Some software I use – call blocking and world timezone clock
DaleWorld Clock software Qlock is the best software I've found so far, for keeping tracking of different timezones. And judging by our work software tracking system, so do 100+ of…
Hey, at least it’s not us!
I was on the 55 tram heading to Parkville, stuck at the Elizabeth Street/Royal Parade. It's not as bad as the Magic Roundabout, but it has it's moments. "What the…
Beardy types, in a training course.
I was at a Microsoft training course today, and all the beardy types were there too. You know, the "we want everything for free" types. They can be found working…
Meet FIDO – Mascot of the FIDOnet network
FIDO is the mascot of the FidoNet community. A sad bunch of lonely IT geeks wonderful group of community-spirited people who ran Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), networked to FidoNet. Actually,…
I could just grab a scalpel …
Seen over at the Daily WTF, this gem, ... K.G. tried to reason with him, kidding-on-the-square with an example a doctor might understand: "Granted, I don't have any formal medical…
Sharp practice – eBay seller postage rip-off scam
Since I last wrote, I've managed to expand my collection of cufflinks to 20ish sets. It's all the fault of eBay. They were priced so cheap. Postage was a killer…
On bad (computer generated) advice.
Lemmings, a popular PC game released in 1991. It involved you (the player) guiding lemmings to safely over gorges, broken bridges & cliffs (see screen shot right). Lemmings were essentially…
Making your laptop battery run for longer
I'm not a Macbook Pro user, so I don't suffer from a hot lap. But if I did, I'd zoom right along to here and download smcFanControl, right now. It…
Advertising Windows Errors
I tolerate Microsoft Windows. I would probably like it if I wasn't involved in supporting it. On occasion, systems running Windows do something REALLY stupid. (see left). Yes, that's right.…
Purpose: Install new data line set, and switch all 5 sites across.
... just another Sunday night ... 1945hrs - Travel into work. 2030hrs - Some bastard parked across our company car park driveway. 2045hrs - Find and pay for another car…