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Thankyou for waiting for the one day when you know it’s going to rain to leave my mail sticking out of my letterbox. (more…)

I’d seen that Supanova 2010 was coming up this weekend so rangs Linds late on Saturday and asked him if he wanted to go Sunday and meet Summer Glau. He was in so we got there nice and early(ish) and lined up in the “photos” line.

Before long we were getting our pic taken with my favourite killer-death-robot-from-the-future. Stoked.

Our DBA recently installed a SQL Server 2008 instance and sent us admins off to the intarweb to find the corresponding version of Management Studio. This wasn’t needed as all the installation images are available on our CD archive but, still, I couldn’t figure out which version I needed. (more…)

First things first. I’ve just got both these (expensive) products home, plugged them in and have come away with nothing more than a huge feeling of being ripped off. Some of this is due to limitations of the iPod but the rest is due to the limitations of the Universal Dock. (more…)

I’ve just moved from a modest sized unit to a modest sized house. Things are very different and these are some of the things I won’t miss: (more…)

I’ve recently bought an established home and have decided to “make it my own”. That was the first bad move. Here are some things I’ve learnt: (more…)

Installing Linux on an IBM ThinkCentre M50 requires the ACPI interface to be disabled or you could see the system slow to a crawl. Here’s how I found out and how to fix it. (more…)

So, I’ve taken the plunge and let Micro$oft install a bunch of Windows Live stuff on my PC. Include is Windows Live Writer which proposes to be able to write posts on my blog.

Let’s see if it works.

Whatever blew up in the flats next door on Friday wasn’t able to be properly repaired and died again early on Sunday morning. (more…)

Of course the day that the power decides to go out in my neighborhood is also the hottest day of the year. (more…)