Mobile Phone Bill
I got my mobile bill for the time I was away. I was impressed. Call charges were only $100 for the month. Sure, I was not using the phone much, but it was rather nice to be that cheap. That …
Author: Darryl Smith
Codes…
In another life I think I could have been a cryptographer. But in this one I really do not have the paitience to do that sort of thing. Case in point. A business partner has been wanting me to do …
Travel Diary – To Singapore and Home
Checking in at Rome was strange. The woman found it strange that I had a ticket to London, and then a separate one to Singapore. Once she realized that it was because of ticket types and schedule problems she was …
Travel Diary – Visiting Rome
Last Night (Wednesday Night) I got my tour of the center of Rome. I was really impressed, and I finally see the attraction of this place. I don’t know that I would want to live here but even so it …
Travel Diary – More Italy
I was trying to decide if I needed something for dinner. So I went down to the front desk to ask about Internet access. Dialup is the only option. Argh. Wireless routers are cheap these days, even in Italy… And …
Travel Diary – To Italy
I have finally worked out where I neglected to go in London – The British Library. I forgot that they often have cool stuff. Next time. The same next time when I go to Bletchley Park. Turns out that the …
Travel Diary – London
Thursday morning I visited the National Science Museum. This required me to take The Tube. This was an experience. Buying the ticket – a Daypass for sections 1 and 2 – was easy and only #4.30. What was strange was …
Travel Diary – USA – London – The Funeral
Rogers Funeral today. I woke up a bit after seven and got cleaned dressed ready for going out – and grabbed my laptop and went down to Starbucks for breakfast. Breakfast was nice but the Starbucks internet access was not …
Travel Diary – USA – Digital Comms Conference – Appendix
Some stuff I forgot about the digital communications conference. Bdale I believe it was showed me an antenna plot that someone in AMSAT had made recently. It was a plot of the antenna gain for the GPS transmitting antenna as …
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Travel Diary – USA – Washington to London
Then there was the flight from Chicago to DC. This was not as nice as the rest, partially with it being a Braeair from Brazil rather than a canadajet. This Canadajet was set up with four seats in each row …
Travel Diary – USA – Digital Comms Conference
Thursday morning I woke up about 6:30… About 7:00 I went down and started work on my presentations and checked email. Sure, I could have done this from my room, but it was more social to go down to the …
Travel Diary – USA – Arrival in Des Moines
Dateline : Wednesday 8-Sept Right now I am in the Admirals Club in LAX terminal four. People have never been to one of these should realize what the admirals club is. It is something between a coffee lounge in your …
Travel Diary – Auckland
Sunday 7:10AM flight on a Sunday morning. Which of course is way too early, what with a two hour checkin, and a forty minute trip to the airport. Technically I drove myself to the airport, but my brother drove my …
Deceptive Trade Conducts
Just got some advertising from “Computers Direct” on (Australia) 1300 85 36 37. The letter came in a plain envelope with a window. It was stamped with “Hand Delivered”, and through the window it said “Final Notice” Oh. What bill …
DVD Slideshow software
[Long time no blog… I have been away. I will fix the blog in the next week] I have a whole lot of photos of a trip away. I want to put them onto a DVD where I need to …