OzLady's Ramblings OzLady's Ramblings A blog by an Australian Lady who is passionate about logistics, the web, reading and hand drumming. An eclectic collection of technical how-tos, blog information, personal opinions, scattered with drumming posts and jokes, this blog is a walk through Articles
Remind Me - Often!
2007-11-10 14:31:00 I really have a bird brain when it comes to remembering almost anything. I have to say that the Remember The Milk to do list tool that I featured is working really, really well… and I’m starting to break my procrastination habit. There are some things that require reminding on a regular basis. Birthdays are obvious ... More About: Blog , Remind Me , Remi
Track Your Blog?s Carbon Emissions
2007-11-10 04:07:00 How green is your site? Work it out and post a widget on your page that lets you (a) track it, and (b) buy carbon credits to offset it! Get it at http://www.maxtility.com/co2stats/ Share This More About: Emissions , Blog , Carbon , Track , Carb
Why I Don?t Move Back to Sydney
2007-11-09 03:40:00 Sydney is Breaking My Heart… The key point highlighted above is Police recorded 4286 assaults in the whole council area of the City of Sydney in 2006 and almost half of them occurred either outdoors or in a public place. I am not poo-poo’ing the Sydney police… I’m just wondering why it needs to happen in the ... More About: Sydney , Back , Move
One of the Other Men in My Life - Stamford
2007-11-05 08:01:00 Share This More About: Life , My Life , Blog , Stamford
One of the Other Men in My Life - Buster
2007-11-05 08:01:00 Share This More About: Life , My Life , Blog , Buster
Read By Email - Daily Literature
2007-11-03 07:40:00 Back in August I posted about a site called Daily Lit where you can read a book via email in installments. Well today I received the last installment of Jane Austin’s Emma, and I must say I found it a nice way to read a book. I check email and the web via me mobile phone, ... More About: Literature , Email , Read
Need a document?
2007-10-31 10:40:00 Well sometimes I just need a form, or a letter format, or some other such template where I can base what I want to do on something that has already been done as (a) I’m 99% sure that something has been done before, and (b) I need to save some time. Fortunately, DocStoc understands this and ... More About: Document
My Bike
2007-10-31 06:52:00 A priest was about to finish his tour of duty, and was leaving his Mission in the jungle where he has spent yearsteaching the natives when he realizes that the one thing he never taught them was how to speak English. So he takes the chief for a walk in the forest. He points ... More About: Jokes , Bike
Getting Things Done (GTD): Remember the Milk
2007-10-30 09:07:00 I struggle with getting things done, and I struggle with to do lists - I find them overwhelming and not integrated with my life. I can’t carry around small bits of paper, or notepads… so I end up forgetting everything, including the milk. Some days I am lucky I remember my name, and today I ... More About: Milk , Getting Things Done , Things , Done
A Real Bad Outcome
2007-10-30 04:51:00 On my way home the other day… I rear-ended a car last evening on the Freeway, on my way home the other day. I tell you, I knew right then and there that there was going to be a REALLY bad outcome. The driver got out of the other car, and wouldn’t you know it - He was ... More About: Real
What a Relief!
2007-10-29 04:27:00 I got my phone back… super weird circumstances on how that happened. Anyone want to buy a Nokia N73? Share This More About: Relief
Lifeblog post
2007-10-28 04:53:00 Lifeblog post Originally uploaded by ozlady Sun 28/10/2007 11:47 28102007012 A test post from my phone. Hi everyone! Share This More About: Post , Lifeblog
Buster on the Bed
2007-10-28 04:32:00 Buster on the Bed Originally uploaded by ozlady. 11:35 PM Saturday, 27 October, 2007 This photo was posted from my new phone - a N73. You might think, “gee this girl goes through mobile phones,” and you might be right, to an extent. You see, I lost the one that I got for my birthday. The creepy thing ... More About: Blog , Buster
Why parents drink
2007-10-26 14:02:00 A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialled the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper. ‘ Hello ? ‘ ‘Is your daddy home?’ he asked. ‘ Yes ,’ whispered the small voice. ‘May I ... More About: Drink , Parents , Parent , Pare
Hot Potato
2007-10-26 07:28:00 [read with an Australian accent] Patrick, who was on holiday from Ireland on Bondi beach couldn’t seem to make it with any of the girls. So he asked the local lifeguard for some advice. Mate, it’s obvious,” says the lifeguard, “you’re wearing them old baggy swimming trunks that make ya look like an old geezer They’re years ... More About: Potato
Crocodile tears for crocodile shoes
2007-10-26 01:53:00 A blonde was on vacation and driving through Darwin . She desperately wanted to take home a pair of genuine crocodile shoes but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local vendors were asking. After becoming very frustrated with the “no haggle on prices” attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the blonde shouted, “Well ... More About: Shoes , Croc , Dile
Microsoft - Convert Word 2007 docx format
2007-10-25 06:54:00 Microsoft are at it again. If you have any version of Microsoft Office older than 2007, or use the free Office Software products (like OpenOffice), then you will be unable to open documents that are saved in the Office 2007 XML format. Fortunately, there is a converter that works effectively on Windows systems for Word Processing documents. ... More About: Microsoft , Convert , Format , Vert
The Haka: Origins
2007-10-25 06:03:00 Yawning Bread Sampler is usually a controversial read in Singapore, and this dive into the history of the famous Haka (refer to the All Blacks - Rugby), is not without its scandal in stating that rugby can be homoerotic. This, however, is not the point of my reference to this link, as I found it ... More About: Origin
Healing Time
2007-10-24 07:27:00 Grandma and grandpa were watching a religious healing program on TV. The evangelist called to all who wanted to be healed,to put one hand on the TV and the other on the body part they wanted healed. Grandma hobbled to the TV and put one hand on the TV and the other on her arthritic hip. Grandpa ... More About: Time , Healing , Heal
Please say a prayer?
2007-10-23 10:41:00 Dad’s in hospital - routine (is it just me or do they say that a lot), but that doesn’t stop me from being worried. He is supposed to be out by now, however the tyranny of distance is making me worry. If you have any spare prayers, please lend one to my father. I’ll make good on it ... More About: Prayer , Pray
Faves this Week
2007-10-21 15:26:00 I have not been as busy on this site as late as I have been (a) busy with life - lots to do, and (b) I have been working on getting a couple of other sites established. The two other sites that I author are completely unrelated, but I find them both quite satisfying. Discovering OpenOffice, where ... More About: Blog , Week , Faves , Aves
Righting writes!
2007-10-20 09:50:00 This is a link-fest of sorts, however I have been following David McMahon’s series through each edition, and it’s been interesting. Telling Write from Wrong has covered a number of topics from finding agents, writing styles and approaches, as well as a lot of feedback from those that are discovering suffering through the ...
Captcha the spammers!
2007-10-19 08:30:00 Tammy emailed me today with the following news: Hi! I usually find lots of interesting links on your website, but today I have one for you… http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html a freebie from Carnegie Mellon University… What a great tool… you get to prevent spamming on your website, and we help them to digitise books (where the OCR hasn’t recognised the word properly). Ciao ... More About: Captcha , Spammers
Rowan Atkinson: Tights and Plenty of Props
2007-10-17 15:59:00 This guy is hilarious! Enjoy! Share This More About: Videos , Rowan Atkinson , Rowan , Plenty , Tights
Drumming Up A Storm
2007-10-16 14:13:00 For those that are not aware, I do African hand drumming as a hobby. I play (or, rather, have been learning to play) the djembe… As well as the dununs (also called djun djuns). I haven’t been learning the dununs for as long as the djembe (or as consistently)… in a way I’m just picking them up ... More About: Blog , Storm , Drumming
World Blog Action Day
2007-10-14 18:50:00 Well it’s the 15th and the day has finally arrived where all those that have committed to blogging for world blog day are posting there items about the environment. I had a tough time deciding what to write about, as there is so much that needs to be done. I thought about writing about the lack of ... More About: World , Action , Blog
Organisation Tip: Bags With A Purpose
2007-10-13 18:10:00 Today I did some organising, as evidenced by my previous post, and one of the things that I worked out was that I had a number of re-usable fabric bags - the type that a lot of stores are encouraging you to buy and use to reduce the number of plastic bags being consumed around ... More About: Bags , Blog , Purpose , Organisation , Organ
Constant Supervision
2007-10-13 08:30:00 Today I am sorting through a bunch of my things - I haven’t had a weekend to myself in a looooong time, and decided that I was going to try and de-clutter my study. I was sorting out some of the receipts and bits of paper that inevitably accumulate in my bags, and our littlest cat ... More About: Blog , Supervision
Busy with Blogs
More articles from this author:2007-10-11 14:36:00 There hasn’t been much on my site lately, as I have been busy (a) in training all week, (b) catching up on work (c) working on content for another, old blog and (d) launching a new blog. Resting Nite - Raptures Alight is a photographic tribute blog I started at 3am some morning a couple of ... More About: Blogs , Blog , Gallery , Busy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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