Dell makes good laptops… Now, I can tell you who does not make good ones – Aldi. I think they are under the Medion brand. I tried to get one working with a video projector today – and for the …
Travel tip of the day… If you are going to be flying on a plane, do not set the ringtone of your mobile phone to say I AM A TERRORIST. This only leads to trouble in the long run according …
No plane building today, so I have been doing some shopping – I found a great store called Socrates. I guess it is somewhat like Australian Geographic, but more oriented towards games and science rather than nature. Whilst I was …
I have now got back from tonights performance of Liquid Animation 7… It was interesting. The theatre is only small, with about 80 people there with seating for about 100. The first performance was probably the most unique that I …
The following is a posting I made to the OzAPRS mailing list talking about tracking systems based on HF radio. Forward Error Correction, or FEC is a way of removing errors from a signal transmitted over the air. The problem …
Over the last few days I have been looking at my options for what I do in September for the conference in the USA. This year it is in Tuscon, Arizona. And I want to drop in on my friend …
I slept well last night – Although that was when I was asleep… When I was awake – well that is a different matter. I woke up about 3AM and I could not get back to sleep so I did …
Right now I am feeling slightly exhausted. It probably has to do with the fact that I went out running twice today – not as long as I really wanted to go, but still it was twice out into the …
Back from another run… I went probably 1.5km with it, and I would have been doing more but I got a phone call, and the level of the phone was such that I could not hear the call if I …
I needed to post a parcel off – so I went to K-Mart in hopes of finding something for my brother for his birthday. No such luck but it was an experience. I think they are having some type of …
FINALLY… The work that I was working on last night when I had to get the front tap fixed is now working YIPEE. Only about 16 hours later than I had intended. NOW I just need to make up a …
Often when I am planning to take long flights I go to the local discount store and buy a novel or two. Cheap ones on clearance. $3 or $5 each. The problem is that I usually decide that I need …
The plumber fixed the pipe… only $180. Ouch. I came close to fixing it, but not close enough… For some reason my afternoon really tired me out – not sure why. I did wake up a bit early… But it …
Great… I tried to fix the pipe, but I ran out of gas… So I got the GAS filled up… And fixed it. Got the pipe put in and all. But the joint did not seal. Great! So I heated …