Category: Miscellaneous

  • Pressure washer connector type for Ryobi Pressure washer RACPWS3

    I wanted to get a sewer jetter for my Ryobi 2030psi pressure washer, however finding the correct connector for the trigger was a challenge. I eventually found the correct adapter at https://mdcarcare.com.au/product/clean-force-workzone-ryobi-lavor-briggs-stratton-pressure-washer-g1-4-12-5-13mm-female-thread-brass/ which enabled a conversion to G1/4″ Quick Connect fitting type. Should you be looking for an adapter – the “LAVOR” type seems to…

  • Getting sma-bluetooth working with SMA SM5000TL-21

    Getting sma-bluetooth to connect to my inverter, and upload to pvoutput proved to not be an exactly trivial exercise. In brief overview the below are the steps I took to get it working. It does however, now work well for auto uploading of data. So after much fun and games, I finally managed to get…

  • Affleck Wines – (23 Apr – CD tour)

    [ Key ]: B = Purchased S = Smelled T = Tasted W = Wishlist for another day (most of the wines are want?s at some point but given limited budgets, the ones I really want to come back and grab a couple of).   Riesling 2013 [S+W]: ?Chalky shite flowers, Pear Apple combo on…

  • Frustration thy name is google

    Just having a whine about google changing the way they’re doing google apps for your domain. I’m sure that there are a lot of organisations out there for whom this is relevant, but really, would it have very nice to have been able to at the very least merge all my domain management accounts (eg…

  • Original Starcraft – Graphics Fix – Win7 64bit

    If you like me had a hankering to play the original StarCraft and ended up with odd colour (color – for those from the USA) artifacting the following reg file fixed my issues (a fully patched to 1.16 at time of writing) Just copy the following text into a new text document, rename it to…

  • Andalucian Lamb Stew with Saffron

    Ingredients: 1 teaspoon saffron threads 4 cloves 8-10 peppercorns 1/2 teaspooon ground cinnamon 4 cloves garlic 2 tablespoon flat leaved parsley 6 tablespoons olive oil 1.5kg lamb leg cut into 1.5″ cubes 1 green capsicum 1 yellow capsicum 2 onions 2 carrots 2 tomatoes 4 potatoes 200ml dry red wine Method: Place saffron, cloves, cinnamon,…

  • Customer Service Open Comments – July 2010

    It’s time for a customer service update – and I have two experiences to share this time, I’ll start with a positive. Beiersdorf: Recently I had my Nivea for men shaving cream can malfunction from new. I let them know and they listened to my feedback, treated my concerns with respect and sorted the situation…

  • Kindle 3 – WiFi

    Amazon have announced the kindle available in 6″ with WiFi and WiFi+3G models. Some of the key features of the Kindle 3 that may interest you is the higher contrast screen for that even more paper like visuals, even lighter and smaller than before, a new colour (graphite) which I personally find significantly more appealing.…

  • Finally some sense

    Hopefully patents on gene’s will not long be completely invalidated 😀 http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/decision-over-breast-cancer-tests-hammers-gene-patents.ars . Common sense from a US court, I’m sure that’s one of the signs of the apocalypse.

  • Excellent Lamb Roast

    This is how I like to cook my lamb roast. Night before – cover roast in garlic and leave resting in the fridge – this will give ample time for more than just the immediate outside to get some flavour into it. Day of cooking – add mint, rosemary or what ever other herbs you…