Spend up!

I ordered our new vacuum cleaner today. It's a Dyson DC11, and the best part about it is the price. I am able to buy it for $400 less than the RRP of $999, this is because dyson give a 40% discount to salespeople who sell their product. I guess it is designed so that salespeople get to use the product and recommend it to customers. I think it's a great deal.

It's here!

My new notebook is finally here! I love it. It's slightly smaller than I imagined, but I like that even more. It is reasonably light, has a nice bright wide screen. The keyboard is nice to type on, and the mouse that it came with as a bonus is a wireless one. It also came with a stylish carry bag, the perfect fit for the notebook. I am very impressed by the finish and quality of this Asus notebook, even down to the cardboard box that it came in. If you can't already tell, I am using it now to type this entry. I can't wait until lunch when I can take it home and get it on the wireless network.

Comment Spam

I just had my first comment spam on this blogger/blogspot blog. 2 words: Bugger off! I know that comment spam is around and I have come across it with Wordpress (and beaten it), but this is my first encounter with it on this particular blog. It is sad that we live in an online world where people aren't just content to have information about their products on their own site and either advertise in a conventional manner or just let me find the info myself.

New Notebook

I just ordered myself a new notebook, my first plunge into mobile computing. I know, you're thinking a geek like me would have had heaps of notebooks before but alas, no. I have used Stacey's notebook when she hasn't had a need for it, and I tried to resurect Grandpa's old Toshiba but it was too far gone to be of much use. So now I have decided on an Asus W3020A (pictured) which I think will suit me well. It has a big enough hard drive (40GB) as most of my big files will stay on my main desktop machine. It also comes with 512MB of RAM which is a must, anything else would just make the machine feel slow. Built in wireless networking is also another must, and one of the main reasons I want a notebook. It is slim and light, weighing in at about 2kg and also includes a dual layer/dual format DVD super drive for all your burning pleasure. The really good thing about it though is how I am able to pay for it. I am able to get it through work, so I can put it on my account and pay it off gradually without incurring any interest or account fees. Now comes the hard part of waiting for it to be delivered to work. Hopefully it should be in Friday or Saturday, but I expect that it will probably be Monday or Tuesday next week. It's like Christmas 4 months early, I can't wait!

What a drag

Friday afternoon is really dragging here. We have been reasonably busy, yet the time is still going slow. I hope it is better where you are. PS. Go the Eagles!

Game On

I was both disappointed and excited by England's win in the second test match at Edgebaston last night. Obviously disappointed by the narrow loss that the Aussies shouldn't have even had a chance of winning, but excited by the prospect of not knowing how the series will end up. It is the first time in a long time that we have not 100% expected Australia to win. There is a chance that we will be beaten, and that is enticing. The amount of interest generated by last night's close finish is amazing. The ladies at work were not only talking about the result, but they were actually watching it happen. People who would normally not pay 2 seconds interest in a game of cricket, let alone a test match, sitting on the edge of their seats anticipating what was to come. I think in a way it is good that the Aussies lost. This kind of interest would not have been so pronounced if we had won again. People were almost expecting it, now it has been shown that we can lose. I can't wait until Thursday.

People still amaze me

The number of customers who came into the store drunk today was amazing. One guy even needed me to put the credit into his mobile phone because he couldn't read the numbers on his card. One of the ladies I work with noticed the stench from the other side of the counter. What can be so bad about a sunny winter Monday morning that you have to go out and get utterly trashed by 1pm? Doesn't it make them feel worse as the alcohol is wearing off? And what a waste of money! Once again another reason why the name of this blog is One Percent...

Unsure

I am unsure about this job I went for now. After the interview I was pretty pleased, it seemed to go really well, but today I am not feeling very confident at all. I logged into the website that tracks the application today out of curiosity to see what it would say. Bad move. It now says:

Application Status: Unsuccessful

Bummer. Here's hoping it's a bug in the system or something, but my hopes aren't high. I guess I can only wait for the official word now.