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I flail wildly in all directions.</description><link>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>213</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/JMPq" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/jmpq" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-5099815610286732402</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-27T05:11:19.144+13:00</atom:updated><title>Complimentary Wifi at the Bolton Hotel, Wellington</title><atom:summary>We are staying at the Bolton in Wellington at the moment. I was pleasantly surprised to find they now provide complimentary wifi.  A nice touch.  Unfortunately its so slow, for us at least, that I have reverted back to using my phone tether and Camille is using her T-Stick.
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Locking Down IE9 and Network
Browsing



I have been setting up a couple of
computers to act as kiosks for a particular site and naturally have
had to lock them down as much as possible.  I am doing this through a
GPO policy via Active Directory.  I have the computer and IE locked
down pretty tightly except for one thing:



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I don't think I'll be updating this blog much in the future.  I'm finding Google+ to be a far better platform. 



My G+ Profile

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/Fgc-XnJYiHo/this-blog-google.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/Fgc-XnJYiHo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/10/this-blog-google.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-6027723230700543521</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-21T08:59:21.440+13:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">centos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vmware</category><title>Centos on VMWare II</title><atom:summary>Cloning a Centos 6 guest under VMWare Workstation 8 produces a network problem.  When the clone boots only the lo device will be active.   Running

service network status
will show that both lo and eth0 are configured but only the lo device is actually active.  The fix is to delete the file  /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and then reboot the guest.  When it comes back up the file you </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/SiAFPrTEw8w/centos-on-vmware-ii.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/SiAFPrTEw8w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/10/centos-on-vmware-ii.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-5381480678101174337</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-08T08:37:13.831+13:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">centos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vmware</category><title>Centos on VMWare</title><atom:summary>I have purchased VMWare Workstation 8 recently so I can work on setting up a series of servers prior to buying some new server hardware.  This is an excellent product as long as you have enough RAM to run things which having now upgraded the RAM in my desktop, I do.

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The fillet  had a classic taper down to a very thin point at one end so I folded it under itself to provide an even shape.   The </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/lRg1VynczvE/beef-wellington.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOrzQx2Ldz0/TlVBV0S9bQI/AAAAAAAACWs/rxr7HhkaE_k/s72-c/DSCF0007.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/lRg1VynczvE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/08/beef-wellington.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-8876437957829579382</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-29T15:52:07.839+12:00</atom:updated><title>Well, that's a surprise!</title><atom:summary>
Hike in prison violence after no-smoke rule

 A Wanganui woman with contacts in Whanganui Prison says that since the 
facility went non-smoking there has been an increase in standover 
tactics, tension and violence.

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Cooking is a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/0HmpMxvjjgo/harringtons-black-pudding-ii.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/0HmpMxvjjgo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/07/harringtons-black-pudding-ii.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-4529530674371772816</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-15T08:16:30.160+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cloud</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">google</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">google docs</category><title>How's that Cloud working out for you?</title><atom:summary>










Not too well, perhaps:









 
  
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When I first logged in I was given a grid layout of people (names and avatars) I may or may not know and I could drag and drop them into "Circles".  Unsurprisingly it had picked up my friends and family. It had also picked up </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/8hFMaxhREcc/google.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/8hFMaxhREcc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/07/google.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-8269451668902430739</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-29T13:16:14.175+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">diaspora</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">google</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">social networks</category><title>Diaspora and Google</title><atom:summary>When I last wrote about DIaspora, the open source social network which I contributed to the development of, I said:

So far Diaspora looks quite promising.  I don't see it as being the  "Facebook Killer" that some have touted it as but it will provide people  like me who have a greater sense of privacy something to use.  In  addition, it's existence may push Facebook and others to provide the  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/H47G48TdMDY/diaspora-and-google.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/H47G48TdMDY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/06/diaspora-and-google.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-8907239695998896628</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-23T07:24:17.857+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">black pudding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">harringtons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">breakfast</category><title>Black Pudding</title><atom:summary>
Black pudding for breakfast! 

I have been a fan of black pudding for as long as I can remember and enjoy it as a breakfast food, usually accompanied by a fried egg. 

The traditional way of cooking it is to slice it into rounds and fry it.  As it cooks, it turns from a deep red to solid black with the occasional white bits  though Eric Olthwaite's mother used to make black pudding so dark "even</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/uYc6blzMCH4/black-pudding.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CIgI4B7f3yc/TgI75AxGTTI/AAAAAAAAB2E/icGkBqNAcHg/s72-c/blackpudding_on_mushroom-0.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/uYc6blzMCH4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/06/black-pudding.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-1131665821390857271</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-20T07:16:23.300+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pork</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recipe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cheap meal</category><title>Pork Hocks</title><atom:summary>Our local New World started selling pork hocks a month or two ago.  They are similar to lamb shanks in that they are basically a bit of meat with plenty of connective tissue running through it wrapped around a bone.  They also come with the skin on which is a bonus given the possibilities of crackling.

Our New World sells them for $3.07 each which makes them a very cheap meal.  As they are a bit</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/2qySM-h1ka4/pork-hocks.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDOBMJ55KHw/Tf5CAS0aIfI/AAAAAAAAB14/x39M4-dTox8/s72-c/porkhock.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/2qySM-h1ka4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/06/pork-hocks.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-4418960933292713241</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-17T23:15:23.165+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">unemployment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">youth rates</category><title>National and Youth Rates</title><atom:summary>National are considering bringing in youth rates again.  It appears they may be thinking about making the new youth rate apply to people up to the age of 24.  If true, this is absolutely appalling.

One of the arguments for youth rates is below:
“If you've got somebody who is 16 who is wanting a job and someone who  is 30 at the same price, then who is the employer going to employ?”  asked </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/yBeakMEXS7E/national-and-youth-rates.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/yBeakMEXS7E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/06/national-and-youth-rates.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-2253095153392915426</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-13T07:48:07.253+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">telecom</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mobile broadband</category><title>Telecom Mobile Broadband</title><atom:summary>Camille and I are currently in Lower Hutt.    Telecom's mobile broadband service is appalling.  We are experiencing slow connections and continuous dropouts.  It's making the service barely usable.  At one point I was getting 12000 ms ping times.

Ridiculous!

 
  
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No, of course it isn't.  

A month or so later I received a letter informing me my account had been disconnected and that I owed Telecom a bit over $80.00.  I have </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/wi-CinAl4Dk/telecom-new-zealand.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/wi-CinAl4Dk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/04/telecom-new-zealand.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-1217457148533672991</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-20T06:49:09.623+12:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">oil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">iraq</category><title>Tell us it's "not about oil" again</title><atom:summary>NZ Herald article:

Memos show link between oil and invasionPlans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by British  Government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year  before the country took a leading role in invading Iraq, Government  documents show.

Revealed for the first time, the papers raise new questions over  Britain's involvement in the war, which had divided </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/ogpGCraG4qE/tell-us-its-not-about-oil-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/ogpGCraG4qE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/04/tell-us-its-not-about-oil-again.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-2070063322841480859</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-27T07:57:52.336+13:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">new zealand made</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recession</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clothing</category><title>NZ clothing</title><atom:summary>I bought a couple of t-shirts yesterday.  They were black (as always) with New Zealand ponga and fern illustrations.  They were in a shop that was very NZ themed and which was promoting and selling New Zealand themed clothing.

The shirts were made in Haiti.

Other shirts in the rack were made in China.  In fact, all the clothing I checked the labels of was made overseas.  

I had  a chat to the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~3/xy_6x0lPO_0/nz-clothing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thrash Cardiom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/JMPq/~4/xy_6x0lPO_0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.thrashcardiom.com/2011/03/nz-clothing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069144745000460013.post-5335228992844546165</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-20T10:00:45.689+13:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aerobatics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">central hawkes bay</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">waipukurau</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">planes</category><title>Aerobatic plane with smoker attached</title><atom:summary>This is a 4 minute clip of the final plane doing a fairly spectacular display of throwing itself around the sky.  There is an excellent bit around 1:35 where you can see it falling out of the sky on its back while spinning around.  Best to view that full screen.  


&lt;br&gt;A

Apologies for the shaky camera work - hand held, leaning back, zoomed in and staring towards the sun.  Not easy!

 
  
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