Author Archives: Leefe
OfficeOpenXMLConverter gone AWAL
404 error Ah, the joys of the new Word 2007 docx format. Had someone sent me a docx file today and needed to work out how to open it on a Mac. A quick search in Google found me the … Continue reading
Have you enrolled to vote yet?
We all know that the Australian federal election has been called for 24 November, but did you realise that the electoral role closes when the election is called? You need to enroll if you have never been enrolled, or if … Continue reading
Technorati: Last blog refernce 38 years ago
Have you looked at your Technorati profile recently? Just looking at it now I noticed that nobody has referenced my site for 13,796 days. That seems like a long time. A quick use of the calculator shows that that works … Continue reading
Under the Blue Moon photos on flickr
The Under the Blue Moon Goth/alternate subcultures festival was a couple of weeks ago. And I finally got round to uploading all my photos from the event. Click the thumb nails or see all of them here. I also noticed … Continue reading
Aussie shirts keep APEC leader Driza-Bone despite Sydney weather
The APEC leaders wore Driza-Bones as the Australian national dress (silly shirt day). Not something I would have liked to do the in heat of the week before APEC, but quite good when the weather turned sour. I hope they … Continue reading
365 Nights
Feel the darkness within. Embrace you inner vampire. Live a year of night. There is a group on flicker where you take a photo of yourself for 365 days. And a number of other groups in the same vein showing … Continue reading
This web site begs the question, Y
The new Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre* web site looks visually ok, and it has some general text about the Centre. But all the useful information is only contained in downloadable PDFs. Why? Aren’t web sites put up to convey information … Continue reading
Automaticaly updated, but not totally automated
It’s funny to see user error messages on computers that act as public notice boards. You would think that this process could have been automated. This photo was taken of one such notice board at UTS in building 2.
Cheap chocolate at Woolworths
At $2.49 for a 250g block that’s just under a cent per gram. Very cheap Cadbury chocolate.