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Keeping your balls in the air

Friday 21st April, 2006 15 Comments

Let me paint a picture for you. Imagine, if you will, a rack filled with balls. Each ball has written on it a task that you may undertake in your daily life. Examples of such tasks are: your job, maintaining a healthly relationship with your spouse, looking after your kids, keeping fit, eating properly, cleaning … [Read More »]

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I’m still alive

Thursday 20th April, 2006 2 Comments

I haven’t been posting much of late … number of reasons – which I won’t go into just yet. I have just got back from a 10 day trip to China for work, and unfortunately I’ve now come down with the flu. Been growing feathers and clucking a lot too … but I’m pretty sure … [Read More »]

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Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Copper / Aluminium CPU Cooler

Monday 13th March, 2006 Leave a Comment

My desktop PC runs an AMD AthlonXP 3200+ CPU, but ever since I put the machine together, it has had problems with overheating. I have an almost identical machine with more hard drives in it (which get really hot!) but with a AMD AthlonXP 3000+ CPU, which shouldn’t make that much difference, but has never … [Read More »]

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Queen concert at Taronga Zoo

Sunday 12th March, 2006 Leave a Comment

We went and saw a concert at Taronga Zoo this evening: Queen – Champions Of The World … a cover band playing Queen songs exclusively. Was a great evening – we took a picnic dinner, stretched out on a rug on the lawns in front of the stage (along with about 1000 other people) – … [Read More »]

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World’s largest Windows error message

Saturday 11th March, 2006 Leave a Comment

Adam Gaffin writes on a NetworkWorld.com blog about the World’s largest Windows error message. Quite amusing.

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