I discovered an intriguing new technology gadget tonight thanks to the Google ads on my own site. It’s called GoPC and it’s a virtual operating system that provides a free service for accessing programs and data storage online. It uses Suse Linux and provides a limited number of programs with the free service. These include [...]
The Miner building
This is my office: the historic Kalgoorlie Miner building in Hannan Street. It’s the only three-storey building in the street. I don’t know the full history yet, but hope to add some more detail here later when I do.
Great people in Kalgoorlie
I’ve lived in a lot of places, but I can’t think of anywhere friendlier upon arrival than Kalgoorlie. I think the transient nature of the population means that everyone has empathy for newcomers. They’ve been there and done that themselves, so they know what it’s like. Rural towns are sometimes wary of new residents. Tourist [...]
Tamed by a toddler
I had some quality time yesterday with my two-year-old daughter Margaret. Juliet and I don’t get to spend much individual time with either of the twins, for obvious reasons. The exception was caused by Juliet travelling to Yarra Glen to pick up Kathleen and Dude from my father, who was meeting her part of the [...]
Free online word processors
I’m writing this in ThinkFree Online. It’s a free, web-based Java word processor. The look and feel is familiar. It’s just like writing in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice, except I’m typing in Firefox. It seems to be a fully featured word processor, with spell check and formatting options. Documents are saved in .doc format and [...]
