La Casa De Houmam

Heres a pic of Rhiannon, Alezeia and I at Pauls art show

via News.com.au

It is now nearing midnight on a school night. I am wide awake ingesting the extjs library. I have wanted to play with all the up and coming javascript libraries (mootools, jquery etc.) for quite some time now and today I managed to come up with a way to sneak it into one of the products I support and develop at work. A nice hot cup of tea, The Cure playing in the background and pummeling your way through several example files on how to implement a paging grid using extjs. I ask you, is there anything better than this?

Two posts in one day I hear you scream! Why yes. In my new attempt to keep the site up and running I thought I would let you in on what has been going on in my life as of late.

I finally entered the housing market a year ago as of last month, it took quite some time but the end result has been pretty swell.

I have been to quite a few shows over the past year highlight of which would definitely be Editors

I have just (within the last five minutes) finished Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman which I really enjoyed (no I have not got to the latest from Iain Banks but it is on my list!)

I have not seen alot of movies that I would classify as decent lately

I finally got onto facebook and I now consider it a full time job

More Updates to follow

Well its been another year. I have just got back from a good night out with Manny. We went to what was once the usual place to be for us, Dolce in Milton and we remembered.

Its sad to think that this blog has pretty much turned into what I always hoped it wouldn’t. What I once thought was a great idea has sadly lost its way over the last year or so. For various reasons I just have not felt like I should update at all. When I look at it I am only reminded of what we once had.

I still remember being excited about registering the domain with John and finally having a space online where I can put everything that I get asked for all the time (we were geeks through and through). We had such a common interests that at times it was scary. When we would always argue or discuss various things, we could go on explaining things and filling in each others gaps in their knowledge of a particular subject for hours (and if we didn’t know we found out). The rants and raves were always flying around. I miss that the most.

I think it is time that this gets updated and as of today I have made a promise to myself that it will. It shouldn’t be a place where it gets updated simply to remember the passing of a great friend.

Its time to get this site up and running again, we are back on track!

John

Well Tuesday was High Five A Muslim Day (as shown on the Ronnie Johns Half Hour)

I managed to score myself a sweet shirt from the online store only to find out that I won the competition I entered a few days previously.

So I wound up getting the two available designs for the cost of one (Absolutely awesome, thanks to Dan Illic on the show for the free shirt!)

I have also made it on the official site in the High Five A Muslim Gallery with the alot of familiar looking DBS staff and of course Spanky made an appearance as well…oooh that monkey gets about alright

It looks like Saddam isn’t having a good time during his trail (link).

I have to admit I would hate not having clean underwear too.

My heart bleeds….honest.

Its funny how a single drawing can bring up so much emotion. (Click image for larger version)

For those who cant read Arabic the text reads :

Do not cry our bride
Do not cry Amman

Well the new blog is up and running, the new Gallery is up and running, things are looking good!

So now its time to start with the regular updates.

The number one thing I’ve been asked is “So, what have you been up to lately?”

I thought I would rip out a chunk of my calendar (good old iCal saves the day) and here it is!

• The Hotel (6 August 2005) - I was very disappointed by this movie unfortunately. I was expecting so much more but got nothing.
• The Bravery (13 August 2005) - What better way to celebrate my birthday than checking out the band responsible for one of my fave albums of the year with my little sis.
• Carmels Wedding (20 August 2005) - Fantastic, the celebration of the coming together of two beautiful people.
• Tamblane (3 September 2005) - Not too bad, not too bad at all. First time at The Rev and a good show to experience it with.
• Fantomas (10 September 2005) - Third time I have seen them live and they were better than ever, one of the most solid bands I have ever seen perform.
• Hot Hot Heat (16 September 2005) - Great show, Great Company.
• Company Boat Trip (23 September 2005) - Its always great when the company comes together for a social event, went on to the wee hours of the night.
• Maximo Park (29 September 2005) - Couldn’t wait to see these boys from NewCastle and I’m glad I got in early and got tickets! Louder and faster live than they are on the albums.
• Men Who Stare At Goats (1 October 2005) - A discussion/talk back with Jon Ronson and John Safran, the two of them were scarily alike in their backgrounds, looks and mannerisms.
• Howls Moving Castle (2 October 2005) - Very different to what I was expecting but I still enjoyed it alot.

(*phew*)

So as you can see its been busy busy busy!!!

A few things left to go and I am seriously considering going to the Big Day Out next year (very good line up heading our way)

Well thats that for now, until next time…toodles.