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[20 Jul 2008|01:17pm] |
Connecting flights are the suck.
4 hours in Brisbane, $2 for 20 minutes of net. Could get costly at that price....
Don't much like the weather here either. 24 degrees, blinding sunshine.... stark contrast to the 12 degrees and almost raining that Adelaide was when I left.
Ho hum. Off to kill 3 and a half hours lost in a book somewhere.
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[28 Apr 2008|03:11pm] |
For those that aren't on Facebook or those that missed it....
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[23 Mar 2008|02:41pm] |
Been clean since November 1, 2007! Have no interest in going back, whoo.
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[22 Mar 2008|02:27pm] |
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[09 Mar 2008|07:35pm] |
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Music Shuffle
So, here’s how it works:
Open your music player (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).
Put it on shuffle.
Press play.
For every question type the song that’s playing. When you go to a new question press the next button.
Readers can request a song to be uploaded.
Opening Credits: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Birth: Matthew Good Band - Alert Status Red
Waking Up: Godsmack - Sick of Life
Working song: Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
Falling in Love: Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Lovesong (!!!!!)
Sex: Breaking Benjamin - Skin
Lusting: The Cure - Pornography (!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Cooking Dinner: Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
Walk in the Park: Queen/David Bowie - Under Pressure
Working out at the gym: Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh
Fight scene: Megadeth - Wake Up Dead
Breaking up: Megadeth - Trust
Secret Love: Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Life’s okay: Beatles - Ob-la-di Ob-li-da
Mental breakdown: System of a Down - Needles
Partying: Radiohead - No Surprises
Long night alone: Split Enz - I Get Frightened
Final Battle: Dream Theater - Change of Seasons (must be an epic battle scene)
Death Scene: Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
Funeral: Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead
Closing Credits: Hed P.E. - Bad Dream
So, the trip to Sydney a few weeks ago was reasonably successful.... and as such, they have me going down again tomorrow. We couldn't get a fleet car for the two days, so we are catching a train down. 5:20 or so from Hamilton. No ferries that early, have a Telstra stamped cab charge card. Not overly looking forward to getting up at 4am :(
In other gnus - wildebeest.
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[20 Feb 2008|08:16am] |
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It's pretty scary to think that, 18 months ago, I was starting my second week as a rescheduler and calling customers to tell them how long it was going to be till we fixed their service.
Now I have butterflies in my stomach as, later today, I am heading down to Sydney to take part in a departmental process review and, possibly, initiate some major change.
Eek.
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[21 Jan 2008|04:55pm] |
Holy Internets, Batman!
TPG + Telstra got their shit together and I got internets inside one working day. What the bejeebus is that all about?!
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[07 Jan 2008|10:54pm] |
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So, this here be my last post from the interwebs at the Bullshack.
This time tomorrow I will (hopefully) be passed out in my new bedroom in the new grimshack, tentatively named The Vault. I think this name is rather apt, seeing as the door to my bedroom is a MASSIVE Chubb security vault door with 4 massive metal bars going into the wall and a large warning label about using the breathing tube if the vault is low on oxygen. It also has the benefit of me being the vault dweller, finally crossing over the line from a fan of Fallout to complete nutjob immersion. If only I could get some of those traits.....
The new place is in Stockton, almost spitting distance to the ferry wharf and oh so convenient for work..... except Sundays but I will cross that particular bridge when I come to it in late February. Air conditioning, almost brand new kitchen, bathroom x 2, OWN laundry (whoo, none of this shared facility crap) and enough space that I can actually spread my bedroom full of crap out over 2 and a bit rooms. Whoo indeed.
Official vault warming notice shall make the rounds later this month or next month, depending on the whole net access thingie at the new abode and my work schedule which may or may not involve fully paid trips to Sydney to co-train another department. Not bad considering I am still only 3 months old as full time and only half way through my probation period.
Peace out, Mayfield. It's been a grand (almost) 5 years.
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[26 Nov 2007|05:50pm] |
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At work today, someone sent me the ABC's 1001 Books To Read Before You Die list. I, almost shamefully, have read just 18. And of those, only TWO were for pleasure, the rest for school. I think I might rectify it a bit in the next 12 months and get myself up to at least 5%.
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| Attention Tim.Moore |
[21 Nov 2007|09:49pm] |
Private Sub CommandButton18_Click()
Dim DateSheet As String, DateCell as String, Directory As String, savename As String
DateSheet = "SheetName"
DateCell = "A8"
Directory = "G"\Folder\SubFolder\SubSubfolder\" & TextBox14.Value & "\"
savename = Sheets(DataSheet).Range(DataCell) & " " & TextBox4.Value & " " & TextBox1.Value
If Directory = "" Then Directory = CurDir
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=Directory & savename & ".xls"
End Sub
It does everything I want it to do. Whoooo.
Well, not quite everything. Still haven't worked out the saving from range/selection and ONLY as value, not formula.
In other news, relating to the above... for that work, I received a certificate rewarding my pursuit of excellence and a bag full of Telstra promotional material including a stress ball and a credit card sized FM radio. Whoo me.
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| Excel Macros |
[08 Nov 2007|06:53pm] |
Does anyone have any experience with these? I am working on one that we use at work as the previous "owner" of it has now left the company and I have somehow scored the job of managing it.
The macro reads a pre-saved text document and organises the data into a presentable format for printing and a bunch of input boxes forms the 2nd page which includes various bits of information that aren't relevant to my query.
All the macro caters for is the printed hard copy and I am looking to incorporate a piece of code to save it to file as an excel workbook rather than a printed copy. I have tried printing to file but it doesn't save to a particularly pleasant format. I am able to access both individual sheets after the macro has run its course but only in a very messy format that involves closing the entire macro down and starting again each time a new set of data is to be processed.
Is there some way to incorporate a "save to file" piece of code in the macro or am I clutching at straws?
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[19 Oct 2007|07:10pm] |
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So, I've just finished my first week as a full time Telstra employee. It was, unsurprisingly, exactly the same as my casual weeks in terms of content but with the delightful bonus' of 16 hour breaks between shifts and the same start and finish time every day. Hawt.
And, after one single solitary week in my new role, I am moving to another department starting this coming Monday. Part of the centres test group for some new functions, get to learn more and play with more systems and be one of the people in the know when the new function is rolled out centre wide.
Still got a few things to work out such as staff benefits and stuff I can salary sacrifice, but I think I need to have a chat with someone regarding fringe benefit taxes and the like before I start looking at any of that.
Staff plans for mobile are pretty tasty as are some of the discounts on other products. Still not enough to think about going with Telstra for internet though. Foxtel and mobile might be the most I look at in the future.
In other news, new computer is shiny as a really shiny thing. The first few days were bizarre after moving from a 17" CRT but now, 22" (or whatever) widescreen is most fantastic. I still haven't got anything on it yet to really go OOO SHINY at, but after a full time pay or two, I will have some cash to splash on stupid shiny games.
I got an email from an old school mate this week enquiring about my attendance at a 10 year reunion... cannot believe it has been that long. Only seems like last weekend that I was crashed out on the lounge at the Packers house or curled up on a wooden floor at scout hall after hours of nerdage. How time flies, eh?
Also....
Every 2nd Tuesday (starting 30/10) I will (most likely) be headed out to Toronto for trivia with some people from work, anyone else want to come along just holler. May even be able to organise some kind of car poolage from Mayfield or wherever if we can arrange it.
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[08 Oct 2007|05:13pm] |
This is me posting on my new computer.
Mostly.
The freaking monitor got lost in transit somewhere. TNT are frantically searching around for it so they don't have to fork out $400 for the replacement.
Le sigh.
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[24 Sep 2007|01:10am] |
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So, another year goes by... been an interesting one. Still pinching myself over the full-time job... hell, still pinching myself over the casual one from 11 months ago. How I walked into that interview with a blank resume and walked out with a job is beyond me. No complaints though!
Well, accept for the computer thing... typing on the Wii with a point and click keyboard is tiresome. Better arrive this week or ima cry.
In other news... is it a sign of finally maturing when you wake up and think of doing laundry and ironing rather than the usual email and computer games?
Also, god how I miss my music :'(
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| To clarify... |
[22 Sep 2007|04:19pm] |
From a few weeks ago....
/panic
Interview tomorrow for full time position.
/endpanic
And today...
Congratulations Mr Turnbull on your new job. Starts early October.
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[22 Sep 2007|10:08am] |
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/panic
Interview tomorrow for full time position.
/endpanic
Full time, starts in early October.
Whooooooooooooooooooooooo!
/hyper
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[18 Sep 2007|05:35pm] |
$1780 from MSY and travelling to Sydney. $1875 from Centrecom and delivered to my door.
Hawt.
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[17 Sep 2007|12:38pm] |
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Reet, so, my computer threw the towel in AGAIN on Sunday morning. Long beep followed by two short beeps on restart, no signal to monitor. Took out all the plugs, put them back in, same thing. Took out all the daughter boards, replaced and restarted... booted, yay! Booted to "CMOS failure, booting from defaults", boo. Continued, loaded windows start up splash screen and then 0.00001s of a blue screen before rebooting. Le sigh.
Guess my computer upgrade happens a few weeks earlier.
Any nerdy sorts on my f-list want to rate this here system for me? Priced everything from MSY in Sydney, currently getting quotes from around Newcastle to see if I can get close enough to MSY prices to not warrant a trip to Sydney.
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R (DDR2+DDR3)
E6750
Seagate SATA 320G
320MB 8800GTS Generic
2G Kit-667(2x1G) Corsair (Apacer 800mgz is the same price, not sure of the quality though compared to Corsair)
Pioneer SATA 18x 212D Beige/Black oem Drive Only
22" Viewsonic/Benq/Acer all around the same price
Coolermaster iGreen 500W PSU
Gigabyte Poseidon case
All that should set me back around $1600 and if I get my first ever (legal) O/S, another $150 on top of that.
Have priced it at a few places in Newcastle and I am looking at $1980 as my cheapest, so $230 makes me think Sydney will be the best option. Le sigh.
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[05 Sep 2007|01:10pm] |
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/panic
Interview tomorrow for full time position.
/endpanic
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