Finally back in Port Augusta
After a nail-biting trek back along the Stuart Highway, we finally made it back to reliable mobile service… where at least if the van died we could call someone. Thankfully it made it all the way down...
View ArticleDuncan’s 2nd Birthday
Duncan’s second birthday has come and gone, and a spectacular time was had by all. Sabriena finally got around to doing some baking here, which was actually quite the traumatic event – as I’m led to...
View ArticleGmail time saver – Preview pane (now with 20% less ads)
I actually stumbled upon this when trying to find out what exactly got updated in the Google Sitemaps Plugin for WordPress, but it’s kinda neat. I’m not sure if I’ll keep it, since I had a horrible...
View ArticleStill waiting on the Transit…
Unfortunately, we’re still mostly grounded. We snuck the van off for a “short” jaunt – a 720KM round-trip to do both parts of the course for my accreditation over the course of two days. The van...
View ArticleBonfire
When the cat’s away, the mice will play! There’s been a couple of piles of garbage wood sitting on my parent’s place for ages, and now that we’re into Autumn/Winter, it’s safe to set them ablaze. The...
View ArticleGithub’s Octicons
I don’t know if this is the post that people are talking about some apparent “negative comments” on, but I think this is fantastic. I’ve toyed with the idea of adding SVG images to some of my websites...
View ArticleFixing the TV at Mum’s
I spent a while on the roof over the last day or so getting the TV antenna right again. For some reason, the guy who installed the brand new one Mum had put on last winter stuck it on the top of the...
View ArticleI’m not a criminal!
Huzzah! Of course I already knew that, but we just got back the back ground check for me from the AFP, which I now need to forward to the immigration department for Sabriena’s paperwork. I’m still...
View ArticleGoogle Authenticator on multiple phones
This might be obvious to others, but I’m posting it here because it took me a while to realise I could do it. Basically, I have two phones here in Australia: a Motorola Defy I use for work-related...
View ArticleYou can never find a Koala when you need one… :(
We were delayed a day up here in Gunnedah, NSW (the “Koala Capital of the World”) so we decided to go see some stuff. My wife’s been in Australia for almost seven months now, and has never seen a wild...
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