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 Saturday, June 15, 2002
4:36 PM
Well, I am just coming to the end of 6 hours at work, in which the only thing I actually achieved was to get a new media convertor set up at each end of one of a fibre optic run, then a 16 port unmanaged switch set up in the distribution cupboard, set up a DNS server inside the school [which is supposed to help out OS X servers but seemed to make no difference], change the mounting on an oversize switch.

Now why did that take 6 hours - well because the run out to the stadium isn't working, cos the set up that was working fine on one fibre run has decided that it doesn;t like the run out to the stadium and although the little red laser light is coming trhough both ends it refuses to make a connection. Oh and cos to find an old computer to run the DNS I had to find a mouse and a mouse ball that worked and then enough a power point to plug the thing into. Oh and of course the stadium and Network Central are at opposite ends of the school and Network Central is upstairs in the library and I have to lock and unlock everything cos it's a weekend.

Managing our new servers will create new difficulties, whilst at the same time allowing a lot more utility and we have to buy a $180 program to manage our user lists - which isn't much for a school except that we have to buy it from US and we will prob have to use Credit Card, which means good ole brendan will have to front the money and hope that the school pays me back quickly.

Anyway, I love working with Computers!!! I do, it is just a pain to have so little to show for 6 hours work. Nothing exciting anyway. Tonight is a Risk night tonight and I am looking forward to that a lot. Oh and another highlight will be reading Understaning Using Net Info.pdf a classic tale of domains, user, groups, root, parents and children all written in Palatino with Headings in Garramond Narrow. I'm EXCITED ;) [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]


Issued at 12:02 AM
/cam2 has a shot of Steve "watching" the FA Cup in front of the fire. It's a bit dark but should be viewable - vaguely. lol. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]

 Friday, June 14, 2002
Issued at 10:21 PM
Well, it's Friday again and I am relaxing in the warmth of the lounge room with the fire in the corner and a banana Paddle Pup in my hand, crusin the net and talking with Steve and a few people online. If Parra was winning then it would be perfect. Very relaxed tonight. Next week will probably be pretty hectic, but I am taking a break from running Bible Study and going to BB and doing The Paper [issue 190 online now] and so that should help a lot with getting through the last of reports and preparing for LDC.

Oh yeah and speking of The Paper I have given it a face lift and used the power of blogger to make it easy to put in news - in fact for the next 5 weeks there will be no paper just news updates on the website - so if you wnat to keep in contact with the Tooney Boyz then visit the website. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]


 Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Issued at 11:49 PM
This article lets you take a peek inside Jaguar which is Mac OS X version 10.2 due late US summer. Includes screen shots too. I'm excited!

Also Apple has started a no hold bars gloves off takin' it to 'em Media Campaign - "Switch" tells it all - but if the word doesn't tell you then having a read here or a watch here might help you out....

Warning - Iif you watch all the ads i think the music in the background must carry some subliminal message, cos I am feeling compelled to buy a Mac, even though I own one, have a work iBook and work with them all day.... Arr Mac, until you use one, you don't know what you are missing. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]


 Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Issued at 4:30 PM
Have you visited mattydempsey.com???? Why not! Click that link and check it out - the evolution continues.... [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]

Issued at 4:28 PM
Well another day down, reporting is crazy times at westfields and with the main admin server been doing crazy things we have lost a week and a half and so the pressure is on. Our Head Teacher is quite sick and we hope he gets better, however it has meant for one less source of stress and extra work. Something funny from today - well I can't think of anything - it was a good day though, just busy.

I have been using OS X on the iBook the school got me - I thought it might not be able to handle it, but it is going fine. The down side is that I have too many legacy applications and so I must bid farewell to the beauty and stablity which is OS X. Mind you I find that OS 9.2.2 is mmuch much more stable than previous OS, it's been a long time since I have had a serious crash in Classic either. So I guess I will get over having to go back to Classic on my iBook. I can still reboot it into OS X when needed - just hold down the X key on startup.

Well the printer needs more paper - until next time, cheers. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]


 Monday, June 10, 2002
Issued at 9:55 PM
This is an AppleCare Document [#106482] that answers a few security holes that Rob had in his Blogg awhile back - to tells you how to use the Open Firmware Password application to set up low-level password protection with Mac OS X 10.1 and later. Only try this on super critical mahines as it locks you out of very useful trouble fixing options.

Just posted in case Rob doesn't get a chance to or his blogg isn't working properly. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]


 Sunday, June 09, 2002
Issued at 10:11 PM
Just finished watching The Charlie's Angels movie from a few years ago. I loved it for three reasons - diaz, barrymore, liu - and the music. They had way too much fun making that movie. The Chad IS great! Left me feeling very single though.....

Oh and I made it into Core again with the Evolution of Halo story - yeah.

The guys at FSD Web Design tell me that mattydempsey.com has had a bit more content added and should have some more up by tomorrow - I think it's looking good. [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]


Issued at 2:01 PM
If you are a Halo fan then you will want this movie called 'Evolution of Halo' on your Hard Drive [the link takes you to a page of mirrors - it's a 52.1 MB file].

The quality is not great, it is a Camera recording of a low quality movie, but to give an idea of what the vision of Halo was it does it well. There is a commentary from Bungie staffers but it is hard to understand for the most. The highlight for me was the sequence where they go through about 10 different weapons, some are funny others make me wish that the technology/time could have met the vision.

In this movie I see the Halo that I heard about back in 1999[???] and fell in love with. [although I am glad they went more 1st person] (oh and did I say it is 52.1MB) [Comment] [GuestBook] [Archive]