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Wow, that week was pretty nuts. After the previous quiet few weeks at work I was hoping that this week wouldn't be that bad now that the IT Manager had left. Boy was I wrong, it's undoubtedly the busiest week i've had since the last IT Manager left.

Although the disasters this week weren't exactly on the same scale as last time, it was still pretty stressful, but at least I wasn't on my own as thankfully I had some help with Nathan coming back on a temporary basis to help out. It's just frustrating that issues that never happen … Read more →

I've just finished the monthly maintenance for the systems at work that gets done, rather surprisingly, on a monthly basis and also contains some maintenance too.

As you can probably tell by now, i'm feeling a little crazy at the moment. Maybe its the tiredness, the heat that's arriving early this year, or possibly the fact that on this hot Sunday night I face work this week on my own without knowing when a replacement IT manager is going to be appointed.

It was a interesting weekend though: Saturday afternoon and night Des and I had the Christening and associated … Read more →

I've decided to put something new on this blog. I use Google Reader as my RSS feed aggregrator, and one nifty little feature is being able to 'share' specific entries from your subscribed RSS feeds. I've now got an automatic list of my latest shared items on the right. They haven't yet added the ability to customise the colour of the snippet so it does look a little out of place...

Anywho, on Tuesday night there was a concert at Church of a travelling Russian singing group raising funds to rebuild the Valaam Monastery in Russia. These guys were absolutely … Read more →

When we took a week's break back in August, both me and Des went to the doctors for a general check-up, which also also included getting a general blood test done. I had forgotten to get the results back until this week, and somewhat surprisingly, I am almost completely healthy.

The last test that i've had was back in 2002, so i wasn't expecting great results after having put on a bit of weight since then and my diet not having improved much at all. I was at least expecting my cholesterol to be significantly higher, but the test revealed … Read more →

Some will recall this entry from earlier this year. Well barely three months on, the new IT manager at work has resigned for family reasons, which are perfectly understandable. The timing absolutely sucks though, with a lot of the senior management people who are mainly responsible for recruiting a replacement having just gone on a few weeks leave.

So again it looks like a few interesting weeks are coming until a replacement arrives, and hopefully it won't be nearly as bad as last time.

It's all a little frustrating, as it comes just as things have settled down a … Read more →

One of the biggest news items in Australian IT in the past 24 hours is that a software company, 2Clix, is suing the founder of Whirlpool.net.au for alleged "injurious falsehood" because of statements made by forum members in threads about their software. Whirlpool announcement here.

For the unaware, Whirlpool is a site concentrating on 'Australian Broadband News', but more famously has a fantastic public discussion forum in which people can discuss internet service providers and also basically anything else in separate sections. It's a mainly IT focused forum, and many IT professionals (including myself) hold the site and the … Read more →

In the latest round of product releases from Apple, which includes the new generation of iMacs (their standard desktop computer range) and more recently the new line of iPods, I have noticed a very interesting trend.

Among both these lines, there are no longer any 'white' coloured products. What was once an Apple trademark - the stark white-coloured iPods and computers - now seems to be older fashion for the company. In fact, the only product that seems to have kept a totally white version is the lower line of MacBooks.

Can i just say: Alleluia! and its about freekin … Read more →

Despite me not wanting so spend anything more on computer games for a little while, on Friday I ended up forking out $40 for a new joystick.

I ended up buying a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro (pictured), which was probably my only choice within my budget and wanted set of features. I could've gone for this one, but it is a little out of my price range.

I needed a new joystick because my new computer doesn't have the old game port for our old joystick (our trusty old Sidewinder 3D Pro), as I've been wanting to replay the … Read more →

**Rant warning!**

On TV this week there was a story on a woman offering a $20000 reward for her stolen computer because of all the precious digital memories she had stored on it. She said that she did have a backup drive, but that was in the same bag as the computer. (*sigh*)

As i tell everyone, backups are important! As with anything important, you shouldn't put everything in one basket. If you have data (digital photos/videos/music, personal information, documents etc) that you simply could not afford to lose, you should make sure to cover your bases so that under … Read more →

I don't normally do these but i guess I have been drafted by Mel, so here it goes:

Rules for this 8 interesting things post:

* Each player must post these rules to begin the meme.
* Each player starts with eight random facts or habits about themselves.
* People who get tagged must blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your … Read more →