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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.
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I've never really bothered to plan my shopping & have traditionally just bought whatever appealed to me on the day. But that is all about to change. I'm going to be planning my shopping from now on - checking labels and looking for good value. Any
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This week my goal is to take public transport to the city on at least 3 business days. Just been checking out the NSW government 131500 website to plan my trips. Now I just need to find a carbon reduction tracker so I can work out progress due to not
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"Fight as if you are right, listen as if you are wrong!" -- Karl Weick The first part of this quotation is easy, it's always easy to fight as if you are right. Most of the time most of us are convinced that we are right.
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In the past I thought of frugality as a negative thing but recently I've been thinking that it would be good to simplify my life, to reduce the complexity and to also reduce my carbon footprint.