Author Archives: Douglas Stetner

C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead • The Register. With Bell’s Ken Thompson, Ritchie helped develop Unix and got it running on a DEC PDP-11, and released the first edition of the operating system in 1971. I never … Continue reading →

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Straddie SharkWatch weekend

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

Had a great weekend on Straddie again, (fairly) flat seas, sunshine and lots of grey nurse sharks! Lots of humpback whales too, one swam right behind the boat as we were preparing to go down for our second dive! (Couldn’t … Continue reading →

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May 8th 2011 Unidive Flinders trip

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

We made the trip out to Flinders Reef on Sunday, nice flat seas and pretty good vis (even though there were lots of floaties to make back scatter and frustrate the photographers!). My photos are here:

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I won a dive trip to Kavieng, Papua New Guinea !!!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

Made it down to Go Dive today to pick up my ScubaPro snorkelling kit that I won in a draw for people who contributed to Cyclone Yasi. I also won a trip to LISSENUNG ISLAND RESORT, Kavieng I will be … Continue reading →

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Marcus and Jenny

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Douglas Stetner

My nephew Marcus was married on Saturday to a wonderful girl, Jenny. It was a very nice ceremony and it was good to see lots of the family… Pictures here:

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