I am glad that Australia is mono-lingual. It seems that bi-lingual countries are always running into problems. Canada has lots of issues having to produce information in French and English. And cyclists in the UK have been asked to beware …
I have managed to get some programming done – but the work is not as useful as it sounds. The majority of the work is for a project that sounds useful but I have not actually got yet. I am …
First, it looks like Xena is now a planet… The IAU have come up with a definition of a planet, and decided that a planet needs to be mostly circular and orbiting the sun. It was a brilliant definition… and …
Thanks in part to the SMH, I found a list of Murphy’s Laws for Frequent Flyers. Things like planes are only on time if you are running late, If you arrive very early for a flight it will be delayed, …
My mother is looking at getting a new Laptop so I was looking at the Dell Web Site, and it was *Interesting* to say the least. One laptop came with free ADSL, Delivery, HDDD Upgrade and Memory Upgrade. But there …
Pain and Suffering. I have a friend of mine working on a PIC project for me. This is taking MUCH longer than any of us thought. It is a really quick and fast project. There is almost nothing to it. …
The DELL battery site is now up and online. Typeing in my serial number of the battery here told me that I did not need to replace the battery. This is disappointing. I was hoping to get a free battery …
I found a really really bizzare photo on the Web linked to from News.Com.Au. It is the SECRET NUCLEAR BUNKER just near Brentwood. This is about 20 miles out of london so it might be a great place to visit… …
According to the SMH, DELL will be starting a major Laptop Batter Recall soon. The details will be on this page but they are not there yet. They will be recalling about 18% of the batteries used in laptops manufactured …
I think I have missed something with the government plans to subsidize LPG installation into vehicles. So the government is paying people to change their vehicles to LPG which is less fuel efficient than petrol. You end up using more …
Some links… Firstly News.COM.AU has a story on David Tetch which is a computer generated interviewer on TV. They also have a story about a grown up version of The Muppets. And the SMH has a list of 10 great …
The threat level in the UK has been slightly downgraded meaning that you can now carry luggage onto planes. There are still some restrictions, although I have not managed to work out quite what they are at the moment. Then …
So far it has been one of those days. Phone calls, emails, chat messages. And whilst most of them are work related I just do not feel that I have got any actual work done. Thankfully though I am getting …
Last night when I got home I was truely exhausted. Not the type where I was about to fall asleep, just to the point where I needed to just sit in the corner with the TV on. I managed to …