I have had a long day today… Visiting a client in north sydney and then going onto Penrith Lakes to do some software updates. The North Sydney client was mostly successful, but I need to go back there monday to update the software on the units again since I introduced a minor software bug when I fixed some more major issues.

I will be happy when these units are working fully and I don’t need to touch them ever again!

Penrith Lakes was interesting. Rather muddy too… I had to work on a CAT earthmoving ‘scraper’, reprogramming a unit installed in it. What made this more interesting was that I was attempting to keep my rather new Rivers shoes and Colerado pants clean from the mud. I did fairly well, but I could have done better. The pants are now in the wash soaking to get the mud off. In the last few months I have been wearing nicer clothes when I meet clients. I knew it would backfire.

This was right next to the Penrith Whitewater Stadium which my former employer built. By right next to, I mean it was about 20m away. It was that close. I had never actually seen it before, apart from photos and on TV…

I made a mistake getting to Penrith. I went via the airport whereas I should have taken the M2 and then the M4. This would have saved quite some time.

13 thinks that do not make sense

The New Scientist Web Site has an Article on 13 things in science that do not make sense. The things are quite technical – I certainly do not understand them all, or even most of them. I do understand what they are talking about though.

Music

I have been playing two of the Matchbox 20 CD’s in my car. In my opinion, some of the songs are fantastic, and some are ordanary. Working out which is which depends on the day and the mood I think. Much of the music is classic. On random play I love how sometimes the music is so right… I am typing this page with some type of guitar playing with a piano. Sounds nice and relaxing. Just what I need.