I do not believe this. I just got a quote from a company for a USB serial adapter. This is a special one at $65 + 10% GST. Expensive I know, but I need it. The killer is the $25 delivery! This is for a cable that I placed an order for on thursday and only just heard back about… $25. The cable I am sure would cost $3.40 to send over + the cost of the bag.

I needed to send a package to Albury today… And decided to use a 3KG satchel. I looked at the price difference between normal post and express post. There was just over a dollar difference in price. Express post was $9.70 and the other was $8 and some change. I would have thought that non-express would have been a lot cheaper. No… That is not how it works. The people in the post office were still asking people to sign ‘the declaration’ saying their parcel may be sent by air. Next time I am in I think I will ask ‘Will this be sent by air or will it be sent by road because there are different dangerous goods regulations for each’. I just find the situation farsical.

I need to do some more ADSB work today, designing a protocol for use with a receiver. Something simple but powerful. I think I know the protocol that I want to use. I have a product that I am soon going to release that will set the world on fire… At least the aviation world that is…