With the proposed merger between the Liberals and Nationals in Queensland I think they have made an error with their choice of name for the new party. Their proposed name is the New Liberals. Had they chosen to just join the names, Liberals and Nationals, they would have become the LAN Party. Think of all the computer gamers they could have gotten to vote for them with a name like that 
Howard vows to fight Qld merger plan (SMH, 29 July 2006)
When you turn a CDs into MP3s to upload to your iPod you are breaking the law. In Australia copyright law does not allow for media shift.
The SMH reports that the minister for communication is considering amendments to the copyright legislation that legalise this media/format shift. You will be allowed to turn your CDs into MP3s, and be allowed to record a TV show to watch at a later time (but only once).
The proposed changes do not legalise media shift of DVDs.
I’ve had a few ideas for things I thought would look good on T-shirts, both phrases and some cartoons. Not having the time to produce and market them myself I looked at the sites that offer a prefab online stores.
My first test shop is with CafePress.com. The back end for a store holder is good. There are a lots of products to choose from: mens and womens t-shirts, caps, mugs, kids clothes, and other assorted stuff. The free shop can only have one of each item, but you can have multiple stores hang off the same account.
The main detractor I see is that everything only comes in white. Ok, there there are also light pink, yellow and lime t-shirts. And the new Beta black t-shirts. But mostly it is all white. So I can’t use ideas that want another background color.
You can see my test shop at the link below:
-> Tengu Tech T-shirts <-
Camera sweeps threough a cave full with rubble. Centres on a metal cage and zooms in on two people inside. Covered in dust you only see two silhouettes. White cords run from their ears to small white boxes.
A voice over says “When next you get trapped in a cave remember to take your iPod”.
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Or at lease that is what an interesting article by a SMH journalist says. The article says higher prices will change our consumption habbits. And that state governments should be spending more on public transport, not more on express ways.
