We had an outage here at eigenmagic, and as I was at a customer site I couldn’t attend to the cause until just now. We had thunderstorms here in Melbourne, and I suspected that it may have knocked out the power to the house where eigenmagic.com lives. It happened, very… Read More
I’m attempting to download the 2008 version of e-tax from the Australia Tax Office website. So far it’s confirming my belief that the Australian government are the least capable to be in charge of setting IT policy in this country. The ATO is the single largest revenue collector for the… Read More
On Monday, I started reading Competitive Strategy, by Michael Porter. I caught the train to work, and I like to read during the journey. I’ve had the book on my shelf for quite a few years, ever since I pinched it from my Dad. It’s a 1980 copy from when… Read More
For many people, becoming debt free is more of a distant dream than a close reality. I’m not yet 33, and yet I just became completely debt free. And I’m going to share with you some tips about how you can be debt free too, whatever your age. To be… Read More
This past weekend was a lot of fun, but somewhat painful. I had a combined buck’s party for two friends on Friday night, spent Saturday recovering, and had a network gaming festival at my house on Sunday. Whew!Friday night was pretty cool, thanks to a loyal cadre of friends who… Read More
I had the privilege of attending a presentation on dTrace by one of its authors: Bryan Cantrill. Bryan is a serious ubergeek and dTrace is the best thing to happen to Solaris since.. well, since I can remember. I am in awe.dTrace is insanely great. It’s a serious piece of… Read More
I saw the movie Serenity earlier this week. It was awesome, and I immediately ran out and bought the TV series on DVD.I went with Dani, who’d already seen it, as had most of my friends. I’m not bitter, no not at all. ;) It was incredibly awesome and I… Read More
I now have a 19 inch rack in my study. Hooray!My mate Bevan is getting his house renovated and no longer needed the rack, since he’s building a custom computer cupboard as part of the construction work. I’m also going to be hosting the corporate web/email/etc server that was at… Read More
This is a rant about people who don’t know how to create easy to use document templates and forms. These people make my life difficult, and must be punished.There is a certain class of individual in the business world who spend their days creating new and interesting ways to write… Read More
I’ve just read a transcript of an interview Bill Clinton gave to the CPSA Investor’s Forum in Hong Kong. He comes across as a really bright, eloquent and realistic guy.I remember what the world felt like when he was president of the USA. I think it highlights the difference between… Read More
