Category Archives: Tech
Moved blog to new url…
Just moved my blog to a new domain, Leefe.RatesTheWorld.com.au. I think this will work better in the long run, but is a pain in the short run. All the things you have to do when moving sites. You have to … Continue reading
Where is your Australian Passport advice?
Looking up information about Australian passports the other day I noticed the following sponsored link. The URL listed looked wrong to me. Australia doesn’t allow domains straight on the ‘.au’, only as second level domains. There is no www.AustralianPassportAdvice.au. But … Continue reading
blockdelete.com is a scam!
I just got 3 messages from one of my MSN contacts, all URL that redirect to www.blockdelete.com. A site that wants your username and password so that “Our system will login with this information and learn who has blocked you“. … Continue reading
Automated Santa 0.1
/* * Automated santa * Version: 0.1 * * http://blog.tengutech.net/ * */ #include <seasons_greetings.h> #include <children.h> char[][] children; char[] child; children = populateChildren(); foreach (child in children) { merryChristmas(child); if (isBad(child)) noPresent(child); else if (isGood(child)) givePresent(child); else logException(child, “Christmas limbo”); … Continue reading
AvP R – Australia, the other English
Looking at the Aliens vs Predator: Requiem site tonight it was interesting to see that there are three types of English: North American, Outside North American, and Australian. So what is the difference? Should we feel privileged, or outcasts? Examining … Continue reading
Having trouble with your Google PR?
There have been a number of articles recently written about Google changing their Page Rank (PR) algorithm. And as a result everybody’s page rank has gone down. Well, you can’t have everybody’s Page Rank go down. I’m pretty sure that … Continue reading
Japanese anti-grope phone application
In Japan there is a problem of women being groped by on trains. As a way to combat this an anti-grope application was written for mobile phones games developer Takahashi. Released back in 2005, but only recently becoming popular, the … Continue reading
404 blogs not found or blogs are not scholarly
Trying to look up stuff on Google for uni I found an internal link with a 404 page. If you are in Google Scholar , have searched for something and then go to the more page you will find that … Continue reading
Google takes over US Immigration
After spending billions of dollars on measures to catch terrorists, without any results, it is decided the public sector is not up to the job. “The marvels of modern technology,” said the woman, shrugging at a nearby sign: Immigration-Powered by … Continue reading
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