Nerd vs Geek

I was recently called a nerd, now I am going to have to defend my self I'm a Geek, not a Nerd.

A  Nerd refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered a loner by peers.
Where as a Geek is a person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Geeks are adept with computers, and treat the term hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves.

Damm it, I just realised I'm both... Why does that make me smile

Leo Laporte Slams Telstra

Leo Laporte has just got back from a trip to Tasmania and it seems that he has now heard of Telstra and what they get up to. Here is a few of the quotes from the show, I'll try my best not to mis quote him,

The quote below was taken from MacBreak Weekly 85 and he talks about the download limits offered by Telstra. Having a quick look at the ADLS2 page for Telstra I have to agree.
This is on a min 12month contract and assumes you have a Telstra full service fixed phone line (otherwise add another $10)

• 59.95 - 600MB
• 89.95 - 12GB
• 99.95 - 25GB
• 149.95 - 60GB
  

I feel so sorry for the people in Australia, Telstra, which was owned by the Australian government and has been kinda privatised, although the government still owns half of it, is absolutely applying gready and it's kinda stunning. There are competitors but they are all small players, I mean when you have a government run Internet service provider and telco it's kinda hard to compete against them and Telstra's very anti-competitive. You know if you want to be an ISP and you want a DSL switch in Telstra's offices they make it very difficult for you. But you know what they do, they have very low data caps, like 500 megabytes in a month 500 MEGABYTES

The pricing above was taken from the above web page on 19 April 2008 and what they are charging is outrageous.

That quote was taken from the just after the 28min mark in the show if you just want to listen to that.

Football

Yesterday the 3rd's had their first match and I'm glad to say that we had a win. This is the team that I have been training with since the beginning of the year. I am a long way from being ready to play but I still had a run in the 9 a side before the match.

 

My tipping isn't going to well, last week I only picked 4 and I am on my way to do the same this week, so far I have picked 3 of the 5 games that have been played.

Training....

So before I headed to training tonight I was laying on the couch thinking, I am tired, I don't want to go, maybe I can just skip this one.

Of coarse I was reminded last night that joining the local football team has it's advantages. I was shopping last night, normally a lone task (unless Gwen comes along) and I bumped into a mate from the team. He asked where I have been and why I wasn't at training on Tuesday (I was in Melbourne) and we had a bit of a chat about the tipping.

You see the good side of this is that I now know a lot more people in the community, the bad side, if I am to lazy to go to training I'll get asked about it next time I go outside.

I headed off to training thinking that it'll be good for me to work off some of those beers from the weekend and you know what. I had a great night, so much energy and after I feel great. I look back onto my first training session with the Red Lions and I can't believe how far I have come.

Thanks guys :-)

I'm Kind of Excited

Well I have ordered my new Laptop, and I am Excited cause I already have a delivery date. From what other people have said, this date will change and it should get closer.



What am I getting, well I'm glad you asked:
Dell XPS M1330 Laptop
Base System:
Intel Core2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz, 6MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB)
Windows Vista Home Premium
WLED display, Tuxedo Black Slim & Light with VGA webcam
13.3" WLED display, Tuxedo Black Slim & Light with VGA webcam
4GB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
200GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive
8X DL-DVD+/-RW
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio Software
Palmrest with Fingerprint Reader
Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module
Dell Care Premium 3 Years Complete Cover Accidental Damage Protection (International Support For Laptops)
9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion Primary Battery


Whoop Whoop Whoop

Ever Tried to Leave Facebook?

Here is an interesting article about the difficulties that some people are having when trying to leave facebook

“It’s like the Hotel California,” said Nipon Das, 34, a director at a biotechnology consulting firm in Manhattan, who tried unsuccessfully to delete his account this fall. “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”

The New Table

We got our new table today, it goes with the rest of our stuff so were happy :-)

Today

Today started in the same location that I am typing this note from. I
awoke early to clean the kitchen, a job that I had put off from last
night, and to make breakfast. I headed to work at about 8am after
dropping Gwen in the city and by 9am I was on my way out to Toowoomba.
We had a bit of work to do just the other side of Tpowpmba and when we
had succusfully completed that we headed back to Tiowomba for some
lunch. We ate in a shopping centers food court, never my favourite
place and then headed over to JB Hi-Fi to check out what they had. I
was looking for a movie that I couldn't find anywhere else and they
did'nt have it either. When our break was over we headed back to the
office in Brisbane. On the way Vedran watched the stand up comedy of
Jim Jefferies and almost died laughing, however be warned, he isnt for
the faint of heart. We stopped for fuel and then made it back to the
office by 3pm, I finished off a few things and before I knew it, it
was time to pick up Gwek and head home. I dropped her off at home then
went back to the gym for a light work out. When I got home Gwen had
made a great soup, we watched the new Simpsons, cleaned up then it was
almost bed time.
17 hours later I am about to fall asleep, telling this storey for no
other reason then "Why Not?"

Nothing better then the voice of a small child telling you who you can
kill

I was also fairly happy when I went to the cupboard thinking I did'nt
have any whisky left only to find this hiding in the back

There's nothing wrong with starting Australia day off with a bourben
in a coffee mug, if that is the largest glass there is on the house.

The Boat Trip

And as the day comes to an end we are amzed at how much work we did in
one day...

And we are heading back out again...

We are still at it...

The ocean survey.

The Office

I have been watching The Office recently and I love it. I never thought I'd find a replacement for Scrubs that is ending soon.

There is no JD and Turk in this show but there is Dwight and Jim. The way that Jim messes with Dwight makes me wish there was someone in my office that I could mess with like that. In the episode that I'm watching now he is convincing Dwight that he is a Vampire.....

I can only hope that the writers strike in the US doesn't stop this amazing show.

We're on our way

Gwen's in there somewhere getting ready to drive me to the Valley to
have dinner and a few drinks with Pat.

A new Mac vs PC ad, this time done in South Park style.



On another note, in about a day and a half, Apple is going to announce something, I have no idea what, just that they will....

SMRT

Sometimes I amaze my self, I was wondering how I was going to dry my
shirt before I went out tonight when I came up with the wind tunnel.

After a few days of using the new firmware (1.1.2) I am happy with it. There aren't any bugs, and the new features are handy.
I'd like to see them open up the Bluetooth spec a bit to allow for a GPS dongle and even Stereo Bluetooth, but who knows what they are going to announce next week at MacWorld.

My iPhone

At the moment I am updating the soft/firmware on the phone, I'm a bit nervous about it cause I don't want to brink the phone.....