Well, this weekend I finally gave in a rebuilt my Dell XPS into a Windows 2003 Server box. The more ‘modern’ OSes were simply too burdensome for my ‘antiquated’ hardware. It’s beyond a joke when a 3.4GHz, 2GB memory box (ok, laptop) with 256 MB of graphics memory (ATI Radeon […]
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Well, yesterday I had a chat with a few friends about organising to go and watch the Wallabies play this year during the annual Tri Nations series. That was, until I reviewed the ticket prices! Now, I’ve defended the pricing for a number of years, since it (can be) […]
Last night I watched the three (3) hour director’s cut of Oliver Stone’s 1991 film "JFK" with Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and a raft of other well known actors. I remember watching this film back in 1991 and, in particular, key lines from the film still resonate ("back and […]
Today I said something along the lines of "well, you know not everyone is born with ‘out of the box customer service skills’" which led to this blog post. The thought triggered some insight gathered over the last decade+ of observations, and gave me pause to think further. What a […]
Hello, and welcome to the most recent installment of my rants. This one is particularly close to my heart: Internet connectivity. Since you are reading this blog, I’m going to assume you are already astute, upwardly mobile and blindingly handsome/beautiful but just in case you didn’t already know – I […]
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself – I had to post about this. It was declared today that the HMAS Sydney – long since missing after it was assumed she was sunk off the coast of Western Australia during World War II – has been discovered. This is a 66-year old […]
We moved into a new house on Wednesday and, as usual, we have boxes galore spread throughout the house. The consequence of this is pretty obvious: no (decent) internet, no phone line, no desk and no office. For someone who predominantly works from home, this is as close to […]
Well today we officially move into our new home. We’re still renting so that’s a bummer although looking at the newspaper headlines today, I’d say we’re lucky. It’s not been a cheap move, but at least the end is in sight. It’s been making my work very hard to accomplish […]
Today there was a topic posted on slashdot about how a company would go about finding top shelf programming talent. This seems to come up on slashdot a lot (we can only guess as to why). Anyway, I came across this comment which I think really spells out the qualities […]
Goodbye to all our friends and family in Sydney. Tomorrow morning we are heading north to the great state of Queensland. We’ve had some fond memories and fun times in the first state (New South Wales) and leave behind seven years of life and living. To those who we […]
You read it here first. Foxtel (Australia) unveiled a new customer support system which simultaneously kicked subscribers off the Foxtel network. Placing a call to the customer support centre on 131 999 simply gave you the usual set of menus until you reached a recording which told you to call […]
Hi all. Well, tomorrow I am having the stitches in my eye adjusted to correct the vision in my right eye. This will be hopefully the last adjustment, and it will be all downhill from there. I still have light sensitivity issues and it’s still hard to keep the eye open, […]
Hi. I’m back from the eye surgeon’s hand. The operation was successful, although it is taking a toll on my body. Generally, I’m sleeping most of the days, between 16 – 18 hours. My right eye is very uncomfortable (although not painful). Luckily this time around I am not […]
Hi all. So here’s a quick update. Tomorrow I’m heading back to Brisbane to scout out some more properties to rent. However, I’m back in Sydney on Thursday because of a phone call I received this afternoon. In a nutshell, on Thursday at 4pm I’m undergoing a corneal […]
Hi all. So I know that I haven’t updated the blog since last Monday. No, it wasn’t a case of pouting over Green Bay’s inexplicable loss at home to the New York Giants (although it still stings). We just celebrated a national holiday in Australia – Australia Day – […]