Some time ago, I went to book some movie tickets online for a movie that I was planning. I am going through the process and when it comes time to process it, I see there is a one dollar per ticket booking fee. Why? By doing this online, I am saving the cinema the hassle …
Author Archives: Dave
What is it with Telstra?
Helstra have to be kidding me… Are they really as stupid as they make out? In fact, how can anyone BE that stupid? Ok, Many years ago, when Telstra first started their online services I was encouraged to register. I did so, and immediately found I couldn’t log in. And since it was so long …
RAR in Ubuntu
IMHO RAR is a dying archive format, except in the torrent and related warez world. Why? I don’t know. But what I do know (now) is how to install RAR for linux under Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) and this is it: Download rarlinux, the version I got was 3.6.0 and I found it here: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.6.0.tar.gz (you …
’twas the night before xmas
…and my BIOS was quieter than a mouse! I thought Xmas was spose to be fun? It’s no fun when your whole system goes down without any explanation. The system had locked up… Nothing too unusual about that. A reboot and away I went again. Continued on my way. I came back a while later …