The new car is probably going to be a VW Golf.

Trying to haggle prices via phone and email isn't easy, but it's the best I can do sitting at home sick.

Obviously some of our visually impared citizens have been given a hard time again about taking their guide dogs into restaurants and other public places. Discrimination in any form makes me angry.

Such issues often get good press coverage because the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commissioner, Graeme Innes, happens to be blind as well.

I've been meaning to try this little cafe in Chippendale for years. Cafe Giulia gets awesome reviews in magazines, books and online. Time to find out what the hype is all about.

That blackboard extends way beyond to the right of frame. So much food and drink to choose from. Shame I only want to try their coffee.

They are bloody slow, but the coffee is worth the wait. Very smooth and a delightful bitterness towards the end.

My mate, Marty, has re-launched his supine.com web site. Best of all, there's an RSS feed dangling off it. Sweet.

It's been fun watching Marty's online presence evolve, from his original Knucklehead and Oi! mini-sites to his The Living End fan site (which was later purchased by the record label!) and various client sites which he developed after teaching himself Linux, PHP, SQL et al.