http://www.volacious.net.au Apt or fit to fly Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:34:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry folks. This old coot is just too tired to be giving you regular content. So much has been happening, I just want the next few weeks to be over so I can return to normal! I had a huge week last week fixing nasty problems in Auckland, then off ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/11/19/make-it-stop/ So I'm back at the airport. Waiting for my flight across the dutch ditch to Auckland. At least my FF miles are clocking up :-)Normally I don't mind the travel, but it's such a busy time of year at the moment, not just for work, and all I want is ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/11/10/back-over-the-ditch/ Wow. It's been a slow day today, couldn't help but follow CNN's coverage of the US elections. Am quite pleased... looks like the Democrats have taken the Presidency, Senate, and the lower House. Now they might actually get some work done! It gives me some solace that the American people have realised ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/11/05/the-world-has-changed/ It had been a shit of a week, and after such weeks I try to escape the city and go aviating. This time I even gained an extra to come on the journey after he wrote off his car on Friday (yes, definately a big week!) So we packed up ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/11/02/farm-dog/ So, I'm sitting in the Qantas Club at Auckland Airport, waiting to board, and having a muse. I decided to catch up on my LiveJournalling / blogreading, and came across a post from a darling girl I know who is very spiritual, very strongly a Christian, and having dilemmas. If she ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/10/25/on-goals-and-journeys/ See the size of this coffee? It's huge! And exactly what I need this morning. I'm exhausted!Well, it seems like I'll be coming home early now, this Saturday instead of three weeks time! The job I cameover here to do had ... Issues. To put it lightly. Oh well, happens ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/10/23/wet-and-windy-in-auckland/ So I'm sitting here, in bed, updating via my iPhone. Frankly, I'm exhausted after a huge week at work. As for this weekend, I have to do a bit of organising and such because on Sunday I am getting exiled to New Zealand for three weeks!! It's be ok if ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/10/18/naked-in-bed/ Well, it seems my great server update wasn't as successful as planned. PHP 5.2.6 doesn't like the way I code thing. I told it to get screwed and rolled back. Comments are restored, and my site doesn't look like a 2-year-old tried to code it anymore. So now you can tell me what ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/10/17/comments-restored/ Hello world!This is quite exciting, finally a LiveJournal application has been released for the iPhone! I no longer have an excuse not to post more often.Also, in case y'all didnt know, I am now a part owner in a beautiful flying machine. I mean cmon... You didn't honestly think I ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/10/17/post-friday-17-october-2008/ So, I decided to re-install Windows. No, before you think "Ahh, typical Microsoft software", keep in mind that I've been running this installation of Windows Server 2003 without an issue for the past 3 years. Not only has it been webserver, email server, file server, but also multimedia centre, games ... http://www.volacious.net.au/index.php/2008/10/12/upgrades/