The eBook Ylesia from the StarWars “New Jedi Order” series of books has caused a of confusion. After some handy hints from a friend, I’ve worked it all out.

It’s been a hectic week – I’ve had a huge to-do list, and I’ve got all of the really important stuff done, which is just as well since I’m going away again on Sunday.

And now for something completely puerile… SWEARSAURUS ::: How to swear in 124 languages! from Insultmonger: “The art of insults”. My favourite would be in German: “Du bist doch dumm wie Brot”… “You are as dumb as bread” – nice, simple and easily translatable ! There are a LOT worse on that site – discretion … [Read More »]

Okay, I’ve changed the site around again. In my typical over-engineering fashion, what I tried first was a good idea, but overly complicated. I wanted to have separate domains for each family member who might hang off mysite – hence sim.hampel.net.au, rose.hampel.net.au etc, but as it turns out they just don’t seem to be interested … [Read More »]

Over the last 18 months, I have put up with construction work outside our bedroom window as the Willoughby City Council demolished the old Kids Cottage after school child care centre and replaced it with the new multi-purpose Artarmon Comunity Centre. They finished major contruction work about 6 months ago, and have been working on … [Read More »]