Monthly Archives: November 2006
Fierce Hailstorm
Hail storms are fun! A rather impressive specimen just roared through Brisbane. Luckily I was home to batten down the hatches.
Another Year, Another Stupid Horsey Tradition
The lunch and sweeps organised at work today for the Melbourne Cup were too much effort, so I’m now home for lunch. I’m not going to watch the race here either, thanks to an allergic reaction to the advertisement for … Continue reading
Pet Peeve: Date Formats!
There is nothing that annoys me more than the variety of different ways different countries write their dates! The main problem affecting me occurs with Australian/UK and US formats, there is often no way to tell which is which. Most … Continue reading
Most Effective Five Dollar Upgrade Ever
I finally got around to replacing the broken IDE cable in my computer last night. It had been limping along with an old UDMA33 cable, and now has a proper UDMA100 cable. Before: damo@omad:~$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/hdc: … Continue reading