In my final week before heading off to Explore Europe with Contiki in June/July this year, I have the week off work and have decided to set myself a mobile working challenge. During this week, I’m looking for 5 different places to work from (1 per day), including places like coffee shops, shared offices, etc. [...]

Over the past 9 months, I’ve undertaken a number of IT industry certifications to improve my qualifications and employability in the IT Support industry. These include the Microsoft exam series to become recognised as an MCITP Enterprise Admin on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and the ITIL v3 Foundation certification. The Microsoft certification exams [...]

Part of being a techie is the inevitable collection of old gadgets and mobile phones that end up piling up in drawers and cupboards around the home. During a recent move, I’ve uncovered a whole stack of such items that I had put away in the cupboard during a number of cleanups with the intention [...]

On a whim yesterday, because I had no plans in place for Easter this year, I decided that it would be fun to go on a road trip along the Great Ocean Road. I had a rough itinerary that I had been playing around with for some time sitting in Google Docs, although I had [...]

In preparation for when I Explore Europe with Contiki in June/July this year, I’ve been preparing my “Road Warrior” tech kit so that I can stay connected with email, my blogs and my favourite social networking sites. I’ve had the opportunity to give it a small test on a couple of occasions already this year, [...]

After the mouse component of my ancient Microsoft Bluetooth desktop suite that I bought back in my Uni days, the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth that has served me so well, finally gave up the ghost and started having issues with the left click motion, I decided that it was probably time for a replacement… [...]

Yesterday, I moved my mobile service from Vodafone to TPG Mobile to take advantage of their “Super Value Medium” plan, which for $14.99 a month (as an ADSL2 customer with TPG, $17.99 for non members) provides me with $550 of calls, SMS and MMS to national and international numbers including 13/1800 numbers and unlimited free [...]

Yesterday, I went for a drive to Port Pirie, a town that is about 2.5hrs from the CBD of Adelaide, and the home to the largest lead smelter in the world, to have a look at some vacant blocks of land. Whilst there, I used the Personal Hotspot feature on my iPhone to allow me [...]