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Last week managed to get MATLAB's Distributed Computing Toolbox installed with a separate licenses server and optimised for our new cluster, a few hours prior to taking the plane to Queensland. The Access Grid Workshop was quite informative. The core technology seems fairly good, but the user interface really needs some work - or at least that was my impressions of it. UQ also featured a very pleasant lake which seemed to be positively abundant with various wildlife; I was particularly impressed by the number of water dragons present. The journey to and from the campus from the city via the City Cat was also very enjoyable; especially on the evening after the workshop dinner during a tropical storm.
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drjon, greenglowgirl and met one_bat along with a host of other el-jay people at what is apparently a regular gathering known as "AromaMeet" (so named after the coffee house). Following day journeyed to the Next Level technology fair where I saw an old favourite Severed Heads perform (they were officially playing that night so it was a glorified sound check for the half-dozen people present) along with a few other bands, a couple of old movies and the Vintage Computer Club (which included the Commodore PET, VIC 20, many Apple II's, Amstrad and Kaypro and the Microbee).
My old Sydney home, which I knew as EBOM (Evil Brotherhood of Mutants) made an appearance in the Sydney Morning Herald as "Lanfranchi's". Thanks to the Internet I recently confirmed to myself the story of the Fish Man!. As a blast from the pastcatbiscuit has discovered Ch 9's "community announcements" for vitamins etc from decades past. Nice work.
It appears that the Coalition's election "king hit" of (yawn) more tax cuts aren't as good as they first suggested. Actually, it may even be worse. John Quiggin reminds us that someone, long ago, made a similar sort of promise: What was his name again? (thank youangel80. Various opinion polls continue to predict a landslide against the government.
Whilst visiting I also met up with
drjon, greenglowgirl and met one_bat along with a host of other el-jay people at what is apparently a regular gathering known as "AromaMeet" (so named after the coffee house). Following day journeyed to the Next Level technology fair where I saw an old favourite Severed Heads perform (they were officially playing that night so it was a glorified sound check for the half-dozen people present) along with a few other bands, a couple of old movies and the Vintage Computer Club (which included the Commodore PET, VIC 20, many Apple II's, Amstrad and Kaypro and the Microbee).My old Sydney home, which I knew as EBOM (Evil Brotherhood of Mutants) made an appearance in the Sydney Morning Herald as "Lanfranchi's". Thanks to the Internet I recently confirmed to myself the story of the Fish Man!. As a blast from the past
catbiscuit has discovered Ch 9's "community announcements" for vitamins etc from decades past. Nice work.It appears that the Coalition's election "king hit" of (yawn) more tax cuts aren't as good as they first suggested. Actually, it may even be worse. John Quiggin reminds us that someone, long ago, made a similar sort of promise: What was his name again? (thank you
angel80. Various opinion polls continue to predict a landslide against the government.