Tag: Stuff

I often add (n/t) to the end of an email subject, which means &quot::no text&quot:: simply to say to the recipient that everything they need to know is in the subject line and all you will get by opening the message, is my signature. It was something I learned from reading the comments in User Friendly the comic strip.

e.g. Please ring your mum (n/t)

Anyone who knows we even reasonably well, will know that I can’t sing. I generally consider myself tone-deaf (mainly because I have trouble picking the difference between sounds, for example the internal and external rings of most corporate phone systems).

So it was with some reluctance (trepidation?) then that I noted that Jase & Mon had bought a Playstation 2 and were preparing to play Singstar all night for Jase’s Birthday.

I knew no-one would pressure me to take part, but I think I knew my internal competitive spirit would probably rise up and I’d eventually want to have a go. So I set about relaxing myself: over 1/2 a bottle of red wine and a few cans of WoodStock later I was ready!!

Some background on the game: It is like a competitive Karaoke: 2 people sing the same song together, and the game scores each of you on how close you sing to the correct notes and tempo, which are displayed visually on screen over the top of the film clip. It’s a lot of fun, and at the end you get scores based on standard notes, gold (important) notes and line bonuses. It then gives a descriptive equivalent of the score.

My first song (there were quite a few in the end) I scored about 1/2 of what Bern scored, and it described me as “::Tone Deaf”:: kinda what I expected!

In testament to my tenacity, I never saw that description again, usually scoring 2/3 to 3/4 of what my competitor sang and being described as either Hopeful or Wannabe.

Jase spilt his bourbon on the couch at his place the other night, (It wasn’t his first) and said something along the lines of &quot::Thank goodness for Scotchguard ^TM&quot::.

I said &quot::don’t you mean Bourbon Guard ^TM&quot::

We laughed so hard we nearly fell off the couch.

My mum bought me one of her friend’s computers so I could have a bit of a look at it, and see if it could be updated.

Mum did mention that it didn’t have a CD drive.

It was clearly old, and It didn’t want to boot, so I opened it up…

no dust inside, that’s always nice.

Oh my, are they 30 pins simms? where’s the processor??

ah, there it is under the sticker marked Caution and February 1993….

1993! It’s a 386-SX40, and it was still in use up until a week or so ago. In the same week that I put 17 computers out for hard rubbish, and all of them were 2 generations ahead of this machine…  I think we can do an upgrade!!

I thought Identity theft only happened in movies like The Net but it’s happened to me…

Someone has used my name address, date of birth and stuff to apply for credit cards, and at least one has actually been issued, activated and used to purchase something.

It started with a call from AussieMastercard which Bernie took and she thought they were just we cold calling. She mentioned it to me, so when I got a call later from GE Financial Services, I was rather suspicious..

I’m still waiting for paperwork to arrive, but I’ve got to goto the police and report it too.

Saw this over at Jon Oxer’s Blog.

I am a Supreme Computer Geek.

Hmmm

I got this great mass mailing Worm email the other day..

Dear Geekzone Member,

We have temporarily suspended your email account mark@geekzone.com.au.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An innability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.
See the details to reactivate your Geekzone account.

Sincerely,The Geekzone Support Team

+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)
+++ Geekzone Antivirus – www.geekzone.com.au

The nasty turns out to be the very common Mytob worm, but I had to search for it, as the attachment was stripped by my real virus checker, but I thought it was very funny

I found this image puzzle, but I cant get past stage 3, coz I cant do those magic eye things….

AAaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh!!!