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My 3 month contract with PCI finished up and i’ve now found myself working at a company called Synnex which is a large international computer hardware wholesaler, So if you want any wholesale priced parts let me know. It’s only ~4 days a week (Mondays off) so I might have some time up my sleeve…

A nice little cartoon Phoebe sent me…

Microsoft Corp. yesterday released an unusually large number of software security updates to fix flaws in its products, some of which could be exploited to remotely take over computers running the Windows operating system. The free updates, available at Microsoft’s Windows Update Web site, are designed to fix at least 21 vulnerabilities, several of which…

An unexplained and unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere two years running has raised fears that the world may be on the brink of runaway global warming. Scientists are baffled why the quantity of the main greenhouse gas has leapt in a two-year period and are concerned that the Earth’s natural systems are…

hmm… could be a Serious, duplicated integrity invalidation, or a Multiplexed, undetermined swapfile unavailability. A nice piece of work, I wish i’d found this sooner! Also check his Dilbert Gobbledygook generator, ideal for updating your CV.

My friend Paul Oosting has managed to put it into better words than I have, read on.. This seems to be our collective dark night of the soul. For many of us in Australia, post 2004 federal election period is somewhat ominous and depressing. Power has been consolidated and a new government has been installed.…

Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you’re looking to find.

With the impending sad demise of Auditory Spiral, one of the best techno radio programs in the history of the Earth, I’ve felt compelled to “transmit my tones” in other ways. I’m experimenting with streaming via shoutcast – you might need winamp or something else capable of playing this file and a bit of bandwidth…

An anti-riot police unit was unveiled in Sydney today with 46 officers trained to respond to public disorder at a moment’s notice. The launch of the unit follows recommendations from the Coburn Report into the Redfern riots earlier this year, which suggested training NSW police officers to handle riots, protests and crowd control. NSW Police…

Elwood Village in Melbourne’s south has become the first Victorian shopping centre to do away with plastic bags, with traders vowing to use only eco-friendly alternatives. EcoRecycle Victoria and the City of Port Phillip have each put up $5,000 to pay for calico, polypropylene and paper bags to replace plastic bags. Port Phillip Mayor Dick…