5 weeks before Bub arrives!

Posted by Benjamin Close on August 27, 2009 under Life | Be the First to Comment

Carly with 5 weeks to go

Wow how time flies! Would you believe our little bub is due in only 5 weeks time (4th October). Carly can feel the little one kick lots more – sometimes even wonders if they are going to be a boxer! Below you can see the happy Mum to be – looking fantastic!

The frame complete

Posted by Benjamin Close on under Country Living | Read the First Comment

The frame is now up! As of today the frame is finished an the windows are starting to go in, starting with the bay window at the front.

The Shed, Septic & Frames Take Shape

Posted by Benjamin Close on August 18, 2009 under Country Living | Be the First to Comment

After a couple weeks with little happening, it seems things are finally starting to pick up. Last week saw the shed start to go up, and the house being rubbled and the septic tank going in. It’s nice to finally have the rubble in place. We’ve been told quite a few times it’s too wet [..more..]

VMWare woes with DISK IO & Possible Solution

Posted by Benjamin Close on August 12, 2009 under ClearChain, Computers | Read the First Comment

Recently the server hosting clearchain.com (aka Leo) has been having disk io errors. This has had me quite perplexed. You see Leo is a virtual machine running on redundant hardware as part of an VMWare ESX cluster. Hence whilst I can understand slow performance and delayed access at some times, disk IO’s don’t make sense. [..more..]

VNC Connects Then Hangs

Posted by Benjamin Close on August 6, 2009 under Computers, OpenSource, UniSA | 4 Comments to Read

Working out that VNC can put a client ONHOLD, making it look like the server has frozen

Progress On The Block

Posted by Benjamin Close on August 3, 2009 under Country Living | Read the First Comment

With winter well underway, it’s time for another update. Since the last blog post, quite a lots has happened. Format has poured the slab and hence our house is taking shape. I really do feel for the folks who poured the slab. I went up there and saw it taking place. The day was an [..more..]