http://www.theatreperson.com Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:38:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well it seems that phone phishing is sadly alive and rampant in Australia. Yet another client reported they had been cold called by a company, name given as Global Computer Solutions, claiming their computer had errors. They mentioned that Microsoft had passed on information to them that this persons computer had errors on it along [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/07/phone-phishing-fraud-still-going-strong/ I’m stuck with a brand new HP Elitebook 2540p laptop after a client ordered it and then it got delayed then blah blah blah. It’s new in it’s factory sealed box. It’s a pretty beefy laptop with an i7 intel processor in it along with a mobile broadband card. HP model XP888PA. As tempting as [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/05/anyone-looking-for-a-new-12-laptop/ And so the roadtrip 2011 has ended. Here are some stats for you. 10,603 Km travelled 1,040 Litres of Fuel $1,669 spent on fuel 9.8 litres per 100km, average Most expensive fuel, $2.05 per litre (Balladonia WA ?) Average fuel price, $1.60 per litre Number of times tyres inflated and deflated, approximately a dozen. 497.7 [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/roadtrip-stats/ View Larger Map The final day in the roadtrip first took us east, back across the boarder to Mildura. Today was another 700 odd km day but we did make a few stops. We stopped in Mildura down at Lock 11 where we found it currently not active due to the river level being so [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/day-21-follow-the-smell-of-the-coffee/ View Larger Map Today was the second last day of this epic roadtrip and to be honest, it doesn’t really feel like I’ve been away for three weeks. Much of todays driving did seem to be going through grain country again although that turned into pasture and then fruit tree and vine. First detour today [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/day-20-trains-grain-and-jet-planes/ Unsurprisingly I’ve received a SPAM / SCAM email that at first glance looks like a domain registration renewal, but a closer inspection reveals “This letter is to inform you that it’s time to send in your search engine registration”. Have I missed something? When did you need to register for search engines? Anyway, this is [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/domain-registration-spam-scam/ View Larger Map View Larger Map View Larger Map The last three days have seen us cover over 2000km on our journey towards home. That’s the problem when you travel so far, you have to travel back. Day 18 was the longest by far at over 1000km. Day 17, we did a two and a [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/day-17-19-rock-eting-along-the-road/ View Larger Map Today really was a lazy day. We left the motel around midday and went down to Boulder to look at the monthly market day. Doing some research last night, we found out that many of the museums in Boulder are currently closed due to earthquake damage. Evidently there was an earthquake on [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/day-16-a-lazy-kalgoorlie-sunday/ View Larger Map Today’s journey was a relatively short trip to Kalgoorlie, however in our usual style, we found plenty of detours to make the journey take a little longer. We headed via another huge rock formation called The Humps and up the 170km road to Marvel Loch. This is basically a small mining town [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/day-15gold-country/ View Larger Map Day 14 took us down to the Perth coast. There was a sculpture thing on at Cottesloe beach all of March but we didn’t see more than what on the foreshore. The coffee in Cottesloe was horrible, as expected, and I’m now convinced the best coffee in Australian is in Melbourne (and [...]]]> http://www.theatreperson.com/2011/03/day-14-out-to-the-wave/