Archive for October, 2006

ET and His Friends

October 25, 2006

I am referring to my BOINC Powered Volunteered Computer Time
I have been running the computer for various projects and today After downloading another workunit for
Einstein@Home I’m considering just volunteering the time for maybe one or two projects.
My Current Contributions stand at
SETI@Home: 26,292.48
Einstein@Home: 12,308.18
BBC Climate Prediction: 11,405.00
Climateprediction.net: 8,734.00
I would consider continuing SETI@Home: and Climateprediction.net:

The Old Man of the Desert comes to the surface

October 4, 2006

The Title is a reference to the Sandworms of Arrakis.
Today I bought the first half of the sequel to Chapterhouse Dune.
Wow I finally get to complete the Dune Saga 40 years after Frank Herbert first wrote Dune and 20 years after Chapterhouse Dune
This collection has taken me currently 12 years to collect
Includes the 6 prequels [...]

2005 Sydney Swans … 2006 West Coast Eagles

October 2, 2006

Wow What a Wonderful AFL Grand Final.
Last Year Swans beat the Odds and Beat West Coast by Four Points.
On Saterday they played again with their pathway to the finals reversed Swans winning the Qualifying Final [against West Coast] in 2006 rather than losing it in 2005 [also against West Coast] and playing the full four [...]