This is my blog, there are many like it.. This is a blog of all the useless events that occur in my life. I've never had a diary, I thought I might start one now. this is probably a fad that will last a few weeks, until I delete it. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804 2006-11-30T02:51:27Z Blogger
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 true Simon 2005-07-15T23:57:00+10:00 2005-07-16T14:58:41Z 2005-07-16T14:58:41Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-112152592129390551 <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I'm posting this one out of order (usually I wouldn't be posting this for another month or so), because it's got stuff in it that people might be looking for, ie details of the Finn Brother's concert at the Sydney Opera House on the 15th July. I woke up, noticed that both the satellite boxes were saying "INF", great, either the signal went crap again, or they've reset for some reason. I figured</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111993404991793205" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-28T14:45:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-07-04T01:14:27Z</modified> <created>2005-06-28T04:47:29Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-just-found-link-to-survey-about.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111993404991793205</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I just found a link to a survey about blogging, while trying to find if there was anything in the blogger status blog, explaining why the dashboard keeps rendering all weird, with edit buttons that fill up the whole screen. I didn't find why that is, but I did the survey anyway, here's a link to it: I just tried to look at the current results of the survey, and it looks like the database</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111948560544832448" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-23T10:05:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-06-23T00:27:23Z</modified> <created>2005-06-23T00:13:25Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/ive-just-tried-to-get-volume-keys.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111948560544832448</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I've just tried to get the volume keys working on my laptop again. I'd previously looked at this, but not spent much time on it. I found that I needed a program called "hotkeys" (which apt-get has a package for), and then I had to create a definition for my laptop keyboard. For anyone else running a 2200, here's the file: (It's really hard to insert xml into a blog, without it being</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111922537756843321" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-20T22:55:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-09-13T09:29:33Z</modified> <created>2005-06-19T23:56:17Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-woke-up-got-up-had-shower-and-got.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111922537756843321</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I woke up, got up, had a shower, and got ready. I shutdown the stuff (NSLU2, disk etc, since I'd left it running while extracting recordings from the tivo last night), and packed my bag. I went in, waited around, and then Mum gave me a lift to the service station. I hung around in the carpark for a little while, and then the email support guy turned up, and I got a lift to work. I did some</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111915817525442678" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-19T23:13:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-09-13T09:02:15Z</modified> <created>2005-06-19T05:16:15Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-woke-up-about-9am.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111915817525442678</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I woke up about 9am. The others weren't up, so I went back to sleep. I heard my drummer mate come in to the room about 11am, and I spoke to him for a bit, but then fell asleep again, and I didn't end up getting up until after 1pm. There was a message on my phone from my mate I'd seen yesterday, about a letter, he thought he'd left at my place. I replied, and told him I was not at home. We</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111915800133642595" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-18T23:18:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-09-13T08:53:36Z</modified> <created>2005-06-19T05:13:21Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-woke-up-and-lay-in-for-ages-watching.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111915800133642595</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I woke up, and lay in for ages, watching tv. I eventually got up, at 1.15pm. There was some really annoying noise going on, I thought it was a hard drive or a fan, and while looking to see where it was comeing from, I realised it was actually someone playing the drums in a garage nearby. I sat around for a while, and got a message from my drummer mate, he said he was at his cousin's place. I</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111915717723047044" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-17T23:48:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-09-13T08:14:12Z</modified> <created>2005-06-19T04:59:37Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-woke-up-heard-senior-dba-in-shower.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111915717723047044</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I woke up, heard the senior DBA in the shower for ages, he came out, said he'd see me at work later. I got up, went and had a shower. The new shower head I put on was crap. I got ready, head breakfast, and I walked to work. I worked for a while, and then filled out my timesheets, and got the geophysicist guy to sign them, since my manager and the indexer's project manager was away. I faxed them</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111887624462681077" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-16T22:55:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-09-13T07:51:39Z</modified> <created>2005-06-15T22:57:24Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-woke-up-and-was-just-lying-on-sofa.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111887624462681077</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I woke up, and was just lying on the sofa bed. The senior DBA's phone rang, he'd left it in the loungeroom, I didn't answer it. The door bell rang, so I got up, and went and answered the door. It was the little guy from work. He came in, and hung around for a while. I went and had a shower, and some breakfast. I got a lift with the little guy to work, and the senior DBA stayed in the house. I</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111878971825543898" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-15T23:08:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-09-13T07:39:19Z</modified> <created>2005-06-14T22:55:18Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-got-up-pulled-on-shirt-went-down.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111878971825543898</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I got up, pulled on a shirt, went down, outside (brr, cold), and got the washing in from the drier. I should have done this last night, to avoid having to go out in the cold. I went and had a shower, and got dressed, then I had breakfast. The senior DBA had just finished getting ready, so I got in the car with him, and we drove to work. I went to my desk, and started working. A little while</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111870473764959433" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-14T23:05:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-07-31T06:45:51Z</modified> <created>2005-06-13T23:18:57Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-got-up-and-i-got-ready-having-shower.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111870473764959433</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I got up, and I got ready, having a shower etc. I went to make a coffee, but I couldn't find the jar of coffee that I bought the other day. I looked all around, in all the cupboards, including the one under the sink, and then I saw the jar, empty. Hmm. I asked the senior DBA where my coffee was, and he told me that is was "gone". Seems strange, since one of those jars usually lasts me a few</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111870676995559586" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-14T09:44:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-06-14T01:16:10Z</modified> <created>2005-06-13T23:52:49Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/my-wrt54g-turned-up-this-week.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111870676995559586</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">My WRT54G turned up this week. The ebay seller sent it to the wrong address (to home, instead of to work like I requested), but I got it anyway, just a few days later, when I got home, so no biggie. I haven't much of a chance to muck around with it yet, I plugged it in on Saturday morning, and couldn't connect to it, assumedly because it's not configured (and I didn't plug it into the wired</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111863124939926161" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-13T23:30:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-07-25T05:55:02Z</modified> <created>2005-06-13T02:54:09Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-was-woken-up-alarm-so-my-reaction.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111863124939926161</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I was woken up the alarm, so my reaction was to just punch it, and it shutup. A few minutes later, it went off again. As before, I hit it to shutup. This went on 3 times I think, and then I put the tv on, and tried to wake up. I got up, and I started getting ready, to go down and have some breakfast, which is only served until 9.30am or so. I was getting ready, and then the clock was saying</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111863097856627921" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-12T23:57:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-07-22T02:26:06Z</modified> <created>2005-06-13T02:49:38Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-was-woken-up-by-my-alarm-i-had-to.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111863097856627921</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I was woken up by my alarm, I had to get up a bit earlier today, since we were going down to Sydney tonight, to see "Southern Culture on the Skids". Anyway, I was woken up, and then a few minutes later, the phone rang, I got up, answered it, it was my drummer mate, telling me that he was leaving soon, to come and pick me up. I had a shower, got ready, had something to eat (since I had some food</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111862997540720587" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-11T23:57:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-07-22T02:25:25Z</modified> <created>2005-06-13T02:32:55Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-slept-in-i-got-woken-up-at-midday-by.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111862997540720587</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I slept in, I got woken up at midday by the landline ringing. I couldn't drag myself out of bed, so I ignored it. My mobile rang a couple of minutes later, and I wasn't awake enough to deal with talking to someone, so I ignored that too. I waited for it to ring again, the message service, with a message from someone, but it didn't. I got up, and went and sat on the computer, A little while</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/6243804/111835936885196479" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>Simon</name> </author> <issued>2005-06-10T23:56:00+10:00</issued> <modified>2005-07-11T00:02:31Z</modified> <created>2005-06-09T23:22:48Z</created> <link href="http://www.squigley.net/blog/2005/06/i-got-up-had-shower-got-ready-had.html" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243804.post-111835936885196479</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://www.squigley.net/blog">I got up, had a shower, got ready, had breakfast, packed my bag, and then I walked to work. I had to be up a bit earlier this morning, to be at work for 8.30am. When I got to work, a bit before 8.30am, the royalty manager's kids were sitting in reception. I spoke to them briefly. Apparently their parents were doing something today, but the royalty manager had left something he needed at work. I</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> </feed>