Music: Mostly 80’s stuff in the backgroud… Some of the 80’s stuff is so dated. Some is just so timeless. Just with any musical era I guess. Because I am recording at the moment I am not playing any CD’s …
Month: March 2005
A short trip…
I have just got back from a quick trip into the city; well, actually North Sydney, but I had to go in through the city. Such a beautiful day. I did manage to get lost, taking the wrong exit going …
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Music The latest bit of music on the player is Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’. I didnt have much time for this until the movie ‘Almost Famous’. This song seemed almost to be the theme from this movie. It may well …
Tax Time
Work I needed to reprogram a small embedded programmer. For some reason my computer was not detecting the device. Check in Device Manager. It is missing… Hmm… Look at the back of the PC. OOps. It is not plugged in. …
Missing cases…
Here I am sitting at home on a saturday afternoon (almost evening) with no intentions on going out. This really is a sorry state of afairs. What is worse is that I am working. And I have been working (or …
A Conference, and more
Today Today I have to write some software for a client in WA. This has been dragging on, and I don’t like that. Other things in my life have been distracting me in the last few months, but I need …
PC’s…
Microsurgery – a burnt finger – again Different finger this time. It was on my left index finger, on the outside close to the hand. Right now the burn is weeping a bit – but I am sure it will …
Todays Meeting
This mornings meeting was certainly interesting. I cannot speak about much of it as the conversations are commercial in confidence. But basically the project that the client wants me involved with would be ‘cool’. This is the sort of project …
Save Toby (Or Darryl)
The expense of Engineering Engineering aint always cheap. So far today I have destroyed over $100 in equipment thanks to having installed a resistor on the circuit board. This part costs about $11 for a roll of 5000. Purchased in …
Another Run
I just completed another jog. This time I did about 2.45 KM in just over 16 minutes. This means I was averaging about 9 km/h. This is not a bad time for my fitness level. It is surprisingly humid outside, …