Category Archives: Web sites

Web sites that I thought were eithor good, quite bad, or contained something funny.

Stuck in a web game

Having just finished all my Uni assignments I have a lot more free time now, and a need to de-stress. So what do I do that doesn’t require too much brain power and is not important? Someone pointed me in … Continue reading

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T&C are paramount to science fiction

There is a competition for the new Transformers movie on the Australian SciFi channel’s web site. Unfortunately there are some quality control issues with the competition entry form. What you need to tick The form asks for your details, requires … Continue reading

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Going round the corners

Do you like boxes on your web sites that are square or with rounded corners? They look smoother with rounded corners don’t they? More like buttons. Well CSS3 is adding a rounded corners property, but it is still not yet … Continue reading

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Look what came out of the box, and ate Pandora

Reading a post Death By Lawyer: 10 Cool Sites We Miss and was interested to find Pandora listed there. Had been using Pandora for a while. Nice project that creates virtual radio stations based on your tastes in music. But … Continue reading

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Do not call this web site

The Australian government site put up to host the “Do not call” list, to allow Australians to opt out of being called by market research and most of the other people that call you*, has been so overwhelmed by people … Continue reading

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Things not to do in an rpg…

I was recently reading a blog post of things not to do in a roleplaying game, Things Mr. Welch can no longer do in an RPG 501-950 (2006-11-28 21:36:00). There are some items that are quite funny. My favourite being: … Continue reading

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Continuing the superhero theme…

You Are Cyclops Dedicated and responsible, you will always remain loyal to your cause.You are a commanding leader – after all, you can kill someone just by looking at them.Power: force beams from your eyes Which of the X-Men Are … Continue reading

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A shower rose by any other name

Had the head fall off my shower today. How useful do you think the internet would be for finding the cost of a replacement? Not very. I tried looking up prices on Hardware retailers web sites. No prices, not even … Continue reading

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web sites as graphs

Do you ever wonder what a computer thinks of your web site? How does it perceive the relationship between tags? Probably not the sort of thing you do every day. I found a Java Applet online that creates coloured graphs … Continue reading

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Incase or In Case ?

I have seen a number of people write incase when they really mean in case. What’s the difference? Incase refers to being enclosed within. Like “Incase that penguin in ice”. Also spelt encase. Where as in case refers to doing … Continue reading

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