Finally got round to finishing my HTPC room with a nice bargain entertainment unit from Dare Gallery. Had a few issues with trying to get the HDMI cable into the HTPC – was a bit too short though finally managed to squeeze the damn thing in. Here are some pics of the destruction in action: [...]
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Smokers to pay $20 for a pack of cigarettes
July 5, 2009
You have to give it to the Australian Government and its lopsided Health priorities and Freedom restrictions. It appears to be all part of a dodgy stimulus plan to replenish the Governments coffers with complete disregard for the actual health of its people. According to this news.com.au article: CIGS could cost more than $20 for [...]
Cleanfeed: Australian Internet content filtering
December 23, 2008
I posted this on Ozsource a few weeks ago and it is amazing how many people in Australia have no idea on the implications of Cleenfeed and how far along it has progressed. What is Cleenfeed? Clean-feed is the Australian government’s $70 million national Internet content filtering scheme, which will impose blanket filtering for all [...]
ozsource.com.au
August 11, 2008
www.ozsource.com.au is an Ebay experiment that presents specific eBay listings in a format more comfortable for a gamer like myself. It currently lists various gadgets and computer related stuff plus has a running commentary on most of the listings. Along with the google adds on the site, it currently pays for itself and this site, [...]
Harvey Norman
July 19, 2008
It amazes me a retailer like Harvey Norman has managed to remain competitive, especially with superior alternatives available online and from great outlets like JB Hifi that can offer proper customer support. Here is a current example of dealings with a Harvey Norman based franchise by a mate of mine: “I purchased a LCD TV [...]
Lilydale Quarry
March 24, 2008

Update 08/6/10 Restored original post. Update 14/1/10 The notes from the recent community meeting are available from the Lilydale Quarry Unimin Community website which can be found HERE. The overburden dump has started to expand and the sprinkler system used to suppress the dust appears to be failing as evident in the following pictures. Update [...]



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