“50% fill for non-spill feature”
DaleTry saying that really fast, I dare you. I thought it was a bit of a con on behalf of Selley’s. Sell a half full bottle of “Super Glue”, and…
“What’s wrong with the door?”, asked our Facilities Lady.
It’s got a sign on it saying “Door Not In Use.” The slightly longer story is that people were using this entrance as a shortcut, which was disruptive to the…
Text mode drivers and Sysprep (on Windows XP)
I’m so glad we’ve moved away from needing to use Sysprep on Windows Vista / 7. But since I still support Windows XP and needed to add a Intel AHCI…
“Why is the GHOST image ???
broken up into 670MB chunks”, asked Grasshopper, aka one of our 2nd level support guys. ‘Historical reasons’ was my reply. 9 years ago, when the desktop installation was being created…
That’s only half the answer though
I tell people that the secret of my job in fixing computers, is knowing just that little bit more than the person asking the question. Well, that’s half the answer…
Richmond lost…
First AFL/VFL football game I’ve been to in 30+ years, and Richmond was comprehensively thumped by Carlton (Round 16). The final score was Richmond (12.9.81) Carlton (28.16.184). Richmond is playing…
Awesync and the “Don’t Sync After Work Hours” option
Can be found in the “More” button, under the General tab. This is useful as I don’t want my desktop computer accessing my Google Calendar every 15 minutes, after I’ve…
Little Lord Jesus would be happy
I always confuse the terms “Manga” and “Hentai”. I’m an IT Guy, but I’m not into Japanese Anime, which explains why I can’t remember which is the pornography, and which…
iOS Hardening Configuration Guide–Defence Signals Directorate
Saw this on a co-workers desk the other day. Guess it means we’re going to tighten up some of the security settings on our corporate iPhones and iPads. Long overdue…