In the News.Com.Au there is a story noting that Indonesia is in a high state of alert in the leadup to christmas and new year. As my father is leaving on Boxing day for 10 days over there for work …
The SMH has an article on John Spencer who plays Leo McGarry on The West Wing. Spencer died about a week back, and was one of the main characters in the show. But the show must go on… so the …
Ahh, that feels better… A quick shower and some food, and I feel more human. A lot more human. On the plane I did a whole lot of riveting, or more correctly I was the sucker inside the plane bucking …
I have just got home after a long day… Firstly working at North Ryde on a project, and then more work on The Plane. Basically today we riveted the plane halves together and it created what seems to be a …
Yesterday afternoon I watched some more episodes of the BBC’s Rough Science show. This is really an addictive show which I love. I keep trying to work out what I would do if I was placed in the show in …
The Independant in the UK is reporting that the UK is attempting to track every car journey in the country. They are intending to track usage of not only the motorways, but also traffic cameras and local CCTV cameras. This …
I have just got back from doing some work for a friend. This time just as I was about to leave he gave me some extra work. And since this work was really quick I was glad to do it …
Summer Solstace today… The longest day of the year. Unfortunately that means that the days get shorter from hear on. Also I got a purchase order for a decent number of tracking units overnight… I am really happy… I guess …
There is a really really cool show from the makers of ‘Beyond 2000’ on Discovery and SBS called ‘Mythbusters’. Actually this show is also shown on Qantas flights too, and is really really cool. The concept is that there are …
I got an email from Thailand earlier today. Rather a strange one… The email is :-I am interested in tracking loss object e.g. stolen gun with kms range. The technique can be GPS tracking or anti tracker as your advertised …
Remote Desktop has some interesting implications. I need to do a demo at a client site soon. This is a complex demo with a number of pieces of technology which all must work together. So rather than haul another laptop …
I had a card from a former workmate today… Letting me know in verse what had happened during the last year with his family. Not quite in iambic pentameterbut close. Anyway news there was that his son, Tim Addison, had …
One of the cute features of Google is the ability to type an equation into the search engine and get it to give you back the results. You know, the sort of thing that you would normally do on a …
Where to start… I think I am going out to lunch today with a friend who I think needs some christmas cheer. I have a number of other things that I need to get done today, but I think this …
The SMH has a review of the year that was 2005. It is a good review of things from the AUstralian perspective. It was a good read. CNN has a story about the greek airliner earlier this year. A recreation …