More on Time Team at Buckingham Pallace. The Telegraph has a story on this online, and they reveal that Prince Charles is really really interested in Archeology, even to the point of knowing many of the technical details on how …
So what have I been up to today? Well, firstly I went through some accounts, and sorted them out, working out which needed to be paid, and which just needed filing. Then I mowed the lawns – the first time …
The Register is reporting on an interesting fraud mechanism. They managed to convince a telephone company in the USA that a phone line was faulty and to redirect it to their prepaid cellphones. Then they took orders requiring credit card …
Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Now that I am calm I can describe the last few hours. Firstly pick up my mother from the Hospital where she is getting a Scan done. I left at 12:30 to do this, …
Oh, yes. I have my tickets. Well, all except for the tickets to see Phantom of the Opera. It is geeting really exciting now, and I cannot wait until next Friday when I leave on this trip. I still have …
I cannot believe how dumb security can be at times. According to a few sources, Qantas is forcing some people with DELL laptops to tape over the battery contacts on their computers, even if the battery is not part of …
Interesting online discussion. I have just managed to get a tracking unit to work and connect to my server. It was decoded on my server and the position became an XML file. So I sent the file to a friend, …
Another busy day… Things just get added to my to-do list. And nothing seems to come off it. The problem is that the things that need to come off are often unable to come off until someone else dose something, …
I am even more tired that yesterday. I was planning to get an early night and then a few things conspired against that. Mostly it was the fact that I needed to send an update to a client on some …
I just found out that my laptop is about to run out of warranty. I guess I need to get everything fixed sooner rather than later with it. I did not realize that it was now close to three years …
My travel agent just rang with some great news. I am seeing Phantom of the Opera in London in a few weeks. Wow, that is exciting. I was not sure that I would be able to see this, but I …
I love documentation – particularly when it is correct. Take the following example. The protocol for a GPS tracker I have been working with is somewhat strange. The header says that the length of the data is 105 bytes for …
What a morning… It is right now just after noon and I have not had breakfast yet. And I have just sent off an email to day that the project that was pushed on to me earlier in the week …
It is beginning to be one of those days. My to-do list is filling up with things that MUST be done today. For some reason it feels like a thursday more than a wednesday. No idea why. One of the …
Home, Sweet Home. Long day, but I got some toys to play with so that will be fun. Too many toys… Some tracking units, a hands free bluetooth headset to play with and test. I will post more on the …