We went to Lake Ballard today. It’s about 190km north west of Kalgoorlie past Menzies, which is just over 130km. Menzies is a small town with not much there except an interesting collection of old machinery, which James enjoyed playing on. Lake Ballard was a dry salt pan. There’s a small hill near the car [...]
Hooked on history
I’ve always enjoyed reading historical fiction. It’s an entertaining way to step back in time and to experience events as an observer or imagined participant. Just recently I’ve discovered the works of Bernard Cornwell, who is both talented and prolific. I’ve read several of the Sharpe books, all of the grail series and now the [...]
Flock browser
I must say that I’m very impressed with the latest version of the Flock browser. Earlier versions were a little clumsy and not much more than Firefox clones with a light blue theme, however version 0.7.1 has some outstanding features. Proclaimed as a social browser, Flock now lives up to its name with handy features [...]
Dell Inspiron 640 laptop
June 25, 2006 at 6:59 pm
I indulged and bought myself a new laptop this week. There were some good end-of-financial year sales and this coincided with the mysterious random crash of my desktop PC. The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 640. It has a 60GB hard drive, DVD RW, 1024MB RAM, Intel 1.66 processor and all the bells and whistles [...]
A new Aussie
June 9, 2006 at 7:50 pm
Juliet became an Australian citizen on 30 May 2006. She is pictured with the Mayor of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Mr Ron Yuryevich. She is now a dual citizen of South Africa and Australia.
