Flagstaff

Waiting for the train to take me home...

Code

This is the sort of thing I look at on the screen all day:


And yes, it all makes sense to me :-)

Desk

My desk at work:


I've never been a clean-desk kind of guy, but I don't let it get too out of hand.

Pub

The truly local pub (The Royal Rose) that's just around the corner:


We don't go much, as the food isn't all that. They do have a microscopic bottle shop attached with a good selection though. They have trivia once a month that we've been trying to attend as well.

Pong

This is the ping pong table at work, where all the magic happens.


My coworker Yoram and I have gotten really good. We've pretty much outgrown the tight space, but we still have good matches almost daily.

Dexter's

This is our local chill-out bar, Dexter's. Out back:


Out front:

Tram

Morning tram self-portrait, thanks to a well-placed mirror!

Japanese

Dinner tonight at Yu'u with our friends Steve and Trisha.























Missing three other courses too, including their amazing sashimi. I am full to the GILLS.

This is the Thai food place where I get about half my lunches these days.





Good, cheap, fast, and always packed if you don't get there early enough.

Cafe

A little cafe in our neighborhood that went unnoticed down a side street for over a year until I stumbled across it yesterday.








We ate there this morning. Melbourne is full of hidden gems like this!

Possums

I was going to caption this picture with something about how possums are never really out in the light of day - it's just the idea of them that gets Laika excited:


But then two trees down we spotted a momma and her babies:

Austrian

Dinner at Mutti's Austrian just now. Me: goulash mit spatzle. Marjorie: pork belly.





Marjorie's comment: "It's a good thing Laika doesn't taste this good."

Bay view

The view out a different office window. In the background is the bay that we used to live four blocks from.






Weird -- the sky looks all blue for some reason!

Dreary

My street. We're sick of this weather! It's been a particularly grey spring.






I call the trees "broccoli trees" for obvious reasons.

Lunch

The daily post-lunch gaming session, with Guitar Hero and MAME box.




Featuring Tom, Simon, Dan, Owen, John, Mark P, and Sean.

Elvis

Saw Elvis Costello perform solo tonight. Great show. He had to work hard to win over a crowd of sober forty- and fifty-somethings and he succeeded.




This was the playbill out front:

Clifton Hill Station

Waiting for the train, Clifton Hill, like every morning...




It's ten minutes to the city if I catch the express; otherwise, fifteen. Then ten minutes of walking or tramming. Sometimes I think the ride isn't long enough!

Merri Creek Video

A bonus today: here's a quick video from our walk the other day.

Webmasters

The other night I met the guy who took over the Elvis Costello web page from me lo those many years ago.




John is a really nice guy, and it's nice to put a face on the name. We're going to see him again on Tuesday night for Elvis's second show in town.

Fairfield Boathouse

Took a walk down to the Fairfield Boathouse on the Yarra today.



They rent canoes and kayaks here, and it's a short paddle down to see the bats. We were actually looking out for the black cockatoos we'd seen a few times here but no sightings today.