Stuff
What a better title for an entry in my Blog but STUFF… Describes things so much and so little… Top 100 Gadgets of all time Mobile PC Magazine has a list of the top 100 gadgets of all time listed …
Author: Darryl Smith
What I have been doing today…
So what have I been up to all day? Well, here is a photo. I have been building these. I designed it. I built it. So what is it? A GPS tracker for a motorcycle.The top of my finger is …
Another Long Day
Today has been another long day. Too long. Too much work of the non-fun variety. Right now I have had enough, but I have more work I must do. I have almost finished the work for the courier company. It …
Ouch…
Ouch? Well… let me tell you a story. I have been working doing some work for a courier company. The cases that I had for their tracking units were not really good enough for their environment so I needed to …
Sunday SMH
In the Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday there was a comment about a book called “Court in the Act” which is a collection of some of the best court room exchanges in Australia over the years. Angus and Robertson Bookworld …
Time Off…
There are times when I just feel like having some time off. Right now there is too much stress in my life, and there is too little I can do to reduce it unfortunately. Some of it is personal. Some …
I need a holiday
Ok. I know I have just had one but I need another one. And I need it right now. Maybe somwhere with broadband internet access and no cellphones. I got a bid in to write some software for me a …
Repairs
I spoke to my insurance company this morning, ALLIANZ. For some reason they are getting a number of calls from concerning hail damage. This is not all that surprising really. The woman who I was speaking to on the phone …
Broadcast Services Act
From EFA.org.au The Broadcasting Services Act (C’wlth) (“the BSA”) provides a statutory defence to an ISP/ICH who carries/hosts Internet content in Australia and who was not aware that they were carrying/hosting a defamatory publication. Clause 91(1) of Schedule 5 to …
Storm Damage
I got an email from a friend overnight who had some storm damage on Saturday. He lives at Berowra somewhere, and had three direct hits on the house, and lost about an inch off the top of his lightning rod. …
Sometimes things do go right.
Sometimes I do love this job. I have been putting off some work since I thought it would take ages to do. In fact I thought it was going to take a full days work, with lots of issues, and …
A Long Day
It has been a long day… OK. Where to start. I woke up too early and could not get back to sleep. Still I left at the time I intended and there was not too much traffic on the road. …
The Storm.
Today I have been at richards all day, building. We were working on assembling and riveting one of the wings after undercoating the parts last weekend. This meant that we were well on the way to actually doing something constructive …
Lots of Stuff
Hospital Firstly, my father gave me a ring this evening. My grandmother is apararently in Hospital right now. Admitted yesterday I think. She has a bleed on the brain somewhere, but is now sitting up in bed so that is …
Credit Cards
I love them. I think most readers know that I run my own business. These days electronic transactions are popular. Paying bills by remote control is just so easy. Going through my accounts for the last month I found about …