http://marty.sunriseroad.net The musings of some guy with not enough time to do everything he would like to do. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:14:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, so the Great Internet Wall of China is in place, and is now of special attention during the Olympic Games. We even have heard that the IOC is sorry about the whole thing and that there is nothing they can do provide the unfettered net access that we ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/08/01/httpproxyolympicsorg8080-why-not-ioc/ You might have read here my post on the rumours of the HP 2133 Mini-note. About a month ago I managed to coerce one of the first 5 in Australia from the hands of the HP sales team here in Sydney. Because I didn't want to annoy them and destroy ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/06/09/having-a-play-with-the-hp-mini-note/ On Sunday 1st June Riverview College hosted the first OLPC Australia Techfest. Its aim to stimulate interest in supporting the OLPC project in this region from a technical point of view was well met. We had about 50 or so delegates. The two main presenters were Martin Langhoff and ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/06/09/sydney-olpc-techfest/ Ok, so I, for a while like Jeremy have lamented the disappearance of the URI scheme (the "http://" bit ) in URLs when seen in advertising and the like. Maybe it's because my day job is basically a network (and security) consultant. Making communication happen through network protocols is my ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/05/18/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-uri-schemes/ Sometime you would have to wonder whether logic totally escapes CIOs. In an article making comment on the The Australian Open Source Industry and Community Report 2008 prepared by Waugh Partners, ZDnet put out an article entitled "Open source barred from Australian government". What I found particularly curious was a ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/04/09/chief-illogical-officer/ Well it seems the rumours were right - HP have launched their EEEpc competitor, the HP 2133 Mini Note PC. (OK, they are my employer, and yes I have been looking at some of the internal info for some weeks). It is definitely being marketed at the education market, but ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/04/08/hps-eee/ I was just researching a route from my home to the Canberra Hospital in Woden. The route Google Maps provided was through the city centre. I tried to use the route drag feature to get it go via Majura Road, which seemed more sensible. However it always seemed to want ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/04/01/how-to-get-from-a-to-b-the-long-way/ One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post, is that if do want to see the International Space Station and the Shuttle all at once and you live near Sydney, tomorrow (Monday 17 March), is about the best chance you'll get. At around 7:45pm gaze directly above, you ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/03/16/something-i-forgot-to-mention-about-iss-and-the-shuttle/ I was just googling for some photography stuff, and came across this photo. Have a close look at the driver's side window (the right hand side if you were sitting in the cockpit) .... Still can't see it? This picture might help... Hmmm. Maybe the distinctive shape of the iPod just indicates how ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/03/16/is-this-the-ultimate-in-product-placement/ My son Jeremy was invited to perform at a curtain raiser for an ABC Classic FM Sunday Live concert down at Thirroul the other week. He performed wonderfully (as well as the 2 other "rising stars"). The producer spied me taking a few shots during his warm-up and asked me ... http://marty.sunriseroad.net/2008/03/13/classic-photos/