In Karratha (23/12/2005):
At Pinnaroo Vallery Memorial Park (27/12/2005):
All of these are birds that I haven’t seen before.
Saw my first Striated Pardalotes (Pardalotus striatus) in Wagin over the weekend (two adults and one young). Very hard to photograph though…
Also saw an Echidna on the road (Albany Highway) on the journey home.
I have finally had the chance to rebuild the PowerBook 190cs (thanks to a stash of 5300 parts from David). As such the 190cs has the external monitor adapter (with cable) and the IR circuitry (that don’t come with a 190cs). It was rebuilt to serve as a Newton development machine (although I really need to add ethernet to it). I am installing the Newton connection software and some other goodies as I type this.
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) sighted just down the road from home on a power line.
On the last flight to Karratha I realised that I had flown in a few different Qantas/QantasLink planes. A quick check of the Qantas website jogged my memory so here is the list:
“Propellerheads” is the label given (affectionately?) to the group of control systems engineers that I am a part of here in Dampier. The blame part alludes to the fact that when things go wrong and there is no obvious cause fingers get pointed in our direction.
All in good humour though.
The PowerBook 165c I picked up off eBay (see previous post) has an internal modem (probably 14.4). So the plan is to rip it out and fit it to my functional PowerBook 160 (the 165c has a very busted screen). If anyone knows whether this is possible please email me.
I also have a PowerBook 190cs with a very dodgy case. I have a replacement case from a PowerBook 5300 which I will transplant (along with the external video card and anything else that will fit).
Now all I need is a few days off to tinker 🙂
Cost: $10 for the 5 Macs, $5 for the ethernet card
Room left in study now: almost nil
Here is a brief list:
Update: Corella sighted is most likely the Little Corella.