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status report

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Hey guys. Damn its so hard to keep ones blog up to date when one is so busy! I’ve started doing Yoga again and boy does it hurt – my thighs were / still are aching. But its good, I really want to get fit again and do more tramping this summer.

I just saw An Inconvenient Truth – damn you Americans for not following the Kyoto Protocol, when New York is covered in Water I’ll be here laughing at you voters that got it wrong!!! I fully believe all individuals can help change the global warming problem but it feels or perhaps seems moot without America coming to the Kyoto party! However. I wont let that stop me doing my bit to help – this weekend I’ll plant a tree at the family farm and buy some energy efficient light bulbs (come to think about it why haven’t governments banned non efficient ones yet – are the profits / rights of a few light bulb companies worth out planet???)
Otherwise I don’t have much to report that I can write quickly about. But its all good… I’m happy, life is pretty good.

Drinking age… not changed back :(

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God dammit how stupid can you get. We give kids the right to buy alcohol and then we scratch our heads like complete douche bags and wonder why there are so many problems relating to kids drinking. Quite frankly I don’t care about some 19 year olds supposed “right” to have a glass of wine – I’m much more concerned about the mess our society is in. I think rather then being PC as usual we should get harsh and get real and sort these little buggers out.

So put the drinking age back up and hit em where it hurts. The 19 year olds that want to have an oh I’m so “sophisticated” glass of red then they can have one with mummy and daddy for all I care.

Not only do I think that teenagers are not mentally equipped to handle alcohol but I cant stand the little schmucks hanging around at dance parties. Sigh… I suppose if it means going to private parties and parties that have an over 20 bias I’m cool with that.
Of course that does not fix the reason why these punks are binge drinking but it does help mitigate it (of course it helps it all helps – help being the operative word okay). Fixing the binge drinking youth of today is something I’m not sure how to fix – but I’d start at schools and schooling and I’d be putting more heat on parents.

iMad!!!!!

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Apple suck the big kahoona on this one. I plugged my ipod nano into my mac and now it no longer apears on my pc laptop. Apprently the only way to fix this is by restarting my ipod which is their “nice” way of saying “sorry you are stuffed, its format time!!!”

This is the first negative experiance I’ve had with Appleware and I must say I’m very disapointed.

dr xu

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Dr XU is a mirricle man. Not quite like the funny little American Indian Spiritual doctors that eat you, consume your ailment, then vomit you back up. Nope, John is a trained professional with over 8 years of medical training under his belt, you can read more about Jon and his clinic by browsing to their website. All I want to do is make it easy for you to find them.

A few years ago after a Judo incident I had some very painful cartiliage damage behind the knee cap, my western doctor told me there was nothing I can do and that I would have to live with it. Unsatisfied with that answer I asked around and started looking for alternative solutions and I found Dr Xu. Dr Xu identified the problem and within two weeks of very regular accupuncture my knee that had been hurting for at least a month was fully recovered.

This is no tell tale it actualy worked and for you sceptics out there, if you have an issue with accupuncture check out this wikipedia actricle on the science behind accupuncture. I WANT TO BELIEVE.

Why Web Standards…

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It occurred to me yesterday that when Microsoft update to Internet Explorer 7 there will be many thousands of websites around the world that will no longer display as their owners intended on many millions of Microsoft Computers.

This means that if your web site doesn’t look right on Firefox because your web developer says it doesn’t matter you’re about to be in for a big shock. When Internet Explorer release their next browser that does comply with today’s web standards you’re going to have a site that doesn’t work on either of the two most popular web browsers.

Imagine you run a website / online business and that thousands (or even hundreds) of people use everyday to perform certain business functions. When they get to work only to find it no longer works because Internet Explorer has automatically updated I guarantee you are going to hear about – you might even loose your client to a company that does take standards and usability seriously.

I’m serious. I would recommend you make sure your website works with web standards today – talk to the guys at Instinct about auditing your site to ensure that you wont be one of the embarrassed ones…

On the Tokyo Game Show

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It is my first full day alone in Tokyo. I have spent the early part of the morning on the internet looking for maps and information on how to get to Nippon Convention Centre. I head of to the Shinagawa Station and jump on the next Train to Mikuhari Messe, I’m on my way to the Tokyo Game Show – at first I wonder if I am even heading in the right direction but as the train becomes more and more full of geeks, spotty teenagers, and costume players I realise I must be heading in the right direction.

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