I've discovered that the rather elegant train mode I had visualised for the toy is not actually workable, which hacks me off. Partially this is because it was the sole reason for the huge-ass Autobot sigils on the enormous cargo platform (which in itself causes piles of problems in many modes, although it does cover up a multitude of design sins ( Read more... )

So Sunday, princesskessie, megpie71, and I went to a local carol service which was put on by the local church, as they have done for many many years previously. I even have family involved in the whole thing, although I personally tend to keep religious institutions and their activities at arm's length because such places push my "the species still has a few bugs to be ( Read more... )

Had a talk with a recruiter today. Didn't walk away with a terribly good impression, for a number of reasons, including ( Read more... )

So the sink has been tending to leak around the integrated metal plug-thingie that came with it, and so I thought I'd take a look ( Read more... )

With very, very few exceptions, programming languages are written in text. Generally, ASCII text. So, to be extremely blunt, any IDE, no matter how fancy, should be able to install at least its core functionality on any computer which can run Notepad and maybe has a little extra RAM for fancy bits. And that's generously allowing the use of graphics ( Read more... )

Well, it looks like the credit crunch has bitten and it's time to sell the house ( Read more... )

I've put a couple of Transformer toys from last year's movie on the desk, just to have something to hand to fiddle with ( Read more... )

Wow. That's... irritating ( Read more... )

Note to self - do not reschedule Pilates for Tuesday mornings any more. Especially when I haven't been for a couple of weeks ( Read more... )

Having a bit of a wander around the net, I ran across our state's Heritage Council. It basically works like this ( Read more... )