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The pale blue dot
Above is a famous photograph taken of the Earth by Voyager 1 in 1990 from 4 billion miles away (about 6 light-hours). The late astronomer Carl Sagan called this view of Earth the “Pale Blue Dot”, and...
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In the interim
Our old place has been sold, and the new one is ‘in progress’. So what about the next nine months? Hello in-laws. We’ve got a rental property in the Hornsby area, but the tenants we’ve got in there...
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Two days above 40c. What about Air Conditioning?
It has reached 43c the last two days. Thank god for this southerly change, which dropped the temperature 26 degrees over the last hour and half. It’s made the house comfortable again, and given me the...
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What to look for when building a home
We can all look back at our childhood and remember the oddest details about the house we grew up in – whether it’s the secret hiding spots you found when playing with the neighbourhood kids, or the...
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Inspecting the slab
It was off to Stonecutters Ridge again today to inspect the finished slab. Not only did we find a completed slab, but we had a rubbish free construction site! All the refuse from the waffle pads, the...
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How safe is Sydney?
I’m holding out that humanity still has a sliver of respect left. On days like today, I cringe for the future of this world. This morning, just hours before I arrived for work, a private security guard...
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We’re In!
Exactly 365 days after putting our deposit down with Metricon, we received our keys. For those who have been reading on a regular basis, you probably wondered why the awkward two week absence from our...
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Three great Australian home build blogs
It was only natural for us to try and document our entire build process online. My family lives a good 7,000km away in San Diego, California and I wanted a way to share in our experience and adventure...
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Meet Bryce
On October 2nd, 2011 at exactly 12pm (and weighing a hefty 4.62kg), Megan and I welcomed Bryce into this crazy world. Instantly, we were in love. Born at Norwest Private Hospital in Sydney, we spent a...
View ArticleMetricon warranty issues: resolved (sort of)
We moved into our house in November of 2010. It’s almost 2012, and we’ve still been “working” with Metricon to address the outstanding issues from what was originally supposed to be our 90 day...
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