Australia Day for me is about lazing around outside, eating and having a beer. This year instead of the standard barbie I and the SuperMac crew decided to go sailing.
We set out at 9 AM from Townsville Marina and headed off to Magnetic Island. There was not too much wind so we motored some of the way with the main sail up to add to our speed. The weather was beautiful - absolutely stunning. Cruising our way around to the other side of the island we held our course and lazed on the deck.
We lowered anchor in Radical Bay, put our stinger suits on and went for a snorkel. After a nice swim we opened the eski, pulled out some lamingtons and basked in the sun. On crackers we had some Tasmania Heritage Double Brie and blue cheese. To wash it all down I had a beer - Low Carb Pure Blondes. 
We were anchored in Radical Bay a secluded beach on the far side of Magnetic Island, tropical Queensland Australia. Nibbles and beers were plentiful and the Australian National Flag hoisted at the bow.
Did you know?
“The tradition of noticing 26 January began early in the nineteenth century with Sydney almanacs referring to First Landing Day or Foundation Day. That was the day in 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain and the first governor of New South Wales, arrived at Sydney Cove. The raising of the Union Jack there symbolised British occupation of the eastern half of the continent”
History of Australia Day - Beginnings, Australian Government Australia Day Website
Comment below and let us know how you celebrated Australia Day! Cheers
uVme is an over hyped gaming network where players enter tournaments to win money. The prelaunch phase had plenty of hype and little substance. I could not even test the games that I would pay money to play. Upon signing up for more information I was both sceptical and excited.
I am not a fan of subscribing to Internet money making schemes and prefer to ‘invest’ my money into more traditional vehicles such as real estate or property. I like to review data about the investment from non-biased sources. I like to look at its history and see if any one else in the investment world has got burned. So I stayed cool, waited for the uVme launch date before jumping into anything.
Why was I sceptical? Read the rest of this entry »
The Tour Down Under has been won by Andre Griepel taking the honours and his fourth stage win. Overall the German Greipel won the tour with Allan Davis trialing by 15 seconds Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil trialing by 33 seconds.
Australians that have won the Tour Down Under
In 2006 Simon Gerrans took the jersey for Ag2r, 2004 Patrick Jonker won for team UniSA and 2002 Michael Rogers was victorious for the AIS. Let’s not forget about the amazing Stuart O’Grady winning twice in ‘01 and ‘99 for Credit Agricole. Read the rest of this entry »
“Your topics are random - you need a niche!”
These are comments from friends I have received and I want to explain what it is I am doing at johnnymestizo.com For this I refer to the article by Darren Rowse at Problogger, One Blog Many Categories or Many Blogs.
Darren: One of the common ways that many bloggers start out in their entrepreneurial blogging is through a personal and very general blog that covers many topics of interest. It makes sense in many ways - it’s simpler to have it all in one place, to manage one set of statistics, one design, one set of readers etc. Read the rest of this entry »
19th Jan 2007 (during second game):
There is bitter rivalry in the house as we sit on the lounge watching the 3rd round of the men’s singles of the Australian Open at the Rod Laver Arena.
Lleyton Hewitt Vs. Marcos Baghdatis
It is two games all and the house is going for Marcos. I say, “C’mon Lleyton!
Well I’m putting this request for Leyton to triumph out to the blogosphere Gods! Good luck Lleyton!!! Read the rest of this entry »
I love Australia and Australia loves the Internet. There are 15.3 million Australian Internet users (72.9% of the population) according to internetworldstats.com (Updated 30-Sep-07) From these netizens Blogpond has derived the Top 100 Australian Blogs Index and I have derived the Top 4. Why four? Because I love lifehack.org!
 |
|
|
Founder
RSS Readers
Contributing Authors
Location |
Leon Ho
63660
13
Brisbane |
Daily digest and pointers on productivity, getting things done and lifehacks
Want to be successful? Lifehack.org provides the motivation to be productive. Without fail regular tips and tricks are featured in a fun easy going . Recent posts include Tips and Tricks for Distraction-Free Writing, Save Your Sanity: Have a Communications Blackout Day and How to Write a Personal Mission Statement to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever. From Hong Kong to Washington, Wall Street to Time Mag, Lifehack.org has been recognised as putting the positive spin on hacking your life into productive shape. Featured areas of life to hack are Productivity, Communication, Lifestyle, Money, Technology and Management. Read the rest of this entry »
Small post to update you all.
Scoopt Words is a process based on Scoopt (for use with photos) where they take your worthy blog content and pubish it in the mainstream media. When published the original bloggers gets a cut of commission. See the full lowdown on Scoopt Words over at PlagiarismToday by Jonathon Bailey.
I was try to decide which is better - BlogBurst or Scoopt Words?
I found that the Scoopt (photos) site has no links available to any of the links provided by other bloggers. To which I sent the short email and reply from Kyle Macrae found Scoopt Words died in 2007!
Email from Johnny Mestizo (15-Jan-08):
I have been searching for the Scoopt Words site for 30 minutes.
I can only find comments regarding this on the net from 2006!
Does Scoopt Words still exist?
Reply from Kyle Macrae (18-Jan-08):
No, afraid not - we killed it last year
As I depart by car from my beloved Adelaide I journey up my old favourite cycling challenge. For the past five visits to Adelaide I’ve conquered Mount Lofty. Located at the end of the Mount Lofty Ranges it towers above Adelaide at 710 metres.
On most occasions when I get to visit my hometown Adelaide for holiday leave I try to always bring my bicycle - the amazing 2005 Learsport 7700. I am an avid cycling enthusiast and not a professional. I enjoy the fitness, the views and the challenges of ‘getting up that hill’ and ‘going the distance’. Hopping on the bike and doing the kilometres is what I should be doing. However due to circumstances out of my control (insert excuses here) I could not bring down the bike for this visit.
Read the rest of this entry »
Today I test drove the 2006 BMW 320i. I liked the look of it sitting there in the BMW dealership and never had the BMW experience. There is a benefit to being 25 years old. You’re at the age to be trusted by BMW dealers to test drive their vehicles. Of course I had to sign for insurance before I could get it out of the car yard. Read the rest of this entry »
It seems our beloved Adelaide Citilan is illegal under EU law with the Dublin City Council rejecting plans for blanket wireless coverage of the Irish city in early January 2008.
The Citilan enjoyed in Adelaide’s CBD categorised as a municipal Wi-Fi. It is a joint venture from Adelaide City Council, m.net, AirNet and Internode. It provides wireless Internet to mobile PC users throughout the the main areas of the city. Read more: How to use free WiFi Internet on Rundle Mall
A similar venture has been abandoned by Dublin City Council as it would be illegal under European Union state aid laws. Claims have also been made by the British Labour government that the Dublin City Council has been pressured by existing commercial operators to discard of the project. Read more: Dublin’s free Wi-Fi falls foul of competition law
It seems municipal WiFi (mass wireless networks provided by the state) is a failed business model and impossible to maintain without government costs spiralling out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
