ASTEROIDS

Galaga has been replaced by Asteroids.
BSR you can even sign you high score, though the top 10 will take some skill to achieve.

Game On...............

KIWIS WORLD CHAMPS

Well done Kiwis you deserve the win, it is the first time a team other than Australia has won a World Cup since England in 1972. The last time a Kiwi side beat Australia to a trophy in league was against a Wayne Bennett coached Tri nations Side. Bennett lost his job and Ricky Stuart took over taking pot shots at Wayne regarding not facing up to media and the culture that developed in the Australian team.

Since then the media has hailed Ricky Stuart as Australia's greatest coach because he has the highest winning percentage of all national coaches even though he has only coached 16 games. Some sections of the media have even suggested he keeps the job for life.

Well Ricky I have not seen one interview from you promoting the game in this World Cup and now you are the first Australian coach to lose a World Cup in 36 years.

BRING BACK WAYNE!!!!!!!

Once again NZ as much as I hate to lose against you mob your win will do wonders for the game, and guarantee the World Cup will be played in four more years.

Congratulations now give us back Wayne, you can have Ricky.

Oh almost forgot Sonny Bill Williams you may as well stay in France who gives F$%k about you. The Doggies don't need you and the Kiwis certainly don't need you. To think you reckon the game can't survive without you, well we are all doing fine down under without you.

Finally commiserations to Bear. Mungus was listening to the TV coverage with me through skype but left with Australia leading 10 nil, I was joking with him that Langer had bought an esky on the field and the Aussies had started celebrating, how wrong I was.

Throat daggers, strawberries and cream

Just woke up with the mightiest of hangovers. The pain in my head is that bad that even the illegally held "inmates" in Guantanamo would feel sorry for me! It feels a bit like I chewed the head off a bat Ozzy style but I am that bat if you can picture that. Wow, bit of Dr Seuss going on there... 

Dave Grohl sums up my state perfectly when he warbles:

It's times like these you learn to live again

It's times like these you live and live again 

It's times like these you learn to love again

It' times like these time and time again

Yeh Dave......yeahhhh.... 

A SCHEMER SMILE WEBSITE

Hi fixers been busy trying to build a personal website and it has been a real challenge.

The hardest part was uploading it to a host site other than Apple's Mobile Me service which cost $150 a year. I have basically sat at my computer for 8 hours a bottle of Jim Bean and a long neck trying to get the sucker uploaded.

It is finally up but nowhere need completed some fonts and colours are not displaying correctly and some content is missing so I will work on getting rid of the bugs.

Anyway check it out. Currently you can't add comments to the blog section but I will work on it.

I haven't paid for my own domain name so the URL links are quite lengthy. I will rectify that sitaution once I master the layout of the site.

To visite a scheMer sMile click here or on the title of this post.

GAME ON

From 17th November till 15th February the State Library of Queensland will be hosting Game On. A history of video games which has thrilled over a million visitors worldwide.

With more than 100 playable games, including some rarely seen consoles, a host of films based on video games and workshops for game developers this is a must for any of you who use to raid your money box to drop 20c pieces in games such as Mario Brothers, Galaga, Asteroids, Frogger and Pac Man.

Films showing include Tron, eXistenZ and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.


To commemorate this landmark event I have added Galaga to the bottom of the page.
Press the space bar to start the game and to fire bullets. A word of warning this is more difficult than the original.

At Cottenham Street Bear taught me a lesson in playing Pac Man, (the man is a freak) so I am looking forward to hearing how he goes.

Enjoy......

Here's to silent simon!

With critical Sunday rapidly approaching I thought it would be fitting to offer a toast to those whom we mingle amongst that add so much value to our lives yet never attract the accolades. You know who I'm talking about, the quiet achievers of this world, those that are responsible not for making/generating the major advancements or revelations in life but contribute more valuably by making all the small steps in between. I'm talking about the average joe's; the person who fills the photocopier with A4 so that you never have to work out which tray the darn paper feeds from; those who push the bell just before your bustop ensuring that you don't have to worry about lifting a finger; and those who keep rotating the kegs in the cool room of our local pub so that we can enjoy our non-stop lager/ale fix. We never get to see them, but we appreciate their work. So join me in raising a glass and thanking all the silent Simon's out there. They are really what makes this world go around!!

Parking Warden = IQ of 2

Bear has started a group on facebook Parking Warden = IQ of 2 which I believe has the makings of of being one of the most popular groups on facebook. So if this interest you then join and spread the word.

GMAIL VIDEO CHAT

The world best free email has now introduced video chat, so if you don't have skype (also free) you can now video chat via gmail.

Absolutely Fabulous

Mum and Mary had a full page write up in the Courier Mail on their shops today if anyone is interested.
Page 33.

Go Kumuls

The World cup just roared to life with a cracking match between NZ and England. England dominated early proceedings and held a commanding lead only for NZ to perform a remarkable comeback to smash England 36-24.

This result is important for two reasons, firstly NZ will be brimming with confidence and will now fancy their chances against Australia and there is nothing better than beating a confident Kiwi outfit.

Secondly if my country of birth PNG can perform the impossible and beat Australia it will send England tumbling out of the tournament without even reaching the finals.

Go Kumuls!

Join The Road Trip Revolution

Just got of skype with Denno and and NYE is set in motion. After much searching Denno has found a campsite silly enough to accept our convoy of wicked campers. The campsite is at Darlington Beach.





From the South
Approximately 5 minutes North of Woolgoolga, turn right into Arrawarra Beach Road, drive 150 metres, and then turn left at the Darlington Beach sign. Continue for 1.4km to the park entrance.


From the North
Approximately 55km from Grafton, turn left into Arrawarra Beach Road then continue as above.

Sydney to Coffs Harbour is approximately a 6hr drive or 550kms. Brisbane to Coffs Harbour is approximately a 5hr drive or 427kms.

GPS Co-ordinates: Longitude: 153.187314, Latitude: -30.046835

The park has three styles the ensuite site the powered site and the unpowered site we have the unpowered site.

The unpowered site is amongst 10 acres of sub tropical bushland or on the bank of an inland lagoon – it’s your choice! All camping areas are adjacent to amenities buildings and close to the camp kitchen.

The costs are $55/van covering two people with a min seven nights. (28th dec - 4th Jan)

We are thinking of setting up in the tropical bushland as the lagoon will probably be filled with to many family's though we have access to all facilities.

This is not yet set in stone but it looks like the vans will cost nothing as long as we produce a promo video of the road trip which will be used by Wicked Campers to promote their business.

The movie will be entitled Join The Road Trip Revolution Video.

Anyone interested in a road Trip of a lifetime let Denno or myself know we have a reference number for the booking as you will need to book the site yourself. Deposits are one nights accomodation.

More details to come........

Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko

Is this the hottest world leader you have seen? Yulia is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Online Photo Editors

Want to be able to edit photos online without having to buy software programs. Here is a list of the top 10 online photo editors currently on the net.

FIND 100 MOVIES

Remember the Virgin band competition the Salmeister posted a few years back, here is another, this time the picture contains 100 movies. Toy Story and Napoleon Dynamite are two that initially stand out.

Global Gathering

Just a reminder Global Gathering is fast approaching and if anyone is keen I still have some tickets for sale at $95.00.

Brisbane line up includes

Kraftwerk
Mark Ronson
Fischerspooner (DJ Set)
Sasha
Above & Beyond
Felix Da Housecat
LA Riots
The Orb
Larry Tee

Go to Brisbane Global Gathering for full details

COL & ISA

Col and Isa are heading back home which will make all fixers very happy.
you check out their latest blog at Colisa Course

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS

Mum and Mary have opened a second Absolutely Fabulous store at Woolloongabba (39 Logan Rd) the other at New Farm. (766 Brunswick St). Here are some pics of the new store.

WEEKLY FIX COMMENTS

I have had a request to allow bloggers to comment anomalously again as some people could not be bothered to log in to comment. I guess I understand, sort of, well not really, but anyway anonymous comments are now permitted though each comment will be moderated so expect delays before comments appear on The Weekly Fix.

This will also make my job of deleting spam much easier.

SIDE BAR DILEMMA

Something that annoys about this site is how on a mac the site displays as it is intended with the right sidebar starting at the top of the page yet on a PC the right sidebar seems to be pushed down the page making it seem out of position.

I have changed some of the HTML code to try and get the side bar at the top of the page as it is intended to look. So those poor souls out there who use a PC can you please let me know if the changes have worked.

It would be great if everyone's view of The Weekly Fix was the same.

Melbourne Cup Tips

My bets for the Melbourns Cup

TO WIN: Mad Rush
TRIFECTA: Mad Rush; Ice Chariot; Profound Beauty.

Good luck everyone with your bets.

MOVEMBER 08

A little late but it is Movember which means everywhere you look mens eye brows are moving south for a drink all in the name of prostate cancer and depression.

GOOD LUCK OBAMA

The final day of campaigning takes place in America and Obama seems untouchable. The question remains will white America really vote a black man for presidency. When polled, saying you would vote for Obama and actually voting for him in the privacy of the ballot box seems to be Obama's only hurdle.

The shorthand phrase used to describe this is "the Bradley effect", after the failure of black candidate Tom Bradley to win the California governorship in 1984, even though late polls showed him ahead by seven points.

In 1989, another black politician, Douglas Wilder, won the Virginia governorship by just 0.4 per cent when polls had shown him leading by double digits.

First polls should close around 11.00 am Brisbane time and we may even know the result by 2.00 this arvo.

Good luck Barack.


Just found this article

Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the SF Zoo adjacent facility to the 'George W Bush Sewage Plant

PICKING A WINNER IS ALL IN THE NAME

I have only ever picked two winners in the Melbourne Cup Brew (2000) and Vintage Crop (1993) and those were based solely on names that meant something to me and this year there is a horse called Mad Rush that also depicts my life, so if you are undecided for the Melbourne Cup jump on board you won't regret it.

Good Luck

Social networking: under the microscope

Walking through the Mall last week with a friend an incident occurred that got me thinking about what really beats at the heart of the social networking phenomenon. We were taking in the sights and soaking up the buzz of the swarms of people who descend on the Mall each and every day when my friend stopped abruptly and said, "quick, don't move!" - which I thought was slightly oxymoronic but I did as she asked. She manoeuvred herself such that I realised  she was using me to shield her from the gaze of one of the passers-by. I said, "what's up - who are we hiding from?" to which she replied, "there's an old friend of mine, I don't want her to see me...". This in itself made me wonder why she wouldn't want to see her friend but then she followed by saying, "she always tries to chat with me on facebook but I always ignore her..." and here comes the cruncher, "....because I don't really like her!!". As we chatted it became evident that my friend never really liked this girl at all.  When I questioned her why she accepted this person onto her friend list she came up with a mountain of reasons. Everything from, "well I couldn't hurt her feelings," to , "she might bad mouth me to the rest of our circle of 'friends'....." to "why not - I don't have to see her". 

Now I know myself that I have friends on f'book who really have only made it there to boost the total number of friends I can 'show-off' to everyone ("oh my God!! You are soooo popular!!!") and if we were really honest with ourselves there'd be more that could identify with that than not. So, I did a bit of research into the validity of social networking and what might be behind the fact that we continue to 'socialise' in cyberspace with those who we could not be bothered speaking to in the real world. Being a relatively new area, the research is by no means deep or robust, but some reasons have been offered that really do make sense. Here are a few: 

1) We feel better about ourselves when we log on and see how total number has grown ("only 2 more friends and I'll hit 100!! YAY!!)

2) The more friends we have the more we appear as a person who is nice, easy to get along with and even socially adept  ("can you believe Marto has 3oo friends??!! Wow, I have got catch up with him....")

3) Perceived success has been positively correlated with the number of ''friends' you have ("geez - johnno must be really kickin it in life - look how many friends he has!!")

All pretty good reasons I reckon to accept the friend request from that kid at primary school who you haven't seen in over 20 years and who used to always chew up his bus ticket and flick it at you making all the other kids laugh and giggle at your expense. I say hit 'accept' cause in the end you'll appear cooler, nicer, more successful and it might be the only way you can finally get some payback for all that torment. Just don't bother stopping and talking to him if you see him walking in the streets....

What are your thoughts on social networking....

MELBOURNE CUP FIELD/ODDS

Here is the field for the 2008 Melbourne Cup.
Post your tips and predictions.
Good Luck

WHAT IS UP WITH AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COVERAGE

Last nights Bledisloe match between Aus & NZ was a major disappointment, and I am not referring to the result but the coverage itself. The commentary was a second ahead of the images. It is quite annoying when the ball is kicked in the air and you are told what the catcher of the ball does before he actually catches the ball.

At least we got to see the match, in the rugby league world cup you are lucky if you even get to see a match. I had planned on watching Fiji vs France with Dirty Pierre when I realized not one station including Fox Sports would be showing the match.

Even when there is a match on TV it is delayed for pathetic shows like 60 Minutes which over the years has turned into a glorified A Current Affair.

FEAR 09/10

Seems the majority of fixers would like to see FEAR for 09/10, with 72% voting to resurrect FEAR.

A couple of years ago Dennis & Beck left Australia for the UK to head up Wicked Campers which has been a huge success for them. They are returning for a holiday and we going on a road trip this New Years. Convoys will be heading from Sydney and Vegas meeting at a National Park just outside Coffs.

More details to follow.......