Sonja walking

These birds know music

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Via

United breaks guitars

After a year of no joy, Dave recorded a song...

Statement by Dave

And a second song is recorded

Nokia's new netbook is very light indeed...

From

Spiderman fails

How to drive a rex

Greatest prank call ever

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And the wolf blew the house down

Katja and Arnold being fruity

Sonja crawling

Parallel parking - I think?

Turning around can be difficult

But not this difficult...

TAGA bicycle-stroller

Developed in the Netherlands, only a single-seater so far.

Tomato Lake Park yesterday

Two cats on treadmill

Where is a helicopter when you need one?

The first photograph is a real pity. The F16 display team is one of my favourites.

Which brings us to the lifting power of a large helicopter.
And while the last image seems out of place, seeing it reminded me of my father, and the times we spent together. Would be nice to do a similar photograph.

Spot the blonde

Chicken for rent

Not bad for a SUV

Gemballa will produce only 50 Porsche Cayenne Gemballa 750 GTS Tornados. Price - $519,953. 
Under the hood is a V8 and 750 HP. 0 to 62 mph in 4.3 seconds with a top speed of over 186 mph.

I'm glad I'm a boy

I'm Glad I'm a Boy! I'm Glad I'm a Girl! (14 pics)

Get ready in the morning in five minutes

Katja's assembly 11 March 2009

Arnold and Sonja

At Belmont Forum



At Burswood Casino Park

Bombing squadron

Optical illusion

Helicopter taking off. Look at the propellers. And how is this possible? (4.6 Mb)

One dog show

Ten business lessons from Battlestar Galactica

Very good read from PC World.

Line6 Variax 700 Bass guitar

I never mentioned my newest musical purchase - a four string Line6 Variax bass. Black, off eBay, a shopfloor model from over east. Had quite a bit of rust, and required a bit of TLC, but it only took me an hour or two to get it into reasonable shape. Still a bit of rust I have to continually monitor, but it was well worth the very low purchase price.

What makes Variax so special? Well, it is a modelling bass guitar. It uses Piezo pickups on the bridge, and modifies the sound to that of a number of classic models, e.g. Fender Jazz bass, Fender Fretless (a.k.a. Jaco Pastorius), Upright, 12 string, a few modern bass guitars, etc.

Works very well with my Line6 Bass POD Live, which can change Variax settings via MIDI when you selct a different Amp/effects channel. Way cool.

Pity the Variax bass never caught on more, and Line6 has stopped manufacturing them. One day I will own an electric 700 guitar, as well as a Variax acoustic, but all in good time. The list is growing, though. I now have the Lowdown 150 amp, the Pod, and the bass. I will stop now for a bit. 

Natural camouflage

Honesty is a good policy!

Via.

Bouncing Sonja

With Arnold helping.

Some great songs

First up, Mr. Louis Armstrong.

Next up, two home studio recordings by Stelios. Enjoy.

Sonja and the bubbles

Taken last month.

Katerina

I don't post much about our pets, but they do mean a lot to us. If it wasn't for Katerina, I would have no bite and scratchmarks on my hands, for example. So here is my tribute to our cat, and two of the fish.

Spider web

Made this for Sanet today.

Geology 101

I spent the whole of yesterday getting an introduction to Geology, from what geologists do, through drilling, sampling, QAQC, geostatistics and many other interesting tidbits. Not much one can learn about a specific subject in a packed day, but it was still good. Gave out lots of business cards, and had to teach the whole class about shallow offshore drilling, as the presenter did not have any experience in the subject field.

So I mentioned sonic, vibrocoring, and of course the mother of all systems, the MACC.

It was an interesting experience paying for the course myself, and I found myself wanting to learn everything there was to learn, and I did. It was a good course, presented by Snowden Perth.

Synchronised drinking

Katja's seventh

Park playing

Sonja's first bite ever

An important milestone, at almost five months old.

Negotiating with your dentist

The following via ENS, who I can wholeheartedly recommend. Even in these tough times, keep on negotiating. You can still win!

Arnold's second birthday party

Heathcote Reserve, 3 Jan 2008. Jim the Entertainer was invited as well, and everyone had a lot of fun!