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Handango not posting negative reviews
A couple of weeks ago I purchased the eGlass BookReader from Handango, partly because of the problem with WMDC that I spoke about in my last post . The reader was pretty poor, particularly in its reading experience of PDF books. In reflow mode, you have...
Posted: Nov 23 2007, 11:49 PM by nick | with no comments
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Filling in a technical support web form, and getting a response- well done DiskView!
A couple of months before Vista was release, I purchased a copy of DiskView to track down where all my hard disk space was being eaten up on a Windows XP install (it turned out to be several multi-gigabyte files that DivX converter had left lying around...
Posted: Oct 05 2007, 10:53 AM by nick | with 2 comment(s)
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The Zion NP Adventure - Getting Bogged in the snow and locked out of the car
At the end of my trip in Zion I had a real adventure on the Sunday afternoon while attempting to drive up to the Kolob Reservoir. The road up to the Reservoir goes through some of Zion's highest country, and as I drove up the road the snow kept getting...
Posted: Mar 14 2007, 11:25 PM by nick | with 1 comment(s)
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At the bottom of the pyramid
In response to Glav's tag , here are five things you didn't want to know about me: Software is actually my third career - the Australian Army (4 years) and Coastal Engineering (3 years) preceded it. I much prefer software. I have a Masters Degree in Engineering...
Posted: Jan 17 2007, 02:22 AM by nick | with 1 comment(s)
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Update Pre- and Post-MVP Summit Plans
2 Mar - Arrive LA 10:00AM (crossing International Date Line - Leave work after work Friday). Fly/ drive to Flagstaff. Drive to Grand Canyon. Night at Grand Canyon Lodge 3,4,5 Mar Grand Canyon Trekking 3 Mar - South Kaibab Trail to Bright Angel 4 Mar ...
Posted: Nov 08 2006, 06:09 AM by nick | with 3 comment(s)
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Planning some hiking/ photography pre- and post- MVP International Summit
I'm currently planning on doing some site seeing pre- and post- the MVP Summit (12-15 Mar 2007). The initial plans are: 2 Mar 2007 - Arrive LA 10:00AM (crossing International Date Line - Leave work after work Friday). Fly to Flagstaff by 2pm (or drive...
Posted: Oct 22 2006, 12:13 PM by nick | with no comments
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Life with a newborn
As my previous post announced, Linda and I are the proud parents of a healthy new son called Alex. Alex is coming up to two weeks on Thursday, which marks a third of the way through the first six weeks. Six weeks in the real first milestone where the...
Posted: Oct 10 2006, 07:47 AM by nick | with no comments
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Alex arrives safe and well
Little Alex finally made it through at 6.30pm last night (28 Sep) after a couple of hours of labour. He was 3.345kg (a lot smaller than Jess), and was 50cm long (which was about the same as Jess). Linda and Alex are doing great - he hasn't really woken...
Posted: Sep 29 2006, 07:01 AM by nick | with 10 comment(s)
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On the move
This weekend we move from out unit in Cronulla ( Google Earth link ) to a house in Yowie Bay ( Google Earth link ). We tried hard to find a house in Cronulla, but they where just too expensive for the quality of house. Funnily enough, the house is across...
Posted: May 02 2006, 11:15 AM by nick | with no comments
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Child No 2 on the way
We got the 3 month ultra-sound this morning. All in well. Mother and child-to-be are doing well.
Posted: Mar 28 2006, 01:15 AM by nick | with no comments
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Virtual PC and Inspiron 9400
This helps a lot to decrease the crash rate of Virtual PC on an Inspiron 9400. I've had reports the VMWare doesn't have these problems...
Posted: Mar 24 2006, 12:12 AM by nick | with no comments
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