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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,"…
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Not really an appropriate advert Google
Search for kids' TV programme Yo Gabba Gabba (apparently there's live shows at Westfield), I got this, somewhat inappropriate ad. Whoops. Now I'm willing to concede that Muno looks like a giant gnobbl…
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Anyone work for the ATO?
It'd be a real shame if details of Gerry Harvey and Harvey Norman's tax arrangements leaked out. Terrible really. Apparently it's unAustralian to shop online because you avoid paying tax and [cough] l…
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Adobe's Omniture license agreements getting ridiculous
Some time ago I was invited to Adobe Omniture's Client Advisory Board to have some input into the next iteration of the Adobe's Omniture products. They sent me through an agreement to sign before I co…
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Dear Australian Retailers
Your recent campaign to get GST levied on all Internet transactions has some rather major logical flaws. 1. Your prices are much more than 10% higher than overseas prices. It's interesting that Angus…
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Alexis Petridis' perfect New Year's Eve playlist
Chime Orbital Useful because a) it's great b) has vaguely Big Ben-ish bells on it, but also because playing it marks the inexorable passing of time: watch ex-ravers of a certain age "have it large" be…