I was sitting down to a fresh juice when finding out about the movement of this storm via irc.  A quick visit to BOM had me on the phone to home asking if the washing was still on the line while explaining there was a storm on the way.  My partner became the first victim to the hail stones as she was heading back out to grab the last of the washing.  The other victim was a friend who I had run into at the rally. 

The rally I speak of was one of many nocleanfeed rallies that will be happening around Australia until the government works out that A) we know they are lying  about protecting the children and B) the filter can be beaten by a 10 year old with the aid of Google.

By the time the storm hit the city, I was halfway through transacting with one of the organic stores at the Queen Victoria Market.  the shop keeper cancelled my order as they rushed to close up the store, leaving me hungry, cold and about to be wet..  I could have walked away with the food unnoticed…but that’s just not the way I roll.

Once out of the market I had the privilege of witnessing The Elizabeth Lake (formally know as Elizabeth Street).  Notice how the humans think that storm = anarchy.

It’s currently 8.49am and I’m in Wodonga. The night was spent in the van at the Wodonga Caravan & Cabin Park. Meg and the boy slept soundly in the roof tent.

Today I’m aiming for north of Sydney..but who knows where I will end up.

Spent the morning looking up info on free camping in NSW and learnt that all NSW state forest are free to camp in. Interestingly, you can camp at a highway rest spot if it’s in a state forest.

Another cool feature that may or may not have been present in 2007 is changing colour schemes. I have chosen the rather cool black…and just now discovered this feature was in 2007..fail me.

Beta issue number one is that lack of office online support. I don’t seem to be able to connect to the templates online, which really pisses me off L. I have sent a report to the dev team.

with:public

……{with:public} opens up the world to public waves…add a keyword or phase and your away.  Public waves are buggy and slow, but if controlled they can perform well.  The key seems to be keeping your waves free of robots and extensions.

Google Wave is what I was expecting accept for one thing..it is far more social than I thought hit would be.  I have been meeting new people, hooking up with old friends, and trying to hid from others.  Discussions break off into branches, yet these branches are easy to follow even when the wave grows.  Hitting the space bar moves you through the wave via the unread blips  When you reach he end of one way he space bar finds the next wave with an unread blips and takes you there. 

I’m a compete Google Wave fan boy.