Anyone who has done any travelling at all knows how great it is to have luggage with wheels. Without it I would have had many many troubles on some of my trips – particularly my IronMan trip tp Hawaii where I had two cases both weighing 30 KG. Anyway, according to a blog, LiveLuggeage.Com have just released a motorized bag. Before you go thinking that this is the saviour of anyone travelling, the baggage sells for 397 pounds sterling, or about A$1000. Per case.

I dragged out my Ugg Boots last night. This is the first time this year I have needed them – I have been wearing some sheepskin slippers at times for a month or so – and now I need to wear something more. I think I like the weather in Summer more than winter. Thankfully Australian winters (or Sydney winters) are not that cold. They could be a whole lot worse. Having been to parts of the northern hemisphere in september and october I can see how lucky we are.

Having said that, Los Angeles has even nicer winters than Sydney. But I feel that they might be worse in the middle of summer. Certainly the polution is worse in LA, along with the traffic. As much as I love other parts of the world, I think I love Australia the most. There is a Midnight Oil song that talks about the world spinning, and Australia just turning around because the rest of the world does. I think that is so close to the truth.

Photo of the Day – Worlds First Microwave Oven

This photo is of a trip a few years back where I went to a conference in Baltimore. This trip took me all over the USA… Anyway I wanted to do some exercise one morning and found the ‘Historical Electronics Museum’. Fine, so I have a look. I tend to find interesting places like this when I go away. Anyway, it was an interesting place. I would love to go back – and they had interesting exhibits.

One of the more interesting ones is shown in the photo – this is the worlds first microwave oven, dating from 1956 – meaning that the humble microwave will be 50 years old next year. Parts of it are