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Well, we've done it now....... we're married. Melissa and I would just like to say thankyou to all of the people that made yesterday such a special day. We're off on our honeymoon now, but we'll post photos when we get back. If anyone has taken their own shots, please feel free to email them to me, or send a flickr link. We'll collate them all here. We loves you guys!

Last Night, Melissa, Jason, Dzung, Jason's Parents and myself went to see The Automasters play at Mojos in Freemantle. The singer wearing the sunglasses is Jason's Brother Brendan Hutchens, who is a TV presenter on the ABC by day. They were ably supported by Petanque, whom we have also seen playing with the Burgers of Beef. Gotta love a band with a Moog in it. The automasters will be playing at Mojos every Tuesday night for the month of January

My Girlfriend's sister's best friend (Hey Star Man!) drives a ute around and is very proud of it. I saw this sticker on the back of another kingswood ute today, and immediately thought of her

While in florence, there was some sort of wierd art installation whereby people had decorated life size fiberglass cows and had placed them throughout the city. These are some of the ones that I took photos of, not necessarily because I really liked them, but because they were everywhere.      

Europe

I have been sent by work to France and the U.K. and will be away for 6 weeks.

I saw this ute parked out on the street near my house today. I like it! I wonder what its fuel efficiency is?

Last night, Melissa, Courtenay and myself went to see The Mountain Goats at the Rosemount Hotel in North Perth. We've seen John Darnielle live before, but not with his bass player, and not since he became quite popular. Last time, John wasn't even the headline act, and as a result, there weren't as many fans there. It had a very intimate feel to it. He played material from most of his back catalog, including my favourite, "

I've been trying to put together a HTPC for quite a long time now, up until now with little success. Recently, some of my workmates have started working on HTPCs of their own, which has spurred me on to try again. For a change, I succeeded, mostly through the really good MythTV distribution KnoppMyth. It takes out all of the hard work in configuring linux to work properly as a set top box, especially for obscure hardware like the VIA EPIA-M mother boards

Yesterday (Thursday the 24th) was my birthday. We went out for a curry dinner with some mates, which was very nice. It also happened to be the date of my Brother's new band's first performance at the Rosemount Hotel here in Perth. The band is called "Dobson and Fitch". Its a two piece band, with Mark on Guitar and his mate on drums. The guitar gets fed through a laptop to give it all sorts of harmonic distortion, which gives the sound a much broader feel.

Here's the Trail map from Perisher Blue

For the last week, my girlfriend and I, her family, and a bunch of mates have been skiing at Perisher Blue in the Snowy Mountains. Not much photographic evidence I'm afraid, as I was too busy snowboarding, but here is what I did get. Ski Trip 2005

Melissa, her family, a few friends, and myself are all going skiing next week. As a commemorative piece, and to make it feel more like a school outing, we have screen printed t-shirts for the expedition

I have a cyclamen pot plant, which has been through the wars over the years. As a result, it produces the most interesting shaped leaves that I have ever seen.

Melissa, Courtenay and myself went to see the Grates (supported by the Fuzz) at the Amplifier Bar on Thursday. It turned out to be a great gig, mainly based upon the energy of the Grates' lead singer, Patience. She was dancing around the entire gig with a gigantic smile on her face. Her energy rubs off on the crowd, which made it a memorable night. Apologies about the poor quality.

Check out this fantastic lambretta scooter ad, recently featured on Boing Boing

My nephew recently did a bit where he was telling his classmates about Otto von Bizmark. Isn't he cute?

You know you are all grown up when your father starts borrowing your suit to wear to a wedding. He's the one in the darker suit. Still, he doesn't look too bad in it.

It was a family weekend this weekend, with a wedding, an engagement party, and a dinner party for Mothers day. The only photographic evidence I have is of the wedding, so here it is

While half pints of guinness are cute, i know which of the two i'd rather be drinking