Wed, 29 Mar 2006
GLITCH BAR AND CINEMA SECOND BIRTHDAY
Also Col's birthday partee, but thats meant to be a secret...Saturday 8th April, 8PM til 1AM
18 ST GEORGES RD NTH FITZROY 3068 (Victoria)
And they have Coopers on tap now!
I'll break out Ye Olde Dx200, but not sure how live I will be.. at least one or two Bangin Trax though
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Sun, 26 Mar 2006
Religious tolerance - UK vs Afghanistan
Interesting to compare the struggle of Shabina Begum in the UK with Abdur Rahman in Afghanistan.. maybe they should trade places and they both will be happy?Meanwhile, in the US it seems those loving gentle Xtians have declared open season on any Atheists who dare stick to their opinions.
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Fairlight CMI trivia
Just an interesting link to comments and trivia about a Fairlight Sampler for sale on ebay.Interesting the designer also made the kit synth ETI 4600
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Open Source Linux Driver for Traverse Pulsar ADSL card
I have been a very satisfied user of Traverse Technology's Pulsar PCI ADSL card for quite some time now. very stable and reliable. The one thing is that getting the drivers up and running needs a bit of technical knowledge.Recently I have been using the OpenADSL drivers for this card, which are now absolutely rock solid, just follow the Debian howto in the docs and away you go, if you are using Debian Linux. Kudos to Guy and all the developers working on this project.
Just upgraded to the Linux 2.6.15 kernel in Debian/Testing, which needs the CVS version of the driver as it is compiled with gcc 4, but following the hints on the mailing list and I got it all running.
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end of the mess
Well the cheque finally arrived, 14 days late. Strangely enough it was sent by "express post", when EasyStreet insisted to me on the phone they had sent it normal post, and they dont send cheques any other way? Sounds like the left hand doesn't know what the right had is doing there. The "Express Post" even has a tracking number on it that can be used to trace it's course through the postal system.. completely useless of to anybody when nobody knows this.
The picture is an error I got just then when logging in to see whats up with their online banking.. kind of sums it all up really.
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Wed, 22 Mar 2006
planet clan analogue
Just set up a quicky install of planet planet to agregate clan analogue related blogs. Presently just a proof of concept install.. using the heads that shipped with the planet software.The URL is at http://planet.clananalogue.org/
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Wed, 08 Mar 2006
ongoing shambles with easystreet finance
It's now wednesday morning, and suprise suprise, no cheque. Called up and stopped the cheque, have arranged finance elsewhere, time to move on from the slow motion trainwreck that is dealing with easystreet before ending up as more collateral damage. Easystreet staff suprisingy unsuprised by all this mess, I wonder how often their procedures cause this kind of mess to happen?Posted at: 08:34 | category: /rants/easystreet | # | 0 comments
Thornbury Shrubbery Mafia strike again
Apart from the chilli plant we also have some "Mother In Laws Tongue" aka sansevieria_trifasciata, yesterday I noticed a bit of the plants had been taken. Then our neighbor reported she had some of her plants (in the pots) stolen as well.Now read in the local paper (which is so local it doesnt even have an online edition or home page) on with the front page headline "Thieving Green Fingers" that shrubs and ornamental plants are being stolen all over the suburb, in such volume people suspect the plants are being stolen to be sold in markets.
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Sun, 05 Mar 2006
DOLLSQUAD at the OLD BAR
Well not quite a bleep but went and saw a bit of Ye Olde Pub Rock last night at The Old Bar in Fitzroy, catching Dollsquad, Sons of Lee Marvin and Lonely Hearts. Good raucus rock and roll and Carlton Draught by the jug. Show was over by the last tram home as well so didn't have to get a taxi.Posted at: 17:08 | category: /bleeps | # | 0 comments
Sat, 04 Mar 2006
Zog Chilli Farm?
Well not quite but we are now self sufficient in chillis (a key ingredient for Thai food) despite having only about 1 square metre of land available for planting in. Chilli tree grown from a seed from some chillis we bought at the market.
This post brought to you by the department of "think tranquil thoughts".
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Fri, 03 Mar 2006
It's now Friday after the Monday when they claimed to have sent the cheque
and I have not got anything. Despite "easy street" financial services insisting on this being the only way their auditors allow them to send money there is no way for them to prove to me that the money has actually been sent.. though of course they have not hesitated to start charging me interest. Seller of car starting to get agitated as he needs the dosh for his own purposes.. I am feeling guilty and depressed at continually having to fob him off with the old "cheque is in the mail", one of the most sorry excuses to use but have no choice. To add injury to insult my current car has now decayed to a state where I don't feel safe driving it on a freeway, I have to rent a car to get to work. Thanks guys! Amazing customer service!Posted at: 19:53 | category: /rants/easystreet | # | 0 comments
Thu, 02 Mar 2006
still a victim of easystreet's terrible procedures
it's now 4 days after the cheque has allegedly been sent and still no sign of it. My car has now died so I can't drive it to work, seller of the new car getting more and more impatient, and easystreet's attitude is tough luck. Not happy. Despite them messing it up initially they have made no attempt to expedite it, instead sending via the slowest and least trackable way possible so as to save a few cents. Thanks guys! Really great customer service! I'll be sure to tell everyone I meet how impressed I am!Posted at: 12:53 | category: /rants/easystreet | # | 0 comments
