Well, it’s been an unfortunate 24 hours for me, I managed to somehow cause my RAID-5 array to lose a member drive, and then the Intel Matrix software/RAID controller refused to rebuild or add a new drive to the disk set. So basically, I lost my 700GB RAID array, and […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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#NoCleanFeedWatch this blog for more information. Background: http://itnews.com.au/News/162941,breaking-conroy-reveals-plans-to-censor-internet.aspxAction: http://nocleanfeed.com Enough is enough – "only 32% of the sites on the ACMA blacklist are related to child pornography" : http://bit.ly/6LEewe
Driving in Queensland (in Australia) is an experience like no other. For Americans, this is a bit like driving in Los Angeles without the same volume of cars. Every time I get behind the wheel in Queensland, I get angry. Thus, I’ve composed “ten tell-tale signs that you’re driving in […]
December 10th, 2009: Under the rooftop of Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre last night, excited fans were treated to not one, but two excellent bands in one evening of power rock ballads and searing lyrics to rival the heat in South East Queensland. On the menu this evening, guaranteed […]
Well, earlier in the week I finally finished a Madden 2010 Franchise (Green Bay Packers). Every year I play the 30 seasons (averaging one game per season) and taking care of all the offseason tasks. Now, I present to you my summary of the Franchise experience for the latest version […]
Well, this is fun – this would probably be me (without glasses) as a Star Wars Lego MiniFig You can create your own Star Wars Lego MiniFig courtesy of DK Publishing who are promoting one of their recent new publications, the Star Wars Lego Visual Dictionary, which is excellently done, […]
It’s come that time for me to start waxing lyrically about the nature of change. For those of you who don’t know, the house my wife and I are renting has been recently sold, completing yet another unsettlingly frequent cycle in our lives – the dreaded house-sold-while-you’re-a-tenant. This is the […]
I’m not a fan of criticising without offering alternatives (Liberal party, please take note) so here are some ideas I’d like to float as alternatives to the nasty ETS garbage we almost had as law.. I’m not going to back these up with statistics (at the moment), just take them […]
So today the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme [pdf] was voted down in the Senate. Before we get into it, I’d encourage you to (if interested) take a look through the official documentation on record from Parliament. If you’ll note, the Senate amendments look like they were aimed at driving down […]
Michael Geist (Canadian Copyright Guru) has published a summary of a document leaked [link] which contains the European Commission’s advance analysis of ACTA’s (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) Internet chapter which was recently discussed in Seoul, South Korea at the start of last month (November, 2009). Of particular note should be provisions […]
Where to begin? If you’ve played Assassin’s Creed (the original) before and even enjoyed it a tad bit, you’ll love the sequel. Overview The sequel (Assassin’s Creed 2 – AC2), begins at the conclusion of the original (story wise) as Desmond (the character you portray in the future) is helped […]
Last week I was very fortunate enough to be able to purchase an unsold copy of UbiSoft’s recently released “Assassin’s Creed 2” – black edition. It was very difficult to acquire a copy of the black edition as it was only available via pre-order (which I did not know) and […]
Well, I realise that I’ve been posting a lot of non-technical entries lately, but as we get closer to Christmas, I tend to get both nostalgic and sentimental, so it is kind of apt. Today I was musing about toys of the 1980s era (Transformers in particular) and I wondered […]
With the amount of travelling I’ve done this year, it’s no wonder I’ve started (or resumed) reading so many books. Typically, the normal book for me would be something technical (e.g. a Training Kit for SQL Server, for example) and for a long while I actually banned myself from reading […]
Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t stay silent any longer. I’ve been a “card carrying” Packers fan for 15 years or more and even through the Ray Rhodes debacle (disaster) I don’t think I’ve ever been as frustrated as I am now. You know we want to discuss the O-line, […]