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Any one need spare parts for a Tecra S1??

Autor brendon | 07.05.2007 | Category Personal

Don’t you just hate, when you are laying down to watch a DVD before you go to bed and the screen starts having all blocks and characters all over it… You know your laptop is 3 months out of warranty and the last time this happened, the whole motherboard was replaced under warranty.

Almost makes you want to cry… what was $5’500 worth of laptop is now being broken up and sold for spare parts. :-( Of course, all of Toshiba’s new laptops don’t work with your TWO old docking stations; add them to the pile.

So if anyone needs spare parts for an old Toshiba Tecra S1, browse on over to ebay and pick up a bargain… :-)

Not again :-(

Autor brendon | 10.04.2007 | Category MyBike, Personal

Well, I dropped my bike again. This time I was moving though so it is more badly scrached. No one was hurt and no major damage was done. With the old analagy, I got back on ’the horse’ and rode to work (after a through check of course). I guess I just went around a corner too slow with too much lean.

I really have to stop doing this, it can’t be good for the bike.

Laptops in schools

Autor brendon | 23.03.2007 | Category Personal, Rant

I have always (since I was in school) been a big supporter of laptops in schools. With the invent of tablet PC’s, this has become even more valid. 1 or 2 Computers for 25 children is not good enough. Having ‘Computer Labs’ where kids can go to ‘learn’ computers is not good enough. PC’s are now a vital part of many jobs and every day tasks; our kids need to be comfortable using the PC’s and sitting in a computer lap for 1 hour a week is not sufficient.

Channel 10 has a great video about a primary school in the US that has made it mandatory for any kids starting grade 5 to have a Tablet for use in classes. Check it out http://on10.net/Blogs/laura/1582/

How to survive a hotel fire

Autor brendon | 13.03.2007 | Category Personal, Rant

I’m currently doing some scripting work at a safety-centric company. Leaning on a desk is discouraged because the desk could break. “Desks are not designed to support the weight of a person”. At first this seems totaly crazy but after a while of having safe business practices beaten into your head some of these precautions start to make sense.

We rescently recieved a powerpoint with advice on how to avoid death and other painfull things if were ever caught in a hotel fire. (But any large unfamiliar building will do). The key points that I found very interesting were: