tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:22:46 +0000MusicLinksBooksLinkJohn ScalziVideo GamesThe CureFutureNewsRantReviewsWiiGamingLifeThoughtsWorkXbox 360AnjelBloggingEclectic Reader Challenge 2012JapanListsMelbourneMonday Photo ShootStoryWeekend AssignmentWilliam GisbonDr WhoEclectic Reader 2012FoodGuitarGundamHalo 3IronmanJarvis CockerMoviePoppy Z BriteQuestionsSickStar TrekStoverStupid peopleSwimmingTechnologyTimeWilYowieinternet10 things19841994ANJAVGAdvertsAirAngelArthur GoldenAspergian TestsBabyBackBeliefBigfootBrian MayBrian RossBy The WayChefChristmasCity driversCoffeeComicsComing of AgeCommentsConcertCookieCookingCreation MuseumCurseCuteDalim's Current AffairsDanny ChooDaughterDnDDoctorDoomED-DayFall Out 3FamilyFenceFilmclipGhostwoodGiftGoogleHaloHalo 2Harry PotterHealth CareHouseHunger GamesIan AstburyJeffJobsKOTORKilling FloorLee ChildLibraryThingLiterary FictionLive WriterLocalLoveLushMacbethMarketingMeMemeMemoirs of a GeishaNINNWNOblivionOrwellPS3PaganPiers AnthonyPowerNapProduct PlacementPulpQuakeQueenRadioheadRaygunRaymond FeistReligionResident Evil 4ResturantsRiderRiskSayingsSelfShameless self promotionShoppingStar WarsSuedeSustainableSuzanne CollinsTarotTelevisionTerry PrachettThe BoysThe ChaserThe CultThe Lost ColonyThe Young OnesTheatreThoguhtsToday TonightTransformersTripTrojanTwitterUltimate AllianceUniversityVirusWeatherWeeks TopicWiccaWill ShakespearWoWWritingZebra GodZeldaZombieelection 07iTunesonline novelphonequizsleepvideoyoutubeSomething strange something new - the things that I dohttp://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7854104158648037214Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:31:00 +00002015-02-17T21:06:09.861+11:00Sunday night was dread night for me. I had run out of my anti nausea medication and was dreading going in for my last week of full on Chemo. 5 more days of injections and drugs and feeling unwell, followed by the last 2 weeks on 1 day a piece. I had seen my oncologist on Thursday who was impressed with my general health and gave me some stirring words to last out the next 3 weeks. He booked me inhttp://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2015/02/2-down-and-into-third-and-final-stretch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-6428735164932472604Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:04:00 +00002015-01-24T10:04:40.069+11:00So that's it. The first cycle of three weeks is over, and only another two to go! I have mixed feelings about the end of the first third. On hand I am down three weeks and heading toward the finish line, next week is a full week (due to public holiday on Monday I only have four days with a slight increase in dose...) and after that I only will have one more full week to go. On the other hand I http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2015/01/cycle-one-down-and-hair-loss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-6933307764354136506Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:31:00 +00002015-01-14T20:31:37.795+11:00Before starting the treatment I had plans that I would write something each day. That proved impossible. Not only was I too tired and distracted in the hospital when I got home I either did a few hours remote working or fell asleep or spent time with the kids and wife. Life seems to get in the way and the being tired and constantly feeling queasy even with the anti-nausea drugs I just couldn't http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2015/01/2-week-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7763883304833170297Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:48:00 +00002015-01-09T14:48:53.381+11:00 Day two. Tuesday went uneventfully in most ways. No sign of side effects and the nurse at the end of the last lot of drugs accidentally took the cannula out. Ops! I still have three days left. Oh well we laughed about it and I said at least I will be able to have a real shower tomorrow morning! I went home, thanks to a lift from Nic at work. Work have kindly set up a roster to get me http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2015/01/day-two-three-and-four-quick-catch-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8843466580950386478Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:25:00 +00002015-01-05T21:25:52.192+11:00So today was the first day of Chemotherapy. I wasn't sure what to expect the one thing I was certain of was that it would be a lot of waiting and sitting and learning. Waiting to commence... pre jacked Anji stayed with me for a while until I was settled and getting my first lot of fluid pumped into me - 1 litre of saline. She left to get back to the kids (who were staying at home with http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2015/01/c-day-has-arrived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-218981616960147681Sun, 04 Jan 2015 02:18:00 +00002015-01-04T13:18:33.497+11:00So tomorrow I begin my chemotherapy to rid my body of the cancer. Yesterday I shaved my hair in preparation - I didn't want to have drifts of hair falling out. It has in some ways made all this more real. I guess up to this point it has been something happening 'next year' something not imminent not in my immediate future. Tomorrow the future arrives. This week has been very enjoyable. After http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2015/01/c-day-minus-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-3195844706147740916Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:10:00 +00002014-12-21T21:10:26.674+11:00I have not written anything in this blog for basically a year. I have however, written in other places. LinkedIn for work and industry related things - including some posted on the Australian Small Business Commissioners site and even a post on www.Lifehacker.com.au. The wife started a blog about our move to a small rural acreage on the outskirts of Melbourne HillShadowHouse, to which I have http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2014/12/writing-place-bravery-and-other-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-3844085351196336468Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:34:00 +00002014-01-04T21:34:10.884+11:002014 is the year I get something done. It's the year I get serious about writing this novel that has been in my head for so long. But how? I hear you all ask me. You work long hours, have two children under 4 and a wife... That's impossible! Normally I would agree with you 100% - but I have a plan. I'm not kidding myself I doubt I will finish said novel in 2014, just get serious about! To thathttp://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2014/01/on-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-6739818286493434600Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:34:00 +00002013-11-24T20:34:43.958+11:00FutureLifeMelbourneRiskWorkI took a strange journey to get here, where I am now. Not in the physical sense - although it was a day's travel, but in the mental and almost spiritual. At my previous job I was, in my mind at least, on a path to career progression. I was given a lot of opportunities (ones I felt I earned) and it seemed that things were going well. A good job with a career path - I knew it would not be forever, http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/11/another-day-in-melbourne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-6603932762466049472Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:24:00 +00002013-11-15T23:24:50.262+11:00Thanks to my good friends and colleagues from my former employer I was given a gift card that allowed me to buy an Apple TV. Why did I go down this path? To have access to stream (through rent or purchase) TV shows and Movies to my TV. Sure the Xbox 360 can stream movies or files I have on my PC but TV show subscription was not really an option (as far as I could tell). iTunes and Apple http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/11/apple-tv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8244061027000768286Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:17:00 +00002013-11-11T22:17:09.170+11:00Those that know me or follow me on Twitter have been bombarded by my #swimfit tweets. I have been going to the local indoor pool after the kids are in bed in an effort to lose some weight and ring my general fitness up to speed. I've been a fan of swimming for a long time - running puts too much pressure on my knees and the gym is just too much for me. I like the quiet and almost trance like http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/11/getting-fit-one-lap-at-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-1807226032829207457Sun, 10 Nov 2013 11:44:00 +00002013-11-10T22:44:23.417+11:00A good friend of mine, Tracy Verdugo) will be publishing her first book next year. It's based on her art classes and the techniques that she uses. This is her specialty and she has created opportunities all over the world for her art classes - the book is a natural extension of that. For promotion Tracy has used Social Media to it's full power - she is on her various pages on Facebook (her http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/11/promotion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5140302111536567567Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:44:00 +00002013-10-20T19:44:12.844+11:00Wil Wheaton has this great blog post over on Wil Wheaton dot Net - check it out... read it then come back here... It was a well timed post from Wil as today I witnessed some bullying in the playground as my daughter and a friends child were playing. Although not physical bullying and it was stopped thankfully by the mother of the bully it did raise the question of when I, as a parent, need to http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/10/bullies-stopbullying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8107449038349647932Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:14:00 +00002013-08-03T21:14:18.277+10:00I have talked about this project on Twitter and Facebook but I really need to put it down in a central place. Oh wait yeah I have a Blog for that... So anyway to bring you up to speed aside from learning to play a song all the way through... (Achieved here) I have also been playing with building a Guitar. I have dabbled with re-wiring my old Peavey (Strat clone) which while I got sound to come http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/08/jazzmaster-guitar-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-9015389461463119272Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:42:00 +00002013-08-03T09:53:10.729+10:00So I needed an upgrade for my work PC and Laptop, I wanted something that would give me power, flexibility and be lightweight to take with me when out of the office. There were a few options open to me and our IT Department took me through the usual suspects they had in the system - basically a laptop with dock all of which where heavier than I was really after - also I already had a laptop and http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-few-weeks-with-surface-pro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-1025343083325221460Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:45:00 +00002013-01-01T20:47:59.588+11:00As I enjoyed the challenge of the Eclectic Readers Challenge for 2012 I thought I should give the 2013 Challenge a go as well. Book'd Out has a great variety for this year so that should keep me on my toes... It is very different and has a lot of different styles of books to those that I would normally read - but hey lets give it a good ole try! So check back here and see how I am going! http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2013/01/eclectic-readers-challenge-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-7905454743013828244Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:42:00 +00002012-12-27T11:42:54.282+11:00Ready Player One This is the final in my Eclectic Readers Challenge for 2012, and as a last hurrah it is your favourite genre time... I went for Science Fiction (this could also be classed as Young Adult and I think it easily could be both) as this is a genre I go back to an awful lot when choosing books to read. I had also heard alot about Ready Player One and I wanted to see for http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/12/ready-player-one-ernest-cline-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-4991000272856673307Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:23:00 +00002012-12-01T23:24:08.314+11:001994Coming of AgeMusicSuedeUniversity1994 was a significant year for me. I had finished high school the previous year, moved out of home, enrolled in the University of Canberra in an Environmental Science degree (never finished), met a bunch of new friends - forged some better relationships with old friends and generally started on the journey of adulthood. But that year also saw me form some of the foundations of the http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/12/suede-dog-man-star-1994.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5568633652992272419Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:54:00 +00002012-11-12T21:54:33.814+11:00I'm not really "in" the You Tube world... sure I have posted a few videos of my daughter and my life (including a silly film clip of one of my bands songs!) However, I do dabble and I like to follow a few creative Vloggers as you have seen from the last post one of them is Charlieissocoollike. Charlie's "I'm Scared" video has sparked something across You Tube. Many other Vloggers http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/11/scared-little-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-4558182137817714567Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:15:00 +00002012-11-10T22:15:13.532+11:00Charlie McDonnell from Charlieissocoollike posted this earlier today... go on watch it, I'll wait... This is my letter to Charlie Charlie You don't know me, for starters I live in Australia on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD from you and for follow-up I'm twice your age and for these reasons, and probably more, we are not acquainted in any way. However, I watch you on You Tube (not inhttp://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/11/open-letter-to-charlie-mcdonnell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-5208846799310634115Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:02:00 +00002012-11-11T15:00:43.995+11:00So for the penultimate in my Eclecetic Reader Challenge 2012 and for my Classic Book I and reviewing The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien I have chosen to use the image of the copy I read, the 1978 Guild Publishing edition bound in faux (or real??) leather. I think this is also the first and only book I have read for this challenge using a physical book... although I must admit to reading http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-jrr-tolkien-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-2889570191434763849Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:18:00 +00002012-11-04T21:18:23.566+11:00I was asked to be part of an eBook panel at the local Library. You can see more about it here or an article here. I have previously spoken about the Digital Future in an Open Government Forum and tend to be out spoken about the Digital Economy and the future use of technology especially in Local Government.  Libraries being an integral part of Local Government I was more than happy to http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/11/ebook-is-better-than-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-2755046983869646768Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:35:00 +00002012-11-03T21:35:32.197+11:00Another in my 2012 season or reviews for the Eclectic Readers Challenge, Non-Fiction... For my non-fiction book I had a range to choose from, I have read books about the Digital Economy, Sustainability, Tourism Trends, business, marketing... but they were all work related and not really for fun... But we recently came into some Chickens... Well Chicks, two week old Bantam's one white Chinese http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/11/chick-days-raising-chickens-jenna.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-8067403363453112334Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:29:00 +00002012-10-30T23:29:05.978+11:00So  have mentioned before I am (was?) in a band... We made a CD a few years ago and in my spare time I made a film clip for one of the songs from that Album... Enjoy... You can buy my music from CD Baby or iTunes of you want... :)http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/10/deploy-midget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893792649301344107.post-9074274538520880666Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:11:00 +00002012-10-30T23:11:42.528+11:00So I'm up for the next one in the Eclectic Reader Challenge - Thriller/Suspense with an author who's books I have read many time - but not this one... Michael Crichton is a great pick it up and read it any where kind of writer - to me anyway. I know he did a lot of research for many of his books and he seems to write like he knows what he is talking about.  However, in this book he got http://dalimstrange.blogspot.com/2012/10/state-of-fear-michael-crichton-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1