I somehow did not expect to be waking up at 9AM… And I was not disappointed… Thankfully I did manage to wake up at 6:15AM, which allowed me to get close to seven hours sleep. Maybe not enough to catch …
11:15PM and all is well… Apart from being dosed up on Coca Cola that is. Well, last night I managed to get to bed about 12:15AM and for some reason woke up at 6:15AM and could not get back to …
Strange… last night I had an eBay auction won by a person in the USA for some antennas, and now I have to get the price of shipping. The shippings is likely to be more than the antennas, but thankfully …
Yesterday in the workshop attending to the plane was fun. Not that we managed to do much since the task we were working on was a real pain. We were working on the landing gear weldments, where they attach to …
There is something somewhat civilised about sitting outside in the fresh are listening to the world go by – contemplating life. What is more civilised is when you are sitting there with an internet connection, and have nothing better to …
I noticed when I dropped in at Aldi yesterday that they had ‘XB Remote Controls’ on sale for only $14.99. Some research revealed that they were actually XBox Remote Controls, and although they are not genuine they are a great …
I read an interesting short article on CNN which mentioned how Target in the USA actually has a crime lab similar to CSI, and offers their services free of charge to government agencies who often are not as well equipped. …
The setup of the software went really well. There was one hickup installing the serial port driver thanks to windows absolute love for wanting to install drivers for some devices more than once. There are probably two drivers needed for …
Right now I am just waiting for a support call. It was due a couple of minutes ago, and I dont really want to start any work since I know it is going to be interrupted. So I am here, …
Sometimes in the vehicle tracking industy you seem to get suspicious data that turns out to be somewhat innocent… Case in point – a client was looking at some data of one of their clients… One of the new reports …
Memo to Self. Stay away from the XBox. I love it but it does horrible things to my eyes. Even 10 minutes is bad for them – I guess I am staring too intently at the screen. When I am …
I have a few things to do today… Pre-sales call this morning, and some phone assistance to give for some people doing installs. And I have some debugging and documenting to do. One of my users suspects that there is …
Time to put my feet up… Definitely. I have just put a couple of phone sockets in, and installed an ADSL modem. Let me explain. The first bit involved installing another two sockets in another room in the church manse. …
The Child Care Centre meeting went really well. And it only lasted an hour which was good. Decisions were made, and I got a taste of the regulatory environment that the centres operate under. And what seems like useless paper …
I have realised that it is rather a bad idea to have an XBox in your office. Too much temtation to play games. I probably spent another 10 minutes playing Midtown Madness, and I found it hard to escape this …