Post Office…
No, I didnt get any Valentines Day Cards today in the post… And I didn’t send any either so I cant be too disappointed. It is interesting looking at the price of calculator batteries… The ones the size of a …
Author: Darryl Smith
Working From Home
Right now I have been working from home for approaching three years and I should say that I love most of it. Take today for instance… I woke up sometime before 7AM. Not sure exactly, but it does not really …
In Flight Hardware Failure
When I flew to New Zealand on January 27th for my post-breakup escape, I took with me a LinkSys Wireless Access Point (WAP) since I knew Kevin had a network in his house, but did not have network in the …
A lot of bits…
Remote Control Tank with Live Video – DIY There was an interesting link from SlashDot.Org listing details on how one person had placed a wireless video camera onto a children’s remote control tank. The link is here. The following picture …
Valentines Day
It is St Valentines Day tomorrow. This year I was actually looking forward to Valentines Day – to finally having the chance to exchange cards with the one I loved. Well, since the relationship is over and there is no …
LifeLine
There are reports in the Sydney Morning Herald that LifeLine might need to close if it does not fine alternate funding at the end of the financial year. According to the SMH, “It is the nation’s only 24-hour general counselling …
An Evening Update
Firstly, why is an evening update being posted at 6AM? Well, that is because I originally wrote this update last night, and the upload failed. Oh, well. C’est La Vie. Yesterday afternoon was spent preparing plane parts for painting… A …
Daily Update
Last night my arm was getting better… This morning it is not quite so good. I can still type and all that but I will have to see how I go scrubbing aluminiumn this afternoon and then painting tomorrow at …
Exhausted
Right now I am rather exhausted. Some of today has been useless, some has been better. To show you how exhausted I am, I just typed the word twoday. Now, what is wrong with that spelling? One of the jobs …
Qantas Service
Qantas Service is getting worse, in flight. It is now almost what I would expect from REX. On REX I got a little orange juice and a small muffin. With the option of tea and coffee. This was going down …
Sore Arm…
Last night I don’t really know how I did it but I know I hurt my left arm in bed. I think I lied on it at one point, and now it is sore. It is bad enough so that …
Albury Post Script
I have just returned from an overnight trip from Albury. I should say I love driving to the airport and leaving the car there overnight. So much faster to get home. The major delay getting home was the 10-15 minutes …
Apology and Explanation
When I posted some things on this site a few weeks ago about the breakup of my engagement, I had no idea the fuss it would cause. It has caused a lot of people a lot of stress, and I …
Off to Albury
This is being written at the REX counter at Sydney Airport. Internet access is available thanks to WiFi. Back in 1994/5 I did a thesis on the technology of WiFi and everyone thought it was really out there. Now every …
Onward to Albury
Tuesday morning I will be flying to Albury on an 8AM flight with REX. This is my normal flight when I go down there. Problem is that I need to drive to the airport which is a real pain. I …