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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's deep-fried delights recipes
Forget the health police for once and tuck into Hugh's yummy churros. Hot chocolate essential... Photograph: Colin Campbell for the Guardian via guardian.co.uk Phwoar! Hugh looks at the joys of deep f…
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Busy weekend
We had a very busy weekend. Saturday Linn, Sean, Cam and I put up plasterboard in the shoffice (shed/office). Lots of hard graft all day and much much appreciation for my helpers who slogged long and…
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Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
via fuckyeahdementia.com Well it made me laugh anyway...
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Just reporting the news at The Australian
Follow up question (from The Australian journalist): "So you'd like people to pay more for petrol and diesel, Senator?" Christine: "My view is it would be fantastic to have really good public transpor…
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Nice day at the water park
We spent today catching up with Julie and Finn who are in town from San Fran, along with Rachel, Matt, Maz and Jameson. Loads of fun.
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Serious barbecue
The Serious Eats Barbecue Style Guide Posted by James Boo, February 24, 2011 at 4:15 PM via seriouseats.com This slideshow of amazing barbecue is very inspiring. I'd love to do a road trip through the…
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Lovely beach afternoon
Afternoon catching up with Nick, Linda & Lucas near Coogee.
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How Netflix is Destroying Blockbuster
via slashfilm.com Then check out the jobs they're advertising. They have a whole "Data Science and Engineering" group. http://www.netflix.com/Jobs?id=7622
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Needs more wub wub wub
via toothpastefordinner.com
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Tips for running online training
I've been running weekly training sessions for a few months now. Our aim is to get people up to speed in the web analytics tool we use (Omniture SiteCatalyst) and enable our colleagues to find the dat…
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Strong superstitions remain
Christian missions and the government have tried to end the belief in sorcery, but strong superstitions remain. via smh.com.au Erm...
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Shed progress, and networking disaster
Insulation Over the weekend I started insulating the shed. It's tough work because every joist width on the shed is different, seemingly for no good reason. That means every batt has to be cut. I boug…
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Yay for babysitters 2
Two gigs in one week! At Opera House for Blonde Redhead. Support were ghastly. Enjoying the view before main act. To be honest, the gig was a bit disappointing. I shouldn't be too surprised given the…
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Yay for babysitters
We got to have an adult night out thanks to Grandma. Dinner at Spice Temple then Holy Fuck at Sydney Festival's Becks Festival Bar. Spice Temple was fantastic. The only baseball bat in the arsenal see…
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You wouldn't be politicizing the floods would you Tony?
As Julia Gillard warned tough budget choices lay ahead, the Opposition Leader said the $36 billion network was an “expensive luxury that Australia cannot afford”. “The one thing you don't do is re-do…
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Wanted: Tightly compressed, sunny music for my cycle commute
I love listening to music and I love cycling into work. Not having a death wish, I don't ride along with headphones, oblivious to my surroundings. So I've rigged up a set of stereo Bluetooth speakers…
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Dude: Legacy
via fuckyeahdementia.com A sequel I'd love to see!
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Rolling news is a scourge
Rolling news has always pissed me off. When nothing big is happening and you just want a summary of the day's stories, they're running some long-form programming that's not news. When something big is…
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Things Real People Don't Say About Advertising
via tpdsaa.tumblr.com Brilliant!
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Beauty in the noise
"When I pulled up that first chart, we saw 'the knife,' we said, that's certainly algorithmic and that is weird. We continued to refine our software, honing the algorithms we use to find this stuff,"…