I have been rather busy today… I bought some IC’s from Jaycar yesterday… They were advertised as being MAX232CWE, with the W meaning Wide. But they decided to supply MAX232CSE, with the S meaning Standard. This means that the width …
A colleague dropped over for lunch today, so we went to Lonestar as they have a 2 for $20 deal. Not a bad deal but certainly do not expect salad with the meal. Not bad though. I upgraded MYOB accounting …
The BBC is reporting that Smoking is being banned in France in all public spaces from January 2008. About time. I wonder how long until that happens here. The SMH has a couple of good legal articles… The first is …
It is a real problem when you google a phrase and it does not appear anywhere. Well, it will now, but did not at the time. Try “Virtual Memory Ware”. Let me explain further. The following comes from a report …
Somehow in the last few days I have managed to hurt my left wrist. At least yesterday it was getting worse all day. A crepe bandage around the wrist has helped I think, but I just need to make sure …
According to News.Com.AU, Telstra helped the search for the 2002 Bali Bombings. They sent a couple of people to Indonedia to gather evidence to send to the NSA and the DSD in Australia. This evidence was crucial in finding those …
A guy in W.A. has been charged with driving his car backwards on a highway. He was doing about 60 km/h and had been driving up to 80 km/h after the gearbox siezed. Wow. link I also found a great …
The 2006 Ig Nobel prizes have been announced in the USA.link Some of the winners included… Maths: How many photos must be taken to almost ensure no-one in a group shot has their eyes closed, by Nic Svenson and Piers …
The Telegraph in the UK has a story on how Cantabury Cathedral is being held together with duct tape to stop the stone work falling apart. This story has made it around te world. According to the BBC, Top Gear …
According to the New York Times the winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry should have some idea about the ceremony. After all, this is not his first time over there. He went once before when he was 12 to …
Some might say this is too early to be concerned, but the SMH is starting to report on the a Year 2038 Problem. This problem affects most systems programmed in ‘C’ who count times as the number of seconds since …
BusinessWeek has an article on how to do Industrial Espionage. And how to stop it. The story is Here. But they have a slide show giving details of a dumb device from Brickhouse Security that detects even if the government …
What is wrong with WhitePages and Sensis. Ok, well, yes, they are part of Telstra, but that is not all of it. Looking at their WhitePages web site I needed to do a search. I knew the street and the …
There is a strange one in the SMH. The givernment is being asked to Subsidise lingerie to save marriages. What more can I say about that? And in the UK comes news that some of the UK prisoners in Guantanimo …