In about 1984 I put myself on the waiting list to become a Member of the Sydney Cricket Ground. For the cricket, you understand, not the footy.

Ten years or so later, I finally became a member. Since then, I’ve attended as many international matches as possible at the SCG. I’ve always paid extra to receive [...]

This weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix takes place at 4.00pm Sydney time. Channel 10, in their infinite wisdom, is showing the event at 11.40pm on Sunday night. I guess I’ll watch it on Monday morning! Don’t forget to set those Toppies and VCRs, boys and girls.

We’re heading into one of the closest end-of-season periods for years. [...]

Yes, it’s a big call.

But those who have installed some form of ‘desktop search’ application will usually swear by them.

For a couple of years now, I’ve been using Yahoo Desktop Search – a free program that can be downloaded from Yahoo. YDS works in the background to index all your files and emails, and allows [...]

In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest (Tom Hanks) says…

My momma always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
... which sometimes feels pretty real to me.

In the book, Forrest Gump opens with…

Let me say this: bein’ a idiot is no box of chocolates
... which is a very [...]

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