“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.”
Chinese Proverb.
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Just Do It.
Posted on August 31, 2002 by Richard
Game Console Timeline.
Posted on August 28, 2002 by Richard
In May I started a Game Console Timeline. Here is the latest version.
August 28 2002 – Sony and Microsoft announce 17% price cut in Europe
June 25 2002 – Video games industry on track for projected increase of sales by 12 percent to $US31 billion
June 14 2002 – Sony cuts PS2 price to $399.95 in Australia
May [...]
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Soap Cola.
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Richard
Could the next Cola war be fought in the bathroom. The Pepsi Melanoma challenge.
“A study suggests that a skin lotion spiked with caffeine or with another compound found in green tea can reduce by more than half the number of cancer tumours on the skin of hairless mice exposed to brutal levels of ultraviolet radiation“. [...]
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That’s not a lightsaber. THAT’S a lightsaber!
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Richard
The Australian Census held last year finally sheds some light on why the Star Wars prequals are filmed in Australia. It seems 70,509 of us are Jedi Knights.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said Jedi or Jedi-related responses had been categorised as not defined for census output purposes.
“However, due to interest in this matter [...]
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Flight Club.
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Richard
My friend Richard’s exploits with WarFlying have hit the big time, getting an article printed in the Sydney Morning Herald, War driving takes to the air over Perth. Given the idea was his, I thought I’d give him and his club, Flight Club, another plug.
I always knew there was a reason that Pineapples were [...]
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Buy More Bottled Water.
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Richard
I have a new hero. Jonathan Potter, executive director of Digital Media Association. To quote him from the article Downloads Blamed for Low CD Sales, “the way to defeat illegal music distribution services is to offer comprehensive, innovative, fairly priced legal services“. “Until the record companies offer their content ubiquitously in a consumer-friendly way, studies [...]
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Intellectually Underachieving Teen-Pop.
Posted on August 26, 2002 by Richard
Driving home tonight from work I feverishly flicked radio stations in an attempt to get a fix of some good tunes. I eventually gave up, listening to to a channel that sounded just like the others. This seems to be happening more often lately, which made me wonder if my age is effecting my music [...]
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HIH Royal Commission
Posted on August 25, 2002 by Richard
Ridiculous business practice is not just in the realm of U.S. organisations.
From The Australian newspaper, August 9.
HIH Royal Commission. Day 131. Wayne Martin QC examining Raymond Reginald Williams.
Martin: “Could you tell us please if, on your frequent first-class trips to London, you booked the seat next to you for your briefcase ?”
Williams: “I don’t recall [...]
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DashBlog.
Posted on August 25, 2002 by Richard
Today I created DashBlog. An extension of DotBlog to host a collection of photos that I take with my new Digital Camera.
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Gadget Junkie.
Posted on August 24, 2002 by Richard
Last year my brother bought me a Nikon Coolpix 885 Digital Camera for Christmas. I know, what a great brother. It was my pride and joy for only a few weeks. It was stolen in January when a drug addict climbed up to our balcony and broke in to steal it, my mobile phone and [...]
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