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… stop listening now! I was nearly violent towards the TV tonight as John Howard weasled his way around Kerry O’Brien’s questions on the 7:30 Report. He is finished. They’ve had their chance and they are finished … and now it sounds like they’re manipulating Telstra’s broadband campaign to their own crafty political ends – …
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In what must have been a Eureka moment – a company called MRT have hit upon the perfect way of preventing what they call music piracy. Stopping people listening music altogether!! Brilliant!! If it wasn’t so pathetic, it would be funny, but folks, it’s true (article on Macworld). They are suing Microsoft, Adobe, Real and …
As a postscript to our asian holiday, we’ve been replacing just about every credit/debit card we own (don’t even ask!). So, every couple of days a new envelope arrives from one bank or another. Each new card is accompanied by a new PIN. For security reasons (and just plain common sense!), banks don’t send these …
The news is making me sad. Rockets launched, bombs dropped. So called leaders standing up in front of cameras spouting pointless rhetoric. There is no easy answer. I’m not going to venture into who is right or wrong, because when it comes down to killing and injuring children, smashing people’s peaceful lives apart, destroying beautiful …
The Ford GTHO was the ultimate car of it’s time… big, fast and powerful. However, if it appeared on the showroom floor today, it would be a flop. Sure, there’d still be a hard core of enthusiasts who would find it attractive, but lack of comfort, lack of standard equipment and an astronomical fuel bill …
We’ve (well, my work has) recently been issued a takedown notice by Pantone, insisting that we remove a page of hex codes labelled with numbers that correspond to the Pantone Matching System. The page was very well patronised, even though it wasn’t very accurate and did not claim any ‘official’ status. Not wanting a fuss, …
I have enjoyed watching the world cup. It was great that Australia participated and didn’t make fools of themselves (well, apart from Harry). Guus has cemented himself as an honorary life member of the gallery of Australian ‘heroes’. It’s been fun. But then I woke up this morning to make the tea and turned on …