Posts from 2013
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5:2: a diet for greedy people
I've never been a skinny guy. The fittest I've ever been, playing rugby in my mid-teens, I was still chunky bloke. Helped me avoid being bullied. As an adult, my weight has gradually crept up. Finally…
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Using a Gandi SSL certificate in AWS Elastic Beanstalk Load Balancer
Wow this was way more painful than it should've been. SSL is hard! So I followed the instructions from Gandi and ended up with a private key, a certificate signing request, a certificate and an interm…
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Standing desk: Day 1
I've had a few back problems of late, a herniated disk from lifting my daughter basically. My physio suggests that sitting all day is a big problem, so I've decided to experiment with a standing desk.…
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Fuji Xerox ApeosPort-IV C2275 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Just to save anyone having to bugger around to set up this printer, it's dead easy. This printer is in HUB Sydney, and I wanted to use it. Go to the CUPS configure printers thing. Open up Network Prin…
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I was duped by a microparty
My first real job after high school was working for a mail order porn video company. It was a great job, management was very professional and I got really great opportunities after showing aptitude in…
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Underbelly Arts
We went out to Cockatoo Island on Sunday to the Underbelly Arts Festival. It was a stunning sunny day and the kids had a fantastic time. Kids seem to immediately understand that "art" just means "play…
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No Marque, you can shove your environmental "concerns"
"Due to environmental concerns Marque Restaurant no longer uses bottled mineral water. In this regard we have installed a chilled, filtered, carbonated water system. To support this initiative $5 per…
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Our new local: Young Henry, The Cure's a Forest, brisket sandwich and a kid play room
The Henson opened tonight in the old "Henson Park Hotel" premises around the corner, after a short hiccup with their license. They've done a great job, stripping back some of the covers over the origi…
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Awesome weekend camping
We had a fantastic 4-day weekend camping with our kids down in Bundeena. Bit of a risk this late in the season but we got extremely lucky. 26 degrees every day! Our kids were a bit unwell at times, wi…
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Snorkelling photos
I've been getting into snorkelling a bit recently. I've always enjoyed it but recently I bought some good quality gear, replacing the toy shop crap I've been using. It's another world with good equipm…
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Current status
Chilling in Jervis Bay. Weather has turned out much better than the forecasts. Lovely.
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Alternatives to Posterous?
My blog has been on Posterous for some years now and it's been awesome. The best thing about it is that you just email a bunch of stuff, with whatever attachments in whatever format are relevant, and…
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Camping on a soggy weekend
I took Louis camping this weekend in Bundeena. Train, ferry then a short hike to the campsite on the edge of the Royal National Park. The weather outlook before we left was pretty shaky, and it lived…
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Simon Rumble taxidermy
SRSLY? Moral of the story: don't Google yourself!
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Contract or permie? Quick app to compare contract rates to permanent salaries
I've always had a spreadsheet to help me compare a daily contract rate to a "standard" salary, to ensure I'm always comparing like for like when considering jobs. A newer wrinkle has been recruiters q…
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Home alone Dad, forced to fend for himself
Holly's out to see The Hobbit so I'm home along with the kids. Improvised Ploughmans of: Home made bread I baked earlier Leftover Xmas ham (almost finished) Selection of cheeses we didn't eat over Xma…