#geektree [28/3/2001] – Dialup vs DSL, evil Dingoblue & Telstra, Damn Peers, quiet brothels

This little sub-thread will look at the #geektree irc channel we all used to hang out in, picking out some juicy highlights…. man, I was a feisty little bugger back then…. All censoring added after the fact, unfortunately. :) [4:23] Sleazball: Presently achieving a beefy 0.6k/s.[4:23] Sleazball: Are there any major links down anywhere, any… Read more

Thesis and early rising

1) Thesis. Yep, more of the same. Drilled a few holes, filled back a whole lot of rough edges, and got everything in there more or less happily. I haven’t got the necessary materials to screw the motherboard in, so I think it’s going to have to be bluetack at this point. :) 2) Got… Read more

Geektree

Geektree. Ah, Geektree. My god, where to begin… I guess the beginning works. But wait, no, that’s too cliche… let’s start in the middle – to hell with chronology or context! By our VCE years, Geektree was a thriving hub of activity. At our school, the venerable and prestigious Mount Eliza Secondary College, there was… Read more

Chameleon

A while ago, when I first released Rotated Windows, I used sitx or somesuch as the archive format. Someone complained – of course – so as a bit of a sarcastic riposte I also put up archives in every other format I could – zip, bz2, gzip, sit, arj, rar, etc. It was a laugh,… Read more

Stress, work and visas

1) [Eventually] handled the stress of all this visa stuff reasonably well; it was hardly on my mind for the second half of the day. There were two reasons for that, primarily – first, Darcy rang and said she was sure things would work out, and she was happy I’d booked flights and all, which… Read more

They know me too well

I’ve been talking to Rob this evening about borrowing some tools for use with my thesis – you know, the usual stuff for manipulating electronics; files, drills, etc. Then he says: “I also threw a hammer in the toolbox” My response? “Hehe… you know me too well. :)”