For those of you who don’t know some of the Australian slang words and abbreviations I’ve used in previous posts I thought I’d start a series of Aussie slang posts. arvo = afternoontech = technicianbbq = barbecue, called a cook out in America I think I wonder what it’s called elsewhereaussie = Australiantea = evening … [Read more…]
I went with my daughter and a group of friends from church to the waterfalls about 15 minutes drive from my house. We had a bbq there and then went hiking. I cheated a bit and drove part of the way. Jessica and I set out on our own but were soon joined by a … [Read more…]
Well Now that I have ADSL I will probably be doing more blogging and might actually get around to changing the decor in here. Saturday I got my ADSL router, set it up Sat arvo, wouldn’t work. DSL light flashing, no sync. Contacted ISP, said they’d log a fault report with Telstra. Rang them Monday, … [Read more…]
I’ve decided I’m going to submit a paper to speak at the main Linux.conf.au not just at the Education Miniconference. I’m going to make my paper a type of ‘Report From A Past Regional Delegate’. As I won the opportunity to go to this year’s Linux Conf in Canberra (look at previous posts) as part … [Read more…]
This is my no dig garden with the cherry tomatoes. I’ve posted this pic in reply to Kate’s request in the comments. So here you are Kate. I made this garden bed using hay bales as the sides and filling in the centre with flattened cardboard boxes and then a shallow layer of potting mix. … [Read more…]
I was feeling quite pleased with myself that I’d found a problem with Kubuntu, in using the gui to set up the network, and found a way to get around it by myself and then this morning I found out that it’s already been documented on kudos.berlios.de I could’ve fixed the problem a lot quicker … [Read more…]