The iTurd

Or why I hate my fucking iPhone

Things I like about the iPhone:

Things that make me want to throw my iPhone against a wall everytime I have to use it:

Work

I work as a Systems Administrator and Software Developer for a consulting company.

Travel

I like to travel. I haven't gotten to travel much thus far, but am planning to travel extensively in the coming years.

Places I've visited:

Interests

Forex

I've been interested in Foreign Exchange trading ever since Economics class in Year 11 & 12 highschool as well as University.

Yes, I actually have a real trading account. I am currently shorting the AUD.

Being a programmer my entire life, I am greatly interested in mathematical analysis of historic Forex data as well as writing my own automated (or robot) trader.

I have a database on my Solaris box that is currently many gigabytes in size containing historic tick data of numerous currency pairs. I'm working on writing some algorithms to see how effective they are at automatically trading historic data. Then I will test them on live data in a game account.

Gaming

I was always an avid PC gamer. I never got into console gaming. (My only console I ever purchased was an xbox, and even then it was to run Linux on it.)

Blizard Games

Other Games

World of Warcraft

WoW was my first MMORPG and I quickly turned into an addict. :(

My main was Leela (a cute adorable pink haired female gnome) and Sal (my female white haired nightelf rogue).

I still use Leela as my online persona. For example, I now hang out on nonoba (mostly to chat) and go by Leela.

Why I'm leaving Adelaide

People always ask why I'm wanting to leave Adelaide. Like its some kind of surprise. I think people that live in Adelaide are mostly blind.

Main reasons include:

Personally, I'm just sick of it and can't be bothered caring anymore. Auckland, here I come!

New Zealand Stuff

Random things about New Zealand

FWIW, I am in full support of New Zealand becoming a member of the Commonwealth, but to be honest I don't ever see it happening. A common currency would be very nice too, but I would be sad to see the kiwi disappear. But it would certainly make life easier for us.

Quotes that i love :)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them. Disagree with them. Glorify, or villafy them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
-- Unknown

Space Shuttle Columbia...

These were taken from a space.com forum post many years back.

I really hate loosing that piece of space history that should have had its right place in the Smithsonian or some other museum one day.

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
- William Shedd

This is often quoted, and I think it sums up Columbia. If I can be anthropomorphic for a while, I think she would have taken museum duty and done it well - just as she handled every other mission she was given. Much like you I would have liked to be able to walk up and touch her, and I shed a tear for the fact that I never will. But in a way I am happy with how she went out: she was an aerospace plane. She bridged the gap from air to space, and that's where she left us - she was flying, fighting, doing what she was built to do. And then she was gone in a blaze of glory. A Viking funeral. If I can quote Robert Crippen:

"I'm sure that Columbia, which had traveled millions of miles and made that fiery re-entry 27 times before, struggled mightily in those last moments to bring her crew home safely once again. She wasn't successful."