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I have been meaning to research my family tree for as long as I can remember; conversations with distant aunts at family gatherings, traipsing around the Port Fairy cemetery after my grandmothers funeral, and the inquisitiveness of grandparents unknown. My father and his sister grew up wards of the state and for many years we believed their parents had died in a car accident, but there was little information known.
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It’s been a long time since I last posted. All my free time was sucked up by a huge interstate project over late Oct – early Dec; gotta love those 18-hour days (see my post “Being Shafted by the Man” to read my whinge on working stupid hours)! So, now that I’ve had a chance to catch up on some photo uploads, it’s time to blog about our trip to Tassie in Oct 09.

My sister, Nina, announced early last year that she and Colin would get married in Oct 09 in Launceston. We decided to make a family trip out of it; loading up the car and taking the ferry down for ten days. The following post is a summary of the trip. All of the photo’s can be found in my Gallery.
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I’ve just got back (early) from another great bike trip; the annual “Trek” held over the Melbourne Cup weekend. This years trek involved 18 folks on 16 bikes, some great weather and the usual brilliant roads.
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Well it’s been just over three months since I started training with my current school. I must say I’m still struggling; both physically and technically. My fitness has dropped off significantly since the Black Belt qualifier with Bushidokan; I struggled to do 20 push-ups last night. (more…)

I recently acquired a dead Dell 4700 desktop machine from my father. After replacing the power supply, adding some memory and a gigabit ethernet card, it was ready to go. I’d been thinking for some time of setting up a Linux-based home server for print sharing and backup. I installed Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and proceeded to configure the machine.

This article looks at how I configured the machine as a home print server, exploring the terminology and options for the un-initiated (like me).
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