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This site is no longer using DominoBlog. This post is for historical reasons only. I have been contemplating starting up my journal/blog again for quite some time now, but haven’t been certain what software to use. My previous journal used some custom software that I had written in PHP. It was lacking in some areas, particular archives and I never

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Optus Plaza

Optus Plaza, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the foreground. If you look closely, you’ll even see some bridge climbers. This photo was taken from the roof of the AMP building near Circular Quay.

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No Food or Drink

Sign on a Queensland train, with the penalties visible in the background.

LG DV6812P Region Free

This article describes the steps required to make this particular DVD player region free. I believe the instructions work on some other models. If these instructions work for your LG DVD player (and it’s not a DV6812P or in the list below), please let me know. To make this player region free (or change the region to something else), do

Welcome to Vodafone. You’ve made a great choice

“Welcome to Vodafone. You’ve made a great choice” Those were the words waiting for me when I opened a letter from my mobile phone company today. I find it somewhat intriguing that after being with Vodafone for over 3 years they only decide to send me a welcome letter now. Apart from that there has been no news from my

Flu Injection

I had my yearly flu vaccination today – given to me by my Grandmother. Personally I think it is wise to have it, especially as a University student as crowded places such as lecture theatres are a perfect place for viruses to spread. The actual injection itself is painless, but the injection area (shoulder) does get a little tender a

War in Iraq

Well, the war in Iraq has now been going on for one week today. Personally I have a lot of mixed feelings about the war, but for a long time now I have felt that it was inevitable that there would be some sort of conflict. I support the Australian and coalition troops 100% and hope that as many possible

Updates

Well, it has been a while since my last journal entry. Today there was a very small drama this morning at University. We were in class in Building 17 when the fire alarms went off. The whole building was evacuated. Everybody was standing outside wondering what was going on until the fire brigate turned up a few minutes later. Apparently

Archive Removed

I have temporarily removed access to the yearly archive whilst I sort out some formatting issues.

CD Copy Control

It was inevitable that the growing piracy of music would lead to some form of copyright protection on music CDs. Norah Jones’ CD “Come Away With Me” was the first CD I have encountered with such copy control. This annoys me because what I generally do when I purchase a CD is: Once I have the CD in mp3 I

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