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Who are Doctors for the Family? Let's crowdsource it!
Last Sunday, Mother's Day no less, an organisation calling itself Doctors for the Family had their submission to the Senate Committee on Marriage Equality published with all kinds of unsubstantiated c…
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I'm a convert to recruitment screen questions
I'm currently recruiting for a position in my team and the company uses one of those hideous Web 1.0 HR systems. One of its features is to set screening questions that you can use to rule out candidat…
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Driving for data nerds
For our shiny new car, I bought a device that allows you to read data from the car's internal data bus over Bluetooth to my phone. $21 from Hong Kong. You plug the thing in and pair it with your phone…
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Do English Premier League wages translate into points?
Click through to view in Tableau Public Click through to see in Tableau PublicRandom thing inspired by this discussion on Quora which references this blog post which has a table showing wages vs Leagu…
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Why you don't put any old random JavaScript on your site
Ouch. I presume this was from malware JavaScript, but it could be their server was pwned. Bad guys these days make no visible change for ordinary visitors, but for crawlers and then when they get into…
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On the anatomy of thrift
This beautiful series of instructional web videos teaches how to butcher pigs in a relaxed and fun hipster style. These guys would undoubtedly ride fixies and use Macs. Or at least their customers wou…
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Nice work Google
For the record, those devices are: Acer Iconia A500 Android tablet Samsung Galaxy SII HTC Desire Logitech Revue (Google TV) You'd think they could make it work on at last one of them if they're gonna…
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Holiday beard begone
As mentioned, I start my new job at Vodafone tomorrow. To make the morning a bit easier, I shaved off my holiday beard tonight. Here's the before/after shots.
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Great holiday
We just arrived home from a fantastic holiday in Culburra just North of Jervis Bay. We had Aaron great time, in spite of the weather. Tomorrow I start my new job at Vodafone. Quite looking forward to…
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Best Engrish ever
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My new bike: Breezer Villager
via flyingfurniture.com.au I bought a new bike on Saturday. I've wanted something with a hub dynamo for a long time, and finally found one in my price range and in a style I like. It's a gorgeous piec…
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Chinese New Year MeatUp
Amazing tasting menu at Bar H in Surry Hills. The pork buns were amazing and apparently on the regular menu.
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My next Linux install will be Debian
But, god the delight of hunkering down in the Debian commune again. I love how relentless and unsullied they are, even by Ubuntu. via oblomovka.com Danny O'Brien on moving from Mac to Debian. I'll als…
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Easter? Seriously?
It's 4th January.
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Australia’s total land value to GDP
via thedepression.org.au Rather scary graph showing how overvalued Australian property is.
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VADER, COME ON, MAN. IT’S 1999. GOTH IS SO PLAYED OUT....
VADER, COME ON, MAN. IT’S 1999. GOTH IS SO PLAYED OUT. IT’S ALL ABOUT RAVES NOW. YOU WANT TO GO TO A CLUB AND LISTEN TO HORRIBLE GLOOMY DANCE MUSIC, WHICH IS AN OXYMORON BY THE WAY, THEN STAND AROUND…
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Ruby Rumble: photos
Ruby Rumble was born at 15:14 yesterday on 2nd November 2011. At arrival she weighed 2625g and was 45cm long. She arrived all in a rush in the end, popping out so fast the midwife had to quite literal…
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The lie at the heart of the gambling "debate"
via smh.com.au Cathy Wilcox hits the nail on the head. Any societal good that clubs bring by spending some of the money they make from problem gambling is more than outweighed by the societal damage o…
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The joke that writes itself
Marrickville, where the coppers are the best in the business... (via FionaKatsauskas)
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All set for the new addition
Time for a bit of an update I suppose. Our second child, a girl, is officially due towards the end of Nov ember. Holly's been in and out of hospital the last few weeks with high blood pressure, much l…