Monthly Archives: January 2004

Fun with Livejournal

January 31, 2004 – 6:27 PM
If you use LiveJournal, you can now see all the updates I make to this blog on my old applenut user account. There's an account for the RSS feed as well, but this means you can just add plain old... Read More »
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Misbehaviour

January 22, 2004 – 7:18 PM
Misbehaving.net is a group weblog that states its purpose as: ‘… a celebration of women’s contributions to computing; a place to spotlight women’s contributions as well [as to] point out new opportunities and challenges for women in the computing field.’... Read More »
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Sidebar

January 22, 2004 – 2:48 AM
Couldn't sleep last night, can't tonight, brain too fried to be productive -- so I'm finally getting around to making a sideblog. Go me. I've got a hideously unstyled homepage for it, but you can see it right here on... Read More »
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…The whatties?!

January 20, 2004 – 3:06 AM
So somebody nominated me for the 2004 Bloggies, in the category for best Australian/New Zealand weblog. *stunned mullet* That's two sets of awards for which I've been nominated, and what the hell for? I mean, look at the contenders: I... Read More »
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Validate this!

January 19, 2004 – 7:33 PM
Much Ado about Validation, and Stuff: The creators of FeedDemon and NetNewsWire have both stated their tough-love position on Atom validation: bad feeds ought to be met with errors and a refusal to parse the page. Hilarity does not ensue.... Read More »
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Mobile phone wallpapers

January 19, 2004 – 12:09 AM
(Attention, search engine visitors! I seem to be getting a lot of hits from search engines, from people who appear to be searching for mobile phone wallpapers. I don't have any. Sorry.) So I'm messing with the idea of offering... Read More »
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Smack! Naughty Telstra!

January 15, 2004 – 4:00 PM
So Telstra plans to move jobs offshore, and Costello gives them a wee smack on the hand. TELSTRA received a stern warning from Treasurer Peter Costello and unions yesterday after striking a deal that could send hundreds of jobs overseas.... Read More »
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2004 Australian Blog Awards

January 13, 2004 – 11:00 PM
Weirdly, I've been nominated for the 2004 Australian Blog Awards for Best Tasmanian Blog and, weirdly, Best Tech Blog. Better pull me socks up and have a think about posting something tech-wise, right? In proper Australian style, the voting is... Read More »
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Love it or leave it?

January 13, 2004 – 8:19 PM
My ol' mum had a wee altercation with a particularly odious young dickhead in my brother's group of friends. Dickhead was talking about how a crowd of Indian fans being shown on the TV, presumably either Australian residents or citizens,... Read More »
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ecto goes public!

January 9, 2004 – 10:03 PM
The beta of ecto is now available to the rest of the world, and it's good until the end of the month. It's a neat little app and I'm using it right now. The only issues I've noticed with this... Read More »
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The shutterbug’s back

January 9, 2004 – 2:39 AM
Anyone is shitty when something gets stolen, but I'm doubly shitty when it's a gift. A couple of months ago, my wallet and my Sony digital camera -- both gifts -- went missing in a rather, ahem, curious sequence of... Read More »
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Happy New Year!

January 2, 2004 – 2:52 AM
It's January 2nd here, so I guess that's got everyone covered for the new year. Best wishes to my eight well-bribed many devoted readers for a safe and happy 2004! I have absolutely no skill in making useful predictions about... Read More »
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