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<b>Melbourne local time and weather</b>
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<li>Time: 2023-11-02 03:48</li>
<li>Weather: 12.7°C at 2023-11-02 02:30 <a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/">BoM</a></li>
<li>Sunrise: 06:13, sunset: 19:55, daylight: 13:42</li>
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<h1>Ralph Hosking</h1>
<p> Melbourne-based after 10 years in Luxembourg then Perth. Software Developer at TIM Technologies, follows tech, sci-fi, breaking news and random humour. </p>
<p> I've worked in the software development industry since joining BS Microcomp in Melbourne. After ten months I was assigned to the Japanese project culminating in four weeks in Tokyo. Two years later the company was downsized and five of
us were transferred to Luxembourg for one year, I stayed ten. </p>
<p> Returning to Australia I lived in Perth, started a new company and later returned to Melbourne. Enjoying getting out most days for fun, drinks, meals, walks, movies and enjoying and experiencing Melbourne. </p>
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<li title="Only one person out of a million would find that funny">2023-10-13 - Today I installed MS-DOS 6.22 for the first time in a while. C:/DOS> C:/DOS/RUN> RUN/DOS/RUN</li>
<li>2023-09-28 - Well September has just about been used up, it's been a solid stretch of work since August, yay public holiday tomorrow.</li>
<li>2023-08-06 - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9603212/">Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning 1</a> - Continuous action, fun, stunts, good guys, bad guys, handcuffs, slapstick moment. Time flew, enjoyed it.</li>
<li>2023-08-05 - I picked up new glasses. While checking for fit wearing contacts and glasses I made the mistake of opening my eyes. Blurriest thing ever!</li>
<li>2023-07-29 - Great Chrome update - titles on inactive tabs are now black text on black background. Version 115.0.5790.110. Delete and reinstall.</li>
<li>2023-07-27 - Received a message and photos from a DR-one friend regarding her daughter's wedding. There's been a time jump in life somewhere I missed.</li>
<li>2023-07-16 - Repeating dreams overnight of having to hand code a resource file for an OS/2 application. And a dream about updating Saturday's fajitas.</li>
<li>2023-07-02 - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462764/">Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</a> - Call backs to the previous movies, it went a direction I didn't expect, no aliens though. Fun ride, time flew.</li>
<li>2023-05-25 - When I hold the fridge to my ear it sounds like the ocean; I'd better do some shopping.</li>
<li>2023-05-09 - Great dinner, drinks, chats and catchups with the Davids. Now, about that steel spike, what's the best way to extract yourself from it?</li>
<li title="So here's Margot Robbie in a bubble bath to explain it to you.">2023-03-25 - <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/">The Big Short</a> immediately reminded me of being on the trading room floor when the OS/2 version of
DR-one went live on 05 November 1990.</li>
<li>2023-03-24 - It seems the writers of Star Trek Picard season 3 have watched Star Trek before. Well done. And so many references that I missed. Thanks, guys!</li>
<li>2023-03-09 - I just realised that my 42-year-old pencil case was in my dreams a night or two ago. That can't be good; I need better dreams.</li>
<li>2023-03-04 - I've now lived cumulatively as long in Melbourne as I did in Luxembourg; 3,532 days</li>
<li>2023-01-27 - Huh, I just tried to use a hook on the kitchen wall above the stove; that has not existed since Luxembourg in 2001. That can't be good.</li>
<li title="Upside tables 108 & 109 not sticky, floor only slightly sticky today.">2022-01-22 - Tried formally favorite pub. Nearly empty yet poor service; left without drinking. Used to attend multiple days a week. Now 5 times since
August 2022.</li>
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Logo Home | Contact | DR‑one | Giorgio's | Home automation | Quotes | Random | Résumé | Tech | Travel | Webcam | WOPR Melbourne local time and weather * Time: 2023-11-02 03:48 * Weather: 12.7°C at 2023-11-02 02:30 BoM * Sunrise: 06:13, sunset: 19:55, daylight: 13:42 RALPH HOSKING Melbourne-based after 10 years in Luxembourg then Perth. Software Developer at TIM Technologies, follows tech, sci-fi, breaking news and random humour. I've worked in the software development industry since joining BS Microcomp in Melbourne. After ten months I was assigned to the Japanese project culminating in four weeks in Tokyo. Two years later the company was downsized and five of us were transferred to Luxembourg for one year, I stayed ten. Returning to Australia I lived in Perth, started a new company and later returned to Melbourne. Enjoying getting out most days for fun, drinks, meals, walks, movies and enjoying and experiencing Melbourne. HEADLINES * 2023-10-13 - Today I installed MS-DOS 6.22 for the first time in a while. C:/DOS> C:/DOS/RUN> RUN/DOS/RUN * 2023-09-28 - Well September has just about been used up, it's been a solid stretch of work since August, yay public holiday tomorrow. * 2023-08-06 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning 1 - Continuous action, fun, stunts, good guys, bad guys, handcuffs, slapstick moment. Time flew, enjoyed it. * 2023-08-05 - I picked up new glasses. While checking for fit wearing contacts and glasses I made the mistake of opening my eyes. Blurriest thing ever! * 2023-07-29 - Great Chrome update - titles on inactive tabs are now black text on black background. Version 115.0.5790.110. Delete and reinstall. * 2023-07-27 - Received a message and photos from a DR-one friend regarding her daughter's wedding. There's been a time jump in life somewhere I missed. * 2023-07-16 - Repeating dreams overnight of having to hand code a resource file for an OS/2 application. And a dream about updating Saturday's fajitas. * 2023-07-02 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Call backs to the previous movies, it went a direction I didn't expect, no aliens though. Fun ride, time flew. * 2023-05-25 - When I hold the fridge to my ear it sounds like the ocean; I'd better do some shopping. * 2023-05-09 - Great dinner, drinks, chats and catchups with the Davids. Now, about that steel spike, what's the best way to extract yourself from it? * 2023-03-25 - The Big Short immediately reminded me of being on the trading room floor when the OS/2 version of DR-one went live on 05 November 1990. * 2023-03-24 - It seems the writers of Star Trek Picard season 3 have watched Star Trek before. Well done. And so many references that I missed. Thanks, guys! * 2023-03-09 - I just realised that my 42-year-old pencil case was in my dreams a night or two ago. That can't be good; I need better dreams. * 2023-03-04 - I've now lived cumulatively as long in Melbourne as I did in Luxembourg; 3,532 days * 2023-01-27 - Huh, I just tried to use a hook on the kitchen wall above the stove; that has not existed since Luxembourg in 2001. That can't be good. * 2022-01-22 - Tried formally favorite pub. Nearly empty yet poor service; left without drinking. Used to attend multiple days a week. Now 5 times since August 2022. * earlier Arduino | Call accounting | HIMYM | Perth square | Perth waterfront Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter Copyright © Ralph Hosking 1997-2023