2gb!

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

I’ve put this upgrade off for so long, if I had any idea it was this easy I would have done it ages ago. I got myself all anxious about getting precisely the right RAM, not ripping chunks out of the case, etc. Well it’s all done now! I’ve installed slightly uselessly faster RAM, I could only find 800mhz chips this morning, and $10 in paint scrapers easily lifted the thing out. Per “Tinkering Mans Law” I have a screw left over, but I know exactly where it goes, excitement at seeing the 2gb version overcame my patience :)

More importantly the thing rips along now, liberated from it’s miserly 512mb, the new 2gb version is fantastic!

I tried

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

I had no chance of keeping these three dry whilst talking on the phone. Ela Bella dunked herself twice, how tempting to squat in the waves? Only two weeks and we’ll be having daily beach trips! Hopefully the weather will be a tad nicer than today :)

XBMC Atlantis in Beta 1

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

This looks pretty cool, it might endup being everything AppleTV failed to
be. Multiplatform supporting windows, linuix and most importantly mac-os
and the xbox.
The coolest piece is that the mac version integrates with itunes and
iphoto, I can’t wait to play with this release. My underpowered macmini may
finally have a purpose!

This screenshot is from the Mediastream skin.

http://xbmc.org/blog/2008/09/18/xbmc-atlantis-beta-1-released-now-serving-all-common-platforms

IPod Friendly from BigPond

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

Directly addressing the competitors advantage is an interesting strategy.
All this ad does is remind me that I can’t think of a reason to buy this
off BigPond over iTunes.

Unless there is a piece here that I don’t get, like perhaps The Beatles and
Foo Fighters are the only things not available on iTunes? Even if that were
true how many people interpret this differently to me?

Perhaps its meant to trick me into reevaluating BigPond music? Easrier for
me to believe that its just ill conceived.

Getting geared up for noosa

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

Check out Ben getting geared up for noosa :)

A Spud lunch

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

Yup for real, photographic evidence of a 32 year olds playground lunch.
Twisties on a white buttered roll, with a coke.

How long do you think before Spud has fairy bread for lunch?

Breakfast in the Krug Room

Originally uploaded by BradAurisch

I was spoilt by this view at a microsoft breakfast at 41 this morning.
I struggled to keep the focus on the MS vision for ALM, but managed to
come away excited about OpsCentre in particular.

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Brad Aurisch
brad@aurisch.com.wu
http://brad.Aurisch.com.au

Just how long can you spend blowing up ballon elephants? C’mon Emerson, wake up, we want to get out of here!

We had Rugby Photos this morning, certainly some hard men in the making here :)