Well, for one thing on the way to the station today we heard on the radio the news about the shootings in the US. Not a great way to start the day; being reminded of Australia’s own version (Port Arthur in 1996). It’s also ironic given my last blog […]
Yearly Archives: 2007
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While we were in the states, controversial radio host Don Imus (think: Howard Stern’s competition) was being publically chewed for comments he made on air about the Rutger’s (a US College/University) Women’s basketball team. It’s funny, because the "land of the free" – with free speech and all – […]
So, back from overseas, what to do? As expected not much has changed here @ home. Thinking of technical articles, I think I might do an entry soon but I can’t settle on a topic. I’m open to ideas. this weekend the NSW Waratahs debase themselves in front […]
So here are a few links to the various web sites of the places we stayed the last couple of days.. Sheraton Keauhou Bay TripAdvisor Review (Sheraton) Kona Country Club (Golf) TripAdvisor Review (Kona) Four Seasons Manele Bay TripAdvisor Review (Manele) ‘The […]
I’ve added three new photos to a new gallery.. It’s been a very busy two days including a 24-hour travel day on Monday. Yesterday we went to the Hawaii Volcano National Park – a 2.5 hour drive from Kona/Keauhou Bay. On the way we stopped off at various […]
Hi all, So recently I’ve come to the conclusion that Vista and Flash aren’t a match made in heaven. If you’ve got or used Vista, you may be aware that most flash powered sites don’t detect your flash version on Vista (for whatever reason) even though it’s […]
Hi all. It’s been a while since my last non-political rant. This time, I’m cheesed off with Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au) and its shameless popups/"pop-behind" advertisements. Now fair enough, sites derive revenue through banner advertising, and some of the advertising can actually be worth a look (not that […]
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21444740-2,00.html Not I, sir. Although my posts are becoming slightly more sporadic (time constraints), I’m still keepin’ it real.. Yeah.. So, in Malaysia – where drugs and crime arte generally a fairly big deal the government sees fit to train and use sniffer dogs educated in the […]
Well, as most people know I’m an outspoken critic of the NSW Labor Government. I’m not going to rehash any argument which I’ve aired previously – there are plenty of examples – this election will be long remembered as the election that the Liberals lost and not the election […]
As you may recall from part 1, this series of posts is about how to retrieve the target of a Windows shortcut (.lnk). Now, I left off part 1 in C++ land, as I’d compiled a Win32 Dynamic Link Library which called the Windows Shell in order to extract […]
There have been news reports recently about violence at a number of Sydney schools including repeat incidents at a Carlingford school. The media (per the link) appear to be pinning it onto ethnic/racial tensions, but I’ve seen the media at work before and I somehow doubt that it’s […]
My, my, my.. There are a series of movie trailers over at IMDB which are worth looking at. Transformers (a Michael Bay film) is looking better and better I have to admit. Eerie, actually. Fantastic Four.. jury’s out. Who doesn’t like the Silver Surfer though? Die Hard – […]
Well, I’ve been a bit slow in getting out my usual volume of blog updates – sorry for that – I’ve been a bit more busier than usual the past week or so. Aside from making an ass of myself on the aus-dotnet mailing list (always read carefully), […]
Well, the sports world is abuzz with rumours and opinion about what is the likely future of dual international, Lote Tuqiri. Personally, I think he should go back to Rugby League so that Rugby Union can go back to focusing on growing its own talent, and reward individuals within its own ranks, […]
Hi. If you live in Sydney and/or if you’re attracted to the prospect of walking across the Sydney harbour bridge sans traffic, you’ll get your chance on March 18. The harbour bridge, icon, mass transit saviour and skyline king, turns 75 years old on March 18th and to mark […]