I just heard – some hardware I designed is ariving on Friday, and thanks to the fact that this hardware is already late, I need to get it tested ASAP. The code seems to be working really well on a prototype. I just need to do more testing of it, and do some minor changes. Richard will not be working on the plane this weekend so I guess I will have a weekend to work on this, so we can start a production run on monday.

I hate it when things don’t ‘just work’. I have been caught a few times when I have found things not working, and blamed someone else for the problem. So these days I tend to look at what could be wrong on my side. What I hate the most is when I cannot find anything and it is not working for me, and is working for some other people. An example of this is the APRS.NET.AU server that I want to get some data from. Other people can access this server, and I can access a Web Site on this server. I just cannot access an application on this server. And since other people are able to access it, then the application must be running.

After some looking a friend of mine suggested that the problem is either with Comindico or PowerTel who provide network links and internet access. The Web Site is probably going through a proxy which is why it is working. Other services are being killed thanks to network issues.