Dental temptation…
You know you’re having a challenging day, amongst a challenging week, when you’re tempted to say yes to an offer of an earlier dentist appointment when they call you.
Life Membership at New Lambton Eagles Football Club
At New Lambton Eagles’ end of season presentation event yesterday, I was awarded Life Membership.
It’s brilliant to be recognised for the contribution I’ve made to the Club over the last 10 years. I think I’ve held just about every position in the Club, from when Travis was in MiniRoos in 2015 through to Under 15’s PYL now.
In that time I’ve been a Coach, Manager, Registrar, Groundsmen, Uniform Coordinator, Equipment Coordinator, Game Day Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator, Premier Youth League Boys Coordinator, Club Photographer, IT/IS Manager, and Vice President.
Crazy! 🤪
Looking forward, I’d like to keep doing the VP role for another year, along with having greater involvement in the NPL Men’s Program. We’ll see what shakes out at the AGM next month, which sort of times in with the new NPL Men’s squad’s first session.
Go the Eagles! 🦅
📺 Watching: Starting 5
Five NBA superstars' journeys during the 2023-24 season. Their on-court battles, injury struggles, and efforts to balance family life and cementing their legacies.Pretty good documentary series out now on Netflix.
Starting 5 on IMDB
Safe Social Media & Kids
🔗 The Instagram Changes Are Not Enough
I think the solution to keep minors safe on social media requires a combination of social media companies, hardware companies, and parents.
It's easy to point the finger and demand a Government response to the growing issue of online safety for kids on social media, and of course they should play a part in it.
However, as we are the ones that buy our kids mobile devices that access these social media networks, we need to take responsibility and be the ones that are managing how our kids are accessing these ones.
I'm not kidding myself for one second thinking that our kids won't try and find a way around whatever restrictions we apply, but if we're not trying and we're just passing the buck, then what example are we setting for our kids.
🎥 Watched: Leave the World Behind
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.Leave the World Behind on IMDB
Netflix has the worst volume differential between the dialogue and the music in their movies.
If you adjust the volume so the music doesn’t blow your ears out, you can’t hear the dialogue, so you turn it up and some more music plays and it’s loud as fuck!
Ugh I’m so old! 😜
🎥 Watching: Hot Tub Time Machine
Rob Corddry is so funny, absolute classic!
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.Hot Tub Time Machine on IMDB.
🎥 Watching: Sucker Punch
Haven’t watched this movie in a while, came up as a suggestion on Binge so I figured why not.
A young girl institutionalized by her abusive stepfather retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.Sucker Punch on IMDB
🎥 Watching: Deadpool & Wolverine
Great movie, love it!
Deadpool is offered a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by the Time Variance Authority, but instead recruits a variant of Wolverine to save his universe from extinction.
Deadpool & Wolverine on IMDB
📺 Started Watching: SHŌGUN
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.SHŌGEN on IMDB.
⚽️ Arsenal 4 - 2 Leicester
Good win by The Arsenal over Leicester last night, especially with Manchester City drawing with Newcastle!
🎥 Watching: Knocked Up
On the Apatow roll now.
For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.Knocked Up on IMDB
🎥 Watching: Superbad
Absolute classic!
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.Superbad on IMDB
WordPress v WP Engine
WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources
WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open-source web hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.
Well that escalated rapidly!
You'd hate to be a WP Engine customer at the moment, caught in the middle of the drama, not being able to auto-update plugins, wondering whether to move to a different host, or even a different platform!
This will get worse before it gets better, I'm not confident WordPress or WP Engine will make smart decisions here.
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📺 Watched: What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Quite an interesting doco, some divisive subjects and alternate points of view from both sides. Definitely worth watching if you’re interested in near future technologies.
Gates tackles far-reaching topics from artificial intelligence to income inequality with curiosity and an open mind.What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates on IMDB
📺 Watched: Twilight of the Gods
Not a bad take on some familiar stories and characters.
An animated series inspired by Norse Mythology. The Twilight of the Gods refers to events that led to the destruction of Midgard and Asgard, then the death of most of the Æsir and Vanir gods in an ultimate battle against evil, the forces of nature and the Giants.
Twilight of the Gods on IMDB.
Grand Final Photos - Under 16's
Here are some photos of the New Lambton Eagles, Premier Youth League Under 16’s, from their Grand Final match against Mid Coast FC, played at Fearnley Dawes Athletic Park.
You can see more of my football photos here.
Grand Final Photos - Under 15's
Here are some photos of the New Lambton Eagles, Premier Youth League Under 15's, from their Grand Final match against South Cardiff, played at Fearnley Dawes Athletic Park.
You can see more of my football photos here.
Grand Final Photos - Under 14's
Here are some photos of the New Lambton Eagles, Premier Youth League Under 14's, from their Grand Final match against Cooks Hill United, played at Fearnley Dawes Athletic Park.
You can see more of my football photos here.
Green Day in Sydney
Green Day in Sydney for $500 – is dynamic pricing reserving live music for the rich?
Showing my age here, and then some, when I first saw Green Day way back in about 1996 at the Hordern Pavilion I paid about $25 for the ticket!