SCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglSCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglFocussed coverage on gardening, particularly fruit and vegetables, in an urban environment by a novice, but committed, gardening family. With an impending move we are working within the constraints of pots and tubs for mobility. Plant choice and tech Articles
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-29
2009-03-29 09:22:00 Working in the city. # Home … time for tea. # @lightening me too in reply to lightening # @facibus love those calculations in reply to facibus # Hopes there will be no more FaceBook quiz invites for a few days! # @leesargent fair enough too in reply to leesargent # Really looking forward to getting my Track Kinetic Pearl drilled ... More About: Updates , Twitter , Weekly
Track Kinetic Pearl ? a ball choice verified
2009-03-24 14:28:00 Well finally I have the Track Kinetic Pearl drilled and in action. I decided on this ball as I needed a Pearl to combat the inconsistent reaction I was witnessing from my antiquated Track Black Gold Stomp on the typical house shot at Shellharbour Ten Pin Bowl. I received the Track Kinetic Pearl ... More About: Choice , Ball
The Triangle Is Complete
2009-03-24 01:30:00 I am now happy to report that the Face Book Twitter WordPress triangle is complete. It appears that the Twitter Updater is now functioning. This issue was rather peculiar in that for anyone with a FaceBook ID over a certain value the application simply did not function. This has been corrected ... More About: Gardening , Complete
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-22
2009-03-22 08:22:00 Wow I have Twitter friends hehe # 2.5 hour train ride then working for 8 hours then a 2.5 hour return train ride # @leesargent What a great show, may rewatch it soon, got about 5 series of X-F1les to go first! in reply to leesargent # @lightening After the ShittyRail day I had I wished I missed ... More About: Updates , Weekly
Twitter Tools Tuning
2009-03-20 14:24:00 After looking at the blog after a week of Twitter Tools running I have decided to stop the daily publishing. My blog looks like a random mind dump from Twitter, rather than anything to be proud of. This will only be exacerbated when the Twitter Updater (FaceBook application) is repaired. As such I ... More About: Social Networking , Web Sites , Tuning
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-21
2009-03-20 14:00:00 Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep # Getting ready for another round of chucking the plastic at wooden pegs. Surely I can do something half decent tonight! # @warcom if they are then they are back to front in my opinion in reply to warcom # @mbogle Good article dood and oh so true. People need to understand that wherever they say stuff ... More About: Updates , Twitter
The New Balls Have Arrived
2009-03-19 14:38:00 Previously I wrote about the impending arrival of the Track Kinetic Pearl to replace my antiquated Track Black Gold Stomp. What I did not discuss at the time was the both socko and my Mum were also expecting new equipment. Part of the reason is that Mum’s birthday was Wednesday and the ball ... More About: Balls , Bowling
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-20
2009-03-19 14:00:00 Well the new ball has arrived! Along with Bobbies and my mums new balls! Now just to drill some holes and hit the lanes. # @mummifiedx5 it is different thats for sure in reply to mummifiedx5 # Recovering from the effects of an overdose of rich food. # Powered by Twitter Tools. More About: Updates
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-19
2009-03-18 14:00:00 Another less than acceptable bowling performance, about 100 pins off the pace … ugghhh. Time for X-Files and sleep. # Well after another less than impressive bowling performance I think I may watch some X-Files before sleep. # Did my eyes deceive me or did Twitter update from a FaceBook status update? # @leesargent The Green Lantern ... More About: Updates
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-19
2009-03-18 14:00:00 Another less than acceptable bowling performance, about 100 pins off the pace … ugghhh. Time for X-Files and sleep. # Well after another less than impressive bowling performance I think I may watch some X-Files before sleep. # Did my eyes deceive me or did Twitter update from a FaceBook status update? # @leesargent The Green Lantern ... More About: Updates
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-18
2009-03-17 14:00:00 WordPress to Twitter integration fixxored. Now if only the Twitter Updater FaceBook application would work I would have a nice triangle!!!! # @leesargent growing my own atm. Just watching the melons mature … what man doesn’t enjoy some mature melons. in reply to leesargent # @leesargent Why would they change to that it looks crappy ... More About: Updates
Twitter, FaceBook and WordPress ? Why is it so hard to set up a triangle!
2009-03-16 15:56:00 WordPress to Twitter and FaceBook , this seems like a perfectly good and straight forward idea to broaden my net for capturing readership. Can it be done? More About: Wordpress , Social Networking , Word
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-17
2009-03-16 14:00:00 When I am oncall i sure hope the phone does not ring! # I broke the Twitter integration with the blog oopsies # Powered by Twitter Tools. More About: Updates
Twitter Updates for 2009-03-15
2009-03-15 02:00:00 Joining twitter # Testing out the integration with WordPress via Twitter Tools. # Washing day # Powered by Twitter Tools. More About: Updates
Blog Maintenance Day
2009-03-14 11:18:00 Twitter, FaceBook, WordPress More About: Blog , Web Sites , Maintenance
Semi-Retirement
2009-03-13 07:50:00 Well it has been a long time since I wrote about bowling, and even longer since I wrote about upgrading my equipment. So here is the latest. I am about to put my trusty Black Gold Stomp by Track into semi-retirement. That is, it will become my alternative strike ball. Whilst the Black ... More About: Retirement , Semi
Merry Christmas Everybody!
2008-12-23 08:29:00 Sorry everyone but NBC have claimed copyright over the clip originally posted. As such I have replaced it with this alternative clip. Same song and artist. More About: Christmas , Gardening , Merry Christmas , Merry
Up to W
2008-12-16 23:28:00 Continuing on a theme with the music reorganisation I though I would share some of the great work of “Weird Al” Yankovic. As many of you know “Weird Al” is the predominate song parodist of our time. Here is a great tune called the Bedrock Anthem which is to the tune of the ...
Up to W
2008-12-16 23:28:00 Continuing on a theme with the music reorganisation I though I would share some of the great work of “Weird Al” Yankovic. As many of you know “Weird Al” is the predominate song parodist of our time. Here is a great tune called the Bedrock Anthem which is to the tune of the ...
A Blast From The Past
2008-12-12 08:56:00 Well I have once again been bereft of ideas for a post. I have though been performing the rather mundane task of reorganising my music folder. Whilst doing this I rediscovered this gem and thought it would be a good idea to share it with you. The gem is Ratcats’ Don’t Go Now. ... More About: General , Blast from the Past , Past , Blast
A Blast From The Past
2008-12-12 08:56:00 Well I have once again been bereft of ideas for a post. I have though been performing the rather mundane task of reorganising my music folder. Whilst doing this I rediscovered this gem and thought it would be a good idea to share it with you. The gem is Ratcats’ Don’t Go Now. ... More About: General , Blast from the Past , Past , Blast
An Update At Last
2008-10-27 16:14:00 Well it has been an eternity since i felt like blogging or indeed that interested in the Web in general. Yes, my bi-annual dose of internet apathy has struck. This morning I find myself, again, unable to sleep and surfing the web looking at nothing in particular. So I decided I should ... More About: Gardening , Update
An Update At Last
2008-10-27 16:14:00 Well it has been an eternity since i felt like blogging or indeed that interested in the Web in general. Yes, my bi-annual dose of internet apathy has struck. This morning I find myself, again, unable to sleep and surfing the web looking at nothing in particular. So I decided I should ... More About: Gardening , Update
Drip Spikes Mark 2
2008-02-22 00:29:00 Well I have mixed feelings about the drip spikes now. Seems they get clogged very easily with the normal grit in the pots and this prevents the water from being applied to the plants. I am going to persist with them as I feel that when they work they work well. However, ... More About: Rich , Mark , Drip
Drip Spikes Mark 2
2008-02-22 00:29:00 Well I have mixed feelings about the drip spikes now. Seems they get clogged very easily with the normal grit in the pots and this prevents the water from being applied to the plants. I am going to persist with them as I feel that when they work they work well. However, ... More About: Rich , Mark , Drip
Another Tech Drama
2008-02-21 03:32:00 Well just as I got the ISP and hosting sorted my Mac decided to throw a spanner my way. The MagSafe power connector has carked it. For those of you not aware of a MagSafe connector it is a great idea with magnets used to hold the power cable in place, instead of ... More About: Windows , Power , Apple , Drama
Another Tech Drama
2008-02-21 03:32:00 Well just as I got the ISP and hosting sorted my Mac decided to throw a spanner my way. The MagSafe power connector has carked it. For those of you not aware of a MagSafe connector it is a great idea with magnets used to hold the power cable in place, instead of ... More About: Windows , Power , Apple , Drama
BlackJack Zucchini Update
2008-02-18 22:42:00 Well I thought it is time to give you all an update on how the latest BlackJack Zucchini ’s are progressing. As many of you would recall this plant is my nemesis and I at one stage swore not to grow any more. Needless to say I buckled and bought some hardy looking seedlings ... More About: Gardening , Update , Blackjack , Herb
BlackJack Zucchini Update
2008-02-18 22:42:00 Well I thought it is time to give you all an update on how the latest BlackJack Zucchini ’s are progressing. As many of you would recall this plant is my nemesis and I at one stage swore not to grow any more. Needless to say I buckled and bought some hardy looking seedlings ... More About: Gardening , Update , Blackjack , Herb
Drip Spikes
More articles from this author:2008-02-15 10:29:00 Well before the move I was given about 12 drip spikes to trial in the garden. As luck would have it it then rained for a week, and then I had all the technology failures below to deal with. Anyway yesterday I finally deployed the spikes using some of the collected rain water. The ... More About: Gardening , Drip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |



