Monthly Archives: March 2016

Dell Precision 670 dual Xeon workstation

Posted on 23/03/2016 by AlanM52

Since the 4GB memory upgrade the beast is running very nicely. Lucky for me Microsoft extended Vista to 2017 which is what it’s running – Vista Business.

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What are they doing ?

Posted on 23/03/2016 by AlanM52

Telstra workers across the road in ‘our’ pit, fingers crossed for cable & phone services.

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Balcony PC update

Posted on 23/03/2016 by AlanM52

As posted last Sunday bought from the market, installed and cloned a Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB – all good. Anyway ended up with quite an array of drives (LOL) as Macrium Reflect just tagged every drive with a letter including … Continue reading →

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Dell memory kit

Posted on 23/03/2016 by AlanM52

Dell Optiplex GX270 – 2GB memory kit has arrived from the US.

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Balcony PC tower upgrades

Posted on 20/03/2016 by AlanM52

Balcony desktop tower PC upgrade(s) – the CPU swap from E5200 to E7400 which cost $8.60 went well, now it’s time for a SSD so got a Sandisk SSD Plus 240GB from the market today along with SATA and power … Continue reading →

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Foxtel Go on my phone

Posted on 19/03/2016 by AlanM52

Foxtel Go on a older unsupported Samsung Galaxy Note GT-7000. Downloaded the Apk file and installed directly onto the phone – works well.

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ALDI – night lights

Posted on 19/03/2016 by AlanM52

Already have two of the one on the right @ $9.99 each so this time around didn’t notice there was a second choice until browsing today – so got one to try. Note that the price has gone up from … Continue reading →

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Hot day for the chooks

Posted on 08/03/2016 by AlanM52

Current temperature from the remote sensor in the chook shed is 41.2°, of course they are not in there but over in the shade of the cottage garden.

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Bunnings XU1 garden tools

Posted on 07/03/2016 by AlanM52

Blower, hedge trimmer and grass trimmer selling for $79 each. Need to replace my Robyi blower so went to grab one of those but there’s only one left and it’s been opened and looks like no charger – bugger. ET … Continue reading →

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Pekins growing up

Posted on 07/03/2016 by AlanM52

The little girls (Peaches, Bella & Honey) are not so little any more.

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