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Wed, Oct 7 2009 15:11

And the winner is…

  Better… much better…   Poll results
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Fri, Oct 2 2009 22:13

Would you like to help choose the new Vegemite name?

Kraft have bowed to public pressure, and have scrapped the (dare I say loathed) Vegemite name “iSnack 2.0”. And, they have decided that the public will choose the new name, by voting on it. Here is the URL if you’re so inclined: http://www.ys2.net.au...
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Sun, Sep 27 2009 14:19

Waiting for an Apple lawsuit….

  … or maybe a lawsuit by the makers of “ iSnack Cyber Chips ” or the “ iSnack Energy Bar ”. Yes, Kraft really did choose to name their new Vegemite “ iSnack 2.0 ” .  The name was “invented” (and I use that term very loosely) by Dean Robbins...
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Thu, Sep 17 2009 18:57

Added to the “the Victorian Police are looking for WHAT???” file

  “ SOS issued for original ABBA jumpsuit VICTORIA Police have issued an SOS to help find a white jumpsuit originally worn by ABBA songstress Agnetha Faltskog. The jumpsuit, which Agnetha is pictured wearing on the cover of the Swedish pop group's...
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Fri, Apr 17 2009 16:58

Heh

Credit: http://xkcd.com/570/
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Mon, Mar 2 2009 22:25

When voice recognition goes bad…

One day the voice recognition software, feeling unloved and unappreciated, decided to show the world just how much power it had…
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Thu, Feb 19 2009 10:46

Quote of the day

“It's a business continuity measure - this way, if a meteor takes out our data centre, we can all run around like chickens with our heads cut off, rather than lie around dead.” – name withheld to protect the not so innocent :)
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Wed, Feb 4 2009 12:20

I received the BEST birthday card today!

  
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Tue, Dec 2 2008 12:22

Smiley face!!

What you are looking at is a crescent moon, with Venus and Jupiter nearby, positioned just right. Taken in Kathmandu: Picture: Reuters Source: http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,23607,5036115-5007150-4,00.html And Hong Kong: Picture: Chris Lee Source: http...
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Tue, Nov 18 2008 17:30

Would you class this as a threat?

I received an interesting email via the contact facility for this blog. You can see a screenshot of the email to the left of screen. A Russian-speaking associate tells me that the email text translates as: " You, dummy, aren't you worried about...
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Mon, Nov 10 2008 14:13

Heh.

Source: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081109
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Sun, Nov 2 2008 19:03

Ferrari fender benders

This happened in Perth a year or so ago.... the gentleman in question was showing off for the crowds in the hotel located at the intersection in question - the driver, who was certainly old enough to know better, faced insurance questions after it was...
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Thu, Oct 2 2008 1:55

Announcement: Sandi is awarded Microsoft MVP status for the 10th year in a row...

Yes, it feels a bit weird writing in the third person for this post's title, but writing "I" in the title feels even weirder. I have received an email advising that I have been awarded Microsoft MVP status for the 10th year in a row ......
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Sat, Aug 23 2008 21:48

Totally off topic!!

How cute is my little nephew? He is reading THE most important section of the newspaper - Cars for Sale - he's going to be a car fan, just like his daddy (no, that's not his daddy in the picture, that's one of his uncles). He's the only...
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Fri, Aug 22 2008 14:28

Heh.

Source: http://xkcd.com/466/
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Wed, Aug 13 2008 19:05

Dell oops...

" Buying 1 M6300 Laptop, with 3 year dedicated SDM on-site support will only set you back $1.17Mill. Yeps, that’s right, medium business owner here really needs to love that on-site support for his M6300 laptop. " You'll find the full story...
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Wed, Aug 13 2008 13:59

Google is acting a bit weird today...

Is anybody else seeing this? Google in Firefox seems ok. Google in Internet Explorer is showing a strange overlay...
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Tue, Aug 12 2008 16:14

Demoted...

People! I was being facetious. I have not been demoted in real life. I was indulging in what I thought was a funny dig-in-the-ribs at the reporter who erroneously stated that I was 'the head of security for Microsoft' in an online article, only...
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Tue, Aug 12 2008 9:07

For pity's sake ... can't they get things right????

I saw this, just a few minutes ago: "" At a talk that was given by Sandi Hardmeier — who was the head of security for Microsoft — she said there is no system in the world that has been built that can't be hacked into. It may...
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Thu, Jul 31 2008 17:39

Toby Richards talks about the MVP Program

Toby Richards: Community and MVP Program Roadmap " Toby Richards , General Manager for Community Support Services and the MVP Program at Microsoft, is interviewed by Ken Levy discussing the current state of the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professionals...
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