June 28th, 2009
A Michael Jackson impersonator I snapped at the Imperial Palace in Vegas earlier this year. Rumour had it that doubles were going to play quite an important role in Jackson’s planned London concert series, but there should definitely be steady work from now on in B-grade entertainment venues across the planet for anyone unfortunate enough to look like this. (And no apology for that last remark: Jackson’s untimely demise in no way changes the fact that no-one sane would actually want to look anything like his post-surgery self.)
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May 10th, 2009
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May 2nd, 2009
I’d hoped to be more efficient with the blog this week, but I ended up being heavily occupied getting ready for the Lifehacker Hand Luggage Only project. The basic idea is pretty simple: I have to spend a month on the road, with only a single regulated airline size carry bag, visit every state in Australia, and do my normal work. Should be fun/interesting/hellish (delete as appropriate).
Predictably, that dominated affairs at Lifehacker during the week. Monday’s Road Worrier column announced the project, on Tuesday I revealed my packing list, Thursday’s Loaded looked at how I found cheap hotels and on Friday I hit the road as my BlackBerry crashed. I’ve now reached Adelaide, the first stop on the journey, and have told myself firmly I need to blog more often.
But of course, it wasn’t all that was going on. At SearchSecurity, I looked at how to develop security policies for virtual environments. For iTWire, I wrote up Dell’s new retail deal with Dick Smith. And in the non-HLO world at Lifehacker:
Free Comic Book Day 2009 Is This Saturday
Adding Smart Bibliography Citations In Word
DealSucker Aggregates Australian Deals Of The Day
Twitter Adds Proper Search Button
Blockbuster Offering Movie Downloads On TiVo
Vodafone 3G In Regional Centres Goes Live
Perks Still Define The Best Places To Work
Expand Your TiVo To 1TB — For A Price
How To Move Your Outlook Files From One PC To Another (this week’s Lifehacker 101)
FOX Sports Mobile Offers Live Scores On Your Phone
Windows 7 Changes AutoPlay For Better Security
Tjoos Aggregates And Verifies Discount Shopping Coupons And Codes
ABC Adds Twitter, Facebook Features To iView
Best Free Sites For Kids?
How To Uninstall The Skype Firefox Extension
Would You Skip The Voice Recognition Option Given The Chance?
Use Excel As A Twitter Client
Internode’s 3G Broadband Service Not Spectacular Value
Ice TV Decision Could Bring Web Information Explosion
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April 26th, 2009
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March 31st, 2009
I’ve seen more rain in Sydney in 24 hours than I saw in London in a month. You get that. You can also get conned if you’re foolish enough to take security advice over the phone, as I point out in a news piece for APC.
Mondays at Lifehacker always mean Road Worrier, which this week looked at some recent statistics on Australian online travel buying habits which suggest that we don’t always get it right. Elsewhere on the site:
What Google Doesn’t Index On Its Own Site
Australians Like Mobile Internet, Still Don’t Want To Pay For It
Get Free Wi-Fi At The MCG
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March 30th, 2009
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March 24th, 2009
Yes, it’s almost time again for the Lizzies, the annual awards which recognise the best of Australian IT journalism. I’ve got myself a record-breaking four nominations this time around, in the somewhat divergent categories of Best Technical Journalist, Best Consumer Technology Journalist, Best Columnist and Best Technology Industry Journalist. Last year, I got Highly Commended for the first two, so I guess they’re the ones to watch — though my inner pessimist says that I’m not going to win any of them and probably came sixth in the scoring across all four categories. Plus, Darren Yates always deservedly wins Best Technical Journalist and the column I’m nominated for has actually since been axed. But it’s nice to be included.
Over at SearchSecurity, my latest piece looks at threat modelling software from Microsoft. At Lifehacker, there was something of a comms theme, which isn’t unusual:
Google Seeks Students For Summer Of Code 2009
Would You Make A Skype Call From Your Browser?
Commonwealth NetBank Swarms Onto Mobile Phones, Still Needs SMS
Internode Officially Allowing Unmetered Tivo Downloads
Vodafone Beta Testing Xpress Phone Account Management Software
Google Street View Expands Australian Coverage
Microsoft Still Lagging On Browser Error Messages
What Are The Essentials For International Carry-On Luggage?
Melbourne Metcards On Special Online For The Next Fortnight
Commercial Digital Channel Plans Slowly Taking Shape
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March 22nd, 2009
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