Meta title: SCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban Jungle Meta description: Website needs meta description | This listing is not rated yet. Rate it! | Report it! SCHWOIT http://schwoit.com/ SCHWOIT is my blog about anything and everything and has evolved over the past 8 years. Current hot topics are Microsoft Windows Vista and the City Rail service. Category: Blog Directory » Regional » Australia And New Zealand » Sydney Hits: 2 Date added: 2007-02-22 11:14:00 Alexa traffic rank: 371,566 |
Latest blog posts from SCHWOIT
Drip Spikes Mark 2
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, this is an intrinsic... Read more...
Published 6 months ago
Another Tech Drama
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 the traditional stick and slot... Read more...
Published 6 months ago
BlackJack Zucchini Update
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 on 20th January and... Read more...
Published 6 months ago
Drip Spikes
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 spike... Read more...
Published 6 months ago
A New Host
Over the last week my former host has basically driven the majority of their clients away due to a whole service failure. My sites were, and some still are, affected. As a result my sites are on the move. SCHWOIT was the first restored and socko’s spot will be second. The directories will... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
Foxtel - Another Bunch Of Fools
During our move we cancelled Foxtel. At the time we were informed that a courier would be sent to our new address to collect the equipment. However, they failed to attend. A call back was placed and a new courier was to be sent. However, today I received a letter basically demanding the decoder... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
Dramas With My Web Host
Well many of you will have seen that my site was AWOL across the weekend. This was due to a major screw up at my web host that saw all its clients off line. As such I am now looking for a new web host. I apologise to all my regular readers and will be looking into this carefully over the next few... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
I Am Back Online … Finally
Well after a very frustrating week since the move I am back on line. Basically my ISP screwed the pooch and it took them a full week to resolve their screw up. The situation came about from me having a second ADSL account opened up for the new premises. Once I relocated on the Thursday I... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
My Entrecard Strategy
Given the recent discussions around the validity of the Entrecard traffic I thought I would share my thoughts on the matter, and going beyond that, the strategies I have employed to make Entrecard work for my humble little gardening site. Basically, I am seeing large numbers of traffic coming... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
Moving and Entrecard
Well we are into our third day moving and I am feeling it. My legs are slowly turning to jelly and I am sore all over. I still have another 2 days of this in mass move mode. Then probably a week running the small stuff down to the coast and cleaning this house. Internet connection is yet to... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
Change All Around
Well all of you will have seen my A Change Is As Good As A Holiday post around our moving from Sydney to Wollongong. Today that started in a big way with us taking possession of the keys. We have also dropped of a load of our belongings. After seeing the house first hand I must say I am very... Read more...
Published 7 months ago
Up All Night … The Strange Things You Consider
Well I have been up all night due to managing a work issue. I will be heading into the orrifice a little later to swap some hardware, however will be home and to bed very soon there after. As a result I doubt I will be blogging today, atleast not about anything too meaningful. Anway, in order... Read more...
Published 7 months ago