Optus Wireless Broadband - Update

Well the Optus Wireless Broadband is still performing well. Today I gave Bronwyn the laptop to use while we drove around town. She surfed eBay and some other high bandwidth flash based websites and the performance was fantastic. Bronwyn likened it to surfing the same websites on her home connection (currently 512kbps). Not bad for being on the move. I wouldn't be surprised if the connection was faster than that, but it usually takes nerds to pick those sorts of things up.

Out for now,

-Brad

Cairns postponed, Hinchinbrook Island is GO.

Oh what a stupid thing for me to do.

Booked in for some time now has been a hiking trip on Hinchinbrook Island. The time has come so fast for this trip that I still thought it was some way off in the future, and therefore I proceeded to book a non-refundable room in Cairns for the same weekend!

I called the hotel and they allowed me to move my reservation one week forward. They made a point though that I would not be able to change my mind again, and that there would be no refunds. Fair enough - but you don't need to sound so bitchy about it!

Anyway, next weekend it seems as though I will be on Hinchinbrook Island hiking with a backpack, tent, sleeping roll and all of those wonderful fun adventurous sort of things. I'll get my cameras charged up too. I've never been to Hinchinbrook before, and I am going with a bunch of people who have made the trip many times so I am sure it's going to be a learning experience!

I'll update the blog with more information on Monday. We're having a small group meeting to finalise details so I will know more then.

Out for now,

-Brad

Oh my lord it's Monday morning and I'm not in bed.

Oh crap look at the time. I need to be up in not-so-long to start the routine of the work week once again (I know, I know, myself and billions of other people across the globe).

I really had an enjoyable weekend. Dad is heading to Ingham for a week so invited us around to his house for a chat and some coffee / hot chocolate before he leaves. You know me though, anything that involves coffee or hot chocolate is an instant hit in my books. Of course, the company was great too so lots of positives all around. Also, earlier in the day I picked up Chris and Briggsy from the ferry terminal. They had spent the weekend on Magnetic Island for the yearly full moon party. We went and had coffee and kebabs on the strand. Fantastic. A beautiful clear sunny day, blue water out on the ocean, fantastic temperature. Who could really ask for more?

This is out for now. I have a feeling it's going to be a busy Monday, and it's also workout day. It's going to be painful due to this lack of sleep, so I'd better stay jazzed up on coffee throughout the day. If anyone is in the area, feel free to being me a double-shot latte. Thanks. :P

-Brad

Optus Wireless Broadband active in Townsville

So I picked up a new gadget for myself today. The Optus Wireless Broadband USB modem + access plan. I won't go into pricing details here as I don't see the need of it. I'll just say that there are some very competitive deals going at the moment and I have a plan that suits me beautifully. Also, the gentleman who served me at Network Communications / Optus Reseller Store in Castletown was fantastic, and really knew his stuff. A lot of the time when I go to a phone store, I end up telling the salespeople more about the product than they know, and basically sell the item to myself whilst giving them some free education on something they should have endeavoured to find out about themselves.

Anyway, the speeds in the Hermit Park and Mt Louisa are fantastic, and I'm excited to test the service in other areas when I get the chance. As a nerd that likes coffee and computers, but also fresh air and cool mornings, I am slightly excited at the chance of taking it down to the strand early in the morning next weekend, grabbing a coffee and catching up on webcomics in the fresh air. Nerdy or what?!?! :)

Ahh, these weekends go way too quickly. This one still has a few hours left in it and I am already thinking ahead to the next one.

Out for now,

-Brad

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Delicious Breakfast

I wanted to just Twitter about this, but Twitter is up and down like a yo-yo at the moment making it hard to do so.

I just wanted to mention that warm breakfast is awesome on this cold cold morning.

Oats, slivered almonds, yoghurt, banana and berries on top. OMG it is awesome. And I am eating it. And you're not... Scott.

:P

-Brad

I am a blogger...

I blog out!

I got a mention in the Townsville Road Runners newsletter! :)

Hello crew!

I probably would have mentioned this earlier had I actually created some content for this ol' front page. None the less, I thought I would post it up now while it is fresh in my memory.

On the Great Whitsunday Run, Dad and I had stopped to help a dude who was injured on the side of the track. It was nice to see a small write up in the Townsville Road Runners newsletter about it!

"One such tale is of a runner who shall
remain nameless but who suffered such debilitating cramps in both legs and hands, along with cramps and pins and needles in his arms and face, that at the halfway point he was unable to stand let alone run.

One of our TRR’s, Sonia Chalk, who came upon him on the ground, raced off as fast as her own ill body would allow to summon help from the SES volunteers at the next aid station. Meanwhile TRR [Townsville Road Runners] Widge Rowden and his son Brad stopped and tried to straighten out the runner’s limbs as best they could. After successfully getting the runner to his feet and leaving him in the hands of the SES volunteers they continued on their merry way enjoying the flora and fauna (as you can choose to do on a 28km hill run)."

Of course, it's not like we stopped to help the guy just to get a mention in any publications, but it was really nice to see this in the newsletter. :)

The full version can be found here, and the section I am talking about is on page 3.

-Brad

Change of domain registrar.

I transferred the domains to a new, cheaper registrar today. This might cause some downtime over the next couple of days. If the forums or any of the other services stop working, you'll know why. :)

-Brad