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The Sony Laptop Died

Posted on 5 Aug 2009 - by Pobman In: Information

A couple of days ago I wrote a lense about how to clear virus problems from your computer for free, and then out of the blue despite having NOD32 on my laptop I started getting problems. Blue screens, something I have not seen for years, slow internet, computer running hot etc etc. The alarm bells rang in my head, I clicked the switch to turn off my wifi and investigated. It turned out something had disabled NOD32 AND SuperAntiSpyware and was using my laptop as part of a peer to peer network to distribute cracks. Great.

Nothing I did in windows would get rid of the problem, so I had to use the Live CD from Kaspersky. The cleanup took over 6 hours (I went to bed in the end so I have no idea how long it took). However the system was clear at last, WiFi no longer worked in Windows but at least I could use the laptop again.

Got the Dell laptop now, and I am still using NOD32. I guess I will fix the Sony at some point, though there is no way I could go back to working on it! The power difference between an original Centrino 1.1ghz and the latest dual core Centrino2 2.66ghz is out of this world. The only issue is the laptop came with Vista, but I get a free upgrade to Windows 7, which I will certainly use as Vista gets to me!

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Getting Fitted Shoes for Children in Queensland Australia

Posted on 30 Jul 2009 - by Pobman In: Information

It is quite hard to believe BUT it’s almost impossible to get fitted shoes for babies in Queensland Australia.

While some of the larger department stores will measure your child’s foot they only stock E or average widths. Several of the stores we went to clearly did not even know how to measure the length of a baby’s foot. In Myer, in Pacific Fair, the people before us had a child with wide feet, so they were sold longer shoes, as wide ones were not available.

When it was our turn the lady fumbled around with the measure, told us we needed a size 4 and then said they had none in stock. By this point we would not have bought anyway!

So today we drove all the way to the north of Brisbane to visit Tammy’s (Tel. 07 3359 3999) and while they did not have much selection (we are between seasons) they found 4 different shoes with the correct width and length in stock there and then.

The only other option I know of is to get a measuring device and meausre your babies feet yourself and order online, there is a company in the UK called Startrite which does this.

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Response to Moscow Driving

Posted on 28 Jul 2009 - by Pobman In: TV & Entertainment

I got sent this example of driving, though I don’t know what country it’s in (I can guess the region of the world of course)…

SO we need to mix this with Moscow speed to get the ultimate in driving fun. To be honest I have seen, and been part of, similar things in Moscow, nothing quite like crossing the 8 lanes of the garden ring when the traffic lights are broken….

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Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary {yawn}

Posted on 27 Jul 2009 - by Pobman In: Places To See

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is supposed to be one of THE places to go on the Gold Coast however while I am sure they do sterling work helping out animals there is not actually a huge amount to see, its just spread out over a large distance! In fact if you are not interesting in looking a caged birds, which I have to say is my least favourite zoo animal, there is even less to see.

The layout of the zoo nesesitates some back tracking, its built of several loops so you cant walk around it in one smooth route. The loops all take you past the cafe, so those with children can expect to buy an ice-cream once per loop.

They do have one pretty large croc, though if you want crocs you are better off going to Australia Zoo of course. There are a few Koala, though Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane does this much better, in fact I would say Loan Pine does the whole thing better despite being smaller. The Lone Pine kangeroo enclosure is deffinately the better of Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, it’s cheaper too.

Now to be honest we did miss some of the shows, the show times are on the websites but to see them all you are going to need to spend the entire day at this place which will include quite a few hours of either seeing it again or just waiting. Having said that they have many similar shows again at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, where they tend to run the more popular shows twice a day.

Of course if the guage of success of a park is the word they do with animals then perhaps they are both winners, just one gives a better day out!

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