Back to 8002

Posted on by Ian C.

After a 7 hour trip door to door, Margaret and I and Chloe(!) arrived safely at 8002 last night. Chloe meowed during the drive to the airport, once we were on the plane she was quiet – though no doubt quite scared! A half hour incoming plane delay meant that we didn’t reach 8002 till after 1am, and Chloe then spent quite a while alternately exploring the new house, or hiding under beds etc!

The house is still Christmas-decorated from when Joanne and Earle were here a couple weeks ago. In the days ahead, I’ll start setting up the fourth bedroom as a second office, I’ve got some equipment here already!

SONY DSC
SONY DSC
SONY DSC
SONY DSC

The experiment begins!

Remembering Keith

Posted on by Ian C.

My Uncle Keith passed away Christmas night, after struggling with his health this year, and spending months in hospital. This is Keith a few years ago, when he was still well (on the right):

Uncle Keith

Keith never had use of his legs but lived a full and largely unhindered life in his wheelchair or crutches; he was a huge part of our family life growing up, as my Mum had to work many jobs to make ends meet bringing up four children alone, and Keith was a regular babysitter for us.
Our summer holidays also were spent with my Mums family including Keith, and there are many memories from those days, including the famous “wheel fell off” incident during a south coast summer.

Keith also introduced me to electronics, encouraging me to learn more and being involved in the first microcomputer kit I ever built – so I think he had a great responsibility for the life I have today!

Thank you for everything, Keith …