We’ll take a quick break from my multi-part post on Windows Vista to bring you this outrage-based rant on unfair increases in Fuel prices. Fuel prices have suddenly skyrocketed without any possible reasoning. When does it become time to start publically naming and shaming oil company executives? I mean, personally telling […]
Part 2: Rebutting (or agreeing with) the Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Get Vista (or, “why isn’t this a Late Show Top Ten List?”) Yesterday, I posted my thoughts regarding an article from APC on why users shouldn’t migate to WIndows Vista. For the sake of balance, today […]
Slashdot has a decent thread going currently about the blessings and curses of Microsoft’s newest platform, Windows Vista. Now, as a [basically] impartial blogger (who just happens to make bread off Microsoft technologies) I’m in a position to be critical and to kowtow at the same time. Make your own judgement […]
Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilali has been in the news lately. So has Hillary Clinton; Hilali – Hillary. It’s a good time to be named something rhyming with Hillary, or is it? In this case it’s a ying/yan proposition. The former is in the news for nefarious reasons. The former […]
It’s almost too hot to be considering a blog post, but here I am anyways. Tonight we’re having a bit of a social event, I’m not sure how many people are coming, but it’s a few. We’ll probably have about 4 xbox 360’s hooked up and networked, which […]
Advanced warning: Sport Post. Joesph Cooney, please ignore. OK, so I know that this post is two days in arrears, but I didn’t want to lose the sentiment by analysing round 2 of the Australian Open – at least without discussing Lleyton Hewitt’s first round match. Those […]
From the lovely North American vista of Canada (home of free speech and a conservative but practical government – no sarcasm indended), comes this disturbing article from the CBC. Basically, Canada is due to potentially enact (they’ll lead you to believe this is the same as ‘artist’-friendly) music-industry friendly copyright protection […]
Assume you’ve got no more than 10 days, 2 people, and a reasonable budget (up to AUD $7,000). Further assume you live in Sydney, Australia (i.e. rather remote for intl travel purposes). Where do you go and/or what do you do? How do you achieve value for money within […]
Introducing the Motion Computing LS800 Tablet PC. This little wonder is one of a number of new hardware oddities floating around at the moment in the "Ultra Mobile PC" (UMPC) category. Now, there are far cheaper products in the market place, but this one has all-quality parts, and […]
A Recent report on Customer satisfaction with the major Australian banks has been published. I don’t know who they asked, because I don’t know more than a handful of people who would have anything encouraging or constructive to say about bank service, myself included. The major banks […]
Check out Apple’s new idea… Introducting the Apple iPhone. Ugh, how I loathe iPods. However, there is an outside chance that Apple’s phone might be more stable than Windows Mobile 5 devices, so there is still hope for the iPhone. Unfortunately, the iPhone has a rechargeable battery which can’t be removed […]
Today I’ve decided to republish a post from my original coding blog. This one is in C++ and comes from the days when I used to work on MFC and other C++ applications. Here’s some code which determines the rights of the user under which the code is executed (pretty […]
Santa was very generous this year and delivered a very nice xbox 360. Now, I had a feeling that this might happen so I went out pre-Christmas and bought some games in anticipation. The older you get the more clairvoyant.. to a point. Starting Games Lineup: Project […]
News from the Australian Rugby Union Desk Well, looks like Lote Tuqiri might end up back in [Rugby] League or he might stay in [Rugby] Union – it depends on who will pay the most mullah ($). Apparently he turned down a AU $750k p.a/4 year contract offer from […]
Sydney welcomed in the new year in style with a grand fireworks display. We observed the spectacular display from a vantage point straddling the Cahill Expressway in the city’s north (as below). It’s a little eerie to observe no traffic on the freeway (pictured), as this is usually a well […]