Lighthouse

Happy (approximate) Birthday CSIRAC

CSIRAC , Australia's first digital computer, and the fourth stored program computer in the world ran its first test program sometime in November 1949.

Sputnik Day

55 years ago Sputnik became the first man-made object in space, huzzah.

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Bicycle Design by Mike Burrows

Arrrr ! mates

Talk Like a Pirate Day

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StarCraft: Speed of Darkness by Tracy Hickman

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StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga by Gabriel Mesta

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Starcraft: Liberty's Crusade by Jeff Grubb

Man on the Moon - 43rd Anniversary

Forty three years ago Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins traveled 384,400 km to the Moon, to celebrate I went for a much shorter ride on my bike . Susan made me a neat commemorative flag for the occasion.

 

The  Earth-Moon model in St.Kilda on the way to Readings to buy In the Shadow of the Moon

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Hartmann the Anarchist by Edward Douglas Fawcett

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Just Ride by Grant Petersen

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The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson

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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr.

Scenes from the Port Fairy to Warrnambool rail trail

gpx file

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The Telling by Ursula LeGuin

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The Casual Cyclist's Guide to Melbourne
by Matthew Hurst and Guests

Don't Panic

Happy Towel Day (also Geek Pride Day)

Because everyone should know where their towel is .

They might be...

Giant Expressway from St Kilda Cycles

w810 ticker message via bluetooth using bash

Assuming bluetooth is setup already and the Sony-Ericcson W810i is bound to rfcomm0. XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is set to the baddr of the phone. Takes a few seconds for the rfcomm to go connected. The sleep command sets how long the ticker will display for, the rfcomm closes when the script exits. #===========cut here ===============================

#!/bin/bash
source /etc/profile
export PATH
MSG=$1$2$3$4$5$6
THERE=$(hcitool name XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX) 
if [ "$THERE" != "" ]; then
Z=$( C='';until [ "$C" == "connected" ];do C=`rfcomm show 0|cut -d ' ' -f 5`; done;echo "at*seuis=1;*setick=\"$MSG\",1" >/dev/rfcomm0 )&
let Ztimeout=1
ZZ=$((while read line
do
 y=$((Ztimeout++))
 if [ $Ztimeout -gt 300 ] ; then
   exit
 fi
 echo $line
 if [ "$line" == "*SESFI: 1" ]; then
  sleep 15
  break
 fi
 echo  $ZZ
done < /dev/rfcomm0 ) )

else
 echo "Device bluetooth not on or not in range"
fi

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For the win by Cory Doctorow

Star Wars Day

May the 4th be with you. Happy Star Wars Day.

My sweetheart made me a cool flag for my bike.

We choose to go to the moon saturn

IAJ (McClelland Sculpture Park)

 Island Sculpture by Inge King

Jabaroo by Inge King

it's art jim (Eastlink Trail)

"Red Rings" by Inge King

Man in Space 51 years

Fifty one years ago Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Celebrate .
Susan made me a neat flag for my bike.

Roadies don't know road rules

I was doing a (perfectly legal) "optional hook turn by a bicycle rider" on my grocery laden Gomier trike (as seen in the previous post). While I was waiting I was passed by a fully lycra clad roadie type who opined as he went by "you're making us all look bad". How does obeying the law (Road Safety Rules 2009 Division 3 ietm 35 ) make "us" look bad ? ( who is this "us" anyway ? I'm not to be included in any group that:

1. wears lycra
2. is doing a personal best
3. training
4. pretending they're in the TdF) .

I expect this sort of ignorance of the law from motorists, sad to see cyclists with the same affliction.

LOOK (bike)

Susan has done another neat sign.

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Kraken by China Miéville

Get Pushy

I went to the Get Pushy safety rally , my sweetheart made me some signs to hang on my bike. I think they look pretty good.

Best Gluten Free Fish and Chips

Best I've tasted (so far), Boardwalk Cafe in Tooradin

Steampunk "Spike Bike" ?

Is this guy the Steampunk Spike Bike ? :-)

No bicycles ? WTF

Caribbean Gardens have a No Bicycles policy "for safety" , what a crock ! What is this the Dark Ages ?

Views around Melbourne

Brighton Beach looking towards CBD

Carlton Gardens

Beach Road near HMVS Ceberus

Foreshore Hastings

Sunset Parkdale

Princes Pier , Port Melbourne

The bike punt on the yarra (Spotswood)

Giant Metal Bird (aka Public Art Strategy by Emily Floyd) on the Eastlink Trail

HALO 3 on XBOX 4G ?

Back in 2010 Microsoft were ( supposedly) fixing the problem with co-op in HALO Reach, ODST and 3 on an XBOX 4G . TFA quotes MS: Microsoft insisted the limitation is "temporary" and "We are aware of the issue and are quickly working to resolve it." but that was 18 months ago.
Was it ever fixed ?, not that I can tell :-(