Note to self: When you measure out a distance between two spots on the floor, REMEMBER TO ADD A COUPLE OF METRES for slack! And for the distance between the switch and the hole! What a waste of time and money. Back to Jaycar I go to get 15 metres of ethernet cable instead of [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Fail!
Posted in Geekery on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Tao of Wiring
Posted in Geekery on March 28, 2009 | Comments Off
A few weeks ago our naughty greyhound nommed through the ethernet cable that connected the router in the geek room to the switch in the front room, killing Net access for the PS3 and stopping the Airport Express from seeing the network. I got around it by switching the Airport to act as a wireless [...]
Phone me not
Posted in General on March 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As of a few days ago, our land line was cut off when the incompetent ISP finally enabled our Naked DSL line properly. So, if you want to call us, I suggest not using the landline, and instead, use our mobiles! Or even better, use email so I don’t have to talk on the phone. [...]
How do you justify it?
Posted in Zoom-zoom on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Searching through the used car classifieds, as I am wont to do when work is slow, it never ceases to amaze me that there are great sports cars out there that really haven’t been used. Take, for example, the 2001 Porsche Boxster S with under 20,000 kms on the clock. Why on earth was this [...]
Mother of All Funk Chords
Posted in Music on March 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Now, this is exactly what I needed on a Friday morning after a night of dreaming that Crumpet left me.
Is that the time?
Posted in General on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wow, I’ve been really slack at this blogging thing. Guess I’ll think about something to say today and if I come up with something compelling, post it tonight.
