Melbourne Airport Live Flight Radar

Ok, so there ARE other aircraft flight status reports, but I like this one as it is graphical.

It does require Adobe Flash Player to be installed, which is a problem for some people.

Melbourne Airport – Live Flight Radar

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Being short $10 dollars

Sometimes, peoples’ lack of maths skills amaze me.

I was at the airport the other night, buying some stuff.

Total cost $41.35.

Gave the old bloke $60 (3 x $20).

I received $28.65 change, a “bonus” of $10.

Spent the next five minutes arguing with the old bloke, that he was short-changing himself [...]

“Yes, the plane can be two hours late, but you still have to check in on time …”

Travelled on Tiger Airways recently, and the service wasn’t too bad.

Sure, Terminal 4 at Tullamarine Airport is a converted shed, and the baggage pickup area IS A shed, but you do expect that for such cheap fares, eh?

The downside is that Tiger fly Airbus A320* aircraft.

I don’t like them.  They [...]

10 Tech Things I pack when I travel.

Power board and travel power plug adapter. Laptop power supply supply. With all my devices being chargeable via USB cable, I don’t need to pack separate phone/PDA/headset chargers. PDA & BlackBerry. Plenty of Audio Books. For something to listen  to when I can’t do anything else. USB memory sticks. For transferring data between [...]

nPing – Diagnosing Lotus Notes network problems

Lotus Notes client didn’t work at the Frensham Pond Hotel, when I stayed there.

Long story short

Ports 80/443 worked, so I was able to “surf” the web. Port 1352 blocked

How did I know?

I used nPing.exe, and this is what a failure looks like A successful nPing looks like this: (and your [...]

Over one million items! The Unclaimed Baggage Centre

Something you can say about the USA is that things are so much bigger.

Ever wondered where unclaimed baggage goes to?

In the USA, it can end up in the Unclaimed Baggage Centre.

Amazing. If I ever get back to the USA, I’m going to check it out.

The website is here, and [...]

The trip back - returning home from England

There’s not a Qantas counter at Heathrow departures. You line up at the British Airways counter.

It was good to start the journey home. Had a quick look though the duty free shops. It’s all junk, trust me. Stocked up on water. BA airline club was jammed packed. Had a shower to wash [...]

Going to London to Visit the Queen

Oh I wish, don’t think that’ll happen while my bottom is pointing to the ground.   But the first thing I did was drop my bag at Heathrow. There is a bag storage service, all of £8 it cost I think. Well worth it compared to dragging a suitcase around the city.

Not to [...]

Food – while in England

Monday Night – The Nelson Arms, Surrey

A typical English Pub, except I didn’t see any warm beer. It was established in the 1700′s.

It’s claimed the wooden ceiling beams are timbers from an old sailing ship.

I had the Beef Chilli Burger (9 GBP) and several T.E.A. beers.

Lovely!

Tuesday Night – [...]

It’s off to work I go – first work day in England

Next morning It’s a bit of a lurk on the company’s behalf. That is, if the hotel throws in breakfast as part of the accommodation deal, in means a 20% reduction in the Travel Allowance rate

Travel allowance is supposed to cover "out of pocket" living expenses, meals and such like.  20% is a [...]