Contact details in Australia
Ok have a temp phone number in Australia if you need to contact me… 0414 937 603
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2015 Now that’s done, what happened and where to now?
So at the beginning of last year I made some resolutions… well not so much resolutions but goals (New Year’s resolutions tend to last only a few hours-days so I don’t do that…) The …umm.. goals: To cut down on Facebook usage. Wish a ‘Happy Birthday’ personally not using Facebook. Not to sit reading ‘Newfeeds’….
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Musings on Copyright theft… well Torrenting and other things…
So here I am in Malta, where the local channels on TV are mostly in Maltese, all two of them (unless you want to include the political ones)… The DVDs and Blu-Ray available are a small selection of what is out there (and none of what I want)… So what’s a girl to do..? Well…
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Thoughts on the “Spring Hunting” vote..
Lets preface this with the line: I hunt and shoot and would vote “NO” if I could vote… I will still hunt and shoot even if the “NO” vote wins. Hunting and Shooting as I do takes a lot of skill and is very demanding. My weapon of choice is different from the average hunter…
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Converting h.265 (HEVC) to h.264 (AVC)
Quick techie entry for anyone using the newer h265 codecs but unable to use them in players. (eg: Torrenting H265 encoded files then trying to play via PLEX and Roku) Roku and other media players don’t support h.265 and as such any attempt to play h265 encoded files will result in an ‘Unable to play…
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A history of my experience with FreeBSD and a warning to users….
So a rant about how a great project can go bad, and how it’s still doing stuff that should never be done and why I’ve decided to ‘fix it myself’ or move away from it completely. Back in 2003 Paul Vixie forced me into using FreeBSD on one of my servers, it was not a…
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HBSC Swieqi the target of tunnellers a second time!
Following a number of complaints about a new generator that appeared and has been running non stop for 3 day Swieqi local council ordered an investigation into its purpose and uncovered a government plot to get HSBC Malta to pay for their electricity bills. Council investigators were called to investigate why a new piece of…
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€500.00 Reward offered…
For several weeks now, cars on Triq, is-Swieqi, Triq, is-Sirk and Triq, il-Hemel all in Swieqi, near St Julians have been deliberately vandalised, including broken wing mirrors, slashed tyres and ‘Keying’ paint work. I am therefore offering a €500.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators. If you know who…
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Spam in your fridge? Yeah sure, but what about spam from your fridge?
Well in light of the recent fascination and media-hype about spam from a new range of devices dubbed, the “Internet of Things” I thought I post some information. The media-hype is a little surprising in some ways as this ‘hack’ is old news, old technology and has been happening for years. I first identified and…
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Is-sena t-tajba! or…?
Well the title says it all, is-sena t-tajba.. literally ‘Year good’ .. but in reality the equivalent of Happy New Year.. Last year I posted this and went into my own little thing, this year, I have not written until today. I messaged it to a few friends, and I saw lots of posts on…
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New Computer for Xmas? From Amazon? Watch out you might need a HazMat suit….!!
What is it with me, I seem to attract trouble at the moment, either that or I just don’t take s**t like others do… So I’m not going to talk about the ripoff known as Ebay seller StuffUSell who sells stuff that they know doesn’t match the description… that’s Ebay and par for the course… No…
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Drinking yourself to death? Yes if you have fish allergies….
This is a little of an odd post, and I think you’ll understand why. I also need your (you, the reader) help so please read on… A friend of mine is mortally allergic to fish, and as such I have an ‘EpiPen’ in my first aid kit especially for her in the event of accidental…