Back Again

My Queensland jaunt is over, and I'm back in Sydney. It rained a ridiculous amount when I was up there, which tended to make our beach and poolside plans a bit of a mess. We fell back on eating, movies, shopping and visiting friends. Visiting was usually combined with more eating, which perhaps explains why my work trousers don't seem to fit very well any more. On pretty much the only sunny day up there, Alicia managed to pry me out of bed and get us along to Sea World, which was great. It's pretty hard to dislike dolphins, sharks and rollercoasters, particularly when immersed in a sugar-fueled pulsating cloud of ecstatic children. When Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street crew came on stage at Sesame Street Beach, I was sure some of the kids were going to explode with joy.

Now that I'm back in big smoke and have put the horrible Jimojo hotel wifi behind me, I can continue my gaming rig research. I've almost made a decision on the CPU, but I'm going to wait until benchmarks for Intel's new 45nm chips hit the net. There's a good rundown of the range on the Tech Report, which includes their prices, which look extremely competitive. Poor AMD.