And now for something completely different ...

Ahhh you've probably seen this doing the email rounds. It's a very funny Norwegian skit about the challenges of technical support. I figured while I'm in a 'hardware challenged' period, a bit of light relief is just the remedy. I've tracked down a version of the skit from YouTube and have embedded the link for your entertainment. Having spent a number of years providing technical support, I get a chuckle out of this and I'm sure you will too!



Technical Support in the Middle Ages.

PS: A broadband connection is best for viewing this. If you are on a slower connection, try allowing it to cache locally before continuing. You can do this by pressing the 'Play' button to start the playback and then clicking on the 'Pause' control. The cache progress bar should continue to advance while you are paused. When the cache progress bar is at the end, then click on the 'Play' button to resume the playback.

What's yet to be done ...

The BLOG site is currently in a 'low activity' state and will be for the next 1-2 weeks. This time of year (ie end of financial year) means lots of long days/nights dealing with the peak work load (ohhh for the old days when you got paid for the hours you worked - so last millennia). Additionally some computer equipment has not liked the old Toowoomba winter weather - something about the high thermal transients and expansion/contraction rates of dissimilar materials. The computer graveyard has allowed me to resurrect an interim solution until the replacement computer arrives (its somewhere on the seven seas getting sea sick I suspect).

Until then the scanning of scripts & Naomi's memorabilia is on-hold. It also means that I haven't yet caught up with Jeff Williams to transfer the video over to disk to begin the editing for the DVD. Jeff is also busy at this time of year so hopefully when my new equipment has arrived, we will both have some 'spare' time to begin the transfer process.

Cheers for now (and back to the salt mines for me:)

Plaques presented to Robert Kingham & Jim Cotter at the Reunion(s)

Now that the Reunion (Part 2) has been completed, it is 'safe' to display the plaques for all to see.

The images below have been reduced in size for the web and therefore may not be overly readable. The plaques had an aluminium plate mounted on a 10" x 13" (25cm x 32.5cm) timber wall with the wording and images printed against a polished silver background.

Inside the Alpha and Omega symbols are the names of the staff & participants involved with the Darling Downs Youth Theatre for the 2 years 1977-1978. The names came from the Genesis & Bottoms program guides so my apologies if you were a participant but not listed in either of the program guides as I may have omitted your name. The Alpha and Omega symbols were synonymous with the Genesis musical production and have been incorporated in the plaque with the context of the beginning and end of the Darling Downs Youth Theatre project. These images and the associated artwork will be incorporated into a web album (will be a little while off as I have a high workload for the next month) and into the presentation DVD (also a little while off).

Plaque (above) presented to Robert Kingham at the Toowoomba reunion 16 June 2007.

Plaque (above) presented to Jim Cotter at the Canberra reunion (part 2) 7 July 2007.