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Reloaded 2010
Jan 3rd
Reloaded is just around the corner. Those wishing to seated with Sharing is Caring should send me their ticket details as soon as possible. You can see the current seating map here.
Our desired seating area has been taken over by the admins of the event. Alternative desired seating areas are running out. The quicker you can get me your details the sooner I can arrange for seating. Anyone on the fence about attending should make their decisions now and do the above. Thank you.
Update: Seating has been done. See the map linked above.
The Boredom Post
Nov 29th
Nothing much going on right now. I might vent some anger towards a recent Anno 1404 announcement when I can get my brain working. In the meantime have a random picture.
Update: I haven’t yet gotten around to playing the new Anno 1404 expansion but I may get around to it eventually. Instead of any content I’ve added another comic by H.C. Staff. Enjoy.
The source.
Independence, Satire and Press Freedom
Nov 16th
The Chaser’s Julian Morrow delivers his take on press freedom, censorship and media ownership at the annual Andrew Olle lecture.
A particularly memorable instance of this was when we found ourselves in the unique position of having a publishing deadline for a comedy newspaper on September 11, 2001. We watched the planes hitting the World Trade Centre just a few hours before the print deadline for the next edition. It was a strange night, but one that typified the way we’ve taken the old adage “tragedy plus time equals comedy” and turned it into a less universal dictum – “tragedy minus time equals Chaser”. “Centrepoint jumps two in world’s tallest building” still stands out as an all-time favourite headline of mine. But it, like many jokes I’ve been associated with, offended and appalled many.
You can read Julian’s entire speech here or watch the event on iView here (6 Days remaining as of 16/11/2009).
I’ve Got This All Wrong
Nov 15th
If all else fails assume the worst about the person you are responding to. It seems to work for these Gizmodo readers so why not everyone else? Foxtel cannot possibly hope to provide what cable companies in America offer and based on that I have absolutely zero interest in the service.
My Video Card Died
Nov 9th
This morning my Galaxy Geforce 8800GT decided to die. The game I was playing at the time froze as the driver tried to restart a few times before it failed and the machine turned off. The card itself was incredibly hot to the touch, I let it cool down before doing anything. My case has no speaker so I had to go find one and plug that in to get one long beep and two short beeps. Looking through the trouble shooting section of my motherboards manual I discovered that one long beep and two short beeps means graphic card/monitor error. Right now of I’m pretty buggered I can’t even remotely access any of my data because I reset the CMOS at some stage and my Raid isn’t set to boot so nothing happens.
There is only one other PCI-E video card in the house and that belongs to Jame’s. I’ll borrow that from him when he gets home to get my machine to at least boot and work from this laptop I’m on right now to get things done.
Update: Situation has changed, see comments.
Cat Mahjong Lessons
Nov 8th
Okay this is just to test that I got nextgen gallery playing nicely with highslide again. Click on the image to see a larger version.
My Plans Don’t Always Work
Oct 6th
Just a short clip from the game Risen which has been refused classification in Australia. Damn the authorities I’m playing it anyway. I don’t know why I thought sneaking up on this guy would work so don’t ask. Never mind the fact I lacked any scrolls or a rune to unlock the thing. Apologies for the low quality of this video. My upload sucks so I tend to heavily compress things. The music is from the DI.FM hardcore channel.
My First Ubiquity Command
Aug 3rd
Australian Defense Force Recruitment
Jun 18th
Today I attended a YOU session at the Defence Force Recruitment centre in Adelaide. The day included waiting, aptitude testing, waiting, informal interview, form filling, more waiting and finally a basic medical interview based on the previous form filling. The aptitude testing was a very basic multiple choice affair. First you take a general test which asks simple questions like:
Which of the following words does not belong:
Dog. Cat. Bird. Tyre. Fish.
After completing the first test or running out of time (the tests are timed), you have a short one minute break before doing the second maths based test. The maths test is a little bit more involved but overall the questions are simple like:
Plane A and Plane B are 500 kilometres apart and flying towards each other. If plane A is travelling at a constant speed of 240 k/m and plane B is travelling at a constant speed of 360 k/m when will the planes meet?
The informal interview afterwards is nothing special. You’re asked a few questions to sum up what you know about the ADF and are then presented with the results of your aptitude testing and the roles you can join. I chose Communication Electronic Technician and due to being a job in demand had an interview set up on the spot.
Communication Electronic Technicians maintain and repair the Air Force’s vast array of radar, radios, satellite and computer systems to ensure the Air Force has an accurate view of the airspace around it.
Three hours had passed and I spent a fourth hour doing some form filling and confirming some of my answers with a nurse before heading home. My job interview is scheduled for Tuesday the 23rd.
