Have you wondering what happened to your internet the other day?
Well I was in my yard, digging a hole to put a post in and hit something. I didn't think much of it, except the shovel had a bit of trouble. So we reversed the Backhoe over, and started digging through.
You wouldn't beleive what we brought up!
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To comply with European Commission, "The US software giant said on Thursday it still planned to release its next-generation operating system worldwide on October 22, but that customers in Europe would have to install web browsers of their choice."
Tell me. How do you download a browser, without a browser installed?
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/824753/eu-skeptical-over-microsoft-move
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Congratulations to the drivers who past me in the school zone.
The 40Kph area is there for a reason. Safety. Safety of children who go to school.
The fact that I was already travelling at 40kph should have dissuaded you from attempting to pass me and cut into my lane simply to get one car length ahead.
For you I will gladly allow you to bury your car into my shiny clean plastic of my modern and safe VW Golf.
Then I will gladly explain to the insurer whilst I drove at exactly 40kph as I had my cruise control set, yet you drove so close to my rear that I couldn't see the radiator on your Land Rover, let alone the number plate. And how you sped up to over take me, passing the speed limit, and then attempted to reenter my lane without utilising your indicators.
While I waited for the speed limit to change at the end of the 40kph zone, before accelerating, only to find dangerously on my right side.
You sir, are a bloody Idiot!
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I seriously think felt an earthquake in Melbourne about 5 minutes ago.
It was disturbing to feel something like that here in Australia, considering I was in Japan when the a 6.8 earthquake hit in July 2007, rupturing a Nuclear power plant.
We were in Tokyo at the time, and this felt almost as strong.
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I decided to look at my fuel consumption and see how it compares against some of these new fangled gas/electric hybrids.
Now, for the facts:
I drive a 2006 Volkswagan Golf 2.0 Litre TDI, Manual. That's a Turbo Diesel.
I drive approximately 26.40 Kilometres (16.4 Miles) every day to work. This inclues 29 sets of traffic lights.
I don't do regular freeway drives or go to the country, so my fuel usage is high.
My car has a build in computer that measures the consumption and tells me what it is for the last 1000 kilometres approximately.
And it says I'm using 5.7 litires per 100 kilometres.
As most articles talk in Gallons(US) per Mile, I've done the conversion.
5.7 litres per 100km.
1.5 Gallons per 62.4 Miles
or. 41.27 Miles per Gallon (US).
Now, how this stacks up against, say the Prius.
According the this article here ( http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=834454 )
The Standard Prius Touring (1.5L Inline 4), uses 34 mpg in city traffic.
Now, unless my conversion calculation is wrong, WTF is everybody going on about with hybrids? How the hell is it more fuel efficient than my diesel?
Not only is my engine bigger, I probably drive it a little fast off at the lights, and ITS MORE EFFICIENT?
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Microsoft are very prompt at getting out security updates when there's an issue.
They're also good at not destroying computers with their updates and causing thousands of dollars of damage (unlike Apple).
But they could at least make sure their updates don't remove firewall exceptions.
My website was down, since "I don't know when". But now it's working again.
<roll's eyes>
On another note.
My left eye started watering for unknown reason back in September. After putting up with it watering for no reason for a couple of months, I saw the GP.
He tried me on some sort of drops for infection. Then for hay fever which I've never had (never had an allergy either). None of that worked.
Then he referred me to an eye specialist, who thought my tear ducts were too small (I'm not sure how having too small tear ducts, would suddenly cause me to start just one eye tearing up for no reason).
He also noted I had rings in my eyes was were caused by high cholesterol. Of which I knew about for the past 6 years, and guess what. The rings don't disappear, even after you lower your cholesterol. He sent word back to my GP about it.
So I went into my GP last week and had a blood test. (I had the forethought to skip breakfast, as it was about the only reason the eye specialist would want to talk to the GP.)
So the nurse stuck a needle in my right arm, to take some blood, and I got this sharp pain in my wrist. It was pretty intense.
After telling the nurse, it went away, and she proceeded to take some blood.
That was all well and good.
That night however, I lifted something in my right hand, and I got shooting pains in my wrist.
All weekend, depending on how I move my arms, I get sensations in my wrist, sometimes sharp pains, depending on what I’m doing.
Not sure what the problem is. I'm guess however the nurse hit a nerve in my arm with the needle.
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This is a fanfiction I've begun working on for Evangelion. I've got another one I've been working on for years, but frankly I need a break from it, so working on this helps.
Title: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Kanako
Theme: Alternate retelling
Author: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) midspace
Characters: All
Rating: PG13+
Summary: A butterfly lands on a leaf, and decision is made. Who would know that it's effects would have a direct bearing on the existence of everyone on the planet. The person known as Shinji Ikari dies before he can arrive at Tokyo-3, and someone else takes his place in Unit-01. But will they be able to save mankind?
Warning: Many spoilers of the anime.
Comments: No, this isn't an insertion. No crossovers.
Story link: FanFiction.net
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I wanted to post a new story I've been working on, onto FanFiction.net
It's been a while since I've actually posted anything on there, and was mildly totally dissapointed at what it does to formatting, characters and layout.
It strips it all!
They claim that bold and italics are supported in conversions from Open Office format. If you have a heading, it strips them out anyhow.
$ symbols are taken out.
% symbols are taken out.
[ symbols. I’ve been using the square brackets for thoughts for all stories I write, since I originally started in notepad and it didn't have italics.< symbols. These are best for Foley effects. They don’t speak or talk. They just are sound.
{ symbols. Why anyone in their right mind would strip these out? I use these for denoting other languages. It gets tiresome to always explain what language a character is speaking in without an easy to use symbol.
Double line spaces: Used BETWEEN paragraphs to mark a change in scene. This is used by every author known in existence to show a change. Go read a book. FF strips out all spaces between sentences. Text Indent. W3C Cascading Style Sheets has supported this since level 1.
I find the last two to be the most import when it comes to readability, especially when you have lots of text with long paragraphs. Human eyes need to track across the screen, and if they don't have noticeable marking like an indent on the start of a paragraph, then they can lose track. Double line spaces: Used BETWEEN paragraphs to mark a change in scene. This is used by every author known in existence to show a change. Go read a book. FF strips out all spaces between sentances.
Text Indent. W3C Cascading Style Sheets has supported this since level 1.
I find the last two to be the most import when it comes to reability, especially when you have lots of text with long paragraphs. Human eyes need to track across the screen, and if they don't have noticble marking like an indent on the start of a paragpah, then they can lose track. At the moment, this makes anything I want to upload, totally useless. All the text is clumped together and has absolutely no flow.
So what can I do? FF looks useless for posting REAL stories.
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What Kind of Mecha Pilot are you?
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| You scored as The Angsty Mecha Hero. You are a sulky, self-pitying mecha pilot. Probably thrust unwillingly into a conflict by the government or a secret organazation, you want nothing more then to get out of all this. If things keep up, you'll probably end the whole world with your Mecha. Thanks a lot.
The Angsty Mecha Hero. |
| 100% | The Solider. |
| 80% | A Bat-Shit-Crazy Villian! |
| 80% | The Ultra-Cool Ace. |
| 70% | The Lovable Loser. |
| 65% | The Hot Blooded Ally of Justice! |
| 60% | A Rat-Bastard Badguy |
| 60% | A Noble Villain. |
| 55% | The Villain! |
| 55% | The Reluctant Hero/Heroine. |
| 45% | The Loyal Henchman/Henchwoman |
| 35% | The Martyr |
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( click to see what happens )
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This lens filter was left at my place during the Australia Day weekend, during the small BJD party we had.
I would like to see this filter reunited with its owner. Please, if you attended our party on that weekend, check your lens filters and make sure you aren't missing one. There is the possibility it fell out of your camera bag, or rolled out of a doll bag during al the BJDs were brought out.
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01. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Travelled north of the Equator. Bought a house.
02. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Never made any before. Started with my first one this year.
03. Did someone close to you give birth?
Nope.
04. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes. My dear special Grandmother.
05. What countries did you visit?
Japan! WHooHooo
06. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Airconditioning!
07. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
My Birthday! I travelled to new and exicting places that very day.
08. What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?
A house. A house of our very own.
09. What was your biggest failure(s)?
No personal achievements. Namely my stories.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
None.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Err... a house!?
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Ummm... pass.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Don't want to comment that here. They might it. Would depress me even more if I knew that.
14. Where did most of your money go?
err... House?
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Once again... House!
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Hare Hare Yukai - Suzumiya Haruhi ending theme.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you
i. happier or sadder?
happer.
ii. thinner or fatter?
No change.
iii. richer or poorer?
we talking finanical liquididy, or all over assets? 18. What do you wish you'd done more of?Writing. 19. What do you wish you'd done less of?Playing PC games every night. I should cut back to at most 3 hours a week. 20. How did you spend Christmas?Stuffed myself silly at my parents, then baked myself at home in the summer heat. 22. Did you fall in love in 2007?Did I have to? 23. How many one-night stands?0. Someone will kill me if any other numeral appears here. 24. What was your favorite TV program?Heroes topped my list for 2007. 25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?Such a strong word. I suppose there a few individuals that I can put on my stupid list, but I can't hate them for their lack of intelligence. 26. What was the best book you read?The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadows. I'm not a big book person, as it tends to distract from writing. Playing PC games does that better though. 27. What was your greatest musical discovery?As in what exactly? That I can play? That I found some kid at the store with talent? 28. What did you want and get?Wanted to travel to Japan, and got there! 29. What did you want and not get?A partiular immature woman to move out and learn independance. 30. Favorite film of this year?Can't think of any. 31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?I woke up at 3AM, went to the airport, spend 3 hours in security, flew 10 hours to the other side of the world, and arrived in my most favorite country (apart from my home country) for the first time. Turned one more than this question. 32. What's one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?Sharing my happy moments with more people? Winning a few million $ would help in that. 33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?Blue Jeans, with the knees out. I seem to do that to all my pants lately. 34. What kept you sane?Am I? 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?This guy in Japan who gave me the spotlight during a theatre performance. 36. What political issue stirred you the most?The ones the media don't discuss. Namely, lack of responsibility by MPs on poor jobs. They shouldn't be allowed to quit. They should take a pay cut and fix what they screwed up. 37. Who do you miss?All the people I know have always remained close. 38. Who was the best new person you met?Kat. From Intrepid Travel. Our guide in Japan. 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:None. I've been doing okay and haven't screwed up yet. 40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:Can't think of any.
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It's hot. It's so stinking hot, that my PC could probably make a decent tea. Not that I drink tea mind you.
No TV. (We have a large plasma, and whilst it generates heat, I don't feel that it's appropriate to kill my expensive toy by running it in this heat.)
No music either. (The Amp really does pump out the heat. Ugh.)
Laptop has been off most of the day, as I don't feel like cooking my legs.
I finished off my jigsaw puzzle last year (cough, as in yesterday).
So what does one do with one's time, when:
A. It's really hot 32+ degrees C.
B. It's a public holiday, and almost every shop is closed (except McDonald's and the like, and Coles [oh, the freezer section is the place to visit!])
C. Any electronics will just make more heat.
D. None of my friends have a decent AirCon.
E. I don't feel like visiting my parents even if they do have an AirCon.
Well, it's the faceup and body renewal time.
Bailey, my ElfDoll Sooah, is about 18 months old now. Her nose was getting shiny, due to clothes coming off, and going on over her face.
She had a bit of body blushing done 12 months ago also, and it's worn right off the nips. Not the best look, but Helene had the time, and the heat was just right to dry everything off without causing it to melt.
Here's Bailey's body after it was re-done. Mei Ling's (Soah) head is resting on it. Her body got a re-spray also to keep it going.
( More photos follow... )
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I've never done one of these, but this is important to me.
I have to finish my Fanfiction "らんま1/2: ばかのそうにゅう", this year.
(That's "Ranma 1/2: Baka Insertion" for people who can't read Japanese)
380,000 words written in 65 chapters, that I started way back on December 28th, 2002.
Not a word of it has been published, as I resolved when I started, not to publish it until it's finished.
I've got a fair amount to still go, but I've been procrastinating this last 2 years, so it's about time I got up off my proverbial behind and finished it.
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I've been meaning to post for quite a while, many more of the outfits I brought back from Japan.
But there have also been a few items that weren't originally created in mind for BJD's. One of them was this little Noh mask, traditionally used in Kabuki. It just happened to be almost perfect for my girls, and I couldn't resist buying it.
( See the rest of the dance here... )
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I picked up this Kimono in Japan during my recent holiday there. I've been waiting for a good opportunity to take photos of it with a Japanese background, and the blossoming of the tree in our backyard proved a good opportunity.
The umbrella I've have for several months, waiting for this opportunity.
( More photos to follow )
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Tis Saturday, and Bailey is usually to be found easily on a day like this.
In the garage, getting ready to go out. Why stay at home, on a beautiful day like today, right?
Before leaving, bailey likes to make sure her bike is ready.
( Read More, and see more pictures... )
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Since coming back form Japan, I've collected a few items that I had though to keep, but somehow I've ended up picking up a few items that don't fit my ElfDoll girls.
These items are all new, and only taken out twice. Once for fitting, and once for these pictures.
Melbournians can arrange for "free" local pickup.
Otherwise the usual Australia Post shipping to Aussies, or abroad. Registered on request. Insurance on request.
Payment accepted by: COD, Direct Bank transfer, or paypal.
1. Sexy Blue cheongsam AU$40
2. Pink fluffy top AU$20
3. White healed shoes AU$50 Sold to symphonyofstyle
4. Japanese sailor school outfit AU$105 Sold
5. Black bunny suit fluffy white tale (lined) AU$72
( Details are as follows )
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