25-February-2002 : Telstra This site will soon be hosted on a high speed ADSL internet link throgh AlwaysOnline. We are presently waiting on a fault being fixed in Telstra’s Ingleburn exchange.
Author: Darryl Smith
ADSL Connection Ordered
Thanks to Telstra reducing ADSL charges, I have ordered an ADSL connection through AlwaysOnline which should be connected in about a week – subject to Telstra implementing the work. AlwaysOnline offer a permament single IP with an Acceptable Use Policy …
G’Day from Hollywood
Greetings All… For those that have not yet heard I am now on my way to Holywood… Or by the time that this message gets sent (because it is actually being typed on the plane about 90 minutes out of …
Back At Work
Back At work – 3/October 10-October – Made Redundant. Offered a lot of $$$ to leave the company, but even if I do not, then I have no work. Am trying to develop a business selling GPS applications to the …
Packing Up
OK – I arrived too early, again assuming that the roads would be busy – They were not. And my team members were late of course – that is to be expected. Combined I was there about an hour or …
Closing and Marathon
As I write this I am trying to remember what happened. And it is only Tuesday. Those who know me well will be surprised to know that I did not check my email between Sunday morning and Tuesday Morning… Sunday …
more Olympics
The comment made today was ‘I do not know what day of the week it is. No seriously, I do not know what day of the week this is…. This is saturday isn’t it?’. Yeah, I felt the same way. …
Visit to the Ham Radio store
Things are starting to wind down. The boss of the company has left australia again after being here 3 or 4 days… And we are starting to pack up. Oh, and it is only friday morning. One thing I forgot …
Women’s 20Km Race Walk
Ok – So this was not so bad… Because it was not too long… well, compared to yesterday and tomorrow. This was all interesting – we were not so sure that we would be able to get the helos up. …
oad Cycling – Mens – 5 Hours 29 Minutes
Ok… Boredom yesterday. YUK today. Our video recorder ran out of tape with the race and the medal ceremony – and it was in long play. We were happy it was ended… And none of us thought that it would …
Road Cycling
Rain… Rain and no storms… Problems with aircraft meaning that my work was important again. Also because I was recording the data I am able to tell managers where planes and helos were at any time – which is important …
Road Cycling rehearsal and Evacuation
Rehearsal and Technical Check of the Road Cycling. One thing that we are used to is refueling the airplanes. What we are not used to is refueling the motorcycles – especially on air… But this happened today. We had to …
Women’s Marathon – and bad pictures at the start
I had to be at work at about 6:30 for a technical check about that time. I got in just after 6:15. We had just got our fixed wing plane up, and were trying to get out Helicopters up – …
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20KM Race Walk
Can you spell FARCE… My team turned up to Auburn hospital 90 minutes after I was told to be there… and we were having a test at 7:00 or 8:00… I got there just before 7:00… But the test was …