Monthly Archives: February 2009

Safari 4 FAIL

Posted on 25 February 2009 by a1291762

So Apple released Safari 4 today. I’ve tried it at work and at home (both Windows and Mac) and it gets a big FAIL from me. I tried it on Windows first. I run XP with the Classic theme. That’s … Continue reading →

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My camera has hot pixels!

Posted on 19 February 2009 by a1291762

I know LCDs can get hot pixels but I didn’t know cameras could get them. According to Ken Rockwell, hot pixels are a fact of life for every digital camera. I only noticed the hot pixels from my camera because … Continue reading →

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Microsofties don't get it

Posted on 17 February 2009 by a1291762

I stumbled on this list of Windows 7 features and found this snippet really interesting… On my machine, I noticed that the Research add-on that Office 2007 installs was a particular culprit, and since I never use it, it was … Continue reading →

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Were you on my buddy list?

Posted on 17 February 2009 by a1291762

So the official IM program we’re supposed to use at work is Microsoft Live Communication Server, which has no official client support for anything other than Windows (it does have a web client version but that’s crap). Someone wrote a … Continue reading →

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I have a web host

Posted on 13 February 2009 by a1291762

I’m back online properly now. I looked at free hosting but couldn’t find something that didn’t have restrictions I couldn’t live with. The best 2 alternatives I found had as limitations, “no .prc files” which is a problem because I … Continue reading →

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Car stats

Posted on 12 February 2009 by a1291762

I noticed that since moving to Eagleby, my average fuel consumption (L/100Km) has gone down. However, the total Km I drive seems to have gone up. I found a bug in my car. There’s a “feature” where you unlock the … Continue reading →

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Back online

Posted on 9 February 2009 by a1291762

So the first thing I was told was that I just needed a BigPond CD and my existing modem and I’d be right. I downloaded an image of the BigPond CD (the guy on the phone had no idea you … Continue reading →

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