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Finally, in-ear headphones that don't suck!
I just bought a pair of these Sennheiser in-ear headphones. They're one of these deep ear canal designs, with various sizes of soft rubber insert. Instead of sitting in the outer ear, they go right in…
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Well that's it for work
Today was my last real work day. Tomorrow is my last official day but we're having our end-of-project day, which means going to the National Gallery then boozy lunch and more drinks. Nice that work ar…
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Quick and easy fish
Holly has recently discovered she likes smoked mackerel. I've been eating it for years because it has many advantages: cheap, not endangered, tasty and being an oily fish it's got lots of the good stu…
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Finally, a union with a clue!
So all the council workers are out on strike today. Their union, Unison, has put excellent information about why they're striking on their web site. Compare and contrast with the fatcat train drivers…
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Death and Taxes
This is a fantastic visualisation of US government spending. Would be great for comparison purposes to do something similar for other governments.
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New music
Bought some CDs recently. Remember them? Maybe ask your grandparents what those were. The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done is by a band we caught after going tothe Barfly in Camden to see Melbourne…
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Can we have store-and-forward SMS please?
So I'm on the tube this morning and realise I need to tell Holly something. I send her atext message on my phone. Now this is pretty damn advanced phone, you'd think it could handle that. There is, of…
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Very odd dream
I don't normally remember my dreams but this morning I had a very vivid one, which seemed like something out of a sci-fi movie. It was all about an evil Russian scientist who drugged me and implanted…
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Ahhh election season
There's one good thing about election season: I get to tell Tories quite how much they disgust me in the comfort of my own doorstep. And they have to be polite! Hours of entertainment. This is more fu…
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Tim Flannery tonight!
Last night I went to the launch of Ryan Heath's book Please Just Fuck Off, It's Our Turn Now (Holding Baby Boomers to Account) at Australia House. Quite a fun evening, and the debate was quite enterta…
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Translation tools
This interweb thing is great! I've been translating a bunch of strings in our software at work from English into French. We used a translation company for most of it, but these are the little bits tha…
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Not a good start to the day
We had a rather abrupt start to the day this morning: the ceiling in our kitchen collapsed! There's now a 2m diameter hole in our ceiling. A few months ago upstairs had a leaky bath. The ceiling start…
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Shittybank does it again
Last Friday I had a rather unfortunate experience with my bank card. It stopped working, with conflicting messages from different points: ATMs said "your bank is unable to process your transaction" wh…
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Phone for travel
In case you don't know, Holly and I are heading off travelling around Europe in April. We're planning to be on the road up to eight months, so I've been doing some research into communications on the…
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Whatever happened to the self-cooling can?
As a kid growing up in rural Australia, I used to religiously watch a programme called Towards 2000 (inexplicably renamed Beyond 2000 in 1981) which showed cool technology we could look forward to see…
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Slow cooked chicken
Yesterday we had Scott and Katie around for late lunch. I cooked up some chicken I had in the freezer. This was an old bird I'd bought for coq au vin, organic but old so it had used those muscles. Chu…
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Lost my phone
Well about forty minutes after my last moblog post, I lost my phone on a gondola. Doh! Hopefully insurance will cover it. Until I get a replacement, you'll have to contact me through other methods.
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I never thought I'd say this...
But I now have no reason to complain about the Australian Tax Office. I just completed (yes, very late) my UK tax return for 2004/2005. ARGH!!!! I think the Marquis de Sade couldn't design a more conv…
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Flat pack bowls, plates and cups
Wow, these flat pack bowls, plates and cups look great. I think I want them.
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It's a boom, not a bubble!
Wired are doing their cheerleading again. This time, we're assured, it's a boom and not a bubble. Of course, last time Wired told us we were in for 25 years of prosperity, freedom and a better environ…