Merry ChristmasjawaproWed 24/12/2008 07:43 PM
Well - Merry Christmas Everyone!
I'm off south for Christmas - but I'll be back online before the new year.
Have a good one!
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Name this computer...jawaproMon 22/12/2008 08:42 AM
Turkeybrain went to a computer auction last week - and offered to buy me a cheap computer there. It's a HP DC7100 - and it's going to replace my current media center PC (Jadesfire) so it can go on to better and brighter things as part of Project Mara.
So this new PC is going to be plugged into my TV to let me watch stuff directly. I was planning to get a small PC like this for that role - and this suits it perfectly.
My dilemma: I'm not sure what to name this PC. I'll probably come up with something myself - but I figured I'd throw it out there and see if anyone had any good ideas.
So here's your chance to make history - what should I name this computer?
Existing PC Names in my household:
- Phaeton
- Mara
- Jade
- Jadesfire
- Karlendorf
- Gurney
- Wanderer
- Trinity
- Dofus
- Drongo
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Not a good start to the week...jawaproTue 16/12/2008 09:46 PM
"Cheer up, things could be worse" they said.
So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse.
Monday was not a very good day.
Emma was up and we did a lot of planning for our trip. That was good. But most of the rest was bad.
When I turned on my computer, I discovered that Azureus had updated itself and turned into Vuse. I hate Vuse with a passion. That's why I spent ages hunting for a pre-Vuse installer. It kept bugging me to update, but I kept saying no. Well - someone must have said yes at some point - because it did.
That was annoying - but far worse was the face that Firefox didn't connect to the internet. Neither did my anti-virus scanner. Oddly, both Vuse and IE could.
I thought my computer must be very sick (I blamed Vuse) and figured I'd have to reinstall Windows. I told Emma that she should be able to connect to my wireless with her laptop, or if she had to - to use IE on my computer. Then I had to go to work.
Later during the day she told me that neither worked.
When I got home from work - I discovered the reason. My ADSL modem was completely dead. It wouldn't power on at all.
This is the modem I bought especially on Ebay because I wanted another one of that model. Stupid me.
So we had no internet, which made planning the trip difficult (which is why Emma was up for the day).
It also meant that my network was down - as the modem was both the center switch of the network, and the DHCP server. I was able to work around it with a seperate switch and static IPs - but it was a hassle.
Then today, I went to blog my troubles from work (during a break) but my website wasn't working!
Things really weren't going well...
I managed to borrow an ADSL modem from work (it's a spare) and have now got my connection at home going again while I find another one to buy. My website is also working at the moment (hence the post) - and my PC is letting Firefox on the net.
Things are looking somewhat better.
But I still hate Vuse!
Note: For those of you who have no idea what I'm ranting about - feel free to ignore this post.
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Mum Graduated (again)jawaproTue 16/12/2008 09:37 PM
On Saturday, Mum offically graduated from Uni.
Once again - she is qualified as a nurse.
Unfourtuantly, the day was pretty wet and miserable. That was good for Christmas shopping (kept the crowds down a bit) but meant that Mum didn't get to march through town in a Uni parade.
Emma graduates tomorrow - but she doesnt get to march either (Hobart don't do that).
Congrats to both of you!
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England CanceledjawaproFri 12/12/2008 01:17 PM
Well - not the whole country - but our tour has been canceled.
For those who came in late, my sister and I are going to Europe next month because she won a trip. The trip includes airfares and 2 weeks touring around Europe.
We also wanted to take a look around England quickly - so organized another tour. There weren't many options - as apparently no one visits England during the winter.
But we found a tour, and paid our deposit.
And then they canceled it.
So now Emma and I have to work out how to find our own way around England for a week.
Why can't things just be easy?
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