Thursday, March 17, 2011

101 in 1001

@GnomeAngel you are to blame for this ….

Perhaps I need to add being able to say I enjoy reading this blog and not have to visualise how when men hug with the three taps on the back which I sure is really tapping out “I’m not gay” but perhaps as I get more desperate.

The Mission:
Complete 101 pre-set tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (i.e.. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined.

Start Date: 16 March 2011

End Date: Wednesday 11 December 2013


  1. Find 101 things to do with my life (given it is half over)

  2. Complete the Couch to 5k(Thanks Angie I think)

  3. Do Complete 5BXcircuits every day for a Month

  4. Do the 200 sit-ups challenge (www.twohundredsitups.com)

  5. Lose weight get down to (F#ckin’ Fat Prick) where our scales work. Don’t know What I way but more than 150Kg ‘Not Happy Jan’ April 5th 2012

  6. Lose weight get down to 145

  7. Lose weight get down to 140

  8. Lose weight get down to 135

  9. Lose weight get down to 130

  10. Lose weight get down to 125

  11. Lose weight get down to 120

  12. Lose weight get down to 115

  13. Lose weight get down to 110

  14. Lose weight get down to 105

  15. Lose weight get down to 100

  16. Lose weight get down to 95

  17. Lose weight get down to 90

  18. Drink 2L of water a day for a month

  19. Drink 2L of water a day forever (do you know how much kidney stones hurt? I do)

  20. Hound @GnomeAngel to do 30. on her list Smile

  21. Get @GnomeAngel to cross off 95. on her list

  22. Replace 19 through 22 with actual things

  23. Start and Finish the Masters of no effort

  24. Watch a Roller Derby once (maybe more) [Might need to wait for a friend to be in condition again] 30/04/2011 & 28/05/2011

  25. Be able to say I enjoy reading this blog and not have to visualise how when men hug with the three taps on the back which I sure is really tapping out “I’m not gay”

  26. Do a wine tasting Appreciation Drinking course

  27. Learn to Touch Type 40WPM

  28. Do Photo365 project (beginning on July. 1, 2011)Take Photos and post them to my Personal Blog not because I a daily obligation but because I think they are nice or interesting.

  29. Set and Keep Dates with my Children Individually (at least monthly)

  30. Prepare MS Management and Identity Tool Based Business Plan

  31. Pass Certification exams for System Center Config Manager

  32. Pass Certification exams for System Center Operations Manager

  33. Pass Certification exams for System Center Orchestrator

  34. Pass Certification exams for System Center Service Manager

  35. Pass Certification exams for Forefront Identity Manager

  36. Pass Certification exams for TOGAF 9

  37. Pass Certification exams for SABSA

  38. Take Elizabeth to the National Gallery 6 Times

  39. Take Elizabeth to the National Portrait Gallery

  40. Take Elizabeth out on Date once a Month

  41. Take Elizabeth out on Date once a Fortnight

  42. Update this Blogat least once a week

  43. Update my other Blogat least once a week

  44. Eat lunch with 10 people I look up to

  45. Paint the House

  46. Build a comfy retreat in the front courtyard

  47. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for 3 Months)

  48. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for 6 Months)

  49. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for one Year)

  50. Tidy / Reduce house (maintain for 4 Eva)

  51. Scan then mount our Wedding Photos

  52. Take a Random Weekend Trip

  53. Spend Time with Friends at least once a month

  54. Give 5 "I saw this and thought of you" gifts

  55. Send 10 "just because" cards/letters

  56. Go 30 days without fast food or take-away

  57. Do 15 unsolicited very nice things for friends or strangers

  58. Put my business card into at least 20 free lunch contests

  59. Get up the minute that the alarm goes off every day for a month.

  60. Make a new friend.

  61. Make a quality friend.

  62. Clear out my inbox and keep emails organized.

  63. Write down 5 good things a day for a month straight (or longer)

  64. Surprise someone. (with a visit, flowers, something nice)

  65. Invest my time in someone, be intentional.

  66. Visit an active volcano

  67. Hold 5 dinner parties for 2 + other people

  68. Become a “Friend of” a museum or art gallery

  69. Remind myself I have a job I love and LOVE it. Daily for 1 month and Mean it

  70. Send someone a hand written note, postcard, card or letter each month

  71. Write a letter to my kids of what I wish for them – put it away for their 18th birthday

  72. Donate $10 per item not completed

  73. Throw out 101 things

  74. Draft a New 101 in 1001 list for 12/12/2013

  75. Do two mid-term reviews on my list

  76. Plant a vegetable patch possibly with fruit trees

  77. Call my family interstate at least once a month

  78. Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com

  79. Devote 4 Hours per week (preferably 1 hour per day to Professional Development)

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  101. Watch 100 of the IMDb Top 250 all time best movies (watch again if seen before start date)


































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































RankRatingTitleSeen PreviouslyDate Seen 101 in 1001
19.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Yes
29.2The Godfather (1972)Yes
39The Godfather: Part II (1974)Yes
48.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)Yes
58.9Pulp Fiction (1994)Yes
68.9Schindler's List (1993)
78.912 Angry Men (1957)
88.8Inception (2010)
98.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Yes
108.8The Dark Knight (2008)
118.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)Yes
128.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Yes
138.8Seven Samurai (1954)
148.7Fight Club (1999)Yes
158.7Goodfellas (1990)
168.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)Yes
178.7Casablanca (1942)
188.7City of God (2002)
198.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Yes
208.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
218.7Rear Window (1954)
228.7Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Yes
238.7The Matrix (1999)Yes
248.7Psycho (1960)Yes
258.7The Usual Suspects (1995)04/06/2011
268.7The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Yes
278.6Se7en (1995)
288.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Yes
298.6Memento (2000)
308.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)Yes
318.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)
328.6Toy Story 3 (2010)
338.6Forrest Gump (1994)Yes
348.6Leon: The Professional (1994)
358.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
368.6Apocalypse Now (1979)Yes
378.6Citizen Kane (1941)
388.5North by Northwest (1959)
398.5American History X (1998)
408.5American Beauty (1999)
418.5Taxi Driver (1976)
428.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Yes
438.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)Yes
448.5Alien (1979)Yes
458.5Vertigo (1958)
468.5Amelie (2001)
478.5Spirited Away (2001)
488.5The Shining (1980)
498.5WALL·E (2008)
508.5Paths of Glory (1957)
518.5The Pianist (2002)
528.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
538.5Double Indemnity (1944)
548.5City Lights (1931)
558.5A Clockwork Orange (1971)
568.5M (1931)
578.5The Lives of Others (2006)
588.4The Departed (2006)
598.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
608.4Aliens (1986)Yes
618.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
628.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)
638.4Das Boot (1981)Yes
648.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)9/04/2011
658.4The Third Man (1949)
668.4L.A. Confidential (1997)Yes
678.4Modern Times (1936)
688.4Chinatown (1974)
698.4Black Swan (2010)
708.4Life is Beautiful (1997)
718.4Back to the Future (1985)Yes
728.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
738.4The Prestige (2006)
748.4Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Yes
758.4Raging Bull (1980)
768.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)
778.4Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
788.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)
798.3Rashômon (1950)
808.3Some Like It Hot (1959)
818.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)Yes
828.3The Green Mile (1999)Yes
838.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Yes
848.3Amadeus (1984)
858.3All About Eve (1950)
868.3The Great Dictator (1940)
878.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)
888.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)Yes
898.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Yes
908.3Braveheart (1995)Yes
918.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)Yes
928.3The Apartment (1960)
938.3Downfall (2004)
948.3Metropolis (1927)
958.3Gladiator (2000)Yes
968.3Up (2009)Yes
978.3Gran Torino (2008)Yes22/07/2011
988.3The Sting (1973)
998.3Unforgiven (1992)
1008.3Oldboy (2003)
1018.3The Elephant Man (1980)
1028.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
1038.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1048.3The King's Speech (2010)
1058.3On the Waterfront (1954)
1068.3Rebecca (1940)
1078.3Sin City (2005)
1088.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)Yes
1098.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)Yes
1108.3Die Hard (1988)Yes
1118.3The Great Escape (1963)Yes
1128.3Princess Mononoke (1997)
1138.3Batman Begins (2005)Yes
1148.3The Seventh Seal (1957)
1158.2Jaws (1975)Yes
1168.2Blade Runner (1982)Yes
1178.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)
1188.2Fargo (1996)Yes
1198.2The General (1926)
1208.2Heat (1995)
1218.2No Country for Old Men (2007)Yes
1228.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)Yes
1238.2Yojimbo (1961)
1248.2Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
1258.2Touch of Evil (1958)
1268.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)Yes
1278.2Ran (1985)
1288.2Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
1298.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
1308.2Wild Strawberries (1957)
1318.2Snatch. (2000)
1328.2The Sixth Sense (1999)Yes
1338.2The Deer Hunter (1978)
1348.2Annie Hall (1977)
1358.2The Big Lebowski (1998)
1368.2The Lion King (1994)Yes
1378.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)Yes
1388.2Strangers on a Train (1951)
1398.2Donnie Darko (2001)
1408.2It Happened One Night (1934)
1418.2High Noon (1952)
1428.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)Yes
1438.2District 9 (2009)Yes
1448.2Platoon (1986)Yes
1458.2Toy Story (1995)Yes
1468.2Into the Wild (2007)
1478.1There Will Be Blood (2007)
1488.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)Yes
1498.1Notorious (1946)
1508.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
1518.1Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
1528.1Gone with the Wind (1939)Yes
1538.1Trainspotting (1996)Yes
1548.1The Gold Rush (1925)
1558.1Scarface (1983)
1568.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
1578.1Groundhog Day (1993)Yes
1588.1Ben-Hur (1959)
1598.1Avatar (2009)Yes
1608.1The Big Sleep (1946)
1618.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1628.1The Graduate (1967)Yes
1638.1Amores perros (2000)
1648.1The Wrestler (2008)
1658.1Life of Brian (1979)Yes
1668.1Finding Nemo (2003)Yes
1678.1The Kid (1921)
1688.1Ikiru (1952)
1698.1The Terminator (1984)Yes16/07/2011
1708.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)Yes
1718.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
1728.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
1738.1The Wages of Fear (1953)
1748.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
1758.1Casino (1995)
1768.1Stand by Me (1986)
1778.1The Thing (1982)
1788.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)Yes
1798.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)Yes
1808.1V for Vendetta (2006)
1818.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
1828.1Les diaboliques (1955)
1838.1Gandhi (1982)
1848.1Ratatouille (2007)Yes
1858.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)Yes
1868.1The Social Network (2010)
1878.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1888.18½ (1963)
1898.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1908.1The Princess Bride (1987)Yes
1918Star Trek (2009)Yes
1928Good Will Hunting (1997)Yes
1938The Hustler (1961)
1948The Killing (1956)
1958The 400 Blows (1959)
1968Network (1976)
1978La strada (1954)
1988The Battle of Algiers (1966)
1998The Incredibles (2004)Yes
2008Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2018The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
2028A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
2038The Exorcist (1973)Yes
2048In Bruges (2008)
2058The Wild Bunch (1969)
2068Dial M for Murder (1954)
2078Stalag 17 (1953)
2088Persona (1966)
2098Mary and Max (2009)
2108The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2118All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
2128Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
2138Rocky (1976)Yes
2148Fanny and Alexander (1982)
2158Children of Men (2006)
2168Let the Right One In (2008)
2178Ed Wood (1994)
2188Big Fish (2003)
2198Magnolia (1999)
2208Barry Lyndon (1975)
2218Mystic River (2003)
2228Manhattan (1979)
2238The Truman Show (1998)Yes
2248Rosemary's Baby (1968)
2258Patton (1970)Yes
2268Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)Yes
2278Festen (1998)
2288Roman Holiday (1953)
2298Infernal Affairs (2002)
2308Howl's Moving Castle (2004)3/04/2011
2318His Girl Friday (1940)
2328Sherlock Jr. (1924)
2338Nights of Cabiria (1957)
2348Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)Yes
2358Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)Yes
2368Duck Soup (1933)
2378The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)Yes26/03/2011
2388Harvey (1950)
2398The Philadelphia Story (1940)
2408Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
2418Sleuth (1972)
2428Rope (1948)
2438Three Colors: Red (1994)
2448Monsters, Inc. (2001)Yes
2458Beauty and the Beast (1991)Yes
2468Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)
2478In the Mood for Love (2000)
2488Crash (2004/I)
2498Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
2508Castle in the Sky (1986)

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Blossom you’re a firework





This truly uplifting Anthem was the first neural trigger for this consciousness avalanche.
I was driving around today and the radio was playing Firework by Katy Perry and naturally being me caused a cascade of loosely connected thoughts culminating in this randomness. Yes it isn’t easy being me, harder to not share sometimes, so this blog might be a rambling weird corner of the web. Sorry not just this “Post”





Preening Dumb Tool… Just because sometimes you need an excuse to include a TISM clip...

 

Maybe that is the reason for all those mix tapes (Ewww) …. so to all those who might have thought that odd you aint seen nothing yet, you preening dumb tool.





Five Yards - here’s to you Grubber you really are a fuckwit

So I have been thinking about my friend Blossom and she has been a little down but mostly because she works with Fuckwits. Well actually just one, but one really aught to be enough. REALLY.

So I did think about how do we make good things happen? and well not being one to pray but being a huge sucker for the coincidental and how the strange way my brain works here it is and the ride will just make you shake your head. I PROMISE.

Blossom is Fabulous and she is not too sure she can believe that. There is a big list of things I could say to prove my hypothesis but that would turn this into flattery and that is not the intention.

It is to scare you about the way my brain jumps about and give you an idea why I get that “bored now” look sometimes.

So here goes the reason I asked her today to make time for “The Butchers son” if possible this Saturday.

  • The moon will look bigger, maybe 16 percent larger, on March 19 when the full moon will be closest to the earth in the last 18 years, offering a special treat for the skygazers.
  • Skyfire 2011 Lake Burley Griffin Saturday March 19
  • Work Ball – New Frock, Hair, Make up. Fabulous – Remember Photos

Butchers Son / Blossom appear to be number one Draft Picks so far and the planets are are aligning (well satellites)

So babe if it were me and I could convince you, I’d take advantage of the Fabulous and try to grab Coffee while I’m making argument that you can’t lose.

You do shoot across the sky when you don’t notice and when you don’t try you are brighter than the moon even a 16% bigger one.

Oh did I mention I will be at the ANU all day Saturday – So some fairly central tactical support is available if required Smile.

Not quite OUR Blossom but …..

Profile

Blossom is the leader of The Powerpuff Girls. She has a bright pink dress with one black stripe, bright pink eyes, white stockings, and black Mary Janes shoes. Her fiery orange hair is in a long, flat ponytail with curls (with black cuts at the bottom) in a hairpin and a large red bow on top of her head. She has white skin and blocked tubes for arms and legs, lacks a nose and ears, and her eyes are big. She loves to be in charge, and at times, that can get the best of her.

At times, she can be vain and over-bearing, and frequently bossy over her sisters. Despite this, she loves to play peace-maker over her sisters if they fight, even though she is quick to argue with Buttercup.

Her special ability is ice-breath, and this made her sisters jealous. She hates to be wrong, and never shows her emotions unless very upset. She plans everything out, and speaks in a business-like way to Professor Utonium and others. She doesn't beat around the bush, and is usally in the center of her sisters.

She is usually the center of attention, and refers to her sisters as 'Girls.' All in all, she is a very cool and smart but ditsy and arrogant girl.

Even though she's very smart, she failed the SATs test in Him Diddle Riddle.

Likes and DislikesBlossom 4.png

Likes

  • Making plans
  • Going to school
  • Solving crimes
  • Being a leader


Dislikes

  • Crime and villiany
  • Being a "jinx" (Not So Awesome Blossom)
  • Failing tests
  • watching her sisters fight


Her Quotes is: "We got to save the world before bedtime."

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Tyranny of Email Standards

Funny this happened mostly due to poor email addressing standards

In order to do get uniqueness some environments create standards which make it hard for users to find each other. In this case I am Mojo_moj180.Jojo@smemanaged.com for example but there is a mojo.jojo@smemanaged.com neither are real BTW

So when people search for mojo they just get one hit and it is not me because nobody has a first name of mojo_moj180 Sad smile 

So you can imagine how I lost it when I saw this today…

 

Fw: Amen!

Buttercup_bum215 Utonium

to:

Mojo_moj180 Jojo

11/03/2011 11:09 AM

#fail
With thanks,
Buttercup Utionium

Crime Fighter Prior to bedtime

----- Forwarded by Buttercup_bum215 Utonium on 11/03/2011 11:08 AM -----

From:

Mojo Jojo

To:

Buttercup_bum215 Utonium

Date:

11/03/2011 11:00 AM

Subject:

Re: Amen!

Hi Buttercup
Wrong Mojo Jojo - but I like your goals for today.
thanks
Mojo Jojo

 

From:

Buttercup_bum215 Utonium

To:

Bubbles Utonium, Blossom Utonium, Rowdy Rough Boy, Mojo Jojo

Date:

11/03/2011 09:50 AM

Subject:

Amen!

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With thanks,
Buttercup Utionium

Crime Fighter Prior to bedtime
Have a great day!

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The Tyranny of Email Standards

Funny this happened mostly due to poor email addressing standards

In order to do get uniqueness some environments create standards which make it hard for users to find each other. In this case I am Mojo_moj180.Jojo@smemanaged.com for example but there is a mojo.jojo@smemanaged.com neither are real BTW

So when people search for mojo they just get one hit and it is not me because nobody has a first name of mojo_moj180 Sad smile 

So you can imagine how I lost it when I saw this today…

 

Fw: Amen!

Buttercup_bum215 Utonium

to:

Mojo_moj180 Jojo

11/03/2011 11:09 AM

#fail
With thanks,
Buttercup Utionium

Crime Fighter Prior to bedtime

----- Forwarded by Buttercup_bum215 Utonium on 11/03/2011 11:08 AM -----

From:

Mojo Jojo

To:

Buttercup_bum215 Utonium

Date:

11/03/2011 11:00 AM

Subject:

Re: Amen!

Hi Buttercup
Wrong Mojo Jojo - but I like your goals for today.
thanks
Mojo Jojo

 

From:

Buttercup_bum215 Utonium

To:

Bubbles Utonium, Blossom Utonium, Rowdy Rough Boy, Mojo Jojo

Date:

11/03/2011 09:50 AM

Subject:

Amen!

clip_image001[4]

With thanks,
Buttercup Utionium

Crime Fighter Prior to bedtime
Have a great day!

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Just noticed only 59 Places left for BarCamp

Just in case you though we were talking about Geeks in the Pub which is a worthy endeavour too…

You might want to look at the venue and topics below. Maybe even the WikiPedia page

Seems like it will be a great day and here’s hoping my Bogan Year 10 Education won’t be the limiting factor. I guess I can guarantee you a battle of wits with the unarmed so everyone will be able to contribute.

BarCamp Canberra 2011 is on like…

For the 4th year BarCamp Canberra is on!

With a brand new shiny venue in the ANU College of Business and Economics (Building 26C), we’re ready for a big day on 19 March, with room for 150 people to present, network, chat, listen, debate and share their visions, ideas and knowledge.

As ever, depending on you, the attendees, we’ll have speakers on topics such as:
Social Innovation, Gov 2.0,
Web, Design, Makers/Hackers,
Science Communication,
Skeptic/Critical Thinking,
Sustainability/Environmental,
interdisciplinary topics and more.

Sign up now for BarCamp Canberra 2011

BarCamp Canberra

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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Too early for new years resolutions, I think not.

I’m a selfish bastard but you knew that…

So today my wife and children went to Randwick to Libby’s Aunt and Uncles for Christmas Lunch tomorrow. I am at home because for the Second time in a little over a month doctors are using language like “if this course of action doesn’t work by Sunday will admit you for a few days”

With out going into details both issues I have had is because I treat my body like a tip, and even though it has concerned my wife for a decade I figured nothings going to happen, you worry too much, yada yada yada.

Well if I am to be admitted to hospital I would rather it happen in Canberra instead of an unplanned stay in a random Sydney Hospital, BTW we were coming home tomorrow night anyway.

Tomorrow I’ll be home and it is largely my fault so I guess I best start taking my health seriously and stop being such a selfish bastard.

Mind you having a fever for 24 Hours and then having another after it breaks in the same day does help to catch up on sleep. Not to mention a 48 hour computer free time.

So once I am well again I need to:

  • NOT be 150+ Kgs (might help with the Sleep Apnoea)
  • Take care to prevent more Kidney Stones
  • Look at making the ugly lower leg horrificness diminish (yep stuck with the look) but not the damage I hope
  • Generally pay attention to my health.

So I wonder how I’ll go now that I’ve had too scares so close together lets not wait for the Heart Attack trifecta before I clue up.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Lunar Eclipse to Milk for the SeaCat

LunarEclipseSydneySometimes I wonder at what pace my brain makes connections. Here are the links created from a Twitpic by someone I follow on twitter.

When I asked where it was taken they told me. Naturally I jumped on Nearmap.com for a quick squiz of the area because the foreshore was sweet. By the way it is somewhere on the left of that picture Balmain in case you care.

Scrolling out what do I notice? Cockatoo Island (Co Dock) I spent a little time there during refits of the last Submarine and first Warship (which happened to hunt Submarines) I served on.

imageThis was a time of transition for me and the beginning of a great few years. A generally really good time traveling the world with great mates.

Funny I have two photos taken on HMAS Parramatta when I was on her (1988-1991) hanging in my study since we moved in, in 1999 but I hardly notice them anymore. Ikara

Tonight I took them down scanned them for this post. I will clean up the frames and put them back up on boxing day.

Got some milk for the Seacat?Point is I am wired to leap from connection to connection at a rate of knots and I’d like to thank Catherine for reminding me of a time long ago, even though she might shake her head at how I got here.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Prepared to defend my views on #OffSpring

So I was talking about my Girly Programming Selections with @MolksTVTalk on Twitter tonight.

"@DavidLMackie I have no problem with people liking things like #Offspring - they just need to be prepared to defend their views. ;)"

Sad that I felt the need for a whole new blog for this but I know that folk would not cope well with just a new category.

So why do I like Offspring?

  • Not the Nina / Dr Chris saga so maybe I missed the point but I watch in spite of that.

  • Billy and Mick Super funny. Really like Eddie Perfect - (loved Howard 2.0 from 2007)

  • Jimmy such a funny funny loser, endearing and pathetic too

  • I like Cherie but Deborah Mailman has not been the same for me since she wiped off in the opening scene of "The Secret Life of us". Not that girl from play school anymore. Still a character that ties together many others so nice.

  • Dr Chris has a Crazy Runaway Bride who I quite like in #Rake


I really like no LOVE Zara. Funny and Hot too, which reminds me must watch the Nurses Webisodes

So there you have it MolkTVTalk the defence rests.
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Small Agency Mentoring Program #AGIMO

I recently began following John Sheridan from AGIMO and since I’ve not followed much of what he has been doing since I was in Defence, I took a peek back through his Twitter Feed in as non stalkerish way as possible (BTW Days NOT Years) came across a link to the Small Agency Mentoring Program (SAM).

Mentoring programs like SAM are important because they help to build the capability of the APS by strengthening cross-agency relationships and developing future ICT leaders. For more information on mentoring programs supported by the Department of Finance and Deregulation please take a look at the website:

I’m an IT Contractor and have been for many years and the thing I find all over is Infrastructure People in Agencies both big and small have very little clue who their peers are, let alone what they can share with each other.

I notice Mentoring Programs for SES and Women in IT both of which I’m very supportive.

I wonder if Agencies are to do more with less how do Technical Leaders (Contractors too) get to network and share with each other.

I use Facebook, LinkedIn and even Twitter to extend my contacts in my field and locally try to connect widely with my peers. I am aware that there is some nervousness from Agency Security Advisors about public social networks and I understand why they think they should be nervous however are we not talking about professionals.

I guess I’m proposing Public Social Networking for an Essentially Closed Population. Not seeking to provide an answer but wonder how to discuss this sensibly.

What I’m saying is good job going as far as you do. How do we grow that???

Comments OPEN

Small Agency Mentoring Program | AGIMO Blog

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Document Holder – How to do it yourself #movember

 

One of the Tech Writers where I am currently doing a gig is doing Movember and has been “Selling” things for donations. This one got my attention today so if you use it donate. Instructions at the bottom of the “Task Card”

Keep up the good work Bob

This doco holder is quick and easy to make.

It is a lot stronger than most other types and you can confidently put a full 2-ring binder on it.

All you need is a paper box with lid, a craft knife (box cutter) and tape. 

The Executive model needs a large fold-back clip.

 

 

Take off the lid and use it as template to
mark where to cut on the first side.

 

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Use the cut-off scrap as a guide to
cut the second side.

 

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Make two cuts on the lid, and fold it back, as shown.

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Fit lid over the base and tape it on.

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Tape on the lid.

Some people prefer staples as they are environmentally friendlier.

 

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Executive model

Put a sheet of A4 paper on the holder.
Mark the top of the paper.

 

Cut away a chunk of cardboard above the A4 sheet

 

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Attach clip.

 

Sit back and smile   J

 

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Remember to donate (pay for this taskcard) to Bob T’s Movember effort.

Pay online on-line with credit card or PayPal account at 
       http://au.movember.com/mospace/1139044/ 

 

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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Games Meh but XBox Kinect in every Board Room #messaging

I’m no big gamer I just don’t have the time so when I do set aside enough time it tends to be something like a retro game of Age of Empires or Diablo so XBOX has not been a big focus for me.Well except for the version 1.0 I have with XBMC loaded.
I have been focusing on how my customers might get value from messaging systems that extend what they already do and the Tandberg Systems they have been putting in are kind of sweet. Well not really the Tandberg kit more the 60” plasmas (3D, SD & USB plus divx)
Imagine my surprise when I saw …
In a move that surprised practically everyone, though, Microsoft also said that users of Lync (and Office 365) will be able to videoconference with home users of XBox game machines through Kinect, a new camera peripheral that tracks users' movements in a room using infrared (IR) wireless.
Now I wonder if we need to gateway this through XBox Live or if we can directly integrate with an in house Lync 2010 System?
Microsoft will also add the shared videoconferencing capabilities for Kinect through a software update.
Corporate Lync customers can ditch their old PBX and phone systems to run Lync entirely on one or more servers. Alternatively, they can hold on to these legacy systems and interface them to Lync through gateways
Here’s to hoping that the firmware updates allow us to point to our own system if they do I can see big potential.
Plus so interesting XMAS parties in future.

Source Betanews.com
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Monday, November 8, 2010

This plan is lunarcy - Security - Technology

When I moved some of the content from a previous blog I move the stuff I wanted to keep and archived the rest to some PDFs.

The other day I got the idea to revisit and update some of them so on days when I’m light on for thoughts I might put some of these together.

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Ooooops not a good start so far.

Found the guys who were running this program over at http://lifeboat.com/ex/programs and although I was worried that Moon based DR might not be going forward as a priority there are lots of other Programs current and planned that could provide blog fodder for quite some time.

Wow I might have to create a category as some of this seems off the wall but nice to think about…

BTW the original Article was written by

Nate Cochrane

@natecochrane Sydney, NSW, Australia
Editor in chief @CRN_au, @iTnews_au, @SCMagazineAU; AU's 1st online journo; Deal or no Deal's biggest prize winner; AU's biggest cash prize game show winner
http://haymarketmedia.com.au
This plan is lunarcy - Security - Technology

Now I thought my customers had big expectations for their offsite requirements. Check this out.

IF YOU think your organisation is savvy because it has an offsite data warehouse, spare a thought for William Burrows' plan to store life's blueprints - on the moon.

The journalism professor and former New York Times' space reporter's dream to back up the world's DNA to a site on the lunar surface would read like science fiction if it wasn't for the fact that the general idea is supported by the likes of Stephen Hawking, five Scandinavian prime ministers and a British group compiling a genetic
database of endangered species.

Mr Burrows devised the disaster plan with Robert Shapiro, professor emeritus and senior research scientist in biochemistry at New York University, in the 1999 book A Lunar Sanctuary. From there, they formed the Alliance to Rescue Civilisation (http://arc-space.org), which has attracted scientists and thinkers.

So that would be quite some DR project, how do we keep the DR Site up to date? What are our RPO and RTO? I'm thinking the replication across the wide area might be a little behind during
high rate of change situations.

Source: This plan is lunarcy - Security - Technology – http://smh.com.au

Posted: Sep 15 2006, 10:48 PM by David Mackie

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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Privacy Options that don’t protect my privacy

I was signing up for a Microsoft Regional Business Building Event and part of the sign up form included…

   
info-32-32Privacy:
  
  
  A response for this question is required.

I do want Microsoft to contact me because we are a partner so I can’t tick that button.

I do not want Microsoft Partners to contact me because I am that trusted partner and won’t want SPAM from my competitors.

I am not concerned about the mail because I have a delete key, but I also don’t want to give explicit permission to these other companies to send me offers. I guess creating an Outlook rule for “Competitive Intelligence” is my only option.

Just saying

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

It's slowly becoming an Android world, Gartner says

Earlier today I wondered why no Android Pallbearers when talking about the Windows Phone 7 RTM Launch.

Gartner seems to think Android will be number two in phones by 2014.

Despite the imminent launch of Windows Phone 7, Gartner expects Microsoft's share in the mobile phone market to continue to shrink, from 8.7 percent last year to 4.7 percent this year to 3.9 percent by 2014. By 2014, it will range sixth behind MeeGo on a global basis, according to Gartner.

The predicted market share in 2014 is …

  1. Symbian – 30.2%
  2. Android – 29.6%
  3. Apple iOS – 14.9%
  4. Blackberry – 11.7%
  5. Others including MeeGo and Windows Phone 9.6%
  6. Windows Phone alone 3.9%

These numbers make me think Android more likely to have the credible iPhone and Crackberry killer

So I wonder who funds Common Criteria Evaluations??

I think the horse to back may well be Android but using it with Government clients will need someone to back an evaluation.

It's slowly becoming an Android world, Gartner says - Software - Technology - News - CRN Australia

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Monday, August 30, 2010

The only reason for time is…..

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” Albert Einstein

This quote was used in a TV show I was watching this morning because I wanted to know the exact quote I Binged it and found it on Quote DB. Those who know me will understand that I often have difficulty remaining on task, so I looked wider and found:

“Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”

Of course everyone can tell I needed to rewind the programme because I spectacularly moved off task.

So what freakishly ridiculous long bow am I trying to pull?

I’ve just come back from AUTechED trying to resist the the marketing after glow….

I am increasingly a fan of Role Based Administration and Workflow Enabled Provisioning.

We currently use with a major client tools like:

  • SCCM 2007 R2 (ConfigMGR) to Deploy Servers and Desktops, Deploy Applications, Printers and Secure Shares;
  • FIM 2010 for Directory Synchronisation and some stuff we perhaps should not be.

maybe we should be looking at Service Manager, SSP 2.0 for SCVMM  which of course implies SCVMM and what looks like a very good option for stringing it all together Opalis.

So where is the genius in this post?

We do some things in my view the hard way and perhaps because we didn't know what we didn’t know, and I am so tempted to implement everything in the System Center Enterprise Suite and leverage the whole ecosystem BUT today I’m leaning toward a big long roadmap for this client.

BUT …

Once we get a chance to train and define an offering, I think a whole business unit can be built around building complexity in what we offer to drive simplicity for our clients.

imageIn other words I love the Microsoft Ecosystems and see promise in System Center and Forefront for completely abstracting the use of native tools into fully automated, work flow driven, user self service. The glue in this seems to be solid scripting in PowerShell well we need something complex to make things seem easy.

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Sunday, August 29, 2010

The only reason for time is…..

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” Albert Einstein

This quote was used in a TV show I was watching this morning because I wanted to know the exact quote I Binged it and found it on Quote DB. Those who know me will understand that I often have difficulty remaining on task, so I looked wider and found:

“Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”

Of course everyone can tell I needed to rewind the programme because I spectacularly moved off task.

So what freakishly ridiculous long bow am I trying to pull?

I’ve just come back from AUTechED trying to resist the the marketing after glow….

I am increasingly a fan of Role Based Administration and Workflow Enabled Provisioning.

We currently use with a major client tools like:

  • SCCM 2007 R2 (ConfigMGR) to Deploy Servers and Desktops, Deploy Applications, Printers and Secure Shares;
  • FIM 2010 for Directory Synchronisation and some stuff we perhaps should not be.

maybe we should be looking at Service Manager, SSP 2.0 for SCVMM  which of course implies SCVMM and what looks like a very good option for stringing it all together Opalis.

So where is the genius in this post?

We do some things in my view the hard way and perhaps because we didn't know what we didn’t know, and I am so tempted to implement everything in the System Center Enterprise Suite and leverage the whole ecosystem BUT today I’m leaning toward a big long roadmap for this client.

BUT …

Once we get a chance to train and define an offering, I think a whole business unit can be built around building complexity in what we offer to drive simplicity for our clients.

imageIn other words I love the Microsoft Ecosystems and see promise in System Center and Forefront for completely abstracting the use of native tools into fully automated, work flow driven, user self service. The glue in this seems to be solid scripting in PowerShell well we need something complex to make things seem easy.

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Look just follow me on Twitter

I have moved this blog around so much that I will be very surprised if I have anyone left following me but unlike Kate I am very happy that you are and of course I might even be happy to be your friend on Facebook

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Disclosure Policy

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This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact  David@Mackie.dropbear.id.au.

This blog does not accept any form of sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, I will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organisations.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If I claim or appear to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

The owner of this blog would like to disclose the following existing relationships. These are companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog.

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Disclosure Policy

This policy is valid until revoked

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact  David@Mackie.dropbear.id.au.

This blog does not accept any form of sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, I will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organisations.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If I claim or appear to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

The owner of this blog would like to disclose the following existing relationships. These are companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog.

  • I am employed by Synergistic Network Solutions Pty Limited.
  • I am part was part of the leadership team of the Canberra Windows User Group - Sponsored by Microsoft and Culminis *** This Group no longer meets ***
  • I am was the Principle Speaker at the CBRWINUG and speak passionately about Microsoft and other Interesting Technologies that run on Windows Infrastructure

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