Toms Hardware has a story called XP in your Pocket about how to put everything you need to recover a Windows XP computer onto a memory stick. I love the concept. Unfortunately the article is reasonably long, with lots of …
The M7 opens on September 16th. That is a week on friday. Finally! I have managed to do a bit of Christmas shopping today. I managed to order a few things over the internet – some items that people will …
I have started implementing Crystal Reports into my TeamTrack application. This is involving a steep learning curve since many of the things that I want to do. Crystal Reports looks much like the report generator in Microsoft Access, something that …
A friend provided a link to a video of what must be one of the most dopey pilots in the world. The pilot managed to clip a tree on landing. OK, no problem. Not too much damage done. Easy mistake …
Earlier today a friend was looking for a USB controlled fan… They are actually available in oz here. This is cool. What is more bizzare is the USB Controlled Air Dart launcher available for only 20 pounds from Mark and …
I am just Taking a break from building… Fun.. Anyway, getting stuff delivered by courier is a pain. Yesterday when I was not home I believe that the courier tried to deliver a package for me. This package should have …
Why is it that software that works really really well in the lab fails as soon as you try to show it off? Case in point. I have been working with a reseller in Canada with some satellite hardware. Fantastic. …
With these storms it has been interesting comparing the weather radar with the lightning plots. The lightning plots with this storm have just been increasing over the last hour, to a point where there are now about 450 lightning strikes …
I just had an interesting email from a mailing list I belong to. It is from a group called the DLF, or the Digital Labourers Federation – which is just a collection of people interested in the digital side of …
Building has been fun today… We have so far drilled some holes, and then pulled the plane apart… The plane is almost unrecognisable at the moment. We then need to prepare parts and then paint everything. So things are going …
I hope to get lots of building done today – The idea is that if possible we get some painting done tomorrow. We will have to see how that goes I think… Maybe we will just get the prep work …
From the SMH, comes news that some Australians have been involved in a bobsleigh accident. They are attempting to qualify for February’s Winter Olympics, had been given the go ahead to start their practice run at the Winter Olympics site …
The next two days are going to be fun… I am working on the plane most of the next two days… Apart from some breaks for work as required. With 802.11 and 3G I do not think I will have …
I have just got home from my meeting… It went really well… Really really well. The requirements seemed to have simplified somewhat which is good. That in turn reduces the risk involved with the project. And since I am a …
Add another 6km to my total… I have just got back from running, and I was out there for 42 minutes and did exactly 6km – and although it was not as far as yesterday, I do think I did …