Archive for February, 2007

Whaling

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

In good news for every whale in the ocean the recent blaze on the Nisshin Maru has lead to Japan prematurely cancelling the annual Antarctic whale slaughter, oops research. The slaughter of one of the worlds truly amazing creatures is claimed to be required for scientific research. This is utter baloney, there are better ways […]

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How Rude

Monday, February 26th, 2007

I run a number of directory sites quite successfully and until now my only bugbear has been the sheer number of lazy submissions. Now I have complete rudeness pervading from the same mass submitters. For example, I have received two e-mails with the following text today:
We had received your mail some days ago, you told […]

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Elevators at Westfield Hurstville

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

I have lived in the Hurstville area for 18+ months now and have shopped at Hurstville Westfield many times. First of all for a major shopping centre I am shocked to find there are only 2 elevators in the main shopping centre elevator lobby. There is a third elevator within Myer but is […]

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Sony Ericsson PC Suite and Microsoft Windows Vista

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Users of Sony Ericsson PC Suite beware that there is no Microsoft Windows Vista version, at least not yet. The installer comes up and tells you that Windows 2000 or Windows XP is required and exits. I have asked Sony Ericsson if it will be made compatible.

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Windows Vista Security Model Lame

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

I have been asked quite a few times about what I think of Windows Vista. I must say it is not too shabby, although one of the most annoying “features” is the approach to security. The approach is comically highlighted in the attached advertisement for Macintosh here. The approach is counter productive, and for anyone […]

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