life

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life

Still walking the path...

I’ve not had much inclination to update this (in case you’ve not noticed ;-)) but as I’ve updated the theme and done a bit of web design / hacking around I reckon “what the hell..” Life (and love): Where do I start? An almost complete turnaround; a bit

humour

Rant in One Thousand Words.

[https://www.thatfleminggent.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/onnotice.jpg] [https://i1.wp.com/www.thatfleminggent.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/onnotice.jpg] Enough said.

fedora

I've not disappeared - the move is complete

…. but not without dramas. The move wasn’t as smooth as expected. The actual furnishings/equipment move was fine, but the technological move was not. Thanks to the wonders of the monopoly telecommunications company here (Telstra) who, despite being privatised and made to compete with other carriers treats the public

fedora

Moving very soon..

The lease on my apartment here in Fortitude Valley has expired and my landlords have opted not to offer me an extension (well, they DID but then rescinded it after I agreed to it, lusers). I’ve not settled on anything else as yet – still going over a whole raft

life

More random shite..

Not much of this is going to be coherent, but here goes: Metafilter [http://www.metafilter.com/65071/I-want-to-sit-in-a-hole-and-drink-chardonnay-while-reading-a-book-thanks-very-much/] posters can be cuttingly funny: > “When I think of Sydney I think of the Crocodile Hunter and Paul Hogan jousting against each other in speed boats, while Yahoo Serious referees

fedora

The Catchup Post.

Why yes, it has been a little while since I’ve posted anything of note. Hope the quote from Sean tided over the tragics who just couldn’t stay away. There has been quite a bit happening, most of it good. Dad has come back from Bangkok after his stem-cell

life

Out-nerded, thankfully.

In case you’ve been living as a hermit for the last 9 months, the new Harry Potter book has been released this weekend. I’m not that much of a fan (seen the movies though) but each to their own. However the hardcore fans, they’re a worry. The

friendsdonewell

There has to be a happy medium somewhere (?)

Good Things: * Tina Wallmann has gotten a Zoo Weekly [http://www.zooweekly.com.au/] cover, a fairly good photoset (wish they’d lay off the airbrush though, she doesn’t need it) – nicely done, proud of you mate ? * Dad leaves for Bangkok on Friday night for a heart operation – hopefully

beer

Fecking NOOOO!

This cannot be happening! Dublin Guiness Brewery to close? [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0618/breaking59.htm] My Irish brethren – don’t let this happen! It’s a slight against common decency! What would Dylan Thomas, George Best and Father Jack have said! The local on-tap stuff is

fedora

Moving on....

A few things have happened since my last entry. Firstly, I have ceased working for WebCentral / MelbourneIT, my employer for the last seven years to take a job as a systems administrator / developer at Sauce Software, a smaller locally-based software / e-commerce development company. This not only means a lot less

life

A fork in the way?

I’m finding it difficult to know exactly what to put here these days. I’ve been putting off this entry for a little while and even now I’m not sure how it’s going to turn out. So please excuse me if this all sounds stream-of-consciousness, it’s

friendsdonewell

I'm so bored I could listen to Yes.

It’s Saturday, I’ve got a sore throat and I’m on call. Not particularly happy at the moment but things could be worse. In pushing out a couple of small updates to the site tonight I remembered that a “bzr merge” will of course set the timestamps on

buddhism

A story saved for posterity.

The redesign of the site is progressing well and I would expect it to be essentially complete by the weekend at the latest. I’ve had to make some calls regarding stuff that should stay and go – among the casualties is my old Journal, which will remain but have no

life

Some changes around...

Firstly, you might have noticed a change in theme (basically went back to the default Kubrick theme for WordPress) This isn’t strictly by design, as my original choice of theme breaks in subtle ways under WP 2.1 and I haven’t had time to fix it. Mind you,

life

Back to the grind, with much to think about.

Tuesday has seen me back in the office – admittedly not the first work-related day back, as I went on-call for one of my colleagues on Saturday morning owing to a tragic family accident (my thoughts are with them). Fortunately it’s not been busy, so flare-out (too much too quickly

fedora

Holiday halfway point.

One full week to go before I’m back to the grind (something I’m not looking forward to, but I have to eat) I’ve at least managed to get something different in this time – a visit to the new Modern Art Gallery [http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/

fedora

Another Christmas survived.

It wasn’t half bad, actually – got to catch up with Paul and his missus among other relatives I don’t see too frequently. As usual, the food is plentiful and good. Sleeping on the couch (as per tradition for me) was not so good and my back is absolutely

fedora

Pre-Christmas message :-)

A few things: Life: * Spending Christmas with the family this year. As is tradition, I’ll be sleeping on the couch/floor/other non-bed flat surface. * Dad is not well, unfortunately. We’ll find out more next week from the specialist. * Organized a fortnight off work starting new year. I’

fedora

Still around...

I’ve been a little busy of late – much of it at work and miscellaneous other-life bits and pieces. There has been a few things happening. To follow on from my last entry, I didn’t get scummvm / stella fixed, alas. However scummvm is now in Fedora Extras, so I

fedora

Updated (but with a few wrinkles)

I now have Fedora Core 6 on defender, my desktop PC. The DVD image took a while but worked flawlessly. However the combination of it and the old NVIDIA Xorg driver ensured I was in console mode most of that night (Thursday) – fixed now though. Now I have a rather

fedora

Preparing for Fedora Core 6...

For those folks who follow it, Fedora Core 6 is out tomorrow (or the day after depending on your time zone). For me, this also means rebuilding my repositories over the weekend in preparation for folks (including me!) wanting my packages. However, I will need to make some changes again

friendsdonewell

Tina @ Indy 2007 Redux

Courtesy of a thoughtful and heroic poster @ the Aussiecelebs model forum: [http://www.enlartenment.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/tina_indy2007.jpg] [https://i1.wp.com/www.enlartenment.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/tina_indy2007.jpg] Again, congrats – May this take you places you’ve only dreamed of going ?

friendsdonewell

Congratulations Tina!

I’d just like to quickly congratulate Tina [http://www.tina.webcentral.com.au/] Wallmann [http://www.enlartenment.com/gallery/img012.jpeg.html] on placing runner-up in the Gold Coast Miss Indy 2007 model competition. Well done my friend! I personally would have loved to have seen her win – I’

hardware

A little extra reliability...

Payday finally arrived! I’d been looking at a good UPS (uninterruptible power supply for the non-hacker/tech readers) and finally settled on the APC RS 500 (about $AU300). It was painless to install and even with my current-sucking bittybox (ie pong, the environmentally-unsound old beast it is) I’ve

life

One very ordinary weekend...

Friday: Dad still in hospital. He’s been having dizzy spells over the course of the week due to low iron/haemoglobin levels. Mum took him in last Tuesday after one too many. Caught up with Bri but not as much as I’d like. On the upside she’s