Australian born, also a Swiss citizen, worked and lived in Asia for many years, now living and working in Switzerland with a small engineering consultant.
Radio amateur, like classical music, jazz, theatre, art, history.
Devoted open source nut, used Linux since 1999 and active when time permits in developing documentation for OpenOffice.
Working as a civil engineer/project manager but also doing quite a bit of IT management.
Thu 5 Jan, 2006 05:35 am - I had a quick look at the location of these two houses. Queenstown is a sleep old mining town on the far west coast. The area is relatively run down these days and explains in part the low price.... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 04:19 pm - [quote="timberlandko"][quote="butibum"]Thanks Francis - I think I remember writing the sentence you quoted - but where! I am curious now.......
regards
Martin[/quote]... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 03:54 pm - [quote="Francis"][quote="butibum"]A huge vote of thanks to all you guys who are so knowledgable and generous with your time, and make me feel like I am stuck on day one of... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 03:51 pm - Hi Sleidia
Tasmania is quite different to the rest of Australia. I grew up in Hobart, then worked on the NW coast for a few years. The pace of life is relatively slow and relaxed. One interesting... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 02:59 pm - Hi all, new member "butibum" from Switzerland. To save anybody asking, butibum is the name of a river in PNG where I once worked on a road and bridge upgrading project. The name sort of... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 02:53 pm - Here in Switzerland it depends a bit on your exact location.
You can say that in my Canton, land for USD 600 - 1000 per square metre is above the average for CH. In the lowest cost Cantons the... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 01:37 pm - [quote="timberlandko"]Howdy, butibum, and welcome to A2K - glad you found the place, and hope you find it worth your while to stick around. Sounds to me like what you've got going... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 01:29 pm - Re: Open Office
[quote="Tomkitten"]I'm chicken. I think I'll stick with Word. I don't really need the complexities of matching up current documents with a new program.... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 11:48 am - Have you also had a look at
http://www.steves-digicams.com/cameras_dig5.html
and
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/
I read a lot of these reviews before I bought my W12 (black W1) early in... (view)
Wed 4 Jan, 2006 11:39 am - Any change in an office suite away from MSO will inevitably lead to some compatibility problems. The degree of seriousness depends on your documents - the amount of detailed formatting - and who... (view)
