September, 2005
*ring ring*. VOIP - General
30 Sep 2005 @ 02:24 pm - Lately I've been looking into buying a VoIP phone to save money on my mobile bill. There is a really good place [url=http://www.myvoipstore.com.au/]My Voip Store[/url] down in Springwood that are worth calling if you're thinking of getting one yourse...
30 Sep 2005 @ 02:24 pm - Lately I've been looking into buying a VoIP phone to save money on my mobile bill. There is a really good place [url=http://www.myvoipstore.com.au/]My Voip Store[/url] down in Springwood that are worth calling if you're thinking of getting one yourse...
Passport photos - General
30 Sep 2005 @ 02:12 pm - I actually have an acceptable passport photo. Hooray! It only took 5 goes. So who took the rejected photos? First 3 tries were Flight Center, then an Australian Post Office (they actually took the photos then rejected them), and the we finally got th...
30 Sep 2005 @ 02:12 pm - I actually have an acceptable passport photo. Hooray! It only took 5 goes. So who took the rejected photos? First 3 tries were Flight Center, then an Australian Post Office (they actually took the photos then rejected them), and the we finally got th...
Cut down in his prime - General
29 Sep 2005 @ 12:17 am - In case some of you haven't noticed, (or haven't seen me), when I was in Pittsworth I had a bit of a haircut. Nothing to extreme but its about 4 inches shorter. When I get around to it I might post a photo. *A minutes silence*. In memory of the hair...
29 Sep 2005 @ 12:17 am - In case some of you haven't noticed, (or haven't seen me), when I was in Pittsworth I had a bit of a haircut. Nothing to extreme but its about 4 inches shorter. When I get around to it I might post a photo. *A minutes silence*. In memory of the hair...
The saga continues: Part 6 - General
28 Sep 2005 @ 06:30 pm - Today I picked up my drive from Umart and I was not charged the $35. I still think the drive is faulty but I can see why there is nothing they can do about it. So what they've suggested is check out my PSU and, like seagate said, the drivers. Well I ...
28 Sep 2005 @ 06:30 pm - Today I picked up my drive from Umart and I was not charged the $35. I still think the drive is faulty but I can see why there is nothing they can do about it. So what they've suggested is check out my PSU and, like seagate said, the drivers. Well I ...
Seagate reply: Part 5 - General
28 Sep 2005 @ 12:20 am - Well I emailed the Seagate tech support and this is the responce I got. [code] Maz, This is definitely not normal, I would suggest updating the SATA controller drivers. You can download the latest SATA controller drivers from your motherboa...
28 Sep 2005 @ 12:20 am - Well I emailed the Seagate tech support and this is the responce I got. [code] Maz, This is definitely not normal, I would suggest updating the SATA controller drivers. You can download the latest SATA controller drivers from your motherboa...
Telstra mail server - General
26 Sep 2005 @ 10:13 pm - 2 days later and still no server. Have they changed the details or something without letting me know? I am waiting for an email back from Seagate and it still reports "The server name you entered can not be found on the network". So after t...
26 Sep 2005 @ 10:13 pm - 2 days later and still no server. Have they changed the details or something without letting me know? I am waiting for an email back from Seagate and it still reports "The server name you entered can not be found on the network". So after t...
Seagate support: Part 4 - General
26 Sep 2005 @ 12:15 pm - Well after my last post I rang Umart and asked what I was supposed to do with a drive that didn't store data. They said they couldn't return it without an error code or an obvious fault so there was nothing they could do. It was suggested that I emai...
26 Sep 2005 @ 12:15 pm - Well after my last post I rang Umart and asked what I was supposed to do with a drive that didn't store data. They said they couldn't return it without an error code or an obvious fault so there was nothing they could do. It was suggested that I emai...
Seagate and Umart: Part 3 - General
26 Sep 2005 @ 10:43 am - Well I returned the drive to Umart where I was informed of a $35 charge if it was ok. I knew it was rooted so I left it there. The next morning there was an email from Umart saying it tested ok. I asked how they tested it and was told that they just ...
26 Sep 2005 @ 10:43 am - Well I returned the drive to Umart where I was informed of a $35 charge if it was ok. I knew it was rooted so I left it there. The next morning there was an email from Umart saying it tested ok. I asked how they tested it and was told that they just ...
OMG most awesome rice phone ever! - General
24 Sep 2005 @ 03:02 pm - I was wandering around Indro today and at the little phone stand things I saw the coolest phone ever. It's not as if I'm looking to buy a new phone, and definitely not a [b]$1500[/b] one but it's still cool. The Nokia 8800 is a heavy metal phone with...
24 Sep 2005 @ 03:02 pm - I was wandering around Indro today and at the little phone stand things I saw the coolest phone ever. It's not as if I'm looking to buy a new phone, and definitely not a [b]$1500[/b] one but it's still cool. The Nokia 8800 is a heavy metal phone with...
Site comments of WOE - General
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Internal server error this!!!! - General
23 Sep 2005 @ 11:03 am - Now this is just really irritating the shit out of me. ITS, do your job. I can not currently log on to the internet here in building 78. I emailed them about the "Internal Server Error" and have recieved no reply. The error message I have b...
23 Sep 2005 @ 11:03 am - Now this is just really irritating the shit out of me. ITS, do your job. I can not currently log on to the internet here in building 78. I emailed them about the "Internal Server Error" and have recieved no reply. The error message I have b...
Geek points? - General
21 Sep 2005 @ 11:26 pm - Ok, so somehow the topic of conversation came around to, why I bother with my website (seeing I am apparently so damn lazy!). The answer is of course "Geek" points. I'd say a fully XHTML website where I wrote my own content management syste...
21 Sep 2005 @ 11:26 pm - Ok, so somehow the topic of conversation came around to, why I bother with my website (seeing I am apparently so damn lazy!). The answer is of course "Geek" points. I'd say a fully XHTML website where I wrote my own content management syste...
Everybody hates me. Why do you suppose that is? - General
20 Sep 2005 @ 11:18 pm - Hmm. I've been having some nice conversations and the topic of my apparent laziness keeps coming up. See below: [code] KOUPA: hey I like the look of your site KOUPA: you updated it? Maz: yeah. been working on it all week Maz: coz i have 5 assign...
20 Sep 2005 @ 11:18 pm - Hmm. I've been having some nice conversations and the topic of my apparent laziness keeps coming up. See below: [code] KOUPA: hey I like the look of your site KOUPA: you updated it? Maz: yeah. been working on it all week Maz: coz i have 5 assign...
Seagate's next ad.. - General
20 Sep 2005 @ 10:29 pm - Just some ideas here. Add your own if you're bored. [img]/users/maz/journal/files/1127218796-seagate.jpg[/img] Seagate, Keeping your data guessing. Getting rid of unwanted data, and wanted data, since 1979 Who needs files? Providing pa...
20 Sep 2005 @ 10:29 pm - Just some ideas here. Add your own if you're bored. [img]/users/maz/journal/files/1127218796-seagate.jpg[/img] Seagate, Keeping your data guessing. Getting rid of unwanted data, and wanted data, since 1979 Who needs files? Providing pa...
Maz vs. SATA drive: part 2 - General
20 Sep 2005 @ 04:30 pm - The 200gb Seagate sata drive I was having trouble with is officially dead now. When the system was running, the drive was resetting 2-3 times per second, was undetectable by windows, and generally as useful as floppy disk. Actually I think 2 million ...
20 Sep 2005 @ 04:30 pm - The 200gb Seagate sata drive I was having trouble with is officially dead now. When the system was running, the drive was resetting 2-3 times per second, was undetectable by windows, and generally as useful as floppy disk. Actually I think 2 million ...
Searching searchiness of doom. - General
19 Sep 2005 @ 11:15 pm - Yeah. The search function works. I could make it highlight the search word (which should be pretty easy) but at the moment I don't really care. I did get another assignment done today so I just have one or two to go this week before I can sleep. [u]C...
19 Sep 2005 @ 11:15 pm - Yeah. The search function works. I could make it highlight the search word (which should be pretty easy) but at the moment I don't really care. I did get another assignment done today so I just have one or two to go this week before I can sleep. [u]C...
This week of assignments. - General
19 Sep 2005 @ 09:36 am - It's not a good week for anything except assignments. Mid-semester break is next week so I have 5 assignments due this week to make up for the lack of work I'm going to do next week? Well as it stands I've done one of the assignments almost completel...
19 Sep 2005 @ 09:36 am - It's not a good week for anything except assignments. Mid-semester break is next week so I have 5 assignments due this week to make up for the lack of work I'm going to do next week? Well as it stands I've done one of the assignments almost completel...
What's that burning smell? Not another Abit! - General
18 Sep 2005 @ 01:36 pm - Well after buying a dozen or so Abit motherboards that have all had the northbridge fans fail. I have a new addition to the list. The Abit GF5600 that I had has lost its fan. Literally. As I walked into the room I could smell the burning components. ...
18 Sep 2005 @ 01:36 pm - Well after buying a dozen or so Abit motherboards that have all had the northbridge fans fail. I have a new addition to the list. The Abit GF5600 that I had has lost its fan. Literally. As I walked into the room I could smell the burning components. ...
Decorations of doom - General
15 Sep 2005 @ 09:29 pm - Yeah. I've just wasted a few hours messing with the decorations of my site. There is now a stupid bottom bar and the side bar is always there in IE. If I can be stuffed installing mozilla or firefox I'll check it out and try fix any incompatabilities...
15 Sep 2005 @ 09:29 pm - Yeah. I've just wasted a few hours messing with the decorations of my site. There is now a stupid bottom bar and the side bar is always there in IE. If I can be stuffed installing mozilla or firefox I'll check it out and try fix any incompatabilities...
Telstra Bigpond updates *fixed* - General
14 Sep 2005 @ 11:01 pm - This is to anyone who has Telstra cable or possibly DSL. Last night there was a temporary service outage and today I notice a bit of a problem connectiong my SSH tunnel. Is it just me or has Telstra blocked all incoming ports? Let me know as much in...
14 Sep 2005 @ 11:01 pm - This is to anyone who has Telstra cable or possibly DSL. Last night there was a temporary service outage and today I notice a bit of a problem connectiong my SSH tunnel. Is it just me or has Telstra blocked all incoming ports? Let me know as much in...
Way to embarrass myself! - General
14 Sep 2005 @ 06:51 pm - I'm in my PHIL1000 lecture where people have been giving me enough dirty looks because I've been making lots of noise eating chips and stuff. I have lectures all day and don't have time to stop and eat. Well after everyone was getting over that incon...
14 Sep 2005 @ 06:51 pm - I'm in my PHIL1000 lecture where people have been giving me enough dirty looks because I've been making lots of noise eating chips and stuff. I have lectures all day and don't have time to stop and eat. Well after everyone was getting over that incon...
More philosophy - General
14 Sep 2005 @ 06:17 pm - Life is like a ... An individual is like a ... I'm looking for metaphors to describe life and individualism. Nothing entirely cliche preferably. I'm sure I can think of something clever but nothing intelligent. What is life really like? Maz[comm...
14 Sep 2005 @ 06:17 pm - Life is like a ... An individual is like a ... I'm looking for metaphors to describe life and individualism. Nothing entirely cliche preferably. I'm sure I can think of something clever but nothing intelligent. What is life really like? Maz[comm...
Seagate complaints! - General
12 Sep 2005 @ 11:01 pm - It would appear I've just lost my 200gb SATA HDD. I came home from work and it was resetting and is undetectable on startup. I don't think this is a problem that only I am having. I originally bought the [b]ST320082 2AS[/b] last year but had to retur...
12 Sep 2005 @ 11:01 pm - It would appear I've just lost my 200gb SATA HDD. I came home from work and it was resetting and is undetectable on startup. I don't think this is a problem that only I am having. I originally bought the [b]ST320082 2AS[/b] last year but had to retur...
The fight against censorship - General
11 Sep 2005 @ 05:52 pm - This is a space where you can post your comments that were censored from other people's sites. Just make the link at the bottom point to the site. There is a limit of 1000 characters per comment. freedom-of-speechly Maz[comment]Just so anyone readin...
11 Sep 2005 @ 05:52 pm - This is a space where you can post your comments that were censored from other people's sites. Just make the link at the bottom point to the site. There is a limit of 1000 characters per comment. freedom-of-speechly Maz[comment]Just so anyone readin...
CSSE3004 individual component: Part 1 - General
10 Sep 2005 @ 01:44 pm - Sitting in the labs doing assignments and I instantly decide it's time to update my site (I wonder why?). At the moment I'm having some issues with getting all data out of an Oracle database without knowing the names of the tabels and such. So I sta...
10 Sep 2005 @ 01:44 pm - Sitting in the labs doing assignments and I instantly decide it's time to update my site (I wonder why?). At the moment I'm having some issues with getting all data out of an Oracle database without knowing the names of the tabels and such. So I sta...
Non-descript update - General
10 Sep 2005 @ 12:13 am - Well there is no one thing worth an update so this is a collection of pointless updates rolled into one useless entry.. 1. My monitor is back. I am properly online. (Umart does not do monitor warrenty claims. You have to deal directly with the manuf...
10 Sep 2005 @ 12:13 am - Well there is no one thing worth an update so this is a collection of pointless updates rolled into one useless entry.. 1. My monitor is back. I am properly online. (Umart does not do monitor warrenty claims. You have to deal directly with the manuf...
Paypal screws hurricane victims - General
07 Sep 2005 @ 08:53 pm - Well this is just crap. There is logic, then reason, then paypal policies somewhere just before whimsy. Following obscure links through the blog-o-sphere I end up here for a story that sickens me. [url=http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=31...
07 Sep 2005 @ 08:53 pm - Well this is just crap. There is logic, then reason, then paypal policies somewhere just before whimsy. Following obscure links through the blog-o-sphere I end up here for a story that sickens me. [url=http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=31...
Rembo is alive and well - General
06 Sep 2005 @ 10:22 pm - And re-imaging popular labs at 9pm. I'm not sure whether it gave us any warning or not (because we were at the vending machines), but it's a bit of a pain in the arse to find all our work gone. 9pm? Why not 2am again? Maz...
06 Sep 2005 @ 10:22 pm - And re-imaging popular labs at 9pm. I'm not sure whether it gave us any warning or not (because we were at the vending machines), but it's a bit of a pain in the arse to find all our work gone. 9pm? Why not 2am again? Maz...
Insert philosophy here - General
06 Sep 2005 @ 05:05 pm - [b]<uni> <phil1000> <inroduction>[/b] Hume thinks miracles are shit. I agree. Paranormal claims are shit too. [b]</introduction> <paragraph>[/b] Hume's points are: !. People are crap and can't be believed. @. The...
06 Sep 2005 @ 05:05 pm - [b]<uni> <phil1000> <inroduction>[/b] Hume thinks miracles are shit. I agree. Paranormal claims are shit too. [b]</introduction> <paragraph>[/b] Hume's points are: !. People are crap and can't be believed. @. The...
Mazez fantastic puzzle of the day - General
05 Sep 2005 @ 02:43 pm - See that menu bar on the left? <-- over there. Well I want it to have a full blue bar (that dark blue stuff under the menu), all the way down the left of the page at a percentage width of 16.5%. And I'll just stick the menu on top. So far it r...
05 Sep 2005 @ 02:43 pm - See that menu bar on the left? <-- over there. Well I want it to have a full blue bar (that dark blue stuff under the menu), all the way down the left of the page at a percentage width of 16.5%. And I'll just stick the menu on top. So far it r...
Offline - General
04 Sep 2005 @ 02:54 pm - I may or may not be offline for a few days/weeks.[comment]Why? Comment by [b]Smassie[/b] on 04 Sep 2005 @ 09:42 pm [/comment][comment]Why dont you go turn on my monitor and find out? Comment by [b]Maz[/b] on 04 Sep 2005 @ 10:25 pm [/comment]...
04 Sep 2005 @ 02:54 pm - I may or may not be offline for a few days/weeks.[comment]Why? Comment by [b]Smassie[/b] on 04 Sep 2005 @ 09:42 pm [/comment][comment]Why dont you go turn on my monitor and find out? Comment by [b]Maz[/b] on 04 Sep 2005 @ 10:25 pm [/comment]...
Riverfest - General
03 Sep 2005 @ 10:53 pm - Another year, another riverfest. For the first time since I've been living here I couldn't be bothered going out with the million or so other Brisbane residents to watch the fireworks. Instead opting for the stay-inside-and-watch-dvd's plan. There we...
03 Sep 2005 @ 10:53 pm - Another year, another riverfest. For the first time since I've been living here I couldn't be bothered going out with the million or so other Brisbane residents to watch the fireworks. Instead opting for the stay-inside-and-watch-dvd's plan. There we...
From the archives - General
02 Sep 2005 @ 03:29 pm - I was looking through the folders on my computer and found this funny little video from a couple of years ago.. [url=http://maz.net.au/users/maz/journal/files/fdd_end.avi]FDD END[/url] Maz...
02 Sep 2005 @ 03:29 pm - I was looking through the folders on my computer and found this funny little video from a couple of years ago.. [url=http://maz.net.au/users/maz/journal/files/fdd_end.avi]FDD END[/url] Maz...
Censorship! - General
02 Sep 2005 @ 02:43 pm - There have been requests by certain youth political parties to remove posts from my site. I don't know about anyone else but I'd call that political censorship? Let's not start a war about this but just be careful what you do, or people are likely to...
02 Sep 2005 @ 02:43 pm - There have been requests by certain youth political parties to remove posts from my site. I don't know about anyone else but I'd call that political censorship? Let's not start a war about this but just be careful what you do, or people are likely to...
Learn to drive ffs! - General
02 Sep 2005 @ 02:39 pm - Driving to cold rock and back I had at least 3 cars pull into my lane while I was in it. Once even having to drive down the wrong side of the road to miss them. Do people not know how to drive or is it a national "Drive With Your Head Up Your Ar...
02 Sep 2005 @ 02:39 pm - Driving to cold rock and back I had at least 3 cars pull into my lane while I was in it. Once even having to drive down the wrong side of the road to miss them. Do people not know how to drive or is it a national "Drive With Your Head Up Your Ar...
