One aspect of technology that I’ve never been all that savvy with is networking. I’m doing well if I manage to get an ethernet connection up and running on one computer. In our house at Kalgoorlie there is only one phone line with just two extensions. There was no way I wanted to install an [...]
HESTA superannuation
This blog is a rant against HESTA, the health and community services sector superannuation fund. I have an account with them into which my former employer made its nine percent compulsory payments. Upon starting at the Kalgoorlie Miner I transferred my main super account seamlessly from ING to the WA News company fund without any [...]
Race Round
Here’s an update on news from Juliet and I: Our house in Porepunkah finally sold and we have some spare cash for the first time since 1993. Combined with the fact we can now go out for dinner or functions, leaving the little kids with the big ones safely for a couple of hours, our [...]
Impressions of Esperance
I mentioned earlier that we were heading to Esperance, which we did last weekend, but due to work commitments I haven’t had a chance to post my impressions until now. It’s nearly a four-hour drive from Kalgoorlie via Norseman. The countryside changes from forested scrub to farmland about 70km from Norseman, or 110km from Esperance. [...]
Performance blogging
I’ve discovered a new blog gadget called Performancing. It includes a Firefox extension that enables blog posting from the browser and formatting. It works with Word Press and seems a nifty tool.
