It seems I missed New Years – I was playing Half-Life 2 on Steam, and completely lost track of the time. Oh well, it certaintly _was_ “one of those years”. The year started off with me being on 7 weeks of Recleave. I did nothing.
I was doing my usual bit today, reading various tech pages on the Internet, and discovered a link to a tool called NameBench. This tool times a set of queries to international and local DNS servers, ultimately determining whether the DNS servers currently being queried are the fastest responders. A few years ago, I was [...]
I’ve been getting right into programming again, as work is slow, projects have dried up due to lack of funds, I have some spare time, and I need a break to recharge and refocus. Working on a Mac has been a lot of fun, so I decided that I’d try some Cocoa programming. The plan [...]
I discovered today that an interim report has been released by the ATSB on the recent Canley Vale plane crash. I witnessed the plane fly over Rooty Hill train station just after 8am on Tuesday 15 June. A few minutes later, the plane crashed into the front yard of a house, next to the Canley [...]
I started target rifle shooting back in October last year, starting off with the club’s Anschutz 1807′s and such with 54′series actions, but quickly acquiring my own Feinwerkbau custom bench rifle. Shooting at St Marys Indoor Rifle Range, being indoor, there was little breeze (or so I’d thought), but at Sutherland, the range is open [...]
About a week ago, I was discussing with a colleague the pain of not finding any Apple iPads for sale in Sydney. It’d been around 4 weeks since they were released into the Aussie market, yet I couldn’t find one anywhere. I wanted to turn up to a store, plop down the plastic, and walk [...]
Well, what a fortnight it was! I attended a Prize Shoot, and won, attended Jerilderie LSF flying event, and came near last, and was witness to the Canley Vale plane crash a few days ago. North Rocks Prize Shoot (Benchrest) I’ve not mentioned on Becsta.COM yet that I’m a sports shooter, but the past fortnight [...]
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