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Archive for January, 2008

Internet Speeds Up!

Well as most of you probably know, I was on Dialup (Yes, that connection still exists). I just got connected up to ADSL yesterday :) It’s only a 8000/384 connection due to my line being on a RIM, so no ADSL2+ for me, even thought it is so much cheaper :(

I’m loving the speeds of the connection too, can’t complain. The modem is syncing at 8136/384 so getting good speed, and the SNR is good too. I have downloaded a few gigabytes, and appreciate the free PIPE usage, loving it.

A few mates of mine are with the same ISP I am (ComCen), and shaping doesn’t work, so hopefully I am lucky enough to have shaping not work for me. I’m not too worried about it as I get free PIPE, but would be nice to know it’s like a true “unlimited” connection :razz:

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Windows Vista Power Guide

I saw this guide over at Chris123NT’s blog about an extensive power guide for Windows Vista that Kristan Kenney originally wrote. I have not tried it yet, but it looks like it would be a good start to getting performance and battery life out of Vista on a laptop. Once I try it, I will post back to let you know how it goes.

The guide has now gone from Kristan Kenney’s site, so as Chris123NT did, I have made a local copy here too, so here it is, the Windows Vista Power Guide, enjoy!

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Australia Day

G’day people, well Australia Day is here. How is everyone celebrating it? Rachelle, the kids and I are going to go down the strand and have a Barbie, try do the whole Australian thing. We are going to take a cricket set and a frisbee, have a game, take some photo’s and have some fun.

I will update the gallery later once we get all the photo’s off the digital camera. I have to work on Monday, which is a public holiday so I should rake the cash in, should make at least $400 for the day :)

Well, comment on the blog and let me know what your doing for Australia Day, having a BBQ, or just a big piss-up?

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Posting from WLW

Well, I downloaded the final version of Windows Live Writer to see how it performs with WordPress. So far it’s working, but will have to see how this post turns out first. I hate the whole “online installer” stuff, so found the “source” msi installer for a standalone installer (offline).

So for the people that want just the standalone installer, you need to download the WLinstaller.exe and after it installs WLW it creates a temporary .msi file in “C:\Program Files\Common Files\WindowsLiveInstaller\MsiSources\Install_{9176251A-4CC1-4DDB-B343-B487195EB397}.msi”.

You will mostly need to enable hidden folders, as the directory is hidden, but after that copy the .msi to a folder, and there you have it, a standalone installer :)

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Girls Birthday

Yesterday was Emily and Tiana’s second birthday, the terrible two’s, but with twins! I finished work at 3pm yesterday and got the girls, by the time we got home it was about 3:30pm, they unwrapped their presents and had some cake, we got some photos and they were all happy and cute.

Micah came to get the girls about 4-4:15pm so when he got them Rachelle and I got upset, they looked so sad leaving. Rachelle, Kirsten and I ended up going to Woolworths, we bought some chicken and vegetables and went back to Kirsten’s place and I cooked up a big stir-fry, it was delicious.

We get the kids back again this afternoon when I finish work, I’m so excited I can’t wait! That’s all for now, I will post some pictures of their birthday in the gallery when I get home from work.

Update: I have posted pictures in the gallery here.

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