A bit of a soap opera here. It would seem we may have to move house, well before the six months it will take to build our house. The owners of our current share-house in Dianella have decided they want to sell. They've offered a place in Marangaroo for the same price (which will become available in three weeks), however Linda would prefer to put distance between herself and the housemate(s) currently giving her the shits. The two locksmiths we also share with have also (independently) made plans to move out. My care factor regarding the interpersonal politics is actually very, very small; I like to think I can get along well enough with anybody; but unfortunately others in the house have lower thresholds of pain, so to speak.
Oh well, time to look in the papers I guess.
On an unrelated note, I've been playing with smokeping, which I'm using to measure the latency across the ADSL link. During peak periods latency goes from a normal 50ms or so to a dialup-like 400ms, and
these graphs will hopefully provide a good picture of what's happening.