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Sunday, April 28, 2024

QLD State Masters

 QLD STATE MASTERS ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS


Phoebe came to watch which was lovely.







Our eight got third....

....

... There were only three boats in the race.  ha ha







Friday, April 26, 2024

Setting Up T490S

 I have bought a second hand T490S.
$500   I5 CPU and 16GB ram.  Windows 11Pro. Touch Screen. 
Before I bought it, I searched the web to see if there was a stylus and found a page that listed compatible stylus.  

Connect to WiFi

Lenovo Service Bridge
Download and install.

Lenovo show this as "Withdrawn"
Giving up on Pen / Stylus for now.

FREEWARE - NINITE.COM
Download and install
Firefox, Chrome, 7-Zip, Putty, Classic Start, WinSCP, Notepad++
VLC, K-Lite Codecs, Thunderbird, Foxit Reader,

CLASSIC SHELL
Select Style "Classic with two columns"
Click Restart

CHECK PREINSTALLED PROGRAMS
Start>Control Panel>Programs and Features

THUNDERBIRD
Set Up your existing email. 
Full Name = Frank Thomson.
gmail
IMAP
View>Toolbars>Menu Bar
View>Layout>Classic View
>Syncronisation & Storage>
Clear "Keep Messages in all folders..."
and select Inbox and drafts to download.
Calendar

Tools>Add-ons and Themes> Searched for Calendar
Selected "Google Calendar Tab"   Amazingly this just pulls up my google calendar.
Address Book
Tools>Add-ons and Themes> Searched for Tbsync
Click the icon on the top bar of the program
Account Settings>Account Actions>Google Peoples API
.... Eventually this wants another add-on. 
Google-4-TbSync

This is not working

COMPUTER NAME
Windows E.  Scroll down.  Right Click on "This PC"
Click Properties.
Click "Rename this PC"
Restart


MICROSOFT
Searched Microsoft Account in the search bar on the task bar.
Entered
At this prompt
Sign into this computer using your Microsoft account
Next time you sign into this computer, use your Microsoft account password,,,
We'll need your current windows password one last time.
BUT
The password you entered for your device is incorrect.  Please Try Again.

Onedrive
Signed into One Drive Personal

Office 365
Decide to use Edge for this.  Hoping that it all being Microsoft, it might just work a bit better.
Searched for office 365.  Suddenly Edge popped up a message that I am now signed into Microsoft Edge as Frank Thomson.
Searched for Microsoft Office 365 Download.

VPN
Zero Tier  zerotier.com
















Thursday, April 25, 2024

ANZAC dawn service 2024

Phoebe and I went into the city for the ANZAC square dawn service. 

2:40 wake up. 
3:00 leave Glenrich 
3:18 on train
3:50 standing on ANZAC square
         Man welcomes us.
4:20 catapult party starts

5:00 finished
5:20 we are walking up to look at the eternal flame
7:00 train home
7:30 Home

After the service we queued to see the eternal flame however the queue seemed stuck so we left that and went and looked at the museum under the stairs.  This is maintained by the QLD museum and they do a really great job.



ANZAC Biscuits

 

 

 

 

... Eileen Taste
Womens Weekly Just Aussie
Rolled Oats
1 cup
1 Cup
1 cup
1 Cup
Coconut 3/4 Cup
3/4 Cup
3/4 Cup
1 Cup
Flour
1 cup
1 1/4 Cups
1 cup
1 Cup
Bicarb 1 tsp
1/2 tsb
1/2 tsp
1 tsb
Sugar
1 cup white
1/2 Cup Castor
1 cup Brown
1 Cup Brown
Butter 1/2 cup... 150g 125g
125g
Golden Syrup
1 TableSpoon
2 Tablespoon
2 table spoon
1 Table spoon 
Water
2 TableSpoon
1 1/2 Tablespoon
2 table spoon
1 Table spoon
.
.
... ... ...    
Oven
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170C 180C
175C
.
.
12 minutes
12 minutes 15minutes  
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.
... ... ...    

 REFERENCES

https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/anzac-biscuits/cc4e2031-8b63-48e7-8eff-b2637f472180 

https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipe/baking/best-anzac-biscuits-recipe-28575/









 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Lasagne

The big question with Lasagne is making the white sauce.

I started with 100g butter and enough milk to get to within 40mm of the top of the saucepan.  It was too thin. I made a paste with another 30g butter and flour and a small amount of milk.

NEXT TIME
200g butter and fill the saucepan with milk to close to the top. Maybe 1 to 2 cm from the top.


Sunday, April 21, 2024

park run

SATURDAY 20 APRIL

Running late was the order of the day. No parks. Had to drive and park in a side street. Run walk run through the park and could see the runners leaving the starting gate. Crossed the start line. I could see the trail walkers a hundred meters or so ahead. Gee'd Phoebe up and we slowly closed on them.  Finally taking them just before the first turn. 

Saw cam guy and told Phoebe to smile and run. 

Passed the 500m marker and Phoebe asked if we were half way. I think I should have said "almost" because on hearing we were 1/10th the way, she slowed to a walk. 

Wasn't long before we were running again and a new problem came into view. At times her speed was high enough to be of concern to me.  I began to wonder if perhaps she and I should do different sports. 

One of the nice things about starting last is the self-righteous thoughts as you pass the walkers. 

A friendly call of Frank and we met several neighbours from my street. 

Onward and upward and an uneventful return journey. 
Rocks Riverside parkrun results for event #508. Your time was 00:44:34
About 4 minutes slower but really good for Phoebe's first run and a late start.