The Old Tin Shed

Hey all, I know recently I have been sounding more militant than usual.  I think because I feel like the system isn't working even for me.  I have had a gut full of my school, I am so over it I am contemplating withdrawing for good on Monday.  I have such a sour taste in the mouth from last semester and although I have tried to convince myself its not that bad.  It actually is. To top this off, I have been working with a customer towards a couple of solutions for them that they might be able to take, to be told point blank I was too expensive last week.  Yet I know that I am a good $6k a year cheaper than what they had. So I feel nothing wants to go my way that I am going to be forever stuck on this ride.  I have had some thoughts about the business and the backup and going to see if I cant re-start the advertising and use web with some local based stuff to give a better kick off but I am unsure of if I can even afford to do that right now. Im at a cr...

Hi all; You probably all noticed my absence yes it happened again, I vanished into the great interwebs.  No but really, I have been busy getting things done.  We were going away today to the southern states, but a few things have changed and we wont be going.  Both my partner and I have trips to Brisbane in the next two months for school and that realistically will be the end of any journey we wanted to take for pleasure. But I have been busy installing the 40th birthday present as each group of parts arrived, had a couple of hiccups, I blew one amp to kingdom come, it was nearly on fire by the time I cut the power.  This afternoon I finally got everything hooked up and running, have front and rear running even if it is a little unbalanced.  The head unit has an issue with left RCA output, ie there is none, so working with the supplier to work out a solution. To be honest with you all I am proud of this achievement, its tidy and done properly, all wires ar...

Hi all sorry about the lateness of this blog post and my slackness in posting but to be honest I needed a break.  Not just from the blog but from my life in general.  It was all becoming to hard again and I was worried I would fall into the abyss and never come out. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is not to fight, to just throw your hands in the air and say I have had enough.  I have said many times on this blog I am a fighter, and I am but even my strength my ability has its limits.  I watched a video recently (boy interrupted) about a young boy, who was not right from a very young age, he spent every day fighting to be "normal". He took his own life and no one will ever know the exact reasons.  His mother summized that he had come to the conclusion that it was always going to be like this and that he couldn't cope with that. Evan what an amazing child who left us too soon. In a way its how I can feel at times.  Its hard to get up eve...