Where to place new empoyees?

http://bitsandpieces1.blogspot.com/2008/01/where-to-properly-place-new-employees.html

Scrapbooking features Katja

Been meaning to post about this for some time now, but kept on forgetting, or without a scanner, etc.

Short story is that Cathy photographed Katja, gave the picture to Maxine to use (with our permission), and Maxine scrapbooked and sent it in to be published. When we showed Katja the magazine, she could not stop looking at the page with her picture on. She was featured in a magazine! Very proud. And so she should be.

Enjoy.

Domain name registration granted

Our own domain name! www.vulcantech.com.au, registered to the business. I just put up a construction page. Expect some content shortly, as soon as cashflow improves.

I can do it myself, but why do that when there are people in the world much better qualified than me?

Theme will be about steel making, with some mining thrown in. If only my picture archives were of better quality. I remember my first digital camera had a resolution of 320x200. That was in 1996. The model of my Nokia phone at the time eludes me now, but it was a brick as well. Memories, what would we do without them?

All the best for 2008 to all my faithful readers. I can now go to bed. Kids are still asleep, as the neighbourhood was very quiet. Just like I prayed.

Arnold crawling

Arnold crawling. Just days before he turns one. And what better motivator to crawl than dad's phone...

Christmas 2007

Two long days behind us. Katja was a sheep in the Christmas production at Riverview. Four services later, and tomorrow I have to do Cockburn Central. Since I have to leave early tomorrow, presents were opened tonight. Here are some pics from both events:

Unfortunately we had Arnold open his firefighting truck first. Sorry, Hanretti family, he came close, but never opened your present (though he loves his turtle pillow now).

But to make up for it, watch Katja's face with her present. Makes it all worth it. By the way, makeup still from the Christmas pageant as a sheep.

Number three on the way

Seems that I have fathered another child. Makes me happy. Slowly nearing my goal of a large family.

Will have to reconsider my aeroplane purchase strategy, though. Now need an extra seat...

Impressive pool skills

Arnold clapping hands

Martial arts exhibition - with bloopers

Watch some great athletes in action.

Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Acro - the concert

26 November 2007 - a day I will remember for a long time. My daughter has had previous concerts, previous stage performances. But this one was special. The whole mood was special. She did very well.

Here is a picture of the Junior tap group.

Support Footprintz Dance Academy. They did a great job ths year. Again.

Ducks in a row

I have been wanting to share this experience with the world for some time now. It happened in August 2003, and you too will be amazed when you see these two wild ducks interact with me.

Footgirl to the rescue!

Footgirl is a new superhero in town. Her dexterity is incredible, and her foot powers are increasing daily. Watch her in action here.



But sometimes things don't go so well, even for Footgirl...

She's a lady. Lady Stephanie, that is.

Lazytown Stephanie Impersonator

My daughter dressed up as Stephanie. The real Lazytown is great.

Vulcan Technologies is open for business

Today marks the start of a new chapter in my life. Yesterday was my last working day at Rio Tinto. Today I am Director of Vulcan Technologies Pty. Ltd. Vulcan Technologies will provide consulting services to the world steel industry, and its supporting industries.

Vulcan was the Roman god of the beneficial and hindering fire, and became associated with the constructive use of fire in metalworing. So with my background in steel making, the name was very appropriate.

Website is here.

Cubegirl - my new hero

October School holidays

Katja and I at Garden City, Booragoon. They always look after the children durin the holidays. Katja had a great time jumping, and then we had sushi at Zushi, where she saw for the first time how sushi is made. Yoghurt ice cream at a nearby shop, and thus ended a very enjoyable afternoon. Video taken with my trusty Nokia E70.

Stopped by group policy from getting into add windows components?

Use this command....

Obviously you still do need admin privileges to do the setup, but even with admin, the add windows components can still be hidden, the following command gets around that.

Useful when trying to install IIS and Frontpage extensions for Visual Studio 2003.

sysocmgr /i:sysoc.inf

Frog catching a fly - amazing video

Sometimes, simplicity is best