The 1000 Day Holiday

Been there, done that? Then put on your horse’s head and get ready for a bizarre journey. Jordan Baker reports.

In the new age of travel, tourists will visit the Opera House blindfolded and ski Thredbo in a horse’s head. They’ll choose their destination with the roll of a dice, arrive on a penny farthing then play croquet on a roundabout. Government waiting rooms will become tourist attractions and brides will hitch-hike from Yass to Yemen wearing their wedding dress.

When freewheeling hippies first hit the Asian trail, travel was adventurous. But these days we think nothing of crossing the Nullarbor, cruising the Mekong or trekking in Antarctica. There’s a guide book to every corner of the globe and Intrepid is the name of a tour company. Travel ennui is setting in; we’ve been there, done that and have the stubby cooler to prove it.

So for the jaded traveller there’s a new frontier: experimental travel. It’s based on the theory that while there might not be anywhere new under the sun, there’s always a different way of looking.

The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel, by Joel Henry and Rachael Antony, introduces travel of the mind. It proposes bizarre experiments to help travellers get more out of new places or look at old ones with fresh eyes.

Adventure Travel Article

A 15-year-old girl has been rescued from the top of a 40-metre crane she scaled while sleepwalking in London, according to reports.

The girl was spotted on the crane’s boom by passers-by, who called police to the building site in Dulwich thinking it was a suicide bid, the South London Press reports.

But the girl, who has not been named, had apparently managed to climb up the crane and walk across a narrow metal beam while fast asleep on Saturday night

A firefighter from the Forest Hill station then climbed the crane to wait with the girl until a specialist crew arrived.

Dangerous Sleepwalking News Article

Well the hermit fell for the highly technical

“emergency situation at home, blank lines, then har har its a joke” 😛 email

midnight where she is, and she was ringing my cellphone, home phone, and undoubtedly the other flatmates as well. heheheh

made my day.

To: The Hermit
Subject: rent!

haha, guess waht

the landlord called me today. he was quite panicked.

he said that we hadnt paid rent since march 14!

I checked, and he was right.. muahahahahahahahahahah!

So we are moving out this weekend…

not!

bahahahahahahahahahah
naah, the AP stopped/cancelled/deleted….. i guess after a year, i
cant remember how i set it up..

but anyways, got him paid uptodate so hes happy.

a report on goings on:
we have a canadian dude moving in saturday or sunday.
seems to be nice n relaxed.

and saff hasnt been turning off the electric toothbrush chargers.. and
we havent burnt down!

GRIN

have fun

Moby has been admitted to RPA hospital as of 2.30pm, 1 July. His condition is unknown at this stage and his publicist released the following statement.

We are all hoping the analysis goes well, and there should be a DVD available of the overnight antics shortly. Due to popular demand by the BB fanatics, an Uncut version will be released online. As a show of support for crazy weaird sh!te being spread by email etc)

I retract my statements that were to the effect that the blue mountains were crap.

Sunday 26th June, Shane, Kristen myself took nina out to the blue mountains to do some exploring.

I still stand by the fact they are little more than molehills, however what height they have is put to good use at wentworth falls!
An amazing cliffwalk and it was a very surreal atmosphere with all the fog.

I will definatley do this walk again when it is fine, as Im sure it will have a completely different atmosphere.

Wentworth Falls – Blue Moutains Pics here

After a boy in Bangladesh complained of a stomach ache, doctors discovered a fetus in his abdomen. Apparently, the 4.5 pound fetus was 16-year-old Abu Raihan’s undeveloped twin. Physicians at Bangabadnhu Medical University surgically removed it on Saturday. From the BBC News:

“Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed,” (said Dr. MA Mazid).

The condition is known as “foetus in foeto”, or inclusion twin.

“In this case the foetus of the baby entered into the foetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumour in the boy’s abdomen,” gynaecology specialists Nurun Nahar said.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Doctors ‘find dead foetus in boy’

Eww!

The little green leprechaun is leaving us after almost 18 months. So its time to find a new flatmate!

but the point of this post:
Well the Hermit has gone to the USA to see her boyfriend.

In order to keep the house safe from evil/fire/random acts of god, she left the following instructions for ‘Teeth’:

just a few details about my trip:

I get back on the 18th

i can be reached on 0011….

if you want to use my IP phone in my bedroom just hit the ‘rocket dial’ button

(ed: i think this equates to the big red emergency phone in batman!)

my email is….

With the new person:

please convince moby to choose someone good (considerate and clean =yay)

as i am the front loader powder nazi, i have left a box of washing powder +a dirty clothes hamper on my floor, can you give it to the new person?

(ED: URGH! now she will insit this thing is in the new persons room. you dont own them! you dont even know who they are yet!)

General safety issues: (you know im a safety nut, or just a nut in general)
as you are the nicest and most responsible person at our flat, im trusting you to not let the house burn down. can you please:

make sure nothing in the bathroom is switched on while people are at work

(ED: yep! she even turns the electric toothbrush chargers off!)

lock all doors, esp the one near your room
make sure noone leaves the heater unattended ( a huge cause of fires recently)

turn off things that arent in use eg toaster, kettle, + tv

make sure the hair straightener is not left on any heat sensitive surfaces

I know its all common sense, but often its not followed here + you know im a bit/lot crazy when it comes to stuff like this.

please clone yourself and more into the leprechauns room, youre a top person/flatamate
seeya
The Hermit

Notes: she even had her dad come and change the smoke detector battery, even tho I did it only a month ago.
shes frikken crazy!, maybve i should ring her every day to say i keep finding the toothbrushes turned on.
Or maybe i should hardwire them so when she comes back she flips out!

GRIN

What tech professionals take home

CIO /CTO: $180-$500K pa

IT manager: $130-$240K pa (permanent), $800-$1250/day (contract)

Program director/manager: $150-$210K pa, or $1000-$1700/day

Project manager: $90-$150K pa or $80-$150/hr

Senior business analyst: $90-$140K pa or $80-$130/day

Application development manager: $95-$140K pa or $900-$1200/day

Systems administrator: $70-$110K pa or $75-$85/hr

Development team leader: $75-$100K pa or $80-$95/hr

Senior DBA: $80-$130K pa or $110-$120/hr

Technical writer: $60-$70K pa or $55-$70/hr

Infrastructure manager: $115-$160K pa or $800-$1100/day

Network administrator: $60-$85K pa or $65-$85/hr

Network engineer: $65-$100K pa or $75-$100/hr

Helpdesk/desktop support: $35-$60K pa or $45-$55/hr

E-commerce manager: $90-$140K pa or $900-$1100/day

Security consultant: $130-$180K pa or $1200-$1500/day

Architect (infra/data/applications): $140-$180K pa or $750-$860/day

Business intelligence: $120-$140K pa or $800-$1200/day

CRM: $90-$140K pa or $700-$1000/day

Source: Ambition Technology. NB (1) Permanent salaries = total package excluding bonus. (2) Contract rates = Ambition charge-out rates.

Source

BC’s BBQ on saturday was a mucho meaty affair.

Allister & Christine were over for the weekend. Hit Cargo & the best bar in sydney: Scruffys (URGH!) still, taking the piss and spastic dancing works anywhere. But it appears I was a little too vigorous. I have inflamed my knee injury from last year.

This time I will go see a knee doctor 🙂

Also ran into Johnny & ? who we went to uni with. Very random.

Its not often there is news coverage of my fellow non sleepers.

Apparently there was also a documentary on sleep walking on the box the other night.

Oh well, not to worry if my Antics at the sleep clinic are any good, ill get it on DVD for all to see 🙂

Sleep disorders now as costly as asthma