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Aracde games are still snapped 2008-02-02 22:58:04 I've mentioned this before, but I'm getting a heap of new visitors to Tasweb today because of the story I did about cracking open VB Warnie, so I thought I should bring it up again. I've snapped the arcade games. Sorry, but I'm old and stupid! I'm still trying to fix em and hope to resume normal programming rooly soon.
I need a house 2008-02-02 22:53:23 For the past few years I've been living in a rented house. The day before we left for a one week camping trip at Port Arthur ( we are back now, I'll write a story on that soon) I was told that the owners want to sell and need me out, so now I'm looking for somewhere to live. I have no idea how long I've got, so if you have a property to rent not too far South of Hobart please let me know! Oh yeah, talking about my house, the young lady next door (they moved in a few months ago) told me the other day that her Staffordshire Bull Terrier was about to be moved to their house and that I shouldn't go anywhere near it as it is very aggressive and she was going to go to all of her adjoining neighbors to warn them. I did ask about the gaping holes in the fence and
I stuffed up 2008-02-01 23:19:18 I've stuffed up. Instead of moving my backups folder I deleted it. Not realising my mistake I then went and broke some stuff on Tasweb and now I can't restore things the way they were. The last backup I have is from about 4 weeks ago. Any stories or comments or new users created since then have been lost. The Arcade games are also broken (that's what started this whole mess). I'm having a battle making them work again. Sorry!
Field service mode LG TU500 2008-01-10 07:00:00
I used to know this and then I forgot it, and a guy asked me for it today, so I had to look it up again, so now I'm writing a story here so that I can easily find it the next time I'm asked for it. Gosh, that was a crappy sentence! I have an LG TU500 3G phone on Telstra's NextG network. This and it's equivalent, the TU550 and the Canadian CU500 are all really good phones with great reception and there is a hidden service code that unlocks a feature that allows you to view the receive signal strength. Type the following code from the idle screen just as if you were going to dial it as a number; *748#96 . Don't dial the . that's just there to end the sentence (not that there is a dot on the phone anyway). A yellow box will pop up with a bunch of useless informa Read more:Field
Whats inside VB Warnie 2008-01-08 07:00:00
VB Warnie has been sitting on my coffee table completely silent for a few days now, so I decided to pull him apart (as you do). The instructions clearly state (they even give you a picture) that he must be sitting approximately 2 metres in front of your telly and that he would only talk during the Commonwealth Bank one day series. That's what made me think he must listen for tones during the telecast, but by pulling him apart I could tell for sure.
[UPDATE] If you have read the rest of this story (click the "Read more..." link below) and you have read any of the comments you would know that there are a lot of people that are very unhappy with this years VB promotional doll. VB Warnie has a few issues. There seems to be two main ones. If he does Read more:inside
Backyard Bunny 2008-01-07 07:00:00
I couldn't believe my eyes the other day when I saw a wild rabbit munching on the weeds in my back yard. If I lived near the bush I could understand it, but I'm only a 10 minute walk from the beach. I guess there is some bush about a 10 minute walk in the other direction, but it's still a long way through suburban streets for a little bunny to hop. I told Emma and Brad but I don't think they believed me until they saw him for themselves. Then the next day there were two! They both stayed around for about a week so I was under strict orders not to cut the grass weeds as it was the flowers that they were eating. Unfortunately I haven't seen them for a few days now, so I cut the grass on the weekend. They are probably in someones tummy now!
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zzzzzzzzzzz 2008-03-19 07:38:40 You could be excused for thinking that I've been asleep for a few weeks. I know it's been a while since I last posted here, but my life has a blur of tennis, injury, crappy landlords, P&F, blown up vacuum cleaner, broken plates, house move, swimming, no Internet (aaarrrggghhh), cracked tiles, lost keys, dead man ferns, heating oil, missing curtain hooks, lost pole, school trip, sunburn, filthy range hood, missing instructions, boxes, boxes, boxes and pizza (oh no, another box!). I'll explain some of these things some time real soon.
The past few weeks 2008-03-23 19:15:38 OK, it's been a very crazy past few weeks
. I guess the biggest thing for all of us is that we have moved into Legoland. It still feels a bit like a holiday to me and I can't help but think that I have to duck down to reception to pay the bill before I leave! It's kinda weird to think that I can just go and have a swim whenever I want or practice my tennis serve before I start tea. It's also weird to drive North(ish) out of Kingston with my shopping, I keep heading in the wrong direction. As for some of the comments I made in my last post? "Tennis": I'm still playing in the club competition and taking lessons as well. I'm improving all the time. Nick has me concentrating on getting the racket back early and pointing the butt of the racket in the direction I
The past few weeks part 2 2008-03-25 06:51:33 Where was I.....Oh yeah, the old place. They weren't happy because I didn't return my keys. My fault. I completely forgot to leave them behind when I shut the door, but there are only three separate locks and yet they claim they gave me five keys. I know there weren't any copies because I had to cut my own when I moved in. Five! Next is the awning pole. The place had those old pull down external awnings on some of the windows. I wanted to use them, but the awning pole needed to reach up and pull them down wasn't there. There was a wooden broom pole with a threaded end and I just thought that was it until I went to use it. I pointed that out two years ago, but now they reckon I've taken it and want me to replace it. What on earth would I want with an awning pole???? Fly Read more:few weeks
The wind Gods were angry 2008-04-03 06:37:08
Last night was one of the craziest nights of my life. Someone upset the wind God's and so they unleashed all of their fury on Hobart like I have never seen before. I've had some sleepless nights laying at anchor in our yacht off a rocky unfamiliar shore with a howling gale blowing outside whilst listening to the anchor chain dragging over the rocks, but last night was much worse and I spent most of it tucked up in bed at home.
It was windy (we have already established that) and Emma and Brad were with me for the night. They were tucked up asleep upstairs whilst I lay awake in bed downstairs listening to the wind building up outside. By about midnight I was sick of listening to the flappy grill on my en suite exhaust fan rattle in the wind so I grabbed some duct tape, threw on Read more:angry
The weird stuff just keeps on keeping on 2008-04-07 07:18:02
I can't believe the twists and turns that my life keeps
on taking. Last weekend I had a lounge room full of pretty girls, but they were all way too young for me. Emma had a sleep over pool party at our new place! The trouble was the pool maintenance guy had been told to turn the pool heater off at the end of daylight savings and he forgot that it ended a week later this year so the pool was freezing. Swimming was canceled and replaced with a "Bring It On" movie marathon.
I have finally finished with the crappy landlords from my last rental place. I picked up my lease refund cheque today. In the end they dropped all of their stupid arbitrary and incorrect claims in return for me paying them $40 to remove the dead man ferns that they killed themselves. I know that you Read more:stuff
Free stuff - Free FHM magazinze 2008-04-08 15:41:22 Here is a good freebie, especially if you are an Aussie male. Head on over to , fill in your details and they will send you a free copy of this months magazine. How cool is that. If they run out of full magazines then they will send you a 28 page sampler, but they will email you when next months offer comes out or with any other future freebie give aways. You just can't beat something for nothing. Thanks FHM! Read more:stuff
Momo Racing fix 2008-04-12 21:23:54
I have a Logitech Momo Racing
force feedback steering wheel that I use with my computer as well as my Playstation3. I know, it's a bit daggy for a grown man to be playing with pretend steering wheels, but I'm not scared to admit that I find simulation type racing games a whole heap of fun! My mate Randal got me into it in the first place. A few of us lug our computers round to his place once every few months and we all race each other on a very realistic simulation game called GTR2 over a few beers and a bite to eat.
I suck at it. I used to come last all the time (see, I'm not a true nerd!) , but I've improved and now usually manage to finish mid bunch with a few podium finishes to my credit. I'd probably be better if it wasn't for the stupid fault with my steer
Im going to win Ozlotto 2008-04-29 01:29:46 Tonights the night. There is a $40000000 (yup, thats forty million dollars) jackpot tonight and the planets have all aligned. One of my work mates (AndrewG) had a dream about me (scary isn't it!) a few weeks ago. In the dream we both both bought a lotto ticket together, it was a winner, and although the details were a bit sketchy, an amount of $10000000 (ten million dollars) was mentioned. Coincidently there was a $10M jackpot that week. That must have meant we were going to win so we bought a ticket. We didn't win. Then it jackpotted to $20M. That still worked as we were now meant to win $10M each. We bought a ticket. We didn't win. It has now jackpotted to $40M. That still works as we will probably share the winnings with one other person meaning we end up with a $20M w
Share update April 2008 2008-05-05 07:41:12
It's about time I did another share update. Not only has it been a couple of months since my last update, but it's also been exactly twelve months since I started this caper. This is a key date for me because I decided to give myself one full year before deciding if share trading was for me. It is! This whole share thing has gone better than I could have ever imagined. I'm certainly not rich (yet) as I didn't invest that much money in the first place (I'm not telling you how much, that's none of your business!), however I have seen a very nice profit over the year. If I had left the money in the bank I would have made around 7% interest for the year. By putting that money into the stock market I have made 39% (and that's after all costs, but before tax). What m Read more:Share
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Horse riding has been cancelled 2008-05-05 06:55:46
Last week was Agfest week. Agfest rocks. It's a rural field day event at Carrick near Launceston with many hundreds of exhibitors and an attendance over it's three days approaching one hundred thousand. We went up on the Saturday. There were thirty thousand people there, and about ten thousand cars and yet not once did we have to stop and queue in the car and the place never felt crowded. There were some queue's in the Tasmanian gourmet food hall, however none were too long. Emma and Brad seemed to like the BWM stand and some of the boating stands the most. Not very rural stuff, however farm machinery all starts to look the same when you come from the city.
We decided to spend the night in Launceston so I booked us into the Launceston Country Club Casino for the night. It wa Read more:Horse
Where are the lockers 2008-05-07 02:49:05
Sue Napier wanted to know where the lockers were. Apparently there aren't any, the students will have their own bins in their pods. Sounds funky, but it's just the new Kingston High School. It doesn't matter that there aren't any lockers because the grade sevens have them now but most don't use them. What does Sue Napier have to do with it? I was sworn in at Parliament House yesterday to give evidence in support of our new school to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.
I say Parliament House because that's where I entered (yes the machine beeped again because of the steel toes in my shoes), but typical of the rabbit warren that it is we actually ended up in 10 Murray Street I think. I was shown to a seat at a massive table with three big micropho
Save the Tassie Devils 2008-05-13 06:44:57
The Network Ten TV show Totally Wild came down to Tasmania a while ago to film a story about the Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease. They dedicated most of the show to the Devils plight, but one section is of special interest to us because Mel's daughter Tamsyn appears in one shot and there are a few other mates of ours in there as well. This part of the story was filmed at St Aloysius Pr
The bad side of tennis 2008-05-11 22:11:33
I haven't provided any updates on my tennis progress because I haven't been doing very well. I start off OK and usually win my doubles games, but my serve has been terrible and by the time I've played my two doubles games I'm stuffed and that's when I have to front up for my singles game. Most of my opponents are heaps younger than me so they usually run me into the ground.
Remove small metal pieces 2008-05-26 08:08:34
I have been given a new phone at work and it came with a really weird warning note in the box. What do you make of this?
Polycom - Warning for all Soundpoint IP Phones
With respect to section 5.4.3.10 of the Australian Communications Authority as Telecommunications Technical Standard AS/ACIF S004 2004 under s376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997:
You should be aware that, under Read more:pieces
Mister X 2008-05-30 20:22:58 I've been in my new place for a few months now, but I rekon the previous tennants must have done a runner. They don't seem to have changed their address anywhere as I still receive heaps of mail for them almost every day. Most have those scary little windows in them so they look a lot like bills. Over time the number has dropped a bit. Usually it takes two or three "return to sender&# Read more:Mister
How to find your lost mobile phone 2008-06-04 06:07:40
I was stupid and left my mobile phone
behind at a cafe yesterday. It actually fell out of my jacket pocket while I was sitting on a couch, but I should have checked before I left, so that still makes me stupid. I didn't realise until after I arrived home. It's actually my work mobile so I stressed a bit as it has a lot of numbers in it that I probably wouldn't want anyone else to get
SMS compared to broadband 2008-06-10 19:19:48
There is a lot of talk in Australia about broadband
at the moment as our Government tries to decide which telco or group of telco's to help out with a heap of our cash in an attempt at building a cheap national network. This got me to thinking about the cost of the broadband that we have now.
At home I am on a Telstra Bigpond ADSL2+ Liberty plan. It gives me 12G (12 Gigabytes) of down Read more:SMS
Salty car wash 2008-06-30 19:45:33
Well that was interesting. I walked over to the Hobart Regatta Grounds
to collect my car last night and found it in the river. Heaps of people
park over there because it's free, the view is awesome and it's a great
walk in across the Domain to town. Unfortunately I didn't factor in the
free car wash. Yesterday an extreme low pressure system combined with a
very high tide and high wind Read more:Salty
Free Coffee 2008-06-29 03:35:48
Here's another freebie for you. Click through to this Nescafe website and enter your details to receive two free samples of their flavored coffee. You can even send a personalised video email to a friend (yours is on it's way Mel).
It's been a long time since I've given a proper update on life in our neck of the woods. It's the end of the financial year tomorrow night, Read more:Coffee
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Free light bulbs 2008-06-23 20:59:24 Here is a cool free giveaway that some of you Aussies might be interested in. If you go to Green Energy Watch website and fill out the form they will apparently send you two energy saving light
bulbs completely free of charge!
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for free 2008-07-09 06:39:35
[UPDATE] Oh my God!!! It actually worked. I was so suspicious of this offer. The BA Software website was pretty dodgy. It didn't display correctly in Firefox and the grammar was very bad. The email didn't arrive after the promised 48 hours with my download links and activation key so I assumed it was a con. Then this morning I found an email only 24 hours late with the links and my activa Read more:Adobe
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End of financial year share update 2008 2008-07-06 02:48:41
Well here we go. It's been a very up and down year. At one point I was actually up 39% on my initial investment. I finished the financial year up 16% on where I was twelve months ago. I have to be pretty happy with that given that it's twice as much as what I would have received if I had left the same amount of money sitting in the bank. I have to be even happier given that in the same ti
Free stuff - Moisturiser sample for guys 2008-07-04 18:47:51 Here is another Australian freebie from my friends at Freebies Australia. This one is a free sample of Beauty Mate Moisturiser for men. "Beauty Mate is a quality range of Australian made hair and face products that do the job, without the fuss." Click HERE for your free sample. Read more:stuff
Glorious morning 2008-07-03 18:28:47
The walk into town from the Regatta Grounds this morning was awesome. One of the best. I don't really know what made it so good. Maybe it was the fact that it was only 3 degrees, the mountain was covered in snow, I had a really enjoyable game of tennis last night (I lost two of my three matches, but really enjoyed all three games), Dave Noonan was doing a really funny crazy call on SeaFM, the
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