Monthly Archives: December 2008

Drummers, the endangered musicians.

Cadbury’s Gorilla Advert GORILLA CRITICAL REMIX The famous drumming gorilla like you’ve never seen him. One of the UK’s favourite ads just got a bold new makeover by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. You might recognise the purple-walled studio … Continue reading

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Season’s Greetings

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled … Continue reading

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User State Migration Tool (USMT)

User State Migration Tool (USMT) The User State Migration Tool (USMT) captures desktop, and application settings, as well as user accounts and users’ files, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation. Using USMT can help you improve and … Continue reading

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Censorship Minister Stephen Conroy

Censorship Minister Stephen Conroy Proving you can’t have too big a turkey for Christmas; THE Federal Government’s controversial internet censorship scheme may extend to filter more online traffic than was first thought, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy revealed today. In a … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2008-12-22)

Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs Microsoft has given another reprieve to its faithful old operating system Windows XP in a sign of the lingering difficulties facing its successor Windows Vista. The software giant announced over the weekend … Continue reading

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When everyone uses e-mail, it’s going to save an awful lot of trees.

When everyone uses e-mail, it’s going to save an awful lot of trees. (Myer Christmas window 2009)

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FireFox 2.0.0.20

Mozilla released Firefox 2.0.0.20 on Dec 18, 2008 Note: This is the last planned release of Firefox 2. All users are encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 3. Firefox 2.0.0.20 does not include Phishing Protection. [2] Time to move to Firefox … Continue reading

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Label The World

Label The World via zefrank I’ve been working on a simple project where I label things with sticky notes. I wanted something that anyone could participate in (as long as they have sticky notes and a pen), and would get … Continue reading

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Psst! Want to buy a submarine?

“It’s not every day you can bid for a 2,000 tonne submarine online, but that’s what it’s come down to. The HMAS Otama, the last Oberon submarine built for the Australian Navy has been sitting, rusting in Western Port Bay … Continue reading

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Ho ho ho! beards, hats and snow on Fickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eltham_mob/3110427062/?snow=1

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