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Download diffusion2008-11-17.mp3 I found it mildly ironic to walk past a church in the central business district of Sydney yesterday to see a banner protesting against the great firewall of China when Australia is about to implement the same thing. A number of bloggers are writing and taking various
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Occasionally a completely frivolous meme goes viral on Twitter for no apparent reason and then dies away just as suddenly. And since, as is often said, all origins are obscure nobody really knows what sparked it (although some might have theories). A good example of this phenomenon occurred this afternoon
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One of my goals this week was to use public transport to travel to the city and back more than once. So I'm in the middle of my first trip now. The train was a few minutes late, but for a cost of $7.60 it is a
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A buddy has really impressed me with his desire to create community and do something positive for the environment. He did a letterbox drop of 200 homes with the message below. This is a really great example of thinking globally and acting locally. I think I've almost persuaded
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A technology that is pushing the boundary of what is possible is wireless sensors. We are moving into a time of pervasive applications that will continuously monitor the surrounding environment and react to changes. This will be supported by wireless sensor technologies that are capable of tracking and transmitting real
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This was a tasty & easy to prepare dinner last night. * 1 parcel small beef chipolata sausages (approx 500g @ $5.60) * 1 jar roasted vegetable pasta sauce (generic brand 100g $3.00) * Salad - mixed up from whatever was left in the fridge Cook the sausages in a large baking
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"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." - John Holt How do we decide what to do during times or moments of uncertainty? It is not often that
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Technology is moving so fast, we tend to forget that the internet has only been available to us for less than 20 years. And technologies such as Wikipedia and eBay, which are now such an integrated part of our lives, had not even been imagined. Most of us have had
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It was reported on ITWire 16-Nov-08 that 17,500 jobs are gone: "this has been a bad week for technology workers. As the economy continues to squeeze technology companies, staff are set to get crunched by swathing job cuts at BT, Sun and Yahoo!" This just goes back
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I've been thinking about my shopping habits & have decided to focus on grocery & non-perishables first.
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I've been thinking a lot about the next generation of the web after reading Kevin Kelly's posts last year on the internet of things. Recently Kevin spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit and discussed some of his ideas for the future of the web. The
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Thinking about things in my financial life that can be simplified or reduced: * credit cards * bank accounts * superannuation fund accounts * shopping * insurance Off to work out an action plan to simplify each of these - the goal is to make them simpler, cheaper and/or better value for money.