The move to adopt RFID tagged passports needs to be very careful to ensure it carries out testing at an appropriate level to prevent hackers attacking the reader systems. See this article ->
RFID passports vulnerable to sabotage
Sunday, August 12. 2007
Another Olympus camera
Well I succumbed and bought an Olympus mU770 digital camera with 2G XD card at the duty free shop at Melbourne airport. Now I won't worry so much about whether the camera gets a dunking when I'm sailing - although it won't float so till needs some care. It will take me a little while to get my head around its menus but it looks good so far. I was very tempted to get an Olympus digital SLR and an adapter for all my OM lenses but the waterproofness won out in the end.
Tuesday, August 7. 2007
CISM exam
I got an email while I was away to let me know that I passed my CISM exam. The three guys I worked with at Optimation also passed their CISM (well 2 CISM and one CISA). Well done Dale, Sean & Chris.
Chocolate Rush
Well we got back from Oz yesterday having been in Bendigo, Victoria for the inaugural Bendigo Chocolate Rush Festival.
We arrived by train from Melbourne a couple of days before it started to deliver Jo's chocs for the competition and spent a day and a half checking out Bendigo and the touristy things within walking distance of the town centre. Some beautiful old buildings and churches, the art gallery, Chinese Museum, garden and temple, plus the tram ride.
Jo spent all Saturday at a couple of classes while I attended some of the free chocolate demonstrations and sampled some of the wares on display. I also fitted in a trip down the Central Deborah Gold mine. No longer working but its a great tourist site. I did the 1 hour trip underground - down to 61 meters below the surface (2nd level) where we were shown around a 350 metre loop of tunnel - demos of the drilling etc.
We stayed at the Belmont on High Bed & Breakfast for the three nights we were there. I recommend it to anyone looking for a comfortable place to stay in Bendigo, with friendly hosts (Stephen and Judith) and fantastic breakfast that set us up for most of the day.
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We arrived by train from Melbourne a couple of days before it started to deliver Jo's chocs for the competition and spent a day and a half checking out Bendigo and the touristy things within walking distance of the town centre. Some beautiful old buildings and churches, the art gallery, Chinese Museum, garden and temple, plus the tram ride.
Jo spent all Saturday at a couple of classes while I attended some of the free chocolate demonstrations and sampled some of the wares on display. I also fitted in a trip down the Central Deborah Gold mine. No longer working but its a great tourist site. I did the 1 hour trip underground - down to 61 meters below the surface (2nd level) where we were shown around a 350 metre loop of tunnel - demos of the drilling etc.
We stayed at the Belmont on High Bed & Breakfast for the three nights we were there. I recommend it to anyone looking for a comfortable place to stay in Bendigo, with friendly hosts (Stephen and Judith) and fantastic breakfast that set us up for most of the day.
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