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  • CeBIT, work and play

    Last week was pleasantly quiet at work as many staff, including the others in my group, were involved with CeBIT Australia. The CSIRO had a large stand there, part of whichwas used to display the (externally) popular Air Hockey Over a Distance demonstrator. I had a brief look around CeBIT one afternoon and was not…

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  • Free Windows games websites

    Sometimes you just feel like playing a game. My Sharp Muramasa’s graphics powers (Mobility Radeon) are not so great, although it should be able to cope with many of the older games I own. Once I have an external CD-ROM drive to load them on, that is. I found some websites for downloading free (not…

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  • Australian Airlines

    How ironic that the day after we flew with Australian Airlines that Qantas announced that the brand would cease to exist. As we flew both Qantas international and Australian Airlines 767’s on the trip to Japan e were able to make a direct comparison between the two. Australian Airlines came out in front due to…

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  • Addicted to travel

    Everytime I hear a plane overhead I look up and dream. I thought that this time it would take me longer than a week to get back into that state, but sadly, no, I am addicted to travel. I have been feeling depressed the whole day. I feel that, right now, my life is pointless,…

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  • Japan Photos

    The photos of our holiday to Japan are now available online.

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  • Home from Japan

    It’s sad that our holiday has come to an end, but in another way it’s good to be back in our own house. Very relaxed after two weeks on the move. When we arrived in Cairns the sops in the transit area were all open. Arrival in Sydney ran smoothly and we got home quickly.…

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