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wow, just wow.

so it seems that my little blog and my simple actions blogging about poverty didn't go unnoticed.  that's right, the lovely people from over at World Vision's Learn about Poverty blog action day thought that my post was quite good.

good enough to be the winner of the competition!!!!  which has made me pretty much the happiest man on the planet.. almost as happy as Obama will be in November.. right??!?  right??!?

shameless politics aside, its time to get excited about the prize.

first will be the chance to get my mischievous little hands on the micro$oft surface machine, a pretty neat touch sensitive table thingy that no doubt the amnesia kids have hacked to do strange and amazing things.  meeting the guys from amnesia / razorfish will be a privilege in itself actually.. they're the guys behind the technology that made the learn about poverty blog action day happen.  so that'll be pretty neat meeting them.

then its off to speak with the yahoo!7 guys about Search Engine Optimisation or SEO for short.. which i know will be uber interesting from a nerd point of view, because i have an idea of what search engines want in my mind.. but the reality is bound to be quite different.  so i'm hoping to learn some new tricks i'll share with you all.

finally, to cap off an amazing day (if my brain hasn't exploded yet) i'm going to be taken around Google's Sydney office.. the googleplex of the southern hemisphere. here my one aim will be to 'go to the bathroom' and accidentally get "lost".. never to return again. so if you don't read any more posts for a while, my mission was a success, so please don't go asking around for me.. i'll be happily segwaying my way around from concept meeting to concept meeting, trying to convince the google kids to take their wonderful software tech and implant it into environmentally giggly real life hardware like bus shelters, post boxes, lamp posts & electrical boxes, so all those grey mundane things can educate us about just how fun sustainability can be.  or something.

hmmm.. may have got a little lost in the last paragraph there.. guess that's the consequence of trying to write a blog half an hour before the bust to the airport leaves while my brain is feverishly trying to come to terms with the fact it will soon be playing with much bigger and harder throbbing brains.

anyway, back to the point simon, to the point.

if you want updates on my little adventures, point your mouse to any of the following.  I'll try and get as many useful updates on each when and where possible:

http://twitter.com/sighmon (little 160 character updates)

http://qik.com/sighmon (live video stream if they let me use their wifi)

http://vimeo.com/sighmon (videos up here later if they don't)

so, take care of little adelaide while i'm gone, and see you back here soon.

s.
http://sighmon.com

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why i love adelaide and goodbye for the weekend_

adelaide is being quite lovely this year.
don't get me wrong, it kicked ass last year too.
but i'm pretty sure that it really has outdone itself.  pretty sure.

last weekend was almost definitely my best birthday ever.  (even better than my 21st when i turned up in full makeup and wearing a fishnet top)  why?  my friends.
my friends are fantastic.  particularly my new friends, but also ye ol faithful, that stick by my side no matter what controversy and no good i get up to.

so what happens when the mid-week comedown strikes after a weekend of bliss?

gnarls barkley happens!
(oh, and "the rapture")

yes, that's right, i swallowed my anti-commercial pride and went along to see the king of funk-pop-soul himself.. and let me tell you, he rocks harder than anyone i've seen rock before.

they had me from the second the lights went up when they jogged onto the stage.. dressed in old 80's tennis porn, the big black boy brought his orchestra (including super-uber-hot electric cello playing princess), back up singers, and whole host of musicians and beat makers.  it was freeking nuts.  add to this the slightly drunken state that i found myself in after trying one of those new black smurnoff double thingies with doody, and i was quite literally smiling from ear to ear.

somewhere between break dancing and stalker stare drool i realised, i really like gnarls.

so you think my week has highlighted already?  think again my fine feathered friend.. for tomorrow i fly into sydney to meet my lovely darling sister.. and then.. AND THEN!!!!!  we hire off-road motorbikes and tour through the dirt tracks of the blue mountains!!!  we'll explore the hidden caves along the way, splash in mud, drink fine wine, eat chocolate and generally catch up and reflect on the tough year she's endured and the fun times ahead.

i can't wait.

hope you have a great easter too!

hugs, simon. x

ps_ my basketball team "carefactor" had a surprise upset win over "the spurs" last tuesday, so if you're in adelaide and looking for something to do next tuesday the 10th of April, then swing on over to Unley High School Sports for All basketball stadium and cheers us on!  game starts at 8pm, and there's a prize for best dressed supporter!  :)

pss_ if you're really bored, maybe you'd like to vote for some of my pics over at: http://jpgmag.com/people/sighmon

psss_ oh, and you must, MUST go and visit my lovely friend pippa's latest blog entry.  it's a bit serious, and very important if you're young and live in adelaide.  go read.  now.

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