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Other Languages

I can only speak in English. Some people even dispute that. So today one of my Jobs was to do some work in New Caledonia. French New Caledonia. This was via VNC, so i was not actually there. Just on the phone, using VNC.

And one of the items was using software that I had written. And it was rather strange. The software was all in french. All of it. I found this rather strange. Not that I wanted it in english, but I have not needed to use it in other languages before. I did get someone to translate the software for me so it was not unexpected, but it was strange anyway

FedEx

Sometimes I love FedEx. I needed to ship a parcel to Israel for repair. Fine. I lodge it all online. Done. Then FedEx arrive at my door a couple of hours later. So I hand the parcel to the driver. Then he says he has a parcel for me too. It is rare that I get a parcel from FedEx. Maybe once every couple of months. So he has this parcel for me. Even better he reminds me that I really should get the supplier (Microsoft) to use the street address rather than the POBox, since if he is sick or on holidays he would not remember where I lived. This is someone who would only get to see the POBox address every 6 months or so, and he remembers it. I am impressed.

Acetronics

I needed to pick up some PCB’s today. They did a really nice job. I should admit that the gold plating on the solder pads was a really nice touch. Looks really colour coordinated. Now I just need to build some up for testing. Oh. One other point. DB15 Right angle plugs are not available anywhere. It is a problem when Farnell does not have them. So I used a Socket on the board. And use a DB15 Gender Bender. Would you believe that DB15 Gender Benders are missing pin 9. Strange. Criminal.