Monthly Archives: July 2013

Wednesday WIN (2013-Jul-31)

The Chronicles of Professor Elemental A Steampunk Chap Hop Comedy in 3 Parts Amanda Palmer – Dear Daily Mail “dear daily mail, you will never write about this night i know that because i’ve addressed you directly i’ve made myself … Continue reading

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2013 Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels

Radical Reels Tour Every year, the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival presents the wildly popular Radical Reels night – a presentation of the best high-adrenaline films entered into the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival competition. Inspired by the … Continue reading

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Music Monday #0146 – SteamFest

Next weekend is SteamFest Australia; in short, SteamFest Australia is more jam packed with steampunk-ish amusements than a suitably steamy jam doughnut. Two days of music, arts, roving entertainment, carnival rides, market stalls, workshops, Q&As, guest photography and signings, Children’s … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2013-07-29)

In brief: * The water tank, the Banksy prank, and the later life of the homeless ‘elephant man’ Tachowa Covington (2013-Jul-29) [The Independent] Tim Walker tracks down the man forced out of his makeshift home by a few strokes of … Continue reading

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McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7 and earlier Metasploit payload attack

McAfee SB10014 was first released in Jan-2011 (pre DAT file 6209), with the exploit being released 2010-Dec-25. The following is the latest update and recommendation; Description: ❝McAfee is aware of a publicly disclosed attack that could disable VSE running on … Continue reading

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ChromeCast

❝ChromeCast is a 2-inch dongle, capable of streaming HD content to your HDTV, regardless of whether you’re using an Android device, iOS device, or a laptop. Setting up the little device seems incredibly simple: just plug the ChromeCast into your … Continue reading

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** August 2013 Challenge – ABC’s The Book Club or their ‘Top 10 books’ **

The Aussie Readers group on Goodreads has the August Challenge – Read a book discussed on ABC’s The Book Club or their ‘Top 10 books to read before you die’; Our challenge for August is to read a book discussed … Continue reading

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Splendid Chaps – Eight/Science

This year Doctor Who turns 50! To celebrate these 11 ‘splendid chaps‘, Ben McKenzie (Dungeon Crawl, ‘patron saint of geek comedy’) and John Richards (ABC1’s Outland, Boxcutters TV podcast) are recording a live podcast every month from January to November. … Continue reading

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Tour de France 2013 – Stage 21

STAGE 21 Sunday, July 21th, Versailles > Paris (134km) “This is one yellow jersey that will stand the test of time.” — Chris Froome, Team Sky (GB) 21 July, 2013

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Tour de France 2013 – Stage 20

STAGE 20 Saturday, July 20th, Annecy > Annecy (125km Mountain)

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