I’ve been very pleased with the sign-name that the Deaf community has given me, and had no issue seeing the irony when lightning struck my house last weekend.

For those who don’t know my sign-name, you can check it out here: http://www.auslan.org.au/dictionary/words/storm-1.html

So.. The house got struck by lightning.

Unfortunately, the damage list is quite severe.

All lights and power-points have now been restored.

Laptop – Charger fried (thank heavens it wasn’t the laptop!).

NAS – Fried.

Media center (a Mac mini) – Fried.

Router – Fried.

Wifi – Fried.

HD Set Top Box – Fried.

My sister dropped by today with a ladder so that we could replace the broken light globe above the stairs.

Timmmb Supplied me with a replacement router and wifi access point (THANKYOU!)

Kyle loaned me a charger for my laptop.

Sitting here the last few days, I’ve come to realise that what I do with my life, is sit in front of the TV (which survived), and I watch movies or TV series.

Without a media center and a NAS, I am unbelievably bored. If you know anyone who has a Mac mini (core 2 duo or better) for sale, please let me know.