Evening.

It has come to my attention, that I've been rather slack in posting.

This is true.
I could make excuses, but you've all heard them before, so I'll won't bother.

So, hopefully this post shall signal a change in posting frequency.


As for news in the life of Ken, i'll go backwards from today.

Today - Got back from Noosa this afternoon, found new oxygen sensor on my desk (thanks dad), and sat in a heap for a while.
Booked motel rooms for Rhia and I for the exploratory Sydney trip. We shall be staying at the Travel Lodge North Ryde, which is in the grounds of Macquarie University - should be good.
This evening, I've installed m0n0wall, as a replacement for my IPCOP box (intarweb router). Its quite impressive - 5.2mb, based on FreeBSD, and has _all_ of the functionality I wanted.

Traffic shaping is much improved: instead of just offering some port prioritisation options (ala IPCOP), there is a comprehensive section for configuring individual rules, pipes, and queues, and it also offers a wizard for simplifying the process.

It's also all based on PHP, which I like (being the zealot I am).

Yesterday - I was up at Noosa, spending some time in the house before I head down to Mexico. Its such a calming place. You can hear the sea on the shore, and time just doesnt seem to matter. Got a fair bit of reading done (Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell being the current book), and advanced a bit in my Halo II campaign (Now onto the Covenant missions as the arbiter :) )
We got down to the beach in the late afternoon - its a bit smelly at the waterline(with all the seaweed problems), but if you sit on the sand and read, you're far enough away that you can't smell it.

That evening, Rhia and I had Taco's for dinner, which has become a bit of a Noosa tradition.

Tuesday, got some packing done during the day (the worst part about packing is having to unpack again to get something you didnt think you'd need before moving time), and headed up to Noosa in the evening. Had chinese for dinner :)

Monday - Went riding with Tim, Craig, Grant, and Jo at Mt Cootha - had a brilliant time. It wasnt too hot, and the trails were a bit damp, which meant traction wasnt an issue. We were in the forest for 1hr 45 and covered around 20k. All had a great time, and looking forward to doing it again before Sydney.

After that, snowdium came over, and we proceeded to try and mod luc's xbox. Initially there was not much luck, due to my dodgy soldering skills, but after the help of Dad, it all came good.

In other news, I got an xbox (which rocks) which i've modded, and put an 80 gig hard disk in. Mucho coolness.

Also, If you guys have Skype, add ken-wilson if you haven't already got me on your list.