Category Archives: Tech
Can’t go outside mum, the neighbours look angry
Look mum, I know I promised to go outside today and do some planting… …but the neighbours look a bit angry. And I really don’t want them to blow up at me! Some funny screen captures from Minecraft. Click for … Continue reading
Pruning wiki users, is there an extension for that?
If you manage any wiki you know that spamers love them. They just drop by, register a new users, and add some link spam. Now, there is an extension for MediaWiki wikis to remove all the spam pages, Nuke. But … Continue reading
Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac 2.3.3 includes a time machine
Opening Word 2008 this evening I was prompted by Microsoft AutoUpdate to update itself to 2.3.3. But little did I know that the new update would include a time machine to download future updates. An update to AutoUpdate generally means … Continue reading
Minecraft login failed! Has my account been hacked? Try updating Minecraft
I have been trying Minecraft since last year and I just started getting login errors this week. You open Minecraft, enter your Username and Password, then get the Login failed window. Searching Google for this problem I came up with … Continue reading
Pay less, Talk more, but don’t try to use the Internet in Sydney CBD (with Vodafone)
Photo taken while standing outside Wynyard station trying to access the Internet on my iPhone and getting lots of nothing.
Out of TouchPad
Add around Sydney CBD are these signs advertising the wonders of a new device. Wouldn’t you just love one? Doesn’t it look great? Well, you are too late, and so are the ads. HP has already canned the TouchPad. And, … Continue reading
iTunes Wild Wild West in German? This is Australia not Austria!
Browsing the Australian iTunes store I came across Wild Wild West. But that Plot Summary is not in English. It appears that Apple has confused us with Austria (perhaps). Unfortunately my German isn’t good enough to read the summary or … Continue reading
Software Update asks me to install 2 copies of iTunes 10.4
Today, in its infinite wisdom, Software Update decided that I needed to install 2 copies of iTumes 10.4. Now, while I understand that Software Update must have been very excited about the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, I … Continue reading
VodafoneAU – Don’t URL me, I’ll URL you (vfau.me/dcg4n)
Received an SMS purportedly from Vodafone today. Upcoming correction to data charges from 08.07.11 may affect your service. Please head to: http://vfau.me/dcg4n for more information Following the link you end up at the page http://i.three.com.au/VFMarketing/2011Q2/DataUsageCommsGp1011 and a 404 error message. … Continue reading
100 contacts on LinkedIn, how 1337
Got my 100th contact on LinkedIn. Oh, how 1337. (For those not in the know, replace the numbers with letters and you get ‘Leet‘)
