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Technology related things

Bookmarking in the iTunes store

Do you ever find things in the iTunes store and think “I don’t want that now, but might be interested later”? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bookmark feature in iTunes? Well its good to see that I am … Continue reading

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Conroy’s Christmas present, Internet censorship #nocleanfeed

Stephen Conroy has delivered his Christmas present early, ISP level Internet filter. Tuesday afternoon the government announced that was giving the green light to its controversial censorship plan. And Conroy stated that we can look forward to legislation being introduced … Continue reading

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Trending Topics Mash (20091116)

Have not done a Trending Topics Mash for a while. So her is one today I Have Never Used New Moon in Modern Warfare 2 on Dravid, Although #theresway2many #wherethehellyoubeen for #musicmonday Goodnight #TTMash (permalink, image)

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The weather will be mild, and blazing hot

If you are using a Mac, there is a nice Dashboard Widget that displays the next 7 days weather forecast in Australia, Weather Australia. Drawing its data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Much better than the widget that comes … Continue reading

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Restart your Mac for PowerPoint Help

On needing to install a new PowerPoint theme, downloaded from the web, I found these useful instructions in the help menu. Save the template to /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes. Restart your Mac. I suppose these instructions are written for all … Continue reading

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Encrypted laundry service

Worried about keeping your linen clean, and secure from interception? Are there bugs in your laundry? Can you bank on it coming back to you clean? Try the new SSL Spotless Linen service. And secure your bedding with the latest … Continue reading

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Why are zombies so popular…

Recently, it seems, zombies have been popular, both in fiction and non-fiction. And it is interesting to see where the two converge. I’ve just finished Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. A well paced book centred around a secret task force … Continue reading

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I’m a PC

A mild mannered PC sitting reading a book at one of the bus stops behind the Queen Victoria Building.

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SMH has coffee problems

This morning the Sydney Morning Herald site seems to have had a few problems. The homepage displaying pages of Java error messages in place of articles (in a nice bright red and yellow). At all seems to have been rectified … Continue reading

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