Some reflections on the Hillary Trail race I just did. I started to think, what can I do that’s bigger than a marathon? I started reading about longer runs, and they were all on trails, and I’ve kind of enjoyed the trails. There is very little in the way of organised runs in NZ over Read more about Hillary 2016[…]
Auckland Marathon is complete. What a buzz the day was. I managed 3 hours and 13 minutes which for me is a personal best, so I was ecstatic. The weather was near perfect. There was lots of wind on the North Shore and going over the bridge, but it died away on the other side Read more about Auckland Marathon 3:13[…]
Special shout out to Angela, without her support I wouldn’t be able to do this. And thanks to Steve Thompson too for all his encouragement. Well that’s it. My last run has been completed. Just the Marathon to go tomorrow. Super excited. Strava tells me that I’ve done 3,008km leading up to today this year. For Read more about All systems go[…]
Well Onehunga Half Marathon was my “warm-up” for Auckland. It gave me an opportunity to check pace and see how things are going. It’s the 3rd time I’ve run Onehunga. 2013 was my first ever run/race, and it took 1:46. Then 2014 took 1:35 and this year (2015) it was 1:33. This year Barry McGee is Read more about Onehunga Half Marathon[…]
Our latest snap shots from Mangawhai Mangawhai – July 2013
One morning I was out doing a few last minute errands before going home to sort out a birthday party for that afternoon. Baby boy was still asleep so I popped into the golden arches for a drink before heading back. While there, and as I fed and sorted out my little man, who (Murphy’s Read more about How others see us…[…]
New Zealand (NZ) uses “non-standard” ADSL settings of VPI = 0 and VCI =100 settings. Change them to VPI = 0 and VCI = 100 and your new modem will work
I became unhappy with our host for the website, and had to transfer all the wordpress gumpf… here is my method that worked: Transfer wordpress from one webhost to another copy across the files – I managed to ZIP them all on the server side, and then download the one zip file, extract it, and Read more about transfer wordpress from one sit to another[…]
Bluetooth Login and Locking ¶ Sometimes the simplest stuff has the ability to amaze and bring a big grin to my face, and this is a case in point. I’ve been doing some research for a project to develop an Accessible keyboard for mobile phones – something to help people who have problems with the Read more about bluetooth logon[…]
To get Samba working for Windows Share on Linux you need to: need to fully install Samba too… So, Install SMBFS and SAMBA sudo apt-get install smbfs samba Configure samba To share stuff, some global parameters need to be changed: edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and in the [global] section, make sure the following are set: workgroup = WORKGROUP Read more about Samba password configuration[…]