New toys

So we are off on our bi-annual overseas holiday. Normally I would take a work laptop, but its a big dell D series and I really can't be arse carting throuout Europe. I am also worried about getting it lost or stollen.

I have an older Dell that I considered taking, but its still a 15" bemoth.

So I thought I'd try something different and went out and bought a 9" Acer EEE. Its rare that I get excited about a piece of technology for more than a little while anymore. This laptop has had me excited for over a week, and I just love it more each time I use it.

Its the size of a sheet of A5 paper and abbout 50mm thick. The keyboards a bit small, but its great for lying in bed blogging (no I'm not right now...)

Ahh, tecnology to improve our lifes - isn't that what it's all about ??

Even the wife loves it. Might need to get another one just for her..

Motivational Ads

Well now the olympics are on we have a new generation of TV ads to deal with - the olympic Motivational Ads, or as I have christened them the Olympi-vational.

You know the type of things - help our athletes by buying milk for $1.29 a litre, or we support the mums who support the kids that are crap at sport so one day they can be the failed people who watch their friends who were good at sport competing in the Olympics on telly.

How do we feel good about ourselves the rest of the year with out these ads?

I might have to go and eat some chinese from Red Rooster (although they are not affiliated with the games or China - it says so in small print in the ad - so I guess they are just cashing in ??)