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On Rove last night, the supposed “light entertainment” format was momentarily interupted by the never ending polical points scoring from our Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd (now known as “Ruddy”).
Why Rove allowed this to go on is beyond me. Surely we have enough other formats for “Ruddy” to get his message across without invading other [...]
Continue reading Ruddy on Rove – He’s not that HOT!
If there is one thing consistent about a wordpress install it is the amount of spam it seems to attract.
If you are installing wordpress the first plugin you should activate is askimet that is built in or go straight to www.stopforumspam.com and have a look then install the wordpress plugin that uses their database.
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Continue reading SPAM – seems to be so much of it.
Well, not so much joy, but I have found that when entering a flash site (with flash as an intro) I very happily move on if there is no option to bypass flash.
Just went to a site that had a flash intro, after 15 seconds it had loaded about 35% so I went somewhere [...]
Continue reading The joys of Flash
I am often asked what causes such a variation in the price of diamonds – particularly when there is no discernible difference between them. Also why is one shape less or more expensive than another.
The easiest one to understand relates to the amount of wastage generated by a particular cut. Diamond [...]
Continue reading A day in the life of one carat diamond prices
The ABC has recently announced key elements of its new kids, channel ABC3, to launch by Christmas.
Aimed at 6-15-year-olds, with a core demographic of 8-12-year-olds, ABC3 will air between 6am-9pm offering dramas, adventure series, music, wildlife, quiz shows, comedies, Indigenous programs, news and sport.
Director of Television, Kim Dalton said: “Our vision is for ABC3 [...]
Continue reading ABC3 announces new Aussie kids shows
Climate change and getting big business to take any notice or even care, especially when it will influence their bottom line may be going in a new direction.
Gerad Maples, a US lawyer is taking on big oil after having suffered damage to his property after hurricane Katrina.
The main basis to the argument is [...]
Continue reading Gerald Maples takes on Big Oil
While the opposition has tried to link Kevin Rudd to a story about misleading Parliament it now is beginning to appear that he has been left dangling as Rudd calls in the Police and asks Turnbull for proof of the existence of the offending email related to Rudd providing assistance to his mate over a [...]
Continue reading Turnbull may have been outbulled?
Product Review: Release Date: 15/07/2009
So……..here I was, checking out the latest preview DVD from my supplier (Madman) when I noticed that it was featuring one episode of “Kolchak – The Night Stalker” - the complete series being released for the first time in Region 4 Australia this coming July.
I truly couldn’t wait to get it on, [...]
Continue reading Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Complete Series DVD
Recently there have a a number of articles and programmes related to the amount of plastic that is floating around the worlds oceans.
http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/living-green/articlebl.aspx?cp-documentid=8415952
This one is pretty much an outline of all the rest and provides a very damning and compelling insight into some of our future problems – all because the profit is [...]
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Regional viewers of Southern Cross 10 will finally see ONE HD in Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania from 7pm July 2nd.
The addition of the channel follows months of complaints that that regional viewers could not access the 24 hour sports channel at the same time as metropolitan viewers, who [...]
Continue reading Southern Cross adds ONE HD from July 2
The concept of a catastrophic tipping in the worlds climate has been around for a long time.
The idea that “global warming” could in fact cause a reaction that plunges the world into an ice age has also be postulated and has some support.
The geologic calendar is littered with major swings and changes in [...]
Continue reading Are we on the brink?
Torchwood, the Doctor Who spinoff & anagram is finally airing on it’s ‘rightful’ home?
ABC2 has picked up Series One and Two of Torchwood starring John Barrowman.
Both series have already aired on Channel Teen, but after a troubled start it moved to TEN HD.
This will mean that fans will now be [...]
Continue reading Torchwood comes to Aunty ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601549.htm
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Councils give up on e-waste collections
Sydney’s northern beach councils will stop collecting or disposing of electronic waste, such as computers or television sets, in a bid to put pressure on the Federal Government.
From January next year Manly, Warringah, Pittwater and Mosman Councils will not accept electronic waste at waste stations [...]
Continue reading E – waste
Looks like one of Australia’s favorite TV shows just can’t be had in the DVD world.
EMI has finally given it the flick - so now Southern Star & Seven are trying to find a new distributor for what has become one of the most sought after shows on DVD.
For quite a while now, they’ve [...]
Continue reading All Saints – What’s happening with the DVD?
A quick discussion and yarn and it is quite obvious that the majority of women are exact clones of their mothers.
They are quick to deny this as they attempt to control their kids and husbands (or more politically correct partners) but the reality is that they are their mothers.
Act like them and sound [...]
Continue reading Like mother – Like daughter
Change the way you treat your vegetable oil
Portable Immersion Heater
240 volt wired with 3 pin plug
2400 watt
54 cm length overall 36 cm length from hook to element 5 cm diameter of element (will not fit in cap hole of 20 litre drum)
Excellent and quick unit to heat oil in 20 [...]
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Automated and manual spam is amazing stuff.
No sooner then this site was setup in they came. Luckily phpBB and WordPress have a number of plugins and the vaste majority of this spam automagically disappears into the ether.
Any spam that does get through can be completely removed by the push of a button along with [...]
Continue reading Spam Blocker installation
Organise a source of used vegetable.
Allow to sit in a sealed container for as long as possible.
Get a green woolies bag, 1 micron and 5 micron filter bags.
Tip settled oil from the sealed container until you start to see streaks of fat through the green woolies bag, filter through the 5 micron [...]
Continue reading The art of using waste vegetable as a fuel
240 volt portable immersion heater
240 volt wired with 3 pin plug
2400 watt
54 cm length overall 36 cm length from hook to element 5 cm diameter of element (will not fit in cap hole of 20 litre drum)
Excellent and quick unit to heat oil in 20 litre or above containers.
From room [...]
Continue reading 240 Volt Portable Immersion Heater
Auction sites, 99 cent winners of $3000 goods, $200 postage, multiple addresses.
It goes on and on.
Should I trust them to send the goods before I pay the money?
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Now it is such a bizarrely impossible coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the nonexistence of God. The arguement goes something like this:
“I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for [...]
Continue reading THHGG and the nature of God
Spammers come out of the woodwork, they sniff out these installs and proceed to be a pain in the bum.
www.stopforumspam.com
Works for me and it has not let one through yet, of course when theyever get through one button removes their existence completely.
The majority of spammers emails never even get to first base [...]
Continue reading Spam hasn’t improved
This blog is opensource software, my shop is opensource software, I am playing with opensource auction software, I ran an adserver using opensource software and the bulletin board is opensource.
Incredible stuff but a lot of generous people – thanks
Is Melbourne really this good? [...]
Continue reading Melbourne ‘third most’ livable city in world
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