November 22, 2007 A conference and free concert I’m in the media room at the Sydney Convention Centre trying to file a story from the Gartner conference and all I can hear…
November 10, 2007 Back to good old Netscape Becoming more than fed up with the unstable Firefox on my Windows PC at work, I installed the original Netscape browser. Does anyone not…
October 27, 2007 New Amarok T for Roktober It’s Roktober again over at the Amarok project, so I thought I’d try my hand at crafting a new baseball t-shirt from Cafepress. It…
October 15, 2007 Broadband speed bump After my previous bitching and moaning about the speed of my new ADSL2+ connection, a routine upgrade surprised the hell out of me today….
October 9, 2007 What airline Wallabies? People who have been watching the 2007 Rugby World Cup would no only too well that two of the tournaments draw card teams –…
September 29, 2007 The simple things in Linux I picked up a copy of Sepultura’s Against earlier today and decided to play it on my Kubuntu Linux notebook. Come to think of…
September 23, 2007 Texas Hold ’em up! I came second in a Texas Hold ’em poker tournament yesterday. That marked my best performance so far as the trophy continues to evade…
September 17, 2007 Back in Brisvegas I’m back in Brisbane this week. This time it’s for Cisco’s Networkers which has found its way back to Brisbane from the much-loved Gold…
September 15, 2007 Why I hate conference calls Why do I hate conference calls? I’ll tell you why: 1. I am a journalist. 2. I interview people so I need to be…
August 25, 2007 Look before you dial If anyone’s ever wondered why I’m so hard to reach on my desk phone at the office (read: I never answer it) I’ll explain…
August 21, 2007 Going green, for all good CIOs Spent today at the Green CIO conference at the Sydney Convention Centre. I got the impression many CIOs truly are thought leaders on the…
August 10, 2007 Printing to a Windows network printer @ Tech.Ed How does a Linux user manage to print something at a Microsoft conference? I asked myself that same question yesterday and decided to investigate….
August 8, 2007 Tech.Ed returns to the Gold Coast Well it’s been two years since Microsoft’s Tech.Ed last graced the shiny sands of Queensland’s Gold Coast. I jetted in last night and checked…
July 31, 2007 I’m back in business My new DSL service came online over the weekend so I’m now back online. I haven’t heard boo from Exetel so I will assume…
July 27, 2007 The wheels are in motion I’ve received at least one e-mail and phone call indicating my new DSL service request has been acknowledged. Well that’s a relief. Now, apparently,…
July 25, 2007 The cable is cut… Well, so, my old DSL connection is no more. I was away from my house over the weekend so I’m unsure of the exact…
July 9, 2007 Trouble in high-speed paradise Darn it, I knew it was too good to be true. My friendly ISP sent me an e-mail a few weeks ago stating that…
June 25, 2007 Journalists in contempt? Bah! News surfaced today about the “conviction” and fining of two Herald Sun reporters who refused to name a federal government source in a story…
June 18, 2007 J is my middle initial! There, I said it – happy!? My given name is Rodney Joseph Gedda, or Rodney J. Gedda as the Americans would have it, or…
June 12, 2007 Back online Sydney’s recent wild and windy weather resulted in a blackout and some subsequent downtime. I’m now back online. I hope your datacentre survived the…