Author Archives: Sam

I Finished!

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Sam

I finished the Canberra Marathon in 5 hours 48 minutes and 48 seconds!. I’ve posted some photos in the photo gallery taken by Taira. She was volunteering so their aren’t many. I’ve ordered the official marathon photos and will post … Continue reading →

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26.2

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Sam

I’m running my first marathon next Sunday (April 15th). There are a few reasons why I’m running a marathon, the first is to see if I can. The second is to raise money for the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia with … Continue reading →

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The daily dynamic banner montage is now dynamic again. HostGator disabled cURL for all shared users without giving notice. The cron job that rotates the banner depends on cURL so for about a month now it wasn’t working. I just … Continue reading →

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Sam | Leave a comment

Fixed the problem of text butting up against inlined post images by adding margin-right: 9px; to the CSS entry.

Posted on December 25, 2006 by Sam | Leave a comment

Can connect to a wireless router but not the internet.

Posted on December 25, 2006 by Sam

Windows XP was connecting to my wireless router with full strength, but I couldn’t browse any internet sites. After much wrangling, resetting, and rebooting, I found WinSock XP Fix off a web forum and within a minute and a reboot … Continue reading →

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Using the GSpace Firefox plugin you can drag and drop files to store in your gmail account. It’s great for saving Word document revisions because each upload of the same file is saved in a seperate email. GSpace can also … Continue reading →

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Sam | Leave a comment

HubMed Citation Finder. Copy and paste a reference from a pdf and the citation finder will automagically pull it apart and find the article online. It’s like ParaCite, but you can paste multiple references, and HubMed relies more on PubMed … Continue reading →

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Sam | Leave a comment

The Wombat Mobile

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Sam

I bought a car! It’s a brown 1987 Toyota Corolla Seca pictured below in all its loveliness. After walking what feels like three miles with groceries between the supermarket and my apartment I decided it was worth it to get … Continue reading →

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Canberra Sightseeing Over Easter Break

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Sam

On Saturday, April 15th, I tagged along on a sight seeing tour of Canberra with Chris and his sister Catherine visiting from Sydney. We saw New Parliament House, the outside of Old Parliament House, The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, The War … Continue reading →

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Australian Alps National Park

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Sam

Today I went on a short trek with Carly, Chris, and Thomas through the Australian Alps National Park. It was a nice walk through the woods, with great views from the mountain top. Afterwards we head coffee by the Canberra … Continue reading →

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