Web Checkin could not have been easier. I just entered the six character record locator, and the city I was leaving from (Sydney) and that was almost that. It asked me if I was carrying anything that I should not, and how many bags I would have. Then it printed my boarding pass and told me to bring my bags to the drop off point tomorrow. Simple. And it looks like there is no problem at this stage with flights coming home.

I got some SPAM this morning about set top boxes. For 500+, the cost is US$35, decreasing to US$33.50 for 10,000+. Looking at the cost for 500, I think that with GST and DUTY this would be about A$54 per box. This is how companies such as Woolwoths and Aldi are able to supply STB’s so cheap.

The US National Association of Manufacturers has now got a list os videos online that describe various manufacturing processes. This includes building plastic bottles, steel cans, glass, glass bottles and the like.

Epping road was chaos this morning thanks to a huge hole as a result of the Lane Cove Tunnel being built and there being some subsidance. The builders of the tunnel have admitted to the problem which created a 10m hole about 10m deep. There are some reports that the hole went right down to the roof of the tunnel below. Oops.