- Friday, April 23, 2010, 14:07
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Been a hectic week. ANZAC day is coming up on Sunday 25th April so spare a thought for those fallen soldiers. On that topic, Red poppy or white poppy? While I don't disagree with the whole white poppy campaign, I think the timing was poor, being so close to the Red Poppy Appeal day.
I'm contemplating bringing in a Roku from the U.S, can anyone tell ...
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- Saturday, April 17, 2010, 11:47
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This week, I'm trialling a new desktop blogging client called Bilbo. A KDE application for Linux it works much in the same way as Windows Live Writer, although image manipulation / positioning was much easier in WLW. However I would have to say, if your looking for a WYSIWYG blog client for Linux, Bilbo Blogger might just fulfill your needs.
Well, school holidays are technically over. ...
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- Friday, April 9, 2010, 16:12
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I really can't ask for a better Autumn day, we have wall to wall blue sky and a very light breeze which is not cold. It's got to be a balmy 18-19 degrees out side. Mother nature really has turned it on for us today and it looks like this weather is going to last for the weekend.
Call me cynical, but who cares if a ...
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- Friday, March 26, 2010, 15:38
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Winter is in the air. The temperatures are definitely not as warm as they were a few weeks ago, although I have to admit the night time temperature is a lot more comfortable at the moment. I do like this time of the year, not to hot and not too cold. But I do prefer summer over winter.
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- Friday, February 26, 2010, 6:00
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Yes, there are only 2 days left of Summer here in New Zealand. Been pretty fortunate the last few days have been wall to wall blue sky. Now this is what summer is all about.
Today I ask for your opinion on an idea I’ve had regarding a new podcast channel on XTN. I would love to hear your thoughts. It’s still in the planning stages ...
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- Friday, February 19, 2010, 9:35
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Just read an article over on Crunchgear regarding the birthday of the BBS (Bulletin Board System) Bought back a lot of fond memories of the late 80’s early 90’s for me :)
Back before we had the Internet on the scale we do today, tying up the phone line for hours on end dialled in to a BBS waiting for 60 minutes to download a 1meg ...
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- Friday, February 12, 2010, 16:00
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Had an unfortunate mishap with the car last Sunday, turns out we broke a rocker. Not sure how we managed that but will be with out a car for a few weeks I think. Although, I have to say it hasn’t been too bad not having the car :)
I seriously need to get the air flow in the studio sorted out, been very hot and ...
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- Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:46
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This episode turned out to be a little shorter than the planned episode length and I think it feels a little too rushed. So I apologise for that, I also forgot to close the windows.
I think I’m slowly getting the format of the show sorted, though I know I need to slow it down a little bit. But as a fellow podcaster says “It is ...
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- Friday, January 29, 2010, 16:37
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After an extended break I’m back on deck and looking forward to recording regularly.
Seems like only yesterday was the beginning of 2009, and now we’re in to 2010. Just when I get use to writing one year I have to remember to write a new one Got an awesome show lined up for you. I have made some minor changes to the pre show preparation ...
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- Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 14:51
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I read an article over on Associated Press entitled
AP Exclusive: Network error causes scary web error The run down of the article is, Three people trying to access their Facebook profiles via their Nokia mobile phone ended ...
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