“Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and all the things you do”
Saw this story earlier this morning and it had me in complete hysterics.
SYDNEY, Australia - A 22-year-old man attempted to drive 310 miles in reverse on a remote Outback highway after his transmission failed, blocking his forward gears, police said Friday. The man was stopped by Western Australia state police on Thursday afternoon after they spotted his car roaring in reverse down the highway at about 40 mph, according to a statement.
I’ve been less then vocal lately on this blog, mainly because of the two brilliant Xbox 360 games in my last post below but also because I’ve been preparing to fly off to Australia on a work business trip to meet some engineers in 24hrs. I’ve been rather nervous about the whole thing really. I’m not a frequent flyer, hell the last time I was on a plane was years ago. Having seen Snakes On A Plane over the weekend hasn’t helped matters either… Mark you muppet, bad choice of film!
I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve had very little time to write up my weekly thoughts let alone anything else. At work I am training other people to do some of my jobs in order to take the pressure off me, which leaves me mentally exhausted towards the end of the day! Right now there is a critical situation where one of our products has started failing horribly - as there’s a multi million dollar contract for this item, sorting out the issues has made it a top priority for me.
Qj.net have a report up detailing one of the largest water balloon events in Australia. The Water Balloon Challenge was held on Coogee Beach, Sydney and celebrated the launch of the Xbox 360 in Oz! It’s stated that 50,000 water balloons were thrown on that day too! Major Nelson, Director of Xbox Live has updated his Flickr site with photo’s from the event.
Those pesky people in Oz finally have access to the lovely 360 which should keep their living room nice and warm for months to come! www.my360.com.au has the full lowdown on the launch which should have been huge given the console’s success in America and Europe…
Aussie gal Kitteh, from deconstruct.me.uk has also obtained one! She also has Elder Scrolls: Oblivion much to my annoyance because I wants it too! My own, my preciooussss! So thats roughly 14 friends of mine who have bought the console…Paul from Surly Pidgeon remains, and lets face it he hardly plays pc games anymore so he’ll convert soon enough! 
