about:toys

audio/video

Inger & I enjoy spending time watching DVDs, listening to music and watching the occasional video on our entertainment system, which comprises of the following components:

books

We have a large collection of books, and my book database may be available to browse in the future.

Most of my stuff is Science Fiction, with a bit of fantasy from my younger days, as well as a smattering of other genres. Some of my favourite authors include: Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, Steven Baxter, Greg Bear, Greg Benford, K.J Bishop, David Brin, Kim Newman, Alistair Reynolds, Dan Simmons, and Vernor Vinge.

transport

bikes

I ride a Trek Soho 4.0, with a Shimano Alfine 8-speed internal hub gearbox, and disc brakes.

Inger rides a Giant Cypress City.

Brendan rides a Giant Animator 16.

public transport

We're regular users of Melbourne's Metlink public transport system. We are well serviced by trams at our apartment (seven routes past the front door; 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72), and it's a fifteen minute journey to Flinders Street railway station.

I have a Yearly Zone 1/2 Metcard. Inger has a Yearly Zone 1 Metcard.

car

We've been Car Free since September 2005.

We're members of Flexicar Car Sharing.

we've previously had a MY03 Subaru Liberty Heritage wagon, and a more stylish yet less reliable MY99 Audi S3.

computers

Being a computer geek, I've obviously got a fair collection of hardware lying around. Here's an (incomplete) list of stuff that is in use:

music

We have a reasonable large and diverse music collection, including: ambient, blues, pop, rock, soundtracks, trance, and techno. One day I may put my CD database on the web, which makes it easier to work out who borrowed my CD's.

DVDs & videos

We've got a reasonable collection of DVDs, both movies and TV series that we enjoy.

photography

I currently use a Canon Digital IXUS SD750 camera to take my photos. We previously owned a Digital IXUS S100, which served us well for nearly 5 years and over 5500 photos before the screen developed a crack and ceased to function.


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