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Travelogue: Christmas Island (The Indian Ocean One)
Travelogue: Christmas Island When you think of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, you might have visions of wide expanses of sandy beaches, swaying palm trees, deckchairs with small tables holding exotic cocktails and all the other stereotypical images you generally see in travel TV shows and magazines. And you’d be right […]
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Are all telcos equal? Nope… not by a long shot.
So, 2 weeks ago I could call Jacqui if I wanted to, while she was on a Cathay Pacific jet over Germany at 30,000 feet, but on a part of Australia that is actually civilised and not just inhabited by emus, wombats, kangaroos, rabbits and crocodiles, I can’t use a standard telco service without a great deal of muckin’ about.
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Seek and ye shall find. Or not. (But there are other benefits)
So, I devised a methodology of starting at one end of the house to the other in a sort of search pattern
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Two Things You Should Always Do
As fast as I’d have a complete system running, it would require a tweak here, a different look there, a new report required and so on. It just never ended.
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Do you purchase based on “influencer” advice?
A mutual acquaintance had purchased an item that had been recommended by someone on TikTok. Apparently, it all looked good, seemed to fit the need and was reasonably priced.
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Tariffs on software imports? It might happen…
The one thing I am waiting for is the moment when someone in Trump’s cabinet gets the smart idea that there are REALLY big bucks to be made with tariffs on software services and apps.
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Cyclones: Been there and done that. Do NOT risk yourself for anything.
My car was sandblasted down one side. Our rotary clothes line (that has a concrete block as a base) screwed itself into the ground so that the handle mechanism was at ground level.
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Drone grounds firefighting aircraft. Again.
These people are fools and make life difficult for everyone else.
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So you want to do 3D modelling and printing. Here’s a starter.
In simple terms, a special file is generated in the 3D software and sent via a host program to the printer. These are generally known as an STL file (for stereo lithograph), and then converted to a specific “G-Code” the printer understands.
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Does QANTAS suck? No, nowhere near as much as this did.
There has been a lot said about the issues with flying QANTAS over the past few months, most of it rather unflattering and certainly very little of it complementary. This is far worse though.
