I write a lot of documentation as part of my day job. Often, this means I have to use Microsoft Word, because that’s what every business has and expects their doco to be in Word .doc format. This sucks for many reasons that they don’t care about. People really suck … Read More
You’ve spent 10 minutes crafting an email. You’ve explained yourself well. You’ve been erudite, concise, clear, and yes, even witty. You hit send. And realise that you didn’t add the attachment. The attachment that is a vital part of the email. That is very obviously missing from the email. Sound … Read More
Firstly, some disclosure: I do a lot of work with NetApp kit, and have a close working relationship with them. In the past, I’ve had a close working relationship with Sun Professional Services. SunOS was the first Unix I learned on. I even owned some Sun stock once. Sun have … Read More
In Memoriam: Jarrod Klau. Today I went to the funeral of a friend. It feels wrong to call him a close friend for reasons I can’t articulate, mostly because other people knew him better than I. But I felt it was my duty to fly from Brisbane to Adelaide, instead … Read More
Today I was woken by a weird buzzing noise. At 5am. After figuring out that I wasn’t dreaming and that this was actually real life, I wondered what on earth could cause such a thing. Just as I was starting to think that I should ring reception and tell them … Read More
Ok, I promised you that I’d explain how to get mobile broadband with the 3 network working in Australia. There some information out there about how to do this, but it’s a bit hard to find, and what’s there can be obtuse. Geeks really need to learn how to communicate. … Read More
So I’m just about finished with a weekend back at home after a week of commuting to Brisbane for work, and about to head back up there again tomorrow morning at dark-o’clock-am. I was without real network access for most of this past week because a) clients often have draconian … Read More
