Stetner.org http://www.stetner.org/blog UNIX - Live Free Or Die Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:50:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Unidive Straddie rescue course http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/03/08/unidive-straddie-rescue-course/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/03/08/unidive-straddie-rescue-course/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:34 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=316 Chris Roelfsema and myself taught a rescue course on the weekend with the help of Andy Mason and Cas Simons as trainee DMs. So Unidive now has another 8 great rescue divers! Lots of hard work but lots of fun too!

Some pictures here:



]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/03/08/unidive-straddie-rescue-course/feed/ 0 Ordered a 27″ iMac yesterday http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/02/22/ordered-a-27-imac-yesterday/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/02/22/ordered-a-27-imac-yesterday/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:08:56 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=312 Well, I retired my 10 year old G4 when I bought Nell a Mac mini a while back, and now it is time to retire the 5 year old G5.

It is a liquid cooled dual 2.5 GHz CPU model that has leaked twice (while under apple care), and had the power supply fans die. After the last repair (out of applecare) one CPU was sporadic and then died. So, it was getting a bit slow, and on top of that, the new Aperture is intel only… so time to upgrade.

New system is a 27″ iMac with the following configuration:

Processor       2.8Ghz Quad-Core Intel Core I7
Memory          8Gb 1066Mhz Ddr3 Sdram - 2X4Gb
Hard Drive      1Tb Serial Ata Drive
Graphics        Ati Radeon Hd 4850 512Mb
Optical Drive   8X Double-Layer Superdrive

Should have it in about a week. Then need to freecycle the old towers and one 21″ (CRT) monitor.

]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/02/22/ordered-a-27-imac-yesterday/feed/ 0 Unidive Straddie trip and open water dive course http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/30/unidive-straddie-trip-and-open-water-dive-course/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/30/unidive-straddie-trip-and-open-water-dive-course/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:59:24 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=310 Had a great bunch on our open water course along with a great UniDive crowd on this January weekend!

Some pictures here:



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]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/30/deconfiction/feed/ 0 EFA – Senate Internet Censorship Petition http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/18/efa-senate-internet-censorship-petition/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/18/efa-senate-internet-censorship-petition/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:28:09 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=302 Electronic Frontiers Australia has today launched a petition against the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy that will be presented to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia.

Please visit Senate Internet Censorship Petition | EFA to sign the petition.

Please see the No Clean Feed page if you want to find out why you should do it.

Thanks,

Doug

]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/18/efa-senate-internet-censorship-petition/feed/ 0 Bought Nell a Mac Mini http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/09/bought-nell-a-mac-mini/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/09/bought-nell-a-mac-mini/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:48:06 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=295 Bought Nell a new Apple Mac Mini last week. I will freecycle the old G4 Mac, it has given us a good 10 years of service (with no upgrades!) and it still has life left in it, just a bit to slow and big and warm for us…

As well, replaced a Canon IP5000 printer with an Canon MP 5660

The print head was shot and for the pice of replacing it yo may as well buy a new one. We will freecycle the old one though as there is probably someone out there with a good print head…

]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2010/01/09/bought-nell-a-mac-mini/feed/ 0 Major Matt Mason http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/12/15/major-matt-mason/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/12/15/major-matt-mason/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:32:03 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=290 I saw this on Alan’s blog, Magical Christmas Gifts (Major Matt Mason) and immediately thought “I had one of them”! How cool, there was some sort of retractor string in the backpack that made the sled and/or Matt move through the air!

Thanks for the nostalgia Alan!

(Via Parenting for Old Folks)

]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/12/15/major-matt-mason/feed/ 1 Unidive refresher and O2 course and new boat launch http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/09/06/unidive-refresher-o2-and-new-boat-launch/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/09/06/unidive-refresher-o2-and-new-boat-launch/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:35:06 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=286 Here are some photos from the recent scuba refresher course, the oxygen provider course and the launch of the new Unidive boat, ‘Down Under’.  Click on the photo to go to the album.

]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/09/06/unidive-refresher-o2-and-new-boat-launch/feed/ 0 Pats family BBQ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/08/23/pats-family-bbq/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/08/23/pats-family-bbq/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:45:32 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=284 We had a 21st birthday BBQ for Patrick to celebrated his 21st birthday. Some pictures here:



]]> http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/08/23/pats-family-bbq/feed/ 0 Two birthdays on the weekend! http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/08/19/two-birthdays-on-the-weekend/ http://www.stetner.org/blog/2009/08/19/two-birthdays-on-the-weekend/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:35:52 +0000 Douglas Stetner http://www.stetner.org/blog/?p=280 Patrick celebrated his 21st birthday with a fancy dress party:

Some pictures here:



Haesley celebrated his 25th birthday on Sunday:

Some pictures here:



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