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The US Masters

14 March 2009 by Mike250, No Comments (342 views)

This year the company I work for had an additional project at the US Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Our software was to be used on the Concessions side of the tournament; they have been using our software for 10 years prior on the Retail side. I was heading up the project alongside Matt [...]

Hey Experts Exchange!

16 August 2007 by Mike250, 4 Comments (280 views)

Hey Experts Exchange, I don’t use you. I may land on your site from time to time while researching stuff for work projects but I’ve never, ever considered paying for an answer I can find somewhere else for free. I don’t care if you started in San Luis Obispo California (where I lived for 5 [...]

I’m not sure it gets better than this

25 July 2007 by Mike250, 4 Comments (341 views)

I noticed that it looked absolutely sensational outside today so I took the opportunity to test the wireless range and established my office up in the backyard. There’s rainforest behind me, clear blue skies overhead and best of all – rich ocean view ahead of me. This is the middle of winter and my IM-Cool-o-Weather-Meter [...]

Optus is India?

20 June 2007 by Mike250, 5 Comments (1,331 views)

I’ve had to call Optus quite a lot lately. First to actually establish phone and DSL service. I liked their plans and pricing and the fact that bundling gives you triple the standard cap. The 7GB cap becomes 21GB when using their phone service. Or something like that. I have no bloody idea how much [...]

New Zealand Lamb

16 May 2007 by Mike250, No Comments (304 views)
New Zealand Lamb

Whoa. 20 minutes ago I had the most incredible New Zealand rack of lamb I have ever tasted. I was literally conquering every piece of it; meat, skin and fat. Talk to anyone who knows me well and you’ll know this is out of the ordinary. No fat and skin for me. But this was [...]