I got up, got ready,

Headed to the computer fair, I got just inside, bumped into a guy I used to know from a computer club, had a chat to him.

Another guy I know from the same club turned up, and I started talking to him. He was with a couple of people from one of the seniors clubs, they want a network setup, so I chatted to them.

I eventually managed to get away, started looking for a floppy drive, for the pc that was bought for someone to sell through the Cafe recently.

Before I got a chance to get one, I bumped into more people, and started chatting to them, telling them how they could avoid the slow network in Gosford.

I eventually managed to get away from them. I'd been there for about 1/2 hour, and achieved nothing.

I wandered around a bit more, looking at cheap second hand laptops, I really can't justify the money, I'd be better off buying a new desktop.

I found the floppy drive, $15, bought it. I decided to look for some blank DVDs.

I wandered around a bit more. I saw a second hand SGI Indy, I asked the guy about it, he wants $110 for it. Bit much, if it was $50, fine.

I found some blank DVDs ($12 for 5, cheaper than last time) bought them, and then left.

I headed back to Jaycar, bought another phoenix programmer, to try using it as an interface in this box that won't work with card sharing.

I then came back, went to McDonalds, got some lunch, and read the paper.

I came home, I made up the interface, put it in (had the reset wire wrong, fiddled around, got that right), just to find that the whole thing worked exactly the same as the other 2 interface designs I've tried. Argh.

When I looked closely, the phoenix programmer is basically the same as the last circuit I tried, except it has clock generation components.. that don't get used, and used a diode instead of the 7407 chip.

I think at some point I'll finish putting it together as a programmer, and keep it as a spare, or try to sell it assembled.

I put the old decoder back. I then decided I was wick of the whole thing, and I was going to do something useful.

I decided to clean my bike, since I'm going to the bike thing tomorrow. I went down, rinsed it, washed it all, found the left footpeg/gear lever really loose (no wonder I've been having issues changing gears) the whole thing had wobbled the bolts loose, it probably started when I pranged my bike before Christmas.

I also noticed the back left blinker really dodgy, that probably got damaged in the same prang. I was being really careful, but I bumped it, and it fell off. I shoved it back in where it is supposed to be, and it seemed to hold.

I finished washing it, rinsed it again. I managed to fill the saddle bags with water while rinsing, oops. I just use occy straps to hold them upside down so they drained.

I chamoised the bike off, I polished the tank, and wondered what the polish would do on the chrome exhaust.. it actually worked, so I polished that up too.

It doesn't look too bad once all the grime is off.

No sign of Webbly anywhere while I cleaned the bike.

I grabbed my bag, went down to the shops (blinker fell off, pushed it back on), I bumped into a guy I went to TAFE with years ago, chatted to him for a bit. I went into the supermarket, bought some junk food, and some dinner.

I then went over to the bottle shop, bought a cheap and nasty bottle of bourbon.

I went to the service station, filled up the tank with fuel, it was getting towards empty, I checked my tyre pressure.. way low, 4 or 5 PSI under on both the front and back. The bike felt a lot better after that. (Pushed the blinker back on, this is getting annoying).

I came home, parked up, and vegged out watching tv.

I made some dinner, a shephards pie, "not recommended to heat in toaster oven", whatever. I watched some tv (I've still got tv in the tivo from before the encryption on the satellite changed). After 40 minutes, the dinner was ready. I poured it out on to a plate :-) it looked pretty rough, but it tasted ok.

I just finished eating when my mate rang, there was a bbq at his sister's boyfriend's place. I bummed around for a bit, and then went up there. Noticed the blinker had fallen off yet again, so I shoved it back on again.

I had a couple of beers, and a chat.

I came back from there just after midnight.