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Monthly Archives for April 2003
snotbiscuit
This is not my website, but it is part of the cherished history of the web and I thought I should republish it, for as long as I can.
It makes some of my sites appear less dodgy, it gives them context.
I take pleasure in presenting … snotbiscuit. Long may she reign. Possibly until spong tells me to remove her.
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The ANZAC Spirit
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Overland, Overseas
Often when I travel I think “I could live here”. It happened in New Zealand. It happens in Melbourne. And now it has happened in Tasmania. It would be so easy. Property is so cheap, and I could support myself easily. The plentiful hippies do it, so could I. No stress. No rat race. Ah, the sweet illusion. The scary truth: no bandwidth.
But I digress. My point is that I have seen this pattern, and I have realised that I am prepared to leave my comfort zone and live somewhere else. I see Mel return from Canada, itching to try somewhere else. She has the travel bug, and I think it is contagious. This is why I know that I am ready to move to Europe with Kirsten. In my head, I have already crossed that line.
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JetSet
Hair is not my only reason to be in this fine city. Work also played a part. Positive has recently expanded our family and acquired a Melbourne office. My primary mission was to evaluate their infrastructure, and then make it better. Which needs to be done. NT4. NT fucking 4. I brushed against one of the servers and a corner crumbled off. It had fossilised .
OK, maybe it wasn’t that bad, but it was a white box shambles. A server with 2KPro on a Celeron is not a server. I don’t care if it is in the server room. They run Exchange 5.5. They run Proxy 2.0. On NT4. The killer: they have a license and 10 CALs each for 2k Advanced, Exchange 2k Enterprise and ISA. In a box, in a cupboard.
So it looks like I will be coming back soon. I will have to do it over a weekend, the IT curse. We work while you sleep and play. At least there is the satisfaction of knowing that we are better than you.
I have been in Melbourne 3 times over the last 2 weeks. I have another two trips coming soon. They say that the more time you spend in the air, the greater your chances of getting cancer. It seems that at high altitudes there is less of a protective shield against bad space radiation. It is a small price to pay to be a jetsetter.
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