Speedtest
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under Personal, Technology | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz!
I couldn’t resist publishing my speed test with Cable internet here.
~Boz
Read More..>>Pentax 10-17mm fisheye lens
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under General, News, Personal, Technology | 1 Comment
lets see if i can remember how to do this blog thing
its been a while
just updating you on my camera stuff
i went out and bought a Pentax 10-17mm fisheye lens (or is it fish eye ?) the other weekend
i had been tossing up between that and the Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens
it was [...]
Green PC
Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentalism, Technology | 1 Comment
Lenovo’s ThinkCentre A61e combines full-size PC performance with earth-friendly features. Powered by AMD processors, the smallest, quietest ThinkCentre comes fully loaded. Only the world’s best engineers could fit this much performance in such a small package.
The smallest, most energy-efficient ThinkCentre includes:
• AMD Athlon or Sempron processors
• ThinkVantage® Rescue and [...]
Hot rod and street machine spectacular
Posted on October 29, 2007 - Filed Under General, News, Personal, Technology | Leave a Comment
Burswood Dome, Western Australia
i spent a good few hours there on Saturdey
and went back Sunday to look around the car park too
(they evem let me p[ark my EH in rith all the hot rods )
i took a few photos
some of which i have put up
and the rest willbe up as soon as i can [...]
global warming cooling $$$$$
Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News, Technology | 1 Comment
i recently recived the Australian Governments booklet on being “climate clever”
yes the same Australian Government that has denied climate change since the begining
and only recently changed its tack
could it be the up coming election?
they are trying to win the environmental vote?
i took a look at the “climate clever”website
http://cc.greenhouse.gov.au/index.html
it does have a lot of ideas [...]
Firefox 3.0
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under News, Technology | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
I know you like Firefox, so I thought I would share some news about the upcoming Firefox 3.0!
Currently, it’s at version 2.0.0.7.
Version 4.0 is supposed to have so much more concerning security, blocking malware.
There is no committed release date, but you can learn more HERE!
~Boz
Frozen Smoke
Posted on August 20, 2007 - Filed Under News, Technology | 2 Comments
Hi [my lazy no-blogging] Ozzie!
Announced in the news today was this ‘new’ material that could change the world. It looks like frozen smoke, but it’s called “Aerogel”, one of the world’s lightest solids.
What can it do?
It can:
Protect your home against bomb blasts
Clean up oil Spills
Help man fly to Mars
Withstand a direct blast of [...]
Reboot Skype?
Posted on August 20, 2007 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Hey Oz!
Remember we had a few glitches on our Skype a few days back?
Apparently it wasn’t on our end at all, but Skype’s, and a little to do with Windows Update.
From their site:
“On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disruption was triggered by a [...]
Big Belly
Posted on July 18, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News, Technology | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
This was an interesting find on ZDnet: Big belly is a solar-powered trash compactor, recently installed in Chicago Park District, to keep the beaches clean and safe. It kinda looks like a normal trash bin, but this one holds 4-6 times as much.
“According to the Chicago Park District, the BigBelly compactors, built by the [...]
China’s Three Hour Limit?
Posted on July 17, 2007 - Filed Under News, Technology | Leave a Comment
Oz!
I’d love to be a fly on the wall of more than a few teenage boys when upon, for the first time, reaching three hours of video game play they see this announcement:
“Stop and do suitable physical exercise”
A new rule has gaming companies install a program that insists that players enter an ID number. At [...]
John and Barb have been having cultural exchanges over tea for nearly 10 years. Now they're going public. :)
