Monthly Archives: August 2007

Benjamin James Lattimore

Family, Life, Photos

Benjamin James Lattimore, born 16 April 2007 and weighing 7 pound 8 ounces.April 16th this year marked the arrival of Benjamin James Lattimore, the first child and son of Andrew and Belinda. Benjamin was born at 8.04AM and weighed in at a healthy 7 pound and 8 ounces. A little while after his birth, Andrew and Belinda asked if Claire and I would like to Benjamin’s God Parents; which we were very excited to accept.

Today Andrew and Belinda held a naming day for Benjamin at their house in Ipswich, which was performed by the same wedding celebrant that married them nine years earlier. The ceremony didn’t take too long and had some nice personal touches, which was really great. Everyone was pleased that so many family members and close friends were able to make the trip for the naming day and it was really good to meet some new faces.

It is pretty exciting that our collective families are starting to expand. In a couple years time we’ll have a tribe of little Lattimore kiddies kicking around the place. Claire and I are pretty chuffed that Andrew and Belinda offered the role of God Parent’s to us. I didn’t realise it initially but it comes with quite a bit of responsibility; as I understand it, we would be considered as a legal guardian if required to be in the future.

Enough with the words, enjoy some superbly cute photos of Benjamin:

Australian Idol 2007

General, TV

After nine months, the 2007 series of Australian Idol began again tonight. Australian Idol 2007 should be quite interesting, as not only are the judges from last year back – Ian “Dicko” Dickson is back after a couple years on hiatus. Having the three blokes on the judges panel is going to pretty funny this year, the opening show suggests that anyone that is there without the appropriate levels of talent are going to experience a true baptism by fire.

Initial comments from the judges suggested that they felt that the changes they made to the Australian Idol competition last year (increasing the maximum age, allowing instruments) and the breadth of talent that came through as a result was but the tip of the iceberg and that the Australian public should expect all of that and more. If that is indeed the case, I look forward to them revealing a contestant that might rival the uniqueness of Bobby Flynn.

WordPress Founder Has A Dig At Competitors

Blogging, Software

Recently Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by Adriaan Pienaar about all things WordPress. Adriaan asks a good question about Movable Type:

And the second part of the question is, considering Movable Type (probably your main competitor for WordPress.org) has been commercial for so long now, is the fact that WP is Open-Source a competitive advantage?

and Matt responds, whilst slipping in a quick left jab:

Movable Type has been available cheaply or for free for a long time, and they recently announced that they’re going to open source it, but I think people will still continue to choose WordPress because it’s not about price, it’s about quality.

You’ve just got to love it.

Robina Squash Club Winners

Sport

Tonight we had the finals for the latest competition at the Robina Squash Club and the our team won!

The two teams that made the final are very evenly matched, which makes for some great squash. After everything was done and dusted, our team managed to sneak ahead by one game and looking at the points, only 19 differentiated our teams! Robina Squash Club even had some modest prizes for the winning team; a $25 gift voucher to use at the major department stores, so that was a pleasant surprise.

The next competition is going to start next week, so I’ll have to revise my list of points to improve on this competition and see how well I go at implementing them. I’m going to see if I can have a hit with one of the guys from one grade above me for a few weeks to give me a little tuition, which should really help improve my game.

If you’re in the Gold Coast area and love to play squash, get in contact:

Robina Squash Club
University Drive
Robina QLD, 4226
0427 627 229