Archive for December, 2007
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Monday, December 31st, 2007Mandatory censorship is bad. Strange day for an announcement: a day when the powers-that-be deliver our deserved bread and circuses.
Who decides what is good or bad? We each have our own definitions of good and bad. I saw the Coen brothers film a few days ago, No Country for Old Men: it was absolute shite. [...]
Books, DVDs
Monday, December 31st, 2007Les Carlyon, The Great War. Documenting Australian stories from individual soldiers to the indifferent commanders on the western front of World War I. Excellent 2.5 day read. Highly recommended for lovers of Australian Military History, and a good followup to Les' previous tome, Gallipoli. It also documents the interference of then journalists Charles Bean and [...]
Personal and Professional Resolutions for 2008
Monday, December 31st, 2007The home matters.
Weigh less again at the end of 2008. Improve on 2007 results.
Geeks Who Care matters. There is something in Cameron Reilly's initiative. If all this technology does wonderful stuff, and we geeks are the mavens: where are the so-called benefits? Politicans should care less about censorship and control, and more about what they [...]
Reviewing 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Goodbye, and good luck 2007.
Reviewing 2007, there were 4 resolutions/tasks to complete:
Take family back to Japan, this time getting out of Tokyo (geek out in Blade Runner 2007 not 2019)
Weigh less in December 2007 vs now (eat better)
Refind my geek roots
Write more interesting, technical articles on this blog (become less boring)
Point by point [...]
Think simple. Be social.
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Joe Wilcox, at Microsoft eWeek watching Microsoft with an eagle eye, has a strategic "Top 10 List for Microsoft in 2008"
It all boils down to a two-part mantra: Think simple. Be social.
I like it. And many of the other suggestions to. That is, as a mere worker bee in the hive.
Ah, and if Joe [...]
Xmas? Holidays? Presents? Bah! Humbug!
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007moar Bah! Humbug! moar I eated santy paws
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Bypass the Bureaucracy, Subvert the Hierarchy Comrades!
Friday, December 21st, 2007According to the ABC, semi-autonomous Federal Government agencies must clear their media releases with the Department of Prime Minister before releasing.
Stated Mark Paterson on ABC AM this morning, the secretary of the Department of Innovation, Industry Science and Research:
"The essence of the message was that the Government wanted to ensure a degree of consistency in [...]
Palm Treo 750, Windows Mobile 6, Telstra
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Finally, Windows Mobile 6 for Palm Treo 750 is downloadable and installable
Thanks, Kleefy for finding this one.
I do wonder why it took so long for the formal Telstra version to arrive.
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Cooling, cooling, cooling. I have become obsessed with airflow, fans, quietness and CPU temperatures. A cooler CPU and memory, and the faster you can make your PC.
The first major investment: Zallman CPU Fan replacement. The operation to install this into the CPU case took about an hour. Result: 5-7degC temperature drop in the CPU. The [...]
Stilgherrian Rattles Their Cages
Monday, December 17th, 2007It is difficult to believe any organisation lives in the mid 20th Century.
Yet, Stilgherrian has found one. Maybe it's his vet?
There will be a point where us Generation-X-ers start worrying about the future rather than the size of our LCD/Plasma screens. We'll look to our parents and apologise for our self-centred-ness (whilst underneath blaming the [...]
