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Whilst I was in Sydney last week for WDS08 - I had one free day in Sydney to roam about.. now I am quite the regular to Sydney so there aren’t many things I haven’t done before, but I did fill in my free Saturday.
Sydney Aquarium / Wildlife World
I hadn’t been to the aquarium in [...]

Today I went out for lunch, and picked up the local paper to see the headline “RUDE TUBE” and a screen shot of YouTube - well that sparked my interest. After skimming this petty attempt at relaying technology news, I was so frustrated at what I was reading, I had to continue to read on. 
The story basically read, [...]

This year I attended Web Directions South in Sydney. It is the premier conference in Australia for Web Developers and Designers to attend, learn, be inspired and network with other professionals around the country and world who attend this conference. It is a 2 day conference with an extra 2 days of work shops if [...]

I’ve been a Telstra customer since I got my first CDMA prepaid mobile phone probably 9 or 10 years ago. To be honest, I really didn’t have any problems with my Telstra phone. I had reception anywhere and everywhere I needed it, and if I prepaid $30 here or there, it would last me the [...]

On Thursday I went down to Brisbane for the Queensland Finals of the Telstra Business Awards. Design House - the Graphic and Website design company in Hervey Bay who I work with, was firstly nominated, then shortlisted, then named a finalist in the Micro Business category (5 or less employees). 
I jumped on the Tilt Train [...]

I was reinstalling XP on a computer today that orginally had XP x64 on it (big mistake there) but anyway, When downloading the drivers from Acers site, I took a quick screen shot, because it makes you appreciate a good internet connection.

At my office I have an Internet Direct ADSL2 connection, my modem tells me [...]

Well, the time has come!
For the past 3 years (or so) I have been a first time mac user, on my beloved Macbook, that I purchased the day after Apple launched them. Over the last 3 years, the White 2ghz Core Duo Machine with a 250gb Drive and 2gb ram had never missed a beat. [...]

Wow, just wow. I had someone send me this picture today as they drove through the Hungry Jacks drive through.
Appears to be a new high for HJ. At the launch of the Olympics, they introduced the “Ultimate Double Whopper” which was meant to be the burger of burgers. However, having one for tea one day [...]

For those who follow the technology and those who don’t, you’ll probably know that Apple, the maker of the iPod, are releasing the iPhone in Australia July 11th, in true Apple style, the new iPhone has a tonne of new features, can do twice as much, much thinner than its predecessor, and even costs less [...]

Last week I had a number of tasks I had to complete. All three tasks required me to be the customer. All three situations made my think to myself how these three businesses aren’t an advocate of technology. 
Task One
This task required me to seek the opinion of an expert. I had an idea of someone to use [...]