In the mood for a bit of nostalgia, we took a drive to the Britain on the Bayside shop in Birkdale, which is now only 10 mins drive away. We had heard about this place before but had never got round to going. Britain on the Bayside boasts of the largest selection of british goods in Queensland. I … read more

So we've moved house, and I'd forgot how much of a nightmare it is. We certainly won't be doing it again in a hurry. We've been in Brisbane nearly 2 years now and the place we were renting was ok as our first little settler home, but it was a bit cramped and we were desperate for more storage. We … read more

At IKEA. Again. Had to hire a van to take some stuff back and swap it. # Having probs with XBMC Babylon for ATV. Reverting to Atlantis. # Pirate Bay founders jailed - http://bit.ly/r4niF. What does this mean for the future of torrent sites? # Watching a fantastic lightning storm # Only one more spot … read more

We seem to have moved next door to a laughing Hyena. # Sent Easter Sunday building furniture. Still not finished. Deep joy! # Just been advised it will be another 5-8 days before I'm back up on ADSL. Bloody useless! # Getting wireless backups and NAS working using my new Apple Airport Extreme # … read more

Those jammy Manc twats have done it again. Looks like it's gonna go right to the wire! # Flight to Sydney delayed. Bugger. At least I can get a phone signal at the airport. My new house seems to be in a comms black hole. # Having brekkie at IKEA before we buy some stuff for the new house # Moving … read more

On Thursday I held my monthly Brisbane Internet Business Meetup Group which I organise through meetup.com. I've unbelievably now got 129 members. After holding the first few meetups at a Coffee Club, I sent a survey out to all members asking if they wanted to continue with the current informal … read more

What a wet, miserable morning. It's still not as grey as England though! # Earth Hour over. I dozed off. I can get back to negligently burning fossil fuels so there's none left for my future grandkids now. # About to switch off for Earth Hour. Candles at the ready... # Busy day packing ahead. Moving … read more

I've been contacted by a guy from LBi who are running a marketing campaign for Marks and Spencer. He made me aware that M&S now offer international delivery and wondered if I would mind blogging or tweeting about it. For all you fellow British Expats, M&S are currently running a survey where … read more

On a bit of a whim, we decided on Saturday to treat ourselves to some nice nosh and try out a restaurant we haven't been to before. It's been quite a while since we've treated ourselves to a really good meal out. I did a search on google and looked at a few restaurant guides and came across the … read more

Watching Later with Jools Holland. Chuffed this is now being shown here. Great for discovering new music. Best accompanied with wine I find. # Waking up to fantastic overnight footie results for Liverpool # #qldelection09 over. Bligh has retained power. 5th term for the Labour party. # Definitely … read more

I'm back. Madness over. The reason I've been so busy over the past few months is because I'm responsible for maintaining ISO 27001 certification (Information Security quality management standard) for the company I work and we had our 3-year re-certification audit due. For the past year that I've … read more

Surrounded by mums and babies. Some of whom clearly need their nappies changing. The stench is spoiling the aroma of my coffee. # No work today in lieu of Friday. Having brekkie at the mall followed by a spot of shopping, then haircut, then back to work on IPChitChat. # Trying out dropbox for those … read more

Everyone's gone to bed. Sat here with my old friend Daniels, Jack Daniels. Listening to a bit of Seal. # Getting vigorously beat up by my daughter # Just sent out the agenda for tomorrow night's Brisbane Internet Business Meetup. Should be a good one, had 33 Yes RSVP's. # Was yesterday Pancake … read more

Just a quick note to say I'm up to my eyeballs in work at the moment so there's going to be a lack of activity on here until it calms down, which should be after the 13th March (busy preparing for an audit). I'm actually typing and publishing this blog post from my iPhone whilst on the bus, thanks … read more

Simply Red were great but the night ended badly. It was a bad idea taking the kids. And I lost my sunnies. Again. # Lots of couples dancing in the audience, it's that kind of night. I'd be up dancing with Rach if it wasn't my 10th bottle, # Oh yes. Classic songs sung perfectly. # It's all a blur … read more

@agent_x I can't really see much difference between the two (which makes me wonder why I paid for Tweetie)? in reply to agent_x # Starting another busy week. # Trying out Tweetie on the iPhone. It's past midnight so I suppose I should get my head down now. Night night! # Been working most of the … read more

This weekend gone we went up to Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast for a couple of nights. Our neighbours, George and Julie, had already booked an apartment and encouraged us to do the same. Unfortunately, when we went to book they only had 1 apartment left, on the Ground Floor. It didn't sound too … read more

Been swimming under waterfalls in the Glasshouse Mountains. Now having dinner before returning home. # Having a late breakfast then heading into the hinterland to swim under some waterfalls before heading home # A little bit sunburnt again. I thought I was being really careful as well. Had great fun … read more

Been doing web development all weekend. Determined to get expatsclick.com live sometime this decade! # Opened a bottle of wine and watching The Commitments with Rach - classic film! # ...and managed to get in a game of cricket with the kids. Still got a few things to do though and it's way past wine … read more

This week, the massive online job site Monster.com released a security notice that their database had been hacked, potentially releasing the personal details of millions of registered users. This isn't the first time this has happened, and I'm sure it won't be the last.Leave aside the fact that … read more