I am cleaning out the garage. I have never gotten round to restoring or refurbishing the old computers I have accumulated ( Read more... )

So, I went to Rocky Horror, much good fun had by all etc. (almost any favourable rocky night comments are applicable, with the exception of rampant sex). I was dropping Pam off at her place (well, on the way to doing so) and my car starts running funny, then ticking, then clanging, etc. It keeps going till Mains road (not terribly far from Pam's ( Read more... )

Reminder for those who asked, and for those who didn't:

Rocky Horror Picture Show and Phantom of the Paradise (Double feature!) at the Metro Arts in Brisbane, this Friday the fourteenth at 7.30 PM, $14.00. Dunno why people ever tell me about these things, I hardly ever go....

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Last night, my wallet fell out of my pocket in my car. I forgot about it till this morning, when I realised where it must be. Checking the car, I discover that it was now unlocked with a buggered lock and of course, no wallet. The turds had also taken a set of keys that was in the car too. Charmers must have thought they could come back and get ( Read more... )

It's been a real fix-it week. Repacked the drill batteries, fixed car indicator switch, changed oil/filters etc, fixed broken headlight, repaired 2 mobile phones and most recently upgraded Mari's computer from a pentium pro to an actual PII. All delays on that last were entirely due to video card problems in that there was no AGP slot and win98 ( Read more... )

Probably due to alcohol. Very terse stuff this vino. Must drink more loquacious booze in future. *NO PUKKA BOOZE*. (Glares at Pam for adoption of excessive capitals and exclamatory phrasing).

Having moved recently, things have been in rather a disarray. Still are. A weekend of fiddling stuff around has resulted in not having to climb over and through boxes to do anything, and some parts are starting to look usable. Still lots of books to unpack (some have been in storage for years) as soon as I organise more shelves. Might even be able ( Read more... )

Got round to connecting broadband cable. Yippee. Might get around to posting more often. Hmmm, am i the only sucker with a steam-operated modem?

Extensive clean-up of general office area at the lab has revealed that someone a long time ago abandoned their calculator. No-one else wants it because it is a HP 41C, with reverse polish notation. Since I am used to reverse polish, and I collect calculators anyway, I have inherited it. Reverse polish is good. No-one Hardly anyone steals borrows ( Read more... )

Drunk! Drunk, I said. Plus marginally inspired by Bloom County/Outlands and Jim Steinman.

That should cover it.

Oh my.