed it off and promptly forgot about it. On Monday I got a phone at work saying they had the free gift ready, and would...

Last weekend was one of those incredibly busy ones – and very unusual for a peace-loving, quiet onliner. Friday was our work Christmas Party, plus a dress rehearsal for our dance ball, followed by the actual ball on Saturday, and a BBQ for any performers, to welcome our New Zealand...

Last week was lovely. A bus driver made it that way. On Tuesday just as I walked out the office door, the bus I wanted to catch went by. (The 230). I paused for a second, then decided to chase it. Pulled out my hairband and combs, started running at top speed for a block and a half, dodging...

For the last three weeks I’ve had to go to RNS each morning before work to get zapped. So as a treat to myself, I’ve bought a small mocha coffee from Gloria Jeans at St Leonards Station each day. Fantastic shop. Dark coffee shop colours, like lots of the original Starbucks shops. ...

Apres Sunday night dinner, looking for a relaxing tv show to watch with the ferals, and choosing NCIS. Needing to multi-process, but I can’t decide which device to use whilst watching tv avec doona: the android tablet or the laptop. So I bring both into the living room, grab a couch,...

Scott doesn’t usually MSN me, unless he wants something. On Wednesday I gave up on my old iPhone 3G, and converted to a Samsung Galaxy S running Android. As soon as school finished, Scott logged on to MSN. I assumed he was after my phone. Here’s the transcript of our online...