The Country Geek

Last November Bellistik and I moved out to the country. We wanted to be free. Free from the slave chains of society. Everytime we camped out in the country we noticed our stress was completely gone and we are a hell of a lot more relaxed, so we said, lets just go. We've been out in the country for almost 4 months now. But what does it mean as a geek to be out in the country, beside the lack of stress?

Well I'll start this on a positive note. I have a Skywatcher Dobson 720p teliscope.

Being out in the country there is very minimal light pollution. This makes it a lot easier to see the stars and I don't just mean with the teliscope. With the naked eye you can see SO many more stars its amazing.

I didn't take these photos but its just like it. Through the teliscope I have also seen the rings of Saturn, Jupiter & 4 moons, and of course the moon up close.

But living in the Country isn't all peaches. Lets look at internet. The only internet I can get out here is ADSL 1. It's not slow but it is touchy. Playing Black Ops I can get 110 ping to Sydney. But when its having a bad day, which is more often then you would expect my ping fluctuates for 200 to 999. Its total unplayable. Downloads sometimes can take 30 min for 800Mb. Other times its faster. But don't try to do multiple things at once. I have found the best way to get a good ping in Black Ops is to disable wifi on ALL other devices. The NBN is coming to the rural areas, which I was getting excited for. Until I learned that our NBN is city ADSL2+ speeds.
So is the internet bad? No it's not. Is it annoying? OMFG YES!!!

There are other small things like, driving 35 minutes to go shopping, to find Country Target is a joke. But all in all, I love living out here and I will never move back. The town I am in is a real community based town. Everyone gets along really well and it quiet. No burn outs, no street fights, no drunken street wanderers.

Well thats about it folks.

Stay Geeky,

SighFye