My GF and Vista

Published on June 3, 2008 in Australia

My girlfriend's laptop has 1GB of memory, and Vista. I just heard a classic quote from her today: "I think Vista plus Office equals Monster."

Followed by... "I just clicked the exsomething.exe with the somethingelse.exe and hit end task. Now my desktop went black."

Into the New House

Published on May 27, 2008 in Australia

I have a mere 12 minutes until my Laptop (running Ubuntu 7.10) is fully upgraded to the newest release, so it seems like a perfect time to spew a few updates of my own life.

The last few weeks have been pretty chaotic, to say the least. Yan-Shih and I found our own place -- yay! We are located out in Pendle Hills. The commute to work isn't really that much different, and taking the bus is actually likely even a tad quicker. Living in a house again, as opposed to an apartment, is nice. Yan-Shih is warming to the idea rapidely, and generally appears to be enjoying herself.

We did the move in one day, which considering we don't have that much stuff, isn't anything to brag about. However, we also picked up a few couches from Bondi that day, and more shopping at Ikea in the afternoon. Last weekend we picked up a fridge and washing machine. Both are in very good order, and we acquired them at bargain rates.

This last Monday we had two of our friends come in from Taiwan, so have been enjoying playing host. They have been the most excellent of guests, and we are doing all we can to get them to move here. They seem to be warming to the idea.

So, in just a few paragraphs, that's the latest update from the life of Kelvin. Work is tiring, as one should expect, but generally rewarding. I'm also working (as I always do) a webapp on the side -- even by only etching away an hour at a time here and there, I'm making great progress. Django still rocks my world.

Off to bed I go.

Hard Drive Bugs

Published on April 6, 2008 in Australia

This is a pretty pointless entry, but I found this incident amusing. I put together my external enclosure this morning and noticed that there was some bug crawling around inside it (I haven't used it in a while). I couldn't really be bothered getting rid of the bug, so I just closed the enclosure and hoped for the best.

About an hour later I was moving some files off my laptop onto the drive and I heard this really dreaded "blugrrrrrrrrrrrr" -- even Yan-Shih looked over and said "oh no!" For a few seconds my thoughts were of a failing hard drive, until I realized the bug tried to crawl out the little fan.

Oh, the little amusing things.

I Caught a Fish

Published on April 6, 2008 in Australia

Yesterday I was lucky enough to go on a boat ride with my co-workers -- a "team building" activity. Although we didn't do the typical team-building stuff, I think everybody generally had a great time. Clinton and I brought a case of beer, Alanna brought the wine and food, and James was the designated boat driver.

The fishing was medicore. Our boat caught maybe 7 catfish, 2 little fish, and 1 flat looking thing. Obviously I don't know much about fishing!

After the trip I feel like I learned a little bit about every person in the team, which is what team-building is all about.

BBQ at Coogee

Published on Dec. 30, 2007 in Australia

Yesterday we went to Coogee beach for a bbq, and I must say, a bbq in December is pretty nice. Wan (our flatmate) and I visited the store in the early afternoon and bought a case of beer and $50 worth of meat. One of the nice things about the beach is there are free bbq pits to use -- just push the button, and away you go.

After a few hours of eating we took a short walk to the beach. I was nominated as the DD, so took Wan and one of his friends, to change and his house. Shortly we were back at the beach, and on our way home.

Overall, a successful afternoon.