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I can't complain about the rain. Those who are flooded and without power can, but so far so good here. Anyway, we need the water. This wet and windy start to the long weekend gave me an opportunity to make a start on painting some of the model railway buildings. I haven't the patience to…

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Not only does B always discover my surprises, somehow my plans are usually frustrated as well. My surprise trip to Tasmania to propose to B – her mother stopped her. Now her boss has refused to let her travel during the time I booked our Jetstar flight to Osaka. I'm extremely peeved, because rebooking that…

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I wrote in an earlier post that I have been playing around with Google Gadgets. One place you can use these gadgets is on personalised iGoogle pages. I shall not delve into the privacy and security pros and cons of iGoogle and personalisation now, because I'm feeling strangely inspired by iGoogle's Teahouse theme. This Japanese…

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I was unable to connect to Telstra ADSL for a couple of days this week. I tried everything on m own systems without luck. So I dialedthe support number and went through the various prompts. Sometime after I confirmed that I was dialing from the same line as the ADSL connection but before I had…

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I've been playing around with some of Google's APIs lately, especially their Gadgets. These are mini web applications that can plug into iGoogle and other pages and are written in XML and JavaScript (although they may reference more sophisticatedprograms written in other languages). So far I have written one that shows the CSIRO media release…

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On Saturday we thought that we'd enjoy a nice lunch at a restaurant in Cronulla. Upon arrival we discovered the Jazz and Shiraz festival running beside the beach. We don't like jazz or shiraz, but there were some interesting food stalls as well. I tried a spicy Peruvian fish dish while B ate Italian as…

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