Monthly Archives: November 2008

Too big to travel abroad…

Posted on Tuesday, 18 November, 2008 by Jeremy

The first indication I got that I was too big to travel abroad was when I stepped into the Boeing 777-300 cabin and immeadiately hit my head hard on the roof of the doorway. I guess hitting my head on things could be considered to be clumsy but to be honest I really don’t expect to encounter doorways, hanging light fittings and other assorted normally high items at the same level as my head. The place where I’m currently staying I narrowly miss hitting exit signs, smoke alarms and fire sprinkers with my head and earlier I collided with a ceiling in a corridor. The plane seats felt like a tight prison – dreading another passenger potentially sitting in front of me, trapping and pinning me by reclining the seat onto my legs. Luckily I had the seat beside me … Continue reading →

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Singapore

Posted on Saturday, 15 November, 2008 by Jeremy

Flying to singapore in a few hours, managed to check into the flight and secure a ‘leg room’ seat at 6am. Hopefully this seat near the galley has legroom as the check in map seemed to indicate. Could find very little info on the seating plan. Checked the weather over there: 32c and 95% humidity. And I thought it was sticky in Brisbane this week!

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HP Mininote 1000 using the intel Atom 1.6

Posted on Sunday, 2 November, 2008 by Jeremy

Hewlett Packard seems to have updated their HP Mini note to the new model HP Mini 1000. Whilst the HP Mininote seemed to get rave reviews for an excellent typing keyboard and build quality, concerns were raised over the performance of the VIA processor that was apparently inferior to the Atom. In the web advertisement that leapt up in front of me earlier it appears that this product has been revised with the new model using the Intel Atom 1.6 like it’s obvious competitor the MSI Wind. This new model also has the option of a 10″ screen in addition to the existing 8.9″ so with interest I was wondering if this machine would muscle out the MSI Wind with similar specs to match the formidable typing ability. Unfortunately I can see a chink in the armour of this new … Continue reading →

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Blog this!

Posted on Sunday, 2 November, 2008 by Jeremy

I saw a girl at the mountain bike races today who had a shirt with the slogan “Blog this!” so I am. I’ve been inundated by bizzare and annoying questions on ebay lately from people who don’t appear to read the item description. Item contains xyz. “Does the item contain x and/or z?” To add to my ebay woes I’ve had a rash of people who have bidded and then been slow or not paid for the item. Other bidders have sent me messages pleading “times are tough sell the item to me cheap because I don’t have any more money”… Sure if times are tough and I’m selling my items I need the money too. I’m not a charity, and selling them for $1000 under cost is hardly like I’m profiteering…

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