Kids relegated to purgatory at Broadway

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Posted by Leefe on 6 February 2010 – 11:56 pm
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Kids relegated to purgatory at BroadwayIn their infinite wisdom Centre Management at Broadway Shopping Centre have moved the kids area to level 3, next to Priceline. The furthest they can get it away from the shops without leaving the centre?

This is the second time in a year they have move the kids playground.

Is the reason for moving, that stores have complained about the kids area being to close to them? I would think it would be good the surrounding stores. Parents are stuck there for a length of time, with nothing else to look at.

The kids playground was in a convenient location. Easy to visit when you need to let them burn off extra energy. Now you have to drag kids along a series of escalators or wait for space on the one lift that goes to level 3.

I suppose kids don’t make many purchases in the shopping centre. So why not just stick them where they are neither seen nor heard?

It’s more likely that just want the space to put in more shops. Like the reason they moved the customer service desk somewhere not obvious.

And he waits

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Posted by Leefe on 5 February 2010 – 11:54 pm
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Standing firm at the curb, he looks toward the oncoming cars.
His stance enhanced by the jacket and sunglasses.
Fate is coming and he is waiting to embrace it.

Or, maybe the bus us just running late.

And he waits

iiNet one, AFACT zero

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Posted by Leefe on 4 February 2010 – 11:31 pm
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This morning the twitterverse was abuzz with the news that iiNet had won the cast AFACT brought against them. It was found that ISPs are not responsible for what users use them for.

Nice to see you can’t punish ISPs for hearsay copyright infringement notices.

Now, can the same be applied to what users view? ie. why should ISPs be responsible for filtering Internet content?

A collection of interesting articles about the AFACT vs iiNet case.

Ferrari goes Anime

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Posted by Leefe on 30 January 2010 – 11:36 pm
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Ferrari 458 ItaliaI don’t normally write about cars here, so consider this post to be about Anime.

I recently cam across images Ferrari 458 Italia. And it looked to me like something out of Japanese Anime. Perhaps Ghost in the Shell. or Bubblegum Crisis ?

I like the smooth organic styling. It looks almost alive.

Out of order ATM

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Posted by Leefe on 28 January 2010 – 11:49 pm
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Out of order ATM

Sorry, this machine
is temporarily
out of service

Doesn’t it really annoy you finding an ATM that is not working?

First the banks charge you for using someone else’s ATM, then you find their ATM broken so you have no choice.

Not that I needed this one, I just though it was a good example of the problem.

Australian Internet Blackout v1.0 released

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Posted by Leefe on 25 January 2010 – 7:42 pm
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Australian Internet Blackout WordPress pluginJust updated my Australian Internet Blackout WordPress plugin to version 1.0.

Version 1.0 makes use of the wp_enqueue_script() function to load the Blackout JavaScript. This should stop the double loading of jQuery, and avert possible conflicts (that is the theory anyway).

You can find the new version here:

You can also get later versions of WordPress to install it themself. Just search for ‘blackout’ on the ‘Add New‘ plugins page.

Schools will be rated by Lleyton Hewitt

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Posted by Leefe on 24 January 2010 – 11:56 pm
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Schools to be rates by Lleyton HewittIn today’s Sun Herald Julia Gillard reviles that schools will now be rated by Lleyton Hewitt.

Upon hearing the news at his court in Melbourne Mr Hewitt raised his fist and screamed in joy. The familiar ‘Common’ could be heard a block away.

Teachers are expected to object to this appointment, but the government sees it as the best way to deal with all but the most belligerent opponent.

“Common! That comment was out.” a Department spokesman was heard declaring.

Australian Internet Blackout WordPress Plugin

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Posted by Leefe on 23 January 2010 – 11:51 pm
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I have been a bit lax recently about posting to my blog, and updating the Conroy’s Christmas present list. But my spare time has been taken up learning to write WordPress plugins.

For my first WordPress plugin I present the Australian Internet Blackout.

This plugin automatically adds the necessary JavaScript to you blog to display the protest message to people visiting your site. With the hope of bringing the government’s censorship plans to a larger audience.

The Easy way to install:

  1. Go to the ‘Plugins’ ‘Add new’ menu in your WordPress blog
  2. Search for ‘Australian Internet Blackout’
  3. Find the plugin in the list returned (it should be the first one) and click ‘Install’
  4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

The hard(er) way to install:

If you prefer to install things on you blog yourself you can.

  1. Download the Australian Internet Blackout plugin
  2. Unzip the plugin.
  3. Upload it to your blog’s plugins folder
  4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

For more information about the protest please visit:

Kraft’s sweettooth snacks on Cadbury

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Posted by Leefe on 20 January 2010 – 10:56 pm
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Cheap chocolate at WoolworthsCadbury, my favourite brand of chocolate, is being devoured by Kraft.

For a deal worth £11.5 billion ($20.28 billion), or 860 pence a share, most of the articles I have seen talk about the worry of having to make ‘making significant cost savings’, ie job losses. And while I sampathise with the people that may loose their jobs, I worry about the state of my favourite chocolate.

When Kraft takeover Cadbury wil they change the mix of the chocolate? Cadbury is an iconic brand of chocolate would you mess with the recipe?

No being a fan of Kraft cheese. And noticing the recent Vegemite iSnack 2.0 debarcle. I am a little worried.

Althought I see they also own Toblerone. So, maybe they can still make decent chocolate. I wil have to wait and see.

More worrying is the rumors mentioned of a counter offer by Hershey. If that maker of crap compount chocolate takes over Cadbury, I can really see the quality going down the tubes,

Toilet signs in other languages

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Posted by Leefe on 16 January 2010 – 11:03 pm
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Toilet information in VietnameseDo you see many signs in multiple languages and wonder of they all say the same thing?

Say this sign in a Vietnamese restaurant in Marrickville, and thought was interesting to find the Vietnamese of the message in English.

Vui lòng bỏ bằng vê sinh vào thùng rác.

Which Google Translate converts to “Please put tampons in the trash”.

So, it appears that some signs translate quite directly. But I wonder about some of the signs I’ve seen where one language has much more text than the others.