While offline over the weekend, I needed to work out the answer to a Star Wars trivia question, so I sent a text message to a friend: “What is the name of the main ewok in ROTJ?”, and received back a one-word message as an answer: “Wicket”. Turns out that my mobile number wasn’t in …
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moved to wordpress
I’ve moved everything across to wordpress: excuse the dust while everything settles.
Last minute study
Last minute study Originally uploaded by cafedave. Not content with an evening of poor sleep, i’m up early for some last-minute revision.
heading to the gold coast
In the tradition of fitting as many kilometres as possible into a single long weekend, kel and I are driving up to the gold coast for the weekend. Back monday night, in time to spend a day at the library in preparation for my Old Testament exam Tuesday night. Update: home now. More details to …
dinner with kathy and ian
dinner with kathy and ian Originally uploaded by cafedave. There are over 150 dishes on the menu, and none have been photographed well enough to do them justice, so here’s the sizzling seafood combination from the Pho noodle house on burwood road. Good food, good company: what more can you ask for on a monday …
View from the physio
View from the physio Originally uploaded by cafedave. There’s something about a 6:20am physio appointment in winter: you arrive when it’s still dark, but leave to cheery, early-morning daylight.
Pho noodle house, burwood
Pho noodle house, burwood Originally uploaded by cafedave. My latest dinner haunt in burwood: a vietnamese restaurant on the main road.
making coffee on the road
making coffee on the road Originally uploaded by cafedave. At a good friend’s 30th, I thought I’d help out with the coffee making by taking the new grinder, and the old faithful coffee machine, and making the odd coffee for people; it was a lot of fun, and I learned a little about the limitations …
Latte art with new grinder
Latte art with new grinder Originally uploaded by cafedave. Here are photos of two bowl lattes and a macchiato. Kel had the tree latte, I had the other two. Thanks to everyone who chipped in towards the birthday present grinder – I’m really enjoying it: I can mke better coffees, and I can make them …
Crema with new grinder
Crema with new grinder Originally uploaded by cafedave. These beans are getting quite old – about a month: for those of you who remember the trip to canberra, it’s the beans we took down then! The new grinder has brought more life to them than I thought possible.