singingfish’s blog

Time to give our officials a wake up call?

2008-12-27T21:17:58Z

The "you can't photograph us / our building, it's against the law" zeitgeist seems to be waking up in Australia. Here's a story from Boxing Day about a guy being harassed by the police for taking photos. Soooo ... I was at North Wollongong Sta...

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The 10 big energy myths - my take

2008-11-29T00:51:12Z

Late last night I came across this article from the Guardian Newspaper in the UK. It being late at night, I didn't read it all the way through, but, I liked what I did read. But ... there are some issues. So, I'll look at each of the ten things...

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The difference between aggressive and assertive

2008-03-07T00:49:54Z

Just for future reference - I was having a conversation with someone the other day who made it clear that they didn't know the difference even though they ought to. Assertive is not taking any shit from other people. Aggressive is handing out...

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Mad Keen Wowzers

2008-02-25T09:58:22Z

It has come to my attention that if you google for the term "mad keen wowzers" you get no results, so I thought I'd provide a link to a famous image of some mad keen wowzers:

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Stupid exam answers #359

2007-11-08T10:52:28Z

Yes, this is a real answer. Another student scraping the bottom of the barrel. Fortunately this is school level, not university ;-)

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How to make windows suck less part 2 - multimedia.

2007-11-03T11:06:12Z

Right, for whatever reason, you've chosen to buy a windows PC. Bad choice if you ask me, I'm not you, and we're both glad about that. First up, you've hardened your computer against spyware by following this advice. Next, you need to be able to...

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Bread Maker Advice.

2007-10-02T12:13:59Z

I've made a lot of bread in a home bread maker for the last 5 years. I've burned through 2 machines (I'm on my third). The second cheapest Breville Baker's Oven bread maker has been perfectly good for me. My second bread maker was the cheapest ...

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Securing your new windows computer

2007-09-23T11:42:08Z

Here are some instructions I believe will help you make your new Windows computer more secure as a home user. The source of most of this is from here. So you're going to have to maintainin your own computer and for whatever reason you've chose...

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Toxic Boss Syndrome

2007-08-15T00:52:40Z

Note: You can point your friends and colleagues to this page with the web address http://xrl.us/35qk (easier to write down or spell out loud). A very good friend of mine is having problems with their boss. In my opinion as an ex-psychologist and...

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Lightly baked dc-in board

2007-08-08T03:41:25Z

So my laptop had some trouble with the DC in board - the cable neds to be jiggled so that the battery knows to charge. So I ordered a 2nd hand one for $35 from the ibook scrap yard. Meanwhile I have a temporary fix that works but immobilises me ...

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