BurbleChaz

The lease on our new flat starts tomorrow. We're going to pick the keys up at 0830, then hare across the city to have a look at the flat. After measuring a few things (the Organisational Genius packed a tape measure in the air freight), we'll go to work. There's some stuff we actually have to do. Once that's done, we'd really like to go shopping. We need a bed, a washing machine, a fridge, a table, some chairs, a sofa and stuff. Lots of stuff. If we can get a bed sorted tomorrow, I'll call it a win. I am not entirely looking forward to the next few days. There's going to be Heavy Lifting and Flat Pack. On the plus side, I may get to drive a ute. My current rootling round the web seems to indicate that a 6-litre V8 model might be not be the cheapest way to get stuff from Ikea. It's got to be more fun that a tram, though.

The Office was a bit quiet this morning. A few of the chaps went out for a beer or seventeen last night. Apparently, tequila was involved. 'I think we stopped after about four', said one victim. The Boss came in about lunchtime, moaning about 'something he ate'. We had been unable to go. I think this was a lucky escape.

Our letting agent in UK mailed today. Apparently, they have some people viewing it tomorrow. This is encouraging. We're hoping that people have been deferring flat hunting until after summer holidays. The feedback will be interesting.

I'm hoping that this burbleblog will be a bit more interesting over the next few days. Stuff will happen. I may be a bit busy to expose you to large volumes of burblage, but the salient points will be published. This leads me on to the next problem I have. The Atom feed is getting a bit long. The index page is pushing 100KB. These are signs that some sort of archiving capability may be needed. I'm pretty sure I know what is needed, so I went and looked at the code that builds this dreck. I think I need to scrub my eyeballs with bleach. The drivelling idiot who wrote the code was clearly...a far-thinking sophont of a very high calibre. This will be a familiar feeling to those of you who hack code for fun. Every other hacker is an idiot. This includes you, ten days ago.

Expect more actual content tomorrow. The weather here today was better than the weather in Bristol. Rig of the day: Shirt, tie, bushwacker hat.

[The Great Antipodean Comma Shortage seems to be over]