Monthly Archives: February 2005

Had a bad week!!

Well last week was a very *interesting* week, kind of like ground hog day with a whole heap of Monday repeating over, and over and over … 101 Things You Do Not Want Your System Administrator To Say 01 Uh-oh….. … Continue reading

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GoogleFight

Did we win? We kicked their buts!! GoogleFight http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=ed-IT&word2=InfoDiv Now this is a cool toy 😉 Some classics; god FIGHT satan mac donalds FIGHT burger king george w. bush FIGHT bin laden luke skywalker FIGHT darth vader bill gates FIGHT … Continue reading

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Rau

The Cornelia Rau case has raised some interesting issues, it will be interesting to see how many others maybe locked up under similar circumstances. It is suprising that given the amount of documentation that is recorded at our border entry … Continue reading

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Baby you can drive my car?!

Four-year-old borrows mum’s car to rent video game [ABC AU] Police in the United States have picked up a four-year-old boy who had borrowed his mother’s car during the night to go rent a video game. Michigan police chief Doug … Continue reading

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LORD OF THE RINGS EXHIBITION

Well, after a bit of a discussion it looks like we are off to Sydney to see the LOTR Exhibition [1]. What started off as “Do you think we can?” has become a “Well pack then!” for the 12-13th of … Continue reading

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The year of the Rooster

Gongxi facái At midnight on 8 February 2005, the Chinese Year of the Green Monkey (Wooden Monkey) ended and the Year of the Green Rooster (Wooden and Metal Rooster) arrived. Gong Xi Fa Chai (Mandarin) Gung Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese) … Continue reading

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Political Prisoners?

How the hell is this happening? You could believe this sort of cr@p happening in Germany in a WWII novel, or perhaps in cold war Russia; but this is here and now! The Federal Government is under pressure to commission … Continue reading

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In the dark …

Well still dark this morning, 30 hours without power and counting. (Ended up as 36+ hours!) Dark night for Vic storm victims ABC AU Power firms in Victoria have worked through the night to restore power to thousands of customers. … Continue reading

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Diamond Creek

Initial Minor Flood Warning for the Diamond Creek Issued at 1:09pm on Thursday the 3rd of February 2005 Bureau of Meteorology River heights at 12:00pm Thursday 03/02/05 were: Arthurs Creek at Nutfield: 4.77m, falling Diamond Creek at Hurstbridge: 5.69m, falling … Continue reading

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Wet Again!

Another interesting night, the power decided to pop its cork at c.3:30am then we had trees down, fire brigade turn outs and TXU trucks with flashing lights. All this plus the noises from huge winds. 9AM: It would appear that … Continue reading

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