Author: malliemcg
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Starforce are evil – Boing Boing: Anti-copying malware installs itself with dozens of games
Boing Boing: Anti-copying malware installs itself with dozens of games Starforce are acting in what I believe an evil manner. For one they are silently (or manufacturers of games) installing their “copy protection” software onto PC’s – this software is not perfect and goes against its mandate to protect the software from being copied. There…
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? Banned Xbox 360 Ad: Best Ad Ever! InsideMicrosoft – part of the Blog News Channel
? Banned Xbox 360 Ad: Best Ad Ever! InsideMicrosoft – part of the Blog News Channel This has been everywhere – but it is definatly one of the best Ad’s I have ever seen. Perhaps a very clever guerilla marketing campagin by microsoft, either way, top marks! M
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Hyundai Getz
This car is built in Korea and is a small 3 door vehicle. It is powered by a 1500 CC engine hooked up to a 5 speed manual gearbox. I rate this car as better than walking, but is the single most uncomfortable car I have ever had the misfortune of attempting to get into…
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Making life what now?
Calling Telstra to ensure that my mobile and home accounts became one – I first encounted a VR system. I leave out the I in this TLA because its hopeless. It took 1 minute 11 seconds to get put through to an operator, who was able to resolve my issue 1 minute 36 seconds later…
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Setting a Macintosh (MacMini) to auto restart from the command line.
Recently I have been having some issues with power back home. I am away interstate on a contract and access to the macmini, which is this webserver is somewhat difficult. However there is a way to solve this issue. I searched on google how to enable automatic reboot for Mac OS X and for Power…
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Toothbrushes
I recently tried a new toothbrush as my other one began resembling a small unkept dog. The Colgate Massager is an interesting toothbrush with all sorts of appendages sticking out of it and a flexible tip. For cleaning teeth this is amasing – it can get to places my other one could not and left…
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Jim Beam – Small Batch.
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY! Jim Beam small batch costs approx $50.00 across Australia, and I have only seen advertising for it over the last 18 months or so. The other day I decided to try this bourbon. This bourbon is actually a bourbon mixed with the Port liqueur and is somewhat darker than normal jim beams.…
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Coke Zero – Where does it rank on flavour and as a mixer?
Coke Zero – is cokes new diet drink on the market. It has some interesting things going for it – first the most important fact of all – it still contains caffiene, which was my biggest worry when I first heard about it. Flavour: Coke Zero when it first hits your mouth tastes like coke…
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Lasagne – Tasty as.
Lasagne is an easy dish to cook and prepare, it is however time consuming and can potentially be messy. If you are used to preparing bolognase sauce you should be able to transfer these skills into mad lasagne skills very easily. (Less reduction of the sauce). Very basic – and easy: You Need: 500gram low…