Monthly Archives: May 2010

Music Monday #024 – INXS

This week INXS, arguably Australia’s most successful rock export. It is in the live arena that INXS has forged much of its estimable reputation from the smallest sweaty pubs through to massive stadium shows. INXS INXS (pronounced “in excess”, In-X-S) … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2010-05-31)

In Brief: * Steve Jobs beheads iPad apps for acting like desktops (2010-Jun-01) [The Register] * Google lawsuit Woman follows directions, gets run over (2010-Jun-01) [The Age] “You Both Follow” * @nk: We’re testing the “You both follow” feature (in … Continue reading

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Last Week on Delicious (24-May to 30-May, 2010)

Facebook CEO announces revamped privacy settings Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:48 AM World News Australia – Facebook overhauls privacy controls Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:14 AM 10 reasons I dumped iPhone 3GS for Nexus One | Betanews Wednesday, 26 May … Continue reading

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Branding banners for KML files

An interesting observation on the web forum this morning regarding the ability to add branding to KML files for Google Earth resulted in a bit of a quick experimental KML/KMZ creation for locating the KLDC; This could be very interesting … Continue reading

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A bad way to start the day

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Towel Day 2010

Don’t Panic! Today is towel day “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2010-05-24)

In Brief: * http://www.work-club.com/blackboard/ – Every single line ever written on the Springfield Elementary School blackboard! 2 days, 20 white markers, 288 lines and 7,697 characters. * When do you throw a CEO’s privacy under the bus? (2010-May-23) [scobleizer] * … Continue reading

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Music Monday #023 – Lee Kernaghan

On Saturday night we were at a “W” themed trivia night. Having been given only an hours notice of the theme I was in trouble; after a quick search in the closet I found a Wrangler shirt, large belt buckle, … Continue reading

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Google celebrates Pac Man

Google celebrates Pac Man 30th anniversary with icon game. Google has posted a playable Pac Man game in the Google logo!

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Australia says “show us your porn collection”

Just when you thought our Government couldn’t get any dafter … Lobbyists for internet freedom and the sex industry are condemning a new requirement that travellers to Australia declare any pornography they are carrying. They say the new Customs power … Continue reading

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