Monthly Archives: October 2008

Changing role

After over 14 months working on a major systems integration project for one client, I am finally coming to the end of my work. I have anticipated that I might well move into another role within the project but as my skills tend to have been around more infrastructural based elements, which are nearly concluded, …

19 October 2008 – 21:35 | By kyber | Posted in Work | Tagged | View Comments

Stranger Danger

Some months ago, I posted about one of my daughter’s being attacked at a local shopping centre. (An event that still disturbs her from time to time.) Now there is an alert out about Strange Danger in the area. I am sure it is common to remind younger children of the danger of strangers but …

19 October 2008 – 12:57 | By kyber | Posted in Family Life | Tagged | View Comments

Spider spider on the web

Just noticed a rather large web outside the back door. Sadly, my daughters had noticed it the previous day. Some photographer eh! Got my camera out and did my duty.

12 October 2008 – 08:47 | By kyber | Posted in Photography | Tagged | View Comments

Browsing the web using Opera

I keep returning to Opera. I try the other browsers for a while but they just do not seem to work as well or as quickly. Shame it is not that well supported by some popular sites. I do think that its support for web standards is well ahead of the others.

A small update has just been released offering some minor bug fixes and speed improvements.

8 October 2008 – 06:29 | By kyber | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | View Comments

New oil tank

Since we moved into our ex-farmhouse some six or seven years ago, we have worried about the old 2000 litre oil tank hidden away around the back of the house. It was old, rusty, and a bit lop-sided. In short, likely to go at any time. Losing lots of oil is not something to look …

6 October 2008 – 20:09 | By kyber | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | View Comments

Timing and other great shots

I spend a lot of my little spare time on photography websites. Sometimes I come across the occasional list of so called funniest, best, most articstic, etc lists. There were a few in the lastest I came upon that I especially liked and could not resist posting.

4 October 2008 – 22:47 | By kyber | Posted in Photography | Tagged | View Comments

I am a nerd

I know this because I just took a test that told me I am really nerdy.

4 October 2008 – 17:59 | By kyber | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | View Comments