New developments

Undoubtedly the most important and best news in ages is that a pair of new Byer babies were born just after midnight on june 1st, everyone happy and healthy. Welcome to the world, little Solomon Maurice and Joelle Ilse!

Anything else seems very insignificant following that kind of news, but there is other news so I'll state it here anyway :) I have begun the hard work of turning a tired old PC into a shiny new media centre PC. Hooray for umart, who allow you to shop online and then scoot straight over to pick up the goods! A new DVD writer, 120GB hard drive and fancypants dual digital TV tuner card will be the bones of the system, and should be enough to get it up and running in time for the world cup. Fripperies like remote control, shiny hi-fi style case and super quiet fans will have to come along later.

...and, after an hour on the phone and frantic webpage refreshing, I have 8 tickets to the first day of the first Ashes test here in Brisbane! 23rd November should be a day to remember, and I've plenty of time to practice my sledging