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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Back to gmail

I bought myself a lovely MacBookPro a couple of months ago and got myself a .Mac (now MobileMe) subscription at the same time (taking advantage of the reduced price available with a new machine).

I particularly liked the idea of having my address book and calendars synchronised and online, able to be used with the web [...]

Creative-Commons image goodness

I was doing a search for an image I might be able to use as a base for a logo. Because I wanted to fiddle with it and then reuse it, I needed it to be licenced appropriately.

So I went to Creative Commons and did a search, and found this little beauty:

I can really see [...]

Esperance on a stamp!

Check out this stamp… It has a lovely little picture of the Esperance, a French ship which probably did other things but is rightly famous for travelling along the south coast of Western Australia and leaving its name to our favourite town.

The stamp was issued in new Caledonia, which obviously feels it has a a [...]

Great TV rumours!

Yes, rumours is all they are, but they are such great rumours I thought it would be worth repeating them here.

Robert Llewellyn is reported to have said that the BBC is planning a new 1 hour Red Dwarf episode to be filmed later in the year. This would be a real gift. I really hope [...]

Believers Resource

freely ye have received, freely give (Matthew 10:8 KJV)

For a number of years I have had an idea of setting up a web host for various free (free as in speech as well as free as in beer) Christian resources.

My thinking was influenced by the verse above. We have been given abilites, gifts [...]

Jethro Tull + LOTR = Broadsword

A link to this was posted by one of my Facebook Knighthood friends who was one of only two in the last six months who has noticed that my Knighthood motto is a line from Broadsword. Thanks Jo, loved it!

Hi-tech war against vandals

My Dad (hi, Geoffrey) is involved with an organisation in Perth called People Against Vandalism.

So when I saw this articles on the ABC I immediately thought of him.

Apparently, they have developed a technique by which they can detect paint fumes as the paint spray is being used. What they do after that I suppose is [...]

Long awaited photos

After a five month wait, family and friends will be pleased to know that I have finally added some more photos to my flickr account, including some of the school trip to Canberra. Enjoy.