If you don’t like DST – watch this:
A Message for Those Against Daylight Savings

Again, a NSFW reminder. Or if your Mum’s watching.

I was going to add another quote here, but I might offend the sensibilities of some who read this…meh.

Yep. Global economic downturn and all that jazz, and I’m looking for work.

Still it could be worse – there doesn’t seem to be any shortage of IT positions out there and I’m fortunate that I have a reasonably healthy résumé. The biggest disappointment in some respects has been that the two positions I’ve seen that I reckon I’d be perfect for [without considering whether they’d be perfect for me] have both been interstate – one in Melbourne, and one in Brisbane. I’ve considered relocation in times past, but moving away from family and friends just seems a bridge too far after the last few “eventful” years. Ho hum.

I’ll hopefully post further updates as the hunting progresses over the next few weeks. Wish me luck…oh, and if you hear of anything I may be interested in, drop me a line

Currently just hanging out and veg’ing with Adz and Elle [he’s just had major surgery so not up for much], but spending time with friends is always good.

My 2008 wasn’t the flashest year on record, putting it mildly. It had its upsides and positives from time to time – so I can’t say it was a complete waste – but I’m definitely looking forward to 2009, making some major changes [call them resolutions if you will] and generally learning from the “experience” that was 2008.

Best wishes for a great ’09 whoever and wherever you are. Cheers.

As far as the title goes, that may or may not persist. I was going for something that reflected my interest in:

• Systems administration
• Software development
• Australian Rules Football (hence the “footy” for any non-Aussie who may be reading)
• Other, more cerebral pursuits, like mathematics (hence the intersection sign "∩")

And yes, that combination pretty much assures me of my blog being “unique” – I don’t expect too many other people to be interested in all of those topics, so intersection is actually an appropriate operator for the blog name. But – if there’s anyone else out there that is also sitting in that very small part of a rather unique 4-way Venn diagram, let me know…

Hopefully I can also find more time in 2009 and onwards for developing my photography skills – Nick has already mentioned something interesting for early in ’09, so we’ll see how that pans out. I expect that I’ll post the end results of any interesting shots somewhere here – was reading about HDR the other day, and it sounds pretty damn cool from a purely technical perspective. Some people aren’t fond of the results, but I think it’s just another way that DSLRs are “expanding the envelope” of what is possible with digital technology that simply wasn’t practical with film-based media.