Internet Lessons
I spent a couple of pleasant hours today with my sister Jo, re-introducing her to the internet and showing her how to manage her web site through WordPress. A few weeks ago I wrote about helping Jo find her new notebook computer; today after helping Dad run a 20 metre Cat-5 cable from the main […]
Whistling Echidnas
Sometimes in the evening where we live we hear a strange whistling sound. We’ve wondered what type of bird was making the sound. Apparently it isn’t a bird, it is the echidna. The information comes from an Aboriginal colleague of my husband’s. The subject arose when H showed her a strange rock he’d found in […]
Aargh! No Broadband!
A sudden storm wiped out my ADSL broadband yesterday afternoon, quite an inconvenience when I had customers ringing and needed my internet connection. So it’s back to dialup for a little while, until my new modem arrives. I am getting a four port wireless model from Netcomm. Dialup’s not so bad really, I’m not a […]
Baby Possum
Very late, was watching the end of My Fair Lady on TV and it was time to let our dogs out for their final loo break before bed. I’m out there encouraging them to “go” and hear movement in the trees, then a great THUD, then the sound of possums squawking. It’s very dark but […]
Bumper Sticker Philosophy
Found this on one of my favourite women’s forums, I think it was probably one of those email lists that do the rounds: All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand. Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. OK, so what’s the speed of dark? How do you tell […]
My Essential Software Toolkit
My PC has been having performance issues of late; I’ve collected a lot of software I rarely use so I think it might be time to evaluate what I need, backup my data to CD-Rom, re-format and reinstall! Not including device drivers for printer, camera, CD burner etc here is what I couldn’t do without: […]