Author Archives: The Elite Geek

I tend to at times predict where ‘things’ in general are going – it’s part of planning. Monitoring, matching strategies to progress and applying actions as necessary to reach desired goal posts. The goal posts for me in many aspects … Continue reading →

I was bored tonight – and after watching videos online titled “The Crash Course” by Chris Martenson, which detail much of the problems faced by the World, with a specific focus on the US, I came to an item I … Continue reading →

Currently, I’m employed with a company in a client assistance / support role. The objective of such is simple, look after customers with genuine issues, and get them resolved. I believe I do this well. I also believe I am … Continue reading →

I heard back from the company I had applied for a new job with, and was unfortunately, unsuccessful. They had advised it was a difficult decision, and choosing between 1 of 2 people, can be difficult where no one person … Continue reading →

I’ve discovered another job locally, that I think will be a bit more entertaining and interesting than my current role. There are key differences to consider however, without even thinking of the pay rates or hours. The current position: – … Continue reading →

Our driveway is a place for our car to be parked. Not so. The car below, is a clear example of the same idiot who has no idea of how to park. The first failure is to park within 50cm … Continue reading →

I think it’s something I can say is one of my qualities. I generally look at something, be it a task, be it a fridge, whatever the case, and find myself looking at whether this is the most efficient approach. … Continue reading →

As you can probably see, the last week, I haven’t been able to do much in the way of posting to my blog. This is related to a new job I have taken with a prominent Australian company. I’ve found … Continue reading →

I recently purchased something that is intangible, and the seller used PayPal as his payment method. It wasn’t anything overly expensive, but I get annoyed when someone is paid for something and they do not deliver. So, I lodged a … Continue reading →

Eftel, an Australian ISP plans to roll out VDSL2+ MSANs to select exchanges. VDSL2+ doesn’t really seem to have a place however for home users, because the performance from the internet isn’t likely to reach the speeds capable of VDSL2+ … Continue reading →

A Buzz Broadband CEO recently stated that WiMAX was a ‘disaster’ and it suffered from high latency, and other issues. He also made comment over the coverage of WiMAX, saying the coverage was non existent indoor at just 2kM. Airspan, … Continue reading →

Soul Telecom seems to be suffering some form of value decline, at least on the sharemarket, where in little less than a year, they have gone from being $1, to close to $0.25, losing 75% of the share value. They … Continue reading →

Telstra might find itself reducing prices for a change. The reasoning behind that is Telstra is forseeing a threat from LSS based competition, which allows others to provide ADSL2+ and VoIP services to consumers, effectively removing a good fair chunk … Continue reading →

At least, I tried to trick the new TomTom GPS Navigator we picked up today. I tried, and tried, took wrong turns and ignored every direction, waiting for it to at some point say … I quit. But, it was … Continue reading →

Should Telstra build FTTN, they insist on a return of 18% as a minimum. That’s a lot of money to be forcing from consumers struggling with mortgage rises, and other factors, more so in a market where the pressures are … Continue reading →

  That’s of course the male lion at Taronga Zoo, where we decided to visit today, and take a look around at the various animals on display. The Lion in the above picture is really cool! They keep them in … Continue reading →

The Buzz Broadband CEO has labelled their deployment of WiMAX in the Hervey Bay region a “miserable failure”. The CEO described problems which are generally common with wireless technologies in poor environments, such as packet loss, low speeds, poor signal, … Continue reading →

Just .. not as fast as trains in some cases. It’s amazing that I can move 1GB 100kM faster by rail then I could the internet. Heck, it’d be quicker to deliver 2GB 100kM away, using a car then it … Continue reading →

I’m getting a new design done for Downtime Web Hosting, I think the current site that I did, whilst was intended to be a simple layout, doesn’t have some of those qualities about it that ‘impress’ the viewer. So, I’m outsourcing … Continue reading →

As I mentioned yesterday’s post, I setup and have established Downtime Web Hosting, and it’s ready to accept customers. I started marketing it some point earlier, to see what sort of turnaround it’d have with visitor responses, and I have … Continue reading →

I’ve finished the setup of Downtime Web Hosting. It is a web host I have setup to offer stable hosting in a market where hosts can be unpredictable, and in other cases directly mislead and lie to consumers. Simply put, … Continue reading →