I’ve added three new photos to a new gallery.. It’s been a very busy two days including a 24-hour travel day on Monday. Yesterday we went to the Hawaii Volcano National Park – a 2.5 hour drive from Kona/Keauhou Bay. On the way we stopped off at various […]
Hi all, So recently I’ve come to the conclusion that Vista and Flash aren’t a match made in heaven. If you’ve got or used Vista, you may be aware that most flash powered sites don’t detect your flash version on Vista (for whatever reason) even though it’s […]
Hi all. It’s been a while since my last non-political rant. This time, I’m cheesed off with Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au) and its shameless popups/"pop-behind" advertisements. Now fair enough, sites derive revenue through banner advertising, and some of the advertising can actually be worth a look (not that […]
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21444740-2,00.html Not I, sir. Although my posts are becoming slightly more sporadic (time constraints), I’m still keepin’ it real.. Yeah.. So, in Malaysia – where drugs and crime arte generally a fairly big deal the government sees fit to train and use sniffer dogs educated in the […]
Well, as most people know I’m an outspoken critic of the NSW Labor Government. I’m not going to rehash any argument which I’ve aired previously – there are plenty of examples – this election will be long remembered as the election that the Liberals lost and not the election […]
As you may recall from part 1, this series of posts is about how to retrieve the target of a Windows shortcut (.lnk). Now, I left off part 1 in C++ land, as I’d compiled a Win32 Dynamic Link Library which called the Windows Shell in order to extract […]
There have been news reports recently about violence at a number of Sydney schools including repeat incidents at a Carlingford school. The media (per the link) appear to be pinning it onto ethnic/racial tensions, but I’ve seen the media at work before and I somehow doubt that it’s […]
My, my, my.. There are a series of movie trailers over at IMDB which are worth looking at. Transformers (a Michael Bay film) is looking better and better I have to admit. Eerie, actually. Fantastic Four.. jury’s out. Who doesn’t like the Silver Surfer though? Die Hard – […]
Well, I’ve been a bit slow in getting out my usual volume of blog updates – sorry for that – I’ve been a bit more busier than usual the past week or so. Aside from making an ass of myself on the aus-dotnet mailing list (always read carefully), […]
Well, the sports world is abuzz with rumours and opinion about what is the likely future of dual international, Lote Tuqiri. Personally, I think he should go back to Rugby League so that Rugby Union can go back to focusing on growing its own talent, and reward individuals within its own ranks, […]
Hi. If you live in Sydney and/or if you’re attracted to the prospect of walking across the Sydney harbour bridge sans traffic, you’ll get your chance on March 18. The harbour bridge, icon, mass transit saviour and skyline king, turns 75 years old on March 18th and to mark […]
It’s time for a more technical article. Recently I went on a trip overseas and while away I took a lot of photos. Being such a smart guy, I came up with what I thought was a smart way to pick out the best photos. I created subdirectories, and created shortcuts […]
So, for those who call New South Wales their home, you’ll probably notice that the state election is being held next month. Those who know me well also know that I follow (for some reason) state and federal politics (because I’m a glutton for punishment). Heck, I like to know […]
So, with much fan fare, we return to the promised land, down under(tm). The climate is temperate, it’s raining, sunny, humid, windy, stormy.. nice and unpredictable. We had a blast of a time abroad, now it’s time to sink back into a routine and get our collective heads […]
Well, we are officially outta here. 3:30 AM wake up call is scheduled. Our 6:30am flight should see us hit Los Angeles around 8 AM. Today we hiked to the Embercardero Centre before back tracking. We wanted to go to the Zoo, but the Muni (local subway) was […]