So I post “Hello?”, and then manage to dodge turning up here myself for at least a couple of days. Hmmmmm. Truth be told, I’m afraid of jinxing thing. I’m not usually superstitious or anything, but occasionally I make a connection and am terrified of tripping over the issue again. So I’ve avoided talking as much as I can about this new place I’ve got my hand up for. All things being equal I should be able to get it this time, but I put no store by it until I’m actually unpacking in there. ...

Saw this on Friday, but wasn’t sure if it was new - Google Maps has just added a feature I’ve always wanted - the ability to drag and drop in waypoints, diverting the route. This rocks with a capital R. See demo vid here. Can you say “Road Trip Mapping”? =D

Place your bets! Which one is Sydney (Winter) and which one is London (Summer)? No wonder the English conquered a quarter of the world. They were just looking for a decent bit of sun. What kind of punishment did they think it really was to send people out to Australia? Ok yeah if I put Melbourne in there you’d be able to split the two a lot easier, but it still applies. Goddamn. ...

It’s approaching the end of the day, Friday. I’m getting ready to go to Option C to sign a contract or whatever - basically to finalise on the call I made the day before to say “yes.” When, ring ring… Me: “Hello, Karan here.” Caller: “Ah, hello Karan, this is Anna, from the…?” Oh, it’s the Polish woman from the house. Checking to see when I’m coming I guess. Me: “Oh hi Anna! How are you? I’m just about to head out now.” ...

I know, I know, the iPhone is all over the web this week. But here’s something to bust the bubble - interesting to consider that Apple missed these oh-so-common features when doing user-eval (I can only imagine they did - surely Jobs wasn’t the only evaluator, right?). Indeed, it seems like the iPhone was going to be the ever-hyped Video Touchscreen iPod (6G) with Phone, rather than primarily a phone. Ed: updated for 2008/iPhone 3G. ...