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- Mateba Model 6 Unica (26 Sep, 2005)
- Remember that sweet gun Togusa uses in Ghost in the Shell? — Finally found a use for your damn Mateba, huh?
- DVD Shopping List (7 Oct, 2005)
- Note to self - I need to buy all the following reduced price DVD's next week:
Lain - Perfect Collection (4 Disc Box Set)
Lost In Translation
Perfect Blue
Sky Captain and the World of …
- What's a Liger? (20 Oct, 2005)
- It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.
I thought a liger was an imaginary animal of Napoleon Dynamite. And for that reason this was …
- Blowfly Brewtopia (9 Nov, 2005)
- Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! This is so kewl I can barely contain my excitement. Brewtopia is an Open Source beer company that sells their premium beer via a web site. But that's not what has …
- Easy Fraud (12 Nov, 2005)
- I'm pretty sure my assumptions here are correct, so let me if they're not.
I went to change the e-mail address for an account I have with an online store. Unlike most stores that allow you to …
- Xbox 360 Sells for $9,100 (24 Nov, 2005)
- With the huge shortage of Xbox 360's available in the US, some lucky bastard has managed to sell his for $9,100 on Ebay. That's a very tidy profit.
UPDATE: Oops. I didn't notice the name of the …
- Beer List (26 Aug, 2006)
- Trying different beers has become a hobby of mine so I thought I should keep a list. I'm not rating the beers listed here because I love them all. They are numbered only so I can keep count …
- 1080p Vs 480p (17 Dec, 2005)
- I've only just realised exactly how large 1080p resolution really is after downloading the new X-men III trailer. If you are unsure yourself, here's a screenshot of the 1080p and 480p trailer …
- Irresponsible Dog Owners (14 Dec, 2005)
- This morning, as I rode to work, I was bitten by a Cattle Dog on my thigh and I'm pretty ticked off. The owner was walking some 20 feet behind and I'm not one to get pissed off in an instant so it …
- Dog Bite Photo (14 Dec, 2005)
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Since so many people (1) expressed concerns about my near fatal dog attack this morning, I thought I should share a gory picture of my injuries.
It's not much, and will be of very little …
- PSP Movies Cost too Much (24 Dec, 2005)
- If you own a PSP and are buying PSP movies, then you have too much money. Give some to charity.
I just looked up Serenity on EzyDVD and they are selling the 2 disc DVD for $29.83, or the PSP …
- No More, Sony (31 Dec, 2005)
- I've decided that as a result of Sony's attempt to get their malware onto my PC that secretly communicates with Sony servers and opens up serious exploits, I will no longer purchase Sony BMG music, …
- Adobe Classroom In A Book Missing Mesh (1 Jan, 2006)
- I wanted to get to know Adobe Illustrator so I bought Adobe Illustrator CS2 Classroom in a Book. At a price of AU$80 is was no small investment, but my lack of knowledge was frustrating me.
So …
- Retouching Celebrity Photos (3 Jan, 2006)
- I've always known that celebrity photos are retouched to make them more attractive, but until I saw Glenn Feron's portfolio on his 'Art of Retouching' web site, I don't think I knew to what …
- DRM Has No Benefits to Sell (5 Jan, 2006)
- I'm stunned that people are buying DRM'd music. I suspect most of these people would be non-IT types (casual PC users). Ask an iTunes customer if they know what DRM is and they'll probably look at …
- Do they need to use DRM? (8 Jan, 2006)
- More DRM ranting…
I've already argued that DRM music has no benefits over a standard CD. But it occurred to me today that if people are prepared to pass on free (albeit illegal) …
- The Joys of Owning a Pet (8 Jan, 2006)
- What a weekend with Mishka. Last night she chundered on my belly as I lay on the couch. I stared at it for a while as I tried to figure out how I was going to get it off me without getting it on …
- Microsoft Restricts Australians from Live Services (12 Jan, 2006)
- It seems Microsoft doesn't want Australians to access or read details about many of their new Windows Live services. But their method to restrict us is only partially successful. Access …
- Killed Kenny Larger (22 Feb, 2006)
- It was some time ago that I expressed excitement over my discovery of Brewtopia, where you can create your own custom beer — well, at least your own custom label.
Since then I've enjoyed my …
- A 'Wii' by any other name (3 May, 2006)
- Wii. We. Weeeeeeee! Does anyone else feel like urinating?I can't help but feel that Nintendo is ran by a bunch of managers who are making decisions without getting a professional …
- Big Brother isn't the only "Stupid Program" (7 Jul, 2006)
- Prime Minister John Howard calls on Ten to axe Big Brother:
Here's a great opportunity for Channel 10 to do a bit of self-regulation and get this stupid program off the air.
How fantastic. It …
- Jon Stewart on Net Neutrality (26 Jul, 2006)
- You have to checkout this video of Jon Stewart from the "Daily Show" poking fun at Sen. Ted Stevens description of what the Internet is. Seeing politicians make statements like these …
- Dream PC (1 Aug, 2006)
- The news about the Intel Core 2 Duo has got me rather excited and has me looking at the options to upgrade my own PC. Unfortunately I bought my PC at the end of that particular CPU …
- Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry (2 Aug, 2006)
- I just read this list of Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry compiled by the EFF. I don't expect to meet anyone in these industries to be able to ask them these …
- Spam-intolerant (14 Sep, 2006)
- It seems, unlike many others, I'm spam-intolerant.Today I received a note on my DeviantArt account from a user saying how excited he was about DA which helps talented artists like me. The note …
- Good Game does not Represent Me (21 Sep, 2006)
- By pure chance I caught the premier episode of Good Game on ABC2 last night. Good Game is a program by gamers for gamers – and I think it's safe to say it will be their biggest …
- More Beer (30 Oct, 2006)
- After a trip to Western Australia I have now sampled another 16 beers.
- Wii Pre-orders (2 Nov, 2006)
- I thought it was time to scope out what offers retail stores had in place for pre-orders of the Nintendo Wii, but Vooks has already done the hardwork for me. Since I live in a small town there …
- Don't Let Go (1 Dec, 2006)
- From Nintendo's Safety Information for Playing Wii: …in Wii Sports bowling, the proper way to let go of the ball while bowling is to release the "B" button on the Wii …
- DA Skin - Column Streams (2 Dec, 2006)
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This is a simple CSS I created to modify DeviantArt's front page so the 'streams' (Newest, Popular, Prints, Daily Deviation) are organised into columns instead of …
- .MIX - Microsoft's Practical Joke (6 Dec, 2006)
- Oh Microsoft, you zany bunch of guys. I was just sent one of your .MIX files and asked to convert it to a more common format. My first question, what's an .MIX files? Turns out …
- Wii Safety Manual (12 Dec, 2006)
- For those who are unsure of how to operate the Nintendo Wii safely, The Iconfactory presents 'Wii Safety: The Missing Pages'.
- Opera for the Wii (28 Dec, 2006)
- Believe it or not, I'm typing this from my Nintendo Wii. But it's rather slow so I'm going to stop now and come back to this blog later, and write it from my PC.UPDATE: Ok, so I'm …
- Who is trustdotcom? (29 Dec, 2006)
- I'm not sure if my site has been hacked or if my host Take This Host has been screwing with my site, but today the following HTML code appeared at the very beginning of my index.php …
- Jumping ISP Ships (10 Jan, 2007)
- Bit of a slow day today, so I thought I would post my intentions to jump ships from my current ISP, iiNet.Tomorrow Internode will be releasing their new batch of ADSL plans where you can get a 1500k …
- Beer List Update (18 Jan, 2007)
- I've been getting slack with keeping my beer list up to date. I had to do some real brain storming to think of the beers I tried in the last couple of months, a few I had had many months ago.At …
- Hottest 100 Venue for 2008 (29 Jan, 2007)
- Last year was the first year in about 8 years that I got to listen to Triple J's Hottest 100. And I missed it again this year. The reason why I didn't miss it last year was …
- My New TV (7 Mar, 2007)
- A couple of weeks ago I bought myself a brand new TV. A rather exciting purchase since I've had my Mitsubishi 68cm CRT for almost a decade now, I think.The Shopping The story starts with a …
- Reviving Old Threads (10 Mar, 2007)
- I'm signed up with more online forums than I would care to count. It seems every week I sign up with a new one to get advise on some new software or something. I used to be very …
- Fat Ugly Ads (14 Jun, 2007)
- Today I put Google Ads on my site, partially because I can and also in hopes it will offset my hosting costs. But I just wanted to point out the humorous collection of ads it's currently …
- Beer is worth more than cash (20 Sep, 2007)
- I did a small job for someone and as payment I asked for a carton beer. I didn't really care what beer I got, but I gave him the challenge of buying one I hadn't tasted before. It …
- Graph your listening habits (29 Nov, 2007)
- It's always fun finding new sites that do interesting things. LastGraph will query yours (or anyones) last.fm profile and provide a visual representation of your listening …
- A call to Samsung digital TV owners in Brisbane (27 Mar, 2008)
- If you live in Brisbane and own a Samsung TV with a built in digital tuner, can you get SBS digital?I own two Samsung TV's (one 40" and one 32") both with built-in HD digital …
