Seen on a walk – Inner Circle Train Line
DaleThere’s this bit of track on a path in the Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy. I thought they were tram tracks, so I asked agreencow who is a noted tram gunzel,…
And the ATM customer walked away …
We had a call from Footscray Police Station late one Friday night. We’ve had a man walk in with $200 claiming that he found it sitting in the ATM cash…
Parked on the street! LJ XU-1 Torana
While walking home, I spotted this LJ XU-1 Torana: it was manufactured in January 1974. I’ve seen it driving on the street, and it was a pleasure to see it…
Mobile friendly web sites
This collection of (mainly Australian) mobile phone friendly links was something I put together (almost) four years ago. All the links still work from a mobile phone, which was a…
Tamper evident seals on fire extinguishers
I like tamper evident seals on fire extinguishers, I really do. It allows for a quick visual check to see if someone has grabbed a fire extinguisher, used it and…
Fire extinguishers in Australian Office Buildings
Spent the morning looking at the number of fire extinguishers needed in an Australian office building (ie. a Class 5 building). Here’s the process I followed as a Health and…
How to open a WD Elements USB2 External Drive
You carefully lever the bottom of the case, out of the case. Here are a couple of photos which demonstrate this: After I got the case open, I was impressed…
“Who is doing what on your PC now???”
This is an ad for iOpus Starr software from February 2003. Considering the breath of the Edward Snowden revelations about the US Government being able to break into pretty much…
If you give a Weim an inch …
As Weim owners, we're always talkingtalkingtalking about how if you give a Weim an inch, they'll take over. Hell, they'll do more than take over- they will take that inch,…
Saturday Link Roundup – More Weimaraners
The first Weimaraner Link Roundup Hypomyelination in Weimaraner DogsResearchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison lead by Dr. Ian Duncan in collaboration with researchers from Dr. Patel’s Laboratory at The…