** This experience is
best Displayed in Wide Screen so for
FULL SCREEN and MAXIMUM Enjoyment **
Press Function Key 11 (on the top row of your keyboard) NOW
Be sure to press Function Key 11 again so you can RESTORE
your viewing to a normal screen
Just CLICK here to go
to the
and if you get lost
anywhere just click on the home symbol
My Web Page an your first step
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Now take the jump into
the cyber world of
Lee Reginald Blume
An
interesting picture for you to ponder for just a moment,
and here a thought
for you to consider.
We all know a
famous Vulcan once said Live long and Prosper
but be
surprised to find this gesture has an Earthly origin.
Do a search on the
Internet for Kohen
Here
are just some of my favorite links
Map Raider - This is an excellent place to find Unreal
(and other) maps
Quake 3 World - I have haunted here for a little while
Planet Quake –I have not been around here in a while
The Half Life 2 (The Steam) Forums - Classic Half Life 2 and
Team Fortress
The Game Arena Forums - (The Bigpond) Forums
Planet Unreal - Yes again I have not been around here in
a while
The
Australian Bureau of Meteorology – Here is a weather map of my local area
Here is another weather web site with some detail
If you
wish to contact me, a quest for you awaits. Check out some of their member
sections for my email and contact details.
On the World Wide Web or "in
game" you can recognise me by the name
Whiskey 7
or by this icon
Strangely
you may find me sometimes on an alien world in a first person shooter game,
usually
in any of the Quake, Unreal or Half Life worlds.
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I am currently
enjoying Unreal 3 on my new computer built January 2008 * |
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In December 2009 a minor upgrade for
the new Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Operating System in which I added another 4 GB of RAM and an
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I must say the
SAMSUNG 245B LCD monitor coupled to the ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512M is
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System
Specifications & Configuration |
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Intel
S775 Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core CPU |
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Gigabyte
P35C-DS3R Motherboard |
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8GB
Geil 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit |
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1 x OCZ 60G
Vertex Series SSD for Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit 6 |
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3x
320GB Western Digital YS 7200rpm 16M SATA HDDs in RAID 5 Configuration |
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1 x
320GB Western Digital YS 7200rpm 16M SATA HDD for data and backups |
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1 x
1TB Seagate External HDD for backups & 500Gb External HDD
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ASUS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 512M PCIe Video Card |
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24"
Samsung 245B LCD Monitor |
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Antec
P182 Performance One Case |
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Antec
Neo Power 650 Watt ATX Power Supply Ver 2.2 EPS 12V |
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Microsoft USB Keyboard
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Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
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Black
Pioneer DVD Multi Rewriter SATA 18 Dual layer |
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Logitech Speakers and Headset |
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* Time
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Why not escape
the real world?
Would you like
to find it is easy to travel to other worlds?
Just imagine for
a moment in time, picture yourself here on a distant planet and yet view
another pyramid.
To assist in your travel plans here is a link to The Astronomy Picture of the Day
Also there is the NASA Picture of the Day available on this
page that leads to a feast of other great space stuff.
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Now just a little Windows and site navigation
hint to aid your experience.
When clicking on links (normally underlined text where your
normal mouse pointer changes to a hand symbol).
You can right mouse click then open a new window/tab
or use your browser back arrow to return here.
This is a cool one to remember. If you have a scroll
mouse simply click the scroll wheel (button 3) and open link in a new tab.
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Are you into
stamps? Are you philatelically primed?
Are you really
philatelically inclined?
Try this link Stamp Album Design
I am confident that you will be
impressed.
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Who can forget the famous
For historical interest , Babylon 5 was built in
the Euphrates sector, a small region of neutral space, in orbit around the
planet Epsilon 3.
Babylon 5 went online in 2256, and in 2257 became
fully operational. It was incredibly some five miles long and weighing 2.5
million tonnes.
The Station continued operations for 20 years
longer than planned and was decommissioned and finally destroyed in 2281.
A sad day indeed.
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Now who can forget the famous and classic quote from
G'Kar, just below for you to ponder as we travel?
“Take my advice and go back to the time you came from.
The future isn't what it used to be”
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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Something else of interest as you pass by this world
Just click the links for a history lesson
Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society
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You may have guessed I am into science fiction, but I
do enjoy the classic movies too.
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Something
from
Lawrence
of Arabia
perhaps?
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The pictures
below have sound files embedded.
Just
press on them to enjoy, but if you need to get out please press
the escape button
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“We are Borg"
STAR TREK
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“Open
the pod bay doors please HAL"
2001 -
A Space Odyssey
HAL in
responding to Dave outside the ship
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“Do you want to play a game?"
WAR
GAMES
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" Sound Effects”
FORBIDDEN
PLANET
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" We want two large glasses of
lemonade"
Lawrence
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There is a quote from a movie that when I hear it
I feel rather strange. I not know why but here are those words.
“Cirrus,
Socrates, Particle, Decibel, Hurricane, Dolphin, Tulip"
Do you know where this passage is from?
The phase is from the movie AI -
Artificial Intelligence and they are the code words spoken by
the mother to make
David fall permanently in love (programmed bonding) about 22 minutes into the movie.
Sadly I cannot locate the correct sound file for your
enjoyment.
Trust me, if you do get a chance watch the movie and
appreciate that maternal moment.
I recorded and inserted my own voice here
but it does not do the poetry
justice.
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Some
other sound files for your entertainment while passing.
Who
can forget Robert Duvall in
the movie Apocalypse Now saying
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning "
Or
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, the drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket barking
From
Forrest Gump of course Run, Forrest,
run! Run, Forrest !"
and
finally Quaid saying in Total Recall "Get your ass to Mars !"
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Just a moon shot for you to gaze upon
and a picture of the Saturn Five rocket that got man there. Did they actually go to the moon, or
was it all a hoax as some would have you believe? You do remember the Apollo space
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Do you find
people born after the moon landing are a little different to those born before?
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Here
are two items of interest.
The
first plaque has left our Solar System on each of the 2 Pioneer Space probes
launched in the 1970’s,
the
second is on the surface of the Moon, actually attached to the
LEM leg.
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Do you
think or believe there is anything in pyramids?
Do they
hide any secret codes? Do they contain any message?
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Now you
might think I had something for pyramids or black and white photographs,
but no, just some
pictures to put up on the site for a little while.
I found this
animated Beatles gif while searching the internet one day and thought it was
worth inclusion here.
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FIRST AID Simply remember First Aid by DRABC and
save a life perhaps that of a loved one DANGER ~ Assess the situation and ensure safety of yourself
the casualty and others RESPONSE ~ Check the casualty for a response: SHAKE AND SHOUT AIRWAY ~ Turn* the
casualty on side and clear airway * TAKE CAUTION IF YOU ENCOUNTER or SUSPECT A SPINAL
INJURY BREATHING ~ Open mouth tilt head back extend jaw listen for
breathing If not the person is not breathing:
commence mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at a rate of 5 breaths in 10 seconds CIRCULATION ~ Check for pulse at neck or wrist If no pulse: commence cardiac
massage at a rate of 15 compressions each 10 seconds
Continue with 2 breaths to 30 compressions. Rate of compressions is 100 per
minute or almost 2 per second ONCE RECOVERED PLACE ON LEFT SIDE AND
CALL AMBULANCE AND NEVER GIVE UP
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My Motor cars
over the years
The
Mercedes Benz A160 had served me well.
Near 8 years old and with 66,000 kilometres on the odometer, it was again time
to update.
Still wanting the safest vehicle in the class, the Mercedes A class model was
again selected.
With the desire for more power while maintaining that luxury feel an A200
Elegance
was discovered in the yard of Brisbane Mercedes Benz.
Click the Mercedes
Benz icon below for their website
Here are some pictures of the new car. It is still a fine
vehicle by all my measures.
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2007 A200 Elegance
Now to a couple of my previous motor vehicles
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2002 A160 Elegance
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Ford Festiva
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The Ford Festiva was purchased new in
1994.
Then near 10 years old (2004) with 113,000 kilometres on the
odometer, it was time to update/upgrade and
wanting the safest vehicle in the
class, the Mercedes A class model was chosen. This a fine vehicle by all my measures.
(Click on the thumbnails to enlarge and then your back arrow
to return)
A History of Motor Vehicle Ownership
The below pictures represent the make, model and year the vehicle
was purchased and
are not personal pictures so the colours may not be correct.
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Honda
SCAMP 1973
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Honda
CIVIC 1974
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Toyota
CELICA 1982
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Toyota
CELICA 1982
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Toyota
SUPRA 1990
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So what does this tell you about the owner?
Fastidious, finicky or fussy come to mind,
but then perhaps perfectionist, picky or purist?
Mercedes-Benz Brisbane Brisbane Mercedes-Benz
It will be time to depart and leave here
soon, but before you venture away to a far away land, there is a little more to
consider.
Please take a moment in time, appreciate
what a small world it is that we exist on in the blackness of the universe.
Please be considerate to the
environment. I am not a greenie by any yardstick, but our future depends on
your present.
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Just some quick radio
snippets
QZA 854 is my original Citizens Band Radio Call sign in Australia
VK4VGJ is still my current Licensed Amateur Radio Call Sign
(While not actively
involved at the moment I may return)
Links to Morse
Code and Phonetic
Alphabet
And a rather
interesting Morse Code translator to play with is located here.
Give it a go.
.... . .-.. .-.. --- / --- ..- - / - .... . .-. .
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Importantly the Licence Callsign isVHQ07
and it is in the Brisbane Metropolitan area
Click this link and check it out
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Surfing the Internet recently, I came across a selection of Search Engines,
a list of Search Engines if you prefer the term.
I checked the links, deleted the dead
and added some you may find some interesting.
QUICK
LAUNCH AREA
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OK time to go.
But wait, stop and
think about life for just a moment
and because you did here is your unique visitor number
Be sure
to call back soon and see this site develop
Just a graphic to show who visits and from where
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CYBER SPACE FOR RENT
Don't laugh this could cost a fortune one day!!!
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Another thought to consider as you leave this site.
The accurate recording of history is important as some
say; there is no future without a past?
If you don't commit to paper the memory may fail and then where
would we be?
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This website was originally
designed and composed on the 1st of October 2001 and finally uploaded on the
22nd of July 2003.
Revision history of major changes
27 January 2005, 14 August 2005, 3 October 2005, 20
December 2007, 6 February 2008, 10 May 2008 , 16 August 2008,
22 November 2008, 1 January 2009, 21 July 2009, and
Hit Count Progress
1,000 hits - February 2005
2000 hits - October 2005 4000 hits - March
2007 5000 hits - December
2007 6000 hits - April 2008
7000 hits - August 2008
8000 hits - November 2008 9000 hits - December 2008 10,000 hits – February 2009 11,000 hits - May 2009 12,000 hits - July 2009 12,000 hits - July 2009 13,000 hits - September 2009
15,000 hits - March 2010 16,000 hits - June 2010 17,000 hits - August 2010 18,000 hits - January 2011 19,000 hits - April 2011
22,000 hits - January 2012
Note: In September 2009 my Internet Service Provider
ceased to provide free hosting to my horrid surprise.
It took a couple of months but have found a new
home here
Thank you ventraip.com.au for the hosting and service
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And try this link to Time Travel and view
my past pages or any others with the Way Back Machine
Finally a special
thank you and cheers to all those sites I have visited in my quest.
Live Long and Prosper
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Some famous and or thought provoking
lines for you
“Life is not about waiting for the
storms to pass... It’s about learning how to dance in the rain”
“Chaos breeds opportunity”
“angels had guitars even before they had wings”
“give me ambiguity or give me something else”
“on the darkest of nights the brightest stars still shine"
”In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act - George Orwell”ersal deceit, tellin
"I think quotes are very dangerous things - Kate Bush"uotes a
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everythin is a miracle - Albert Einstein"
"Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one - Vladimir Nabokov "
”The real act of discovery is not finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes - Marcel Proust”ersal
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Room for expansion here so make a
return visit soon.
Finally and for some, a brief news
item, perhaps of some interest, but then again it is a short note that
one day this small step may lead you
to somewhere quite unique in the world, but again I am and will be endeavoring
to add to the site and I am forever and still testing.
Thanks for a wonderful life on Earth.
17 July, 2010
