Archive for the 'Miscellaneous' Category

Embedding YouTube Videos as Valid XHTML 1.0, Bernie Zimmermann

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Embedding YouTube Videos as Valid XHTML 1.0, Bernie Zimmermann

If you’ve experienced the pain of a screwed up page (formatting) after embedding a youtube video – try the page here, very, very helpful! The above saved my site – it took forever to work out why the formatting went all fubar. The code supplied by [...]

Geeks and Wine?

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Are you a geek? If so, would you consider yourself an oenophile (wine lover/wine fan)?
Having read  a blog post that suggests that geeks love to get the core of problems, to discover the key to “problems” or otherwise get to the heart of anything that they enjoy doing (games, puzzles etal). I’d have to say [...]

“The French Paradox” Eating French

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The Santa Barbara Independent Eating French
A wonderful article that has more to do about quality of life than the things we have or do. A brief anecdotal look at the paradox of the way French eat more “fattening” food than USAian’s (and by extension Australians who seem to follow US trends) may be related to [...]

Customer Service Award – September/October 2007

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

I have decided that places who provide exceptional customer service should be mentioned and awarded for their outstanding actions that made me feel happy .
- Noodle Box Gungahlin – This store opposite “The G” in Gungalin is amazing – the food is pretty good, but the smile, friendly word and attitude of the staff [...]

I am, you are…

Friday, September 7th, 2007

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Today I am bloody well ashamed to be an Australian. We are a nation of laid back slackers, with a motto of she’ll be right mate, emphasis on the word mate. Yet we have blocked off a three mile square chunk of Sydney [...]

Collapse on flight prompts needle warning to diabetics – National – smh.com.au

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Collapse on flight prompts needle warning to diabetics – National – smh.com.au
This just in – proof that the terrorists have won! They have made it so that the lives of average law abiding citizens are placed in jeopardy without having to do anything.
Congratulations to the fear mongers, you have handed victory to those who would [...]

Flash » The End of the World

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Flash » The End of the World
Its the end of the world mate.
Oh – WTF mate!!

iTunes Plus (DRM Free tracks now available)

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

It seems that Apple Inc. have (finally) launched the DRM free tracks on the iTunes Music Store, which I am pretty sure is a good thing.
Now Apple don’t deserve all the credit here – EMI (and a big applause to them for the decision to go the route of portable music) deserve big kudo’s for [...]

Astute Submarine Looks like a Whale, Never Needs Refuelling [PICS]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

The newest British Royal Navy’s submarine looks like a giant whale, can sit in the English Channel and fire cruise missiles at North Africa; but perhaps the most extraordinary feature of the British-built sub is that it will never need to be refuelled throughout its 25-year lifespan, meaning it can sail round the world 40 [...]

How to be the Perfect Girlfriend

Friday, February 16th, 2007

How to be the perfect girlfriend.
It seems to sum it all up. Now how complicated, and how many eons would the perfect Boyfriend video go for?
Is true, we be easy to please