tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268377542012-01-09T13:38:35.904+11:00Once it was Llama Magic, which came in a blinding flash on a cycling tour somewhere, with visions of a handy squeeze tube and family pack. Now renamed and inspired by the appalling pronunciation of the average Australian radio presenter.Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-80760879581084769512010-04-16T13:22:00.003+10:002010-04-16T13:33:00.616+10:00For a long time this mostly empty blog has been called LLama magic, as it says on the label it came in a blinding flash in about 2003 on a bike tour somewhere. Myself and a few friends rode past a hobby farm of the same name and something tickled our collective fancies - maybe it was the llama wool. For the rest of the morning and days to follow we sniggered and chuckled about "llama magic in the handy squeeze tube" and "giant family packs of llama magic".<br /><br />Was it fair to appropriate their name for this blog? Who nose.<br /><br />A renaming has been lurking in the isles for a while, spurred on by some of the more egregious grammatic faux pas and lousy pronunciation experienced in the modern media. Caution; frustrated proof-reader at work.<br /><br />Well here we are; "Llama ardour" it is, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen">Mondegreen</a> of sorts, catalysed by an advertisement for a Spanish film festival and left as an exercise for the reader.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-8076087958108476951?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-19876413245858940372008-05-05T15:37:00.001+10:002008-05-05T15:39:47.184+10:00A serial collector of accounts and websites, that's wot I is. Leaping from place to place, gotta stay up with the joneses, or that's what it seems like at times as your friends' migrate from mailing lists to <a href="http://ajft.livejournal.com/">livejournal</a>, to <a href="http://ajft64.blogspot.com/">blogger</a>, to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ajft">myspace</a> and to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=717182007">facebook</a>. What's the next step along the way? Maybe I should cut down, delete a few, but as with all addictions I can't quite bring myself to. There's always what I've got at <a href="http://ajft.org/">http://ajft.org/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-1987641324585894037?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-53797671583241667362007-01-24T12:23:00.001+11:002007-01-24T12:23:38.945+11:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/367508297/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/367508297_329f202add_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/367508297/">Olives in the garden</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ajft/">ajft</a>. </span></div>For the first two years that we lived here the olive tree ignored us, I think it overheard the conversation where we discussing whether to chop it down and decided that it had better grow some fruit.<br /><br />There are only a few of them, and I've got no idea how to prepare them or even to recognise when they're ripe! Might have to ask the old Greek lady over the back fence for some olive assistance.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-5379767158324166736?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-6078229759196788812007-01-23T13:55:00.001+11:002007-01-23T13:55:04.175+11:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/345956270/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/345956270_f0521e8750_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/345956270/">Bugger, bugger, bugger; an expensive speed hump</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ajft/">ajft</a>. </span></div>Met a speed hump on the 5th of January, the Edge fell off, the bracket is cracked. Posted it off to be repaired, under warranty I hope, and hoped for the best...<br /><br />Three weeks and not a word, today I called to find it can't be repaired (sad) but they are waiting on a replacement unit (happy).<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-607822975919678881?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1166696253789433792006-12-21T21:17:00.000+11:002006-12-21T21:17:33.793+11:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/325478719/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/325478719_69830146b3_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajft/325478719/">A well-earned VB after Christmas shopping</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ajft/">ajft</a>. </span></div>Not much to say really. Walked over to Chadstone to avoid the mayhem that is the Christmas carpark, made a precision raid on the shops, acquired what was required, then left, post haste.<br /><br />Here's the celebratory beer.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-116669625378943379?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1153718016203417002006-07-24T15:06:00.000+10:002006-07-24T15:16:40.670+10:00Damn that was fun!<br /><br />Major thanks to organisers and participants, I'm not sure what I expected but damn it was good!<br /><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0698.jpg" alt="" title="Preparing for the start of the inaugural Melburn-Roobaix ride"><br /><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0699.jpg" alt="" title="Preparing for the start of the inaugural Melburn-Roobaix ride"><br /><br /><p><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0700.jpg" alt="" title="Melburn-Roobaix checkpoint 0, we have our twelve clues"><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0701.jpg" alt="" title="Melburn-Roobaix question 12, how many Allez are there on the rusty pipes at the end of North Wharf road"><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0702.jpg" alt="" title="The Bolte Bridge seen from the end of North Wharf road"><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0703.jpg" alt="" title="Melburn-Roobaix barbecue at Brunswick velodrome"><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0704.jpg" alt="" title="Completed clue cards from the Melburn-Roobaix"><br /><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/m_img_0705.jpg" alt="" title='Melburn-Roobaix, "Hell of the Northcote"'></p><br /><br />Slept exceptionally well on Saturday night, disturbed only by bad dreams of pavé and col d'ugly!<br /><br />Anyone with GoogleEarth can follow the route of the big blue bike by clicking on the <a href="http://ajft.org/2006/07/22/melburn-roobaix.kml">track</a>, but please no comments about the obvious navigational difficulties -- our route may be sub-optimal but it seemed to work at the time -- that was all part of the fun!<br /><br /><div class="tags"><br />Tags:<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/melburn+roobaix" rel="tag">melburn+roobaix</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/cycling" rel="tag">cycling</a></li><br /></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-115371801620341700?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1151379562037641712006-06-27T13:34:00.000+10:002006-06-27T13:39:22.053+10:00<p><br /><a href="http://ajft.org/2006/06/10/img_0661"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0661.jpg" alt="" title="Lorne surf beach in the winter time"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0662"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0662.jpg" alt="" title="You are here; 123 kilometres out on the west coast"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0663"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0663.jpg" alt="" title="Building the new Lorne pier"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0664"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0664.jpg" alt="" title="Building the new Lorne pier"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0665"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0665.jpg" alt="" title="Crane on the old pier constructs the new Lorne pier"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0666"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0666.jpg" alt="" title="Crane on the old pier constructs the new Lorne pier"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0667"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0667.jpg" alt="" title="Gran, Will, Grandad, Kath, Jack and John at Lorne pier"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/img_0668"><img src="http://ajft.org//2006/06/10/t_img_0668.jpg" alt="" title="Lorne pier in the late afternoon sun"></a><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="tags"><br />Tags:<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/lorne victoria australia pc3232 photos" rel="tag">lorne victoria australia pc3232 photos</a></li><br /></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-115137956203764171?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1146791396846798402006-05-05T11:08:00.000+10:002006-05-05T16:31:17.790+10:00<p>Enjoyable evening ride in to Richmond by the light of the three-quarter moon and a flashing bike light. Bike paths by night are nearly lethal!</p><br /><br /><a href="http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/accept.mb?senderPk.pkValue=25069&unitSystemPkValue=2&episodePk.pkValue=719763&backgroundDatasourcePk.pkValue=2" target="new" title="Click to view Monash to Richmond by night"><img src="http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/map/get.do?layerMenu.generalTrackIncluded=true&layerMenu.visibleLayersRequested=true&layerMenu.jpegFormatRequested=true&layerMenu.mapWidth=250&layerMenu.mapHeight=250&backgroundDatasourcePk.pkValue=2&episodePk.pkValue=719763" height="250" width="250" border="0" alt="Map of Monash to Richmond by night"></a><br /><br /><div class="tags"><br />Tags:<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/GPS" rel="tag">GPS</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Edge305" rel="tag">Edge305</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/AU-VIC" rel="tag">AU-VIC</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/cycling" rel="tag">cycling</a></li><br /></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114679139684679840?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1146624385792952802006-05-03T12:46:00.000+10:002006-05-03T14:04:42.370+10:00<p><br /><a href="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/img_0577.html"><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/m_img_0577.jpg" title="Scary toadstool"></a><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="tags"><br />Tags:<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Fungi" rel="tag">Fungi</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/AU-VIC" rel="tag">AU-VIC</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/pc3168" rel="tag">pc3168</a></li><br /></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114662438579295280?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1146624317614999022006-05-03T12:44:00.000+10:002006-05-03T12:45:17.616+10:00<p><br /><a href="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/img_0576.html"><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/m_img_0576.jpg" title="Unloved old technology"></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114662431761499902?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1146624274532848752006-05-03T12:41:00.000+10:002006-05-03T14:05:39.043+10:00<p><br /><a href="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/img_0575.html"><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/m_img_0575.jpg" title="Monster autumn mushroom"></a><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="tags"><br />Tags:<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Fungi" rel="tag">Fungi</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/AU-VIC" rel="tag">AU-VIC</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/pc3168" rel="tag">pc3168</a></li><br /></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114662427453284875?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1146624035506429372006-05-03T12:37:00.000+10:002006-05-03T14:06:03.606+10:00<p><br /><a href="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/img_0574.html"><img src="http://ajft.org/2006/05/01/m_img_0574.jpg" title="Autumn time is mushroom time"></a><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="tags"><br />Tags:<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Fungi" rel="tag">Fungi</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/AU-VIC" rel="tag">AU-VIC</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/pc3168" rel="tag">pc3168</a></li><br /></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114662403550642937?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1145864526682584642006-04-24T17:40:00.000+10:002006-04-24T17:42:06.686+10:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/640/IMG_0527.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/320/IMG_0527.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/640/IMG_0528.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/320/IMG_0528.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/640/IMG_0529.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/320/IMG_0529.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/640/IMG_0531.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/320/IMG_0531.jpg" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114586452668258464?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1145863717100798872006-04-24T17:26:00.000+10:002006-04-26T11:27:09.580+10:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/640/IMG_0524.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" title="Autumn colours at 'Tall Timbers' open garden" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4435/2813/320/IMG_0524.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114586371710079887?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26837754.post-1145863432358328042006-04-24T17:20:00.000+10:002006-04-24T17:38:19.653+10:00OK, after literally months of banging my head against Google's unhelpful help staff and being told over and over again that they won't reset the password on ajft.blogger.com, I've given up and created a new account. Even though *I* created the ajft account in blogger, and consquently <a href="http://ajft.blogspot.com/">ajft.blogspot.com</a>, all the details show that *I* created it, but I can't tell them the password or email address I created it with. If I could tell them, then I'd be able to change my own damn password and wouldn't need to ask the unhelpful helpdesk.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26837754-114586343235832804?l=ajft64.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Adrian Tritschlerhttps://profiles.google.com/101010655758635006916noreply@blogger.com0