I am so glad someone put this in writing!

Phil has a link to a larger version on his blog

Happy Australia Day! For those of you who are not in Australia, every year Sam puts on a few TV spots to promote eating Lamb on Australia day. I couldn't help but posting one of them here.

Just remember, it is BBQ season....

It has been a long time in the planning and even longer under wraps but I should tell you what I am up to. Some of you will have noticed the flickr photos or the linkedin profile change but for the rest of you, I have joined an old friend Attila and am helping to build Lightmaker Melbourne.

Most of you will have heard of Lightmaker from the work they have done in the UK and around Europe and the US, well now you know about their new Australian empire.

So, back to web development I go... if you are interested in joining our merry band let me know. We aren't hiring so much as hunting for the right person to get involved at this startup point, so there is not much of a job spec but if you want a change of pace and don't mind the prospect of working with me, drop me a line!

There are many times when it is really handy to see exactly what the browser is sending to the server and vis versa. Say when you are sure you are setting a cookie but it doesn't seem to be working.

You can do it the old fashioned way, with a packet sniffer but quite frankly that is just to painful. Enter the HTTPLiveHeaders extension for firefox.

It shows you everything that goes between the browser and the server - just perfect for getting to the root of the communication issue.

If you have a driving licence and some spare time, driving an MG for the weekend was just great fun. Classic cars have these strange quirks that normal, modem day cars just don't have. That strange whir, the slightly sticky gear shift and of course that old car look... oh yes, that old car look... There were a few moments where I was not sure if people were looking at me because of the low rumble coming from the engine, the fact that I was driving a convertible with the top down in autumn or was it just the MG that they were looking at. The sideways glances at the lights were a little un-nerving at first but after a while you do get used to them and learn to smile and wave back.

Autumn might not have been the best time to take a classic convertible for a spin over the blue mountains but it was superb fun. When you settle back into the drivers seat and realise that defiantly is not about the destination, it is about the ride, you realise that an MGB really is a nice ride. Then you run into your next "classic car moment", just as you glide through Katoomba a light rain will begin to fall - without missing a beat you reach over to the dash and flick the wipers on. The nice old switch makes a very satisfying clunk and the wipers begin their crawl across the windscreen. Now it all becomes clear, it is called a windscreen because it is there to keep the wind off. Cars of this vintage should be indoors, away from the rain not doing 40 miles an hour over a mountain.

For a car that is distinctly older than I am, it handled everything I could throw at it. Ok, so maybe not everything - it didn't climb the hills at the 100kph that I am used to but I was not going to complain, the MG did admirably with its four speed gearbox. Honourable mention must go to the overdrive and the M4. Man that was fun, watching little old grannys out for their Sunday drive turning around to find out where the sound was coming form and watching their faces as my red MG slid past them.

Ok, seriously, even though it was autumn, the little MGB is nice and warm inside with the top up and you get more room in the boot if you don't take the top down. You can quite easily get two small bags(read Gym Bags) in the back of the car and a suit bag into the trunk without hassle even if you decide to take the roof off.

Oh yes, the roof, when you get your first tour of an MGB, listen carefully when they tell you it will take a few minutes to get the roof on. With two people, it can be done easily in about four minutes but if there is only one of you be prepared for a little bit of juggling to get it on, the roof itself is easy, it is getting the frame in that is the hard one. Oh and the 40 miles per hour is not a typo, the speedo is in miles so just watch your speed - I had a very low tech solution, a postit note with the various speeds in both mph and kph just so I would not get them confused.

May the Fourth be with you!

Since it is Good Friday and I have nothing else to do (but read blogs and find out about this nerd test)...

Looks like we are doing it again, four years ago I was posting a very similar story...

All I can say is "Go Aussie Go!"

It is starting to feel like a regular occurrence around here! We are on the hunt for someone to come and join the team.

This time we are after an Online Marketing Coordinator. They will get to look after all things cool down in our tech room. I am not going to bore you with all the details - you can download all the details below.

I feel so stupid! I have just finished updating to the latest and greatest version of blogCFC and after loads of testing (ok, all of about ten minutes) I put it all live and make a post.

All appears fine till I check the UKCFUG blogregator to see if it all worked, well it harvested the post but when i clicked on it, I ended up on my local server!

How? I ask myself? Well it appears that someone left http://localhost/ in the .ini file, which in turn set my URL in the RSS feed...

Yes, that is correct! 12 hours on a plane can be almost totaly wiped away after just six minutes under the shower at changi airport in Singapore!

Half way home and feeling ok!