An Office Gem....

Having had two days out of the office, one of the office comedians must have visited my desk.



When I left the office on Friday night, the mandarin was sitting next to the glass. As you can see, this morning, it had been encouraged into the glass... :-)

It's a much better feeling now ...

Today, all the locks in the house were changed, due to an uninvited visitor last week.

The locksmith, who Mum and Dad used at their rental place got lost on the way, but when he got here, did a really good job...

The passage sets on the front, back, laundry and garage doors were all knackered, and couldn't be re-keyed to the same key, so they were all replaced with new dead locking models, which actually close nicely, and every lock in the house is on the same key now!

It's Just Another Day... Really It Is!

32 today... Big bloody deal...

It's not a good feeling

Rather unpleasant experience today, arriving home, to find the blue flashing light for the alarm flashing away outside the bedroom window.

Instant sinking feeling, in the pit of the stomach, as I wheeled into the driveway, and opened the garage door...

The door between the garage and the house was open, and the sinking feeling in my stomach increases...

After a walk down the street, to have a chat to Arthur, it seems that the alarm went off between 11am and 4pm. I've also checked the windows, and had a chat to the Frankston Police. They sent a car around, and we couldn't find any sign of forced entry, and they managed to get a partial print from the back garage door, but given nothing has been taken, they will not progress their investigation. Their comment was that for there to be no sign of forced entry, it would have been with a key...

Rather an unsettling feeling. Looks like the locks will be changed very soon...

Google Earth

Discovered that Google have finally made Google Earth available for easy downloads.

It uses Landsat, Earthsat, and aerial photographs to put together overhead images all over the world.

Currently the Australian coverage map looks like this:



Unfortunately my house, is just out of the currently photographed area :-(

Triton Upgrades

I spent a good couple of hours, fitting my GMC router to the Triton Router table, I purchased through eBay, back in May, to find that it crapped itself on the first pass on the redgum I am making some bedside tables out of.

Enter Mr Two Year Warranty, and Bunnings Gift Cards. I packed the router back into it's nice wooden case, and headed down to Bunnings at Frankston, and explained my predicament, with fingers crossed that without a receipt, the warranty would be honoured. It was, and after handing over my Gift Cards, I now have the Triton 1/2" Precision Router, which fits the table without heaps of stuffing around, and routed the redgum beautifully.

Shorter Shifts....

Was talking to Alex the other night, about short shifter replacement levers for the WRX and the Forester XT, and thought that one could be a good birthday present for him, and a "just for the hell of it" purchase for me...

I did some research on the GTRydaz forums, and after talking to one of the guys, decided to purchase a needle bearing short shifter, from a lady called Elaine, who sells on yep, you guessed it, eBay.

I managed to win two levers, for the grand sum of $49.95 each (starting price), and $11 later for shipping, and a phone call from reception at work, I had them in my hot little hands.

Here is a comparison photo between the WRX and the replacement shifter.


The actual throw is shortened by the length between the pivot and the ball at the end of the shifter.

The shortened throw on the Foz is awesome, much more accurate for the shift.