yaleman.org

Woo, I’d completely forgotten about this project they started a while back. Basically it’s just another stats tracker, but Google-Stylin’ which means they’ll actually have something pretty to show me.

I’ll see how it goes, with my zero-pageviews-a-day site 🙂

Hooray, I finally got my ADSL connected this morning, and I’m already loving it. Pity it got connected JUST before I had to leave for work, but oh well, it’s all working perfectly 🙂

Here’s a comparision of my line stats between the two filters I’ve tried…

<td>
  Downstream
</td>

<td>
  Upstream
</td>

<td>
  6.5 dB
</td>

<td>
  13 dB
</td>

<td>
  47.5 dB
</td>

<td>
  25.0 dB
</td>

<td>
  7.0 dB
</td>

<td>
  12 dB
</td>

<td>
  47.0 dB
</td>

<td>
  24.5 dB
</td>

An email I got from Westnet last night after asking what’s going on 🙁

Hi James,

The order seems to be stalled in the wholesalers system. I have

forwarded this email to our provisioning department to follow this up

for you. They will contact you as soon as they have an answer for you.

Thank you for advising us of the delay and we apologise for any

inconvenience.

Regards,

Ashley

Dear Telstra and Westnet,

Please get my ADSL working soon, I’ve been waiting since the 17th.

Thanks,

yale.

Hooray, this is officially the lowest my personal loan’s been since it started. It’s down to seven grand. Only $7000! It goes quicker as it gets lower too, since there’s less interest to pay, and more of the money that goes into the account actually pays off the principal. *dances*

Remembering the rest of my debt sucks though 🙁

So I finally had enough of a day off to work on the gemini again, and I got the intake manifold to fit. I cut off the heater-hose pipe that I don’t need any more, and this stupid little threaded nodule thingy that I also don’t need, so now it doesn’t foul on the brake lines. I also spent about an hour with a file taking small amounts off the thermostat housing so it doesn’t foul on the rocker cover anymore. End result, the intake manifold fits…

On the second day, the Yale created … ok, I’ll stop now. If you’re starting here, I suggest part one, or part two 🙂

Callala Beach, Huskinsson, Vincentia, The Jervis Bay Reserve, Green Patch - all really nice places, there’s probably a few photos, none that I’m happy enough with to put up though!

In the Jervis Bay reserve there’s a place called Murray’s Boat Ramp, with a little seabreak with places for people to fish off - the water there was absolutely beautiful and clear.

This is the second part - the first part is here

Continuing on from Stanwell Park and its beautiful sea bridge, we stopped so I could get a shot of the CoalCliff Arts Centre - Quite a nice building in the middle of nowhere.

Quite a few small towns later, we got to Kiama with its seaside Blowhole - such a ghostly vision I captured in burst mode.. I quite like it!

Waiting to Check In

I’m home, and wow - where do I start? I was up at 0130 on the Thursday when we got on the plane and flew to Sydney to start our holiday. It was a rather hot night that night, probably nature’s way of telling us to get out of Brisbane and enjoy the weather down south.

I had to sit around the airport for a while - my flight was half an hour after my parents’ I decided to get out my camera and see what I could shoot - I’m not completely happy with it, but this is the one photo that came out well.