Everything I’ve written online since July 22, 2009
Posted in September 29 2009 ¬ 3:43 pmh.Gusworld
Neatly summarised in the perhaps vain hope that the recent burst of activity here will continue and I’ll get back to daily summaries. Predictably, there’s a lot more Lifehacker than anything else.
Group 1: APC
Windows 7 may slow PC sales
Sony bans hi-def porn in Aussie factory
Group 2: SearchSecurity
Commonwealth Bank, Australia post, BUPA and NSW Fire Brigade explain their security strategies
How Queensland Sugar fought off a denial of service attack
URL shorteners represent a new threat
Group 3: iTWire
Managing enterprise smart phones can cost $4,500 a head: Gartner
Group 4: Lifehacker
DIY IKEA BlackBerry Stand (promptly picked up by the US site)
Add Every Other Cell In A Column In Excel
What Happens To Your Luggage Once It’s Checked In? (Road Worrier)
Google Jump To Links Help Navigate Long Pages
Last Week’s Best Posts
Artog Travel Insurance Compares Rates For Overseas Trips
Coles Offering 20% Off Mobile Recharges
Reading Room Revamp Still Has Flaws
Foxtel Readies New Channels, Download Services
Google Place Pages Provide Area Information
Officeworks iPhone App Has Product Listings, Store Locations
How Much Caffeine Would It Take To Kill You?
Save Money On Shampoo By Using Detergent
Five Cool Features Of Macquarie Edge (Loaded)
Dan Murphy’s Event Planner Calculates Your Drinking Needs
Byteside Offering iTunes, Brief And Audio Versions
DIY IKEA Handbag Rack
iDumpit BlackBerry App Offers Mobile-Exclusive Bargains
Enhance Your Wi-Fi Network Security (Lifehacker 101)
TicketChoice Adds Event Listings, Social Networking
The Basics Of White Balance
Chime Lets Aussies Update Twitter Via SMS
txtctr Counts Characters In iPhone SMS Messages
Rate The Loo Helps You Find The Best Toilets
What Are The Unwritten Ground Rules At Your Workplace?
SMS My Ride Lets You Warn Other Drivers
Catch Of The Day Pressure Cooker Sale This Wednesday
YouTube Resume Continues Videos Where You Left Off
Do Road Warriors Need An iPod Dock? (Road Worrier)
Improve Your Writing With Dan Brown’s Mistakes
Last Week’s Best Posts
Aargh, It’s Speak Like A Pirate Day
When Fried Eggs Can Be Good For You
Why You’ll Soon Have More Supermarket Choices
MyHouseHunt.com.au Adds Maps, Property Shortlists
Get Acrobat Reader To Work With 64-Bit Windows
Aussies No Longer Panicked About Saving
3G Broadband A Safer Choice Than Wi-Fi
Watch Lifehacker Live On Byteside
Dodgy Ad Techniques That Telcos Can’t Use Anymore (Loaded)
Comic Reader Turns PSP Into An Ebook Reader (Almost)
Google Makes Shift To reCAPTCHA By Buying It
How Minimal Can Your Calendar Get?
Skinny Thighs Can Point To Poor Health
The Telstra Split 101 (Lifehacker 101)
Music Videos Most Popular YouTube Content
Linux.conf.au 2010 Schedule Now Up
Find Where Stimulus Money Got Spent In Your Area
iView On PS3 Should Be Here In 2010
Credit Card Finder Outlines Australian Credit Card Deals
Check Firefox Extension Settings After Upgrading
Government To Force Telstra To Structurally Separate
Is Technology Being Used Effectively To Help 000?
Google Maps Adds Australian Traffic Information
113% Of Australians Own Mobile Services
Optus Offers iPhone Billing Tracker Application
Picking The Best Airline Seat (Road Worrier)
PowerPoint Terminology Explained For The Confused
Last Week’s Best Posts
Foods To Help Fight Prostate Cancer
Don’t Neglect Your Camera Manual
Knife Handling Secrets From Jamie Oliver
How To Get Crayon Marks Off Your TV Screen
Office 2010 Paste Improves, Could Still Be Better
eBay Results Change As Stores Get New Focus
Make That IKEA Concealed Laptop Desk Less Ugly
Top 10 Ways To Save Money On Food (Loaded)
Google Search Box To Get Bigger
Australian Pricing For New iPod Models
How To Deal With Fussy Eaters
MacTheMagazine Packed With Mac Tips
Understand ‘Best Before’ And ‘Use By’ Dates
Repeat 000 Time Wasters Will Have Their Mobiles Blocked
Time Shift TV Ratings Plans Firm Up
Is Adobe Reader The Most Evil Program Ever?
Shut Your Eyes When Brushing For Whiter Teeth
Archive Binge Helps You Catch Up On RSS Feeds
Top 10 Food Hacks, 2009 Edition
How Can You Take 365 Different Photos Of Yourself?
Coles Promises To Your Bench Grocery Deliveries
Assign Tasks The Right Day To Get Them Done
British Library Sound Archive Offers Rare Recordings
Making The Best Of Airline Food (Road Worrier)
ABC Wants iView Carried For Free On The NBN
It’s Food Week At Lifehacker
Last Week’s Best Posts
Don’t Be A Cheapskate On Father’s Day
Google Sports Calendars Include One Australian Sport
Why Are Internet Cafes Still Popular?
Tricks For Finding Cheaper iPhone Apps
Contract Workers Are Seeing Pay Decline
Time Shift Viewing Will Finally Get Included In Ratings
GetPrice Adds iPhone Application
DIY Landing Strip Storage
What’s Happened To Your Salary In The Last Decade?
Hi, I’m Consolidates Social Networks On One Page (promptly picked up by the US site)
Seven’s 4G Plans For Perth Not Such Great News
DIY Chalkboard Paint (promptly picked up by the US site)
Right-Click For Fast Excel Sheet Navigation
Wikipedia Editing For Beginners (Lifehacker 101)
Perkler Tracks Your Loyalty Programs Online
Internet Archive Offers Public Domain Movie Downloads
Zone 2 Melbourne Buses Free On Weekends In September
Set A Password On Your Outlook File
Why Too Much Hand Sanitiser Is A Bad Idea
Don’t Trust Offers Of Early Super Access
Wellington Gets Transit Information On Google Maps
Commercial TV Scheduling Is A Joke
TV Complaints Could Soon Be Lodged By Email
JB Hi-Fi Has Two $20 iTunes Cards For $30
Be A More Productive Traveller On The Road (Road Worrier)
Vodafone 3G Now Covers 94% Of Australia
Last Week’s Best Posts
More Than Half Of Australia Has Digital TV
Curing Insomnia With Online Tools
TwitterLogos Offers Graphics To Promote Your Twitter Life
Adobe Customers On Support Hold For Two Hours
Google Might Ditch CAPTCHA One Day
Woolworths May Do Data Plans After All
Beanhunter Tracks Independent Cafes
Netbooks Rapidly Grabbing Notebook Market Share
Don’t Get Ripped Off With Foreign Currency (Loaded)
Adelaide Bus Gets Wi-Fi Service
Air Canada Offers iPhone App For Check-In
Show Off Your Cooking Skills On TV
Are On-Screen Keyboards Really More Secure?
Persistence Is Key To iPod Music Copying (Lifehacker 101)
Use Google Calendar To Send Free SMS
GPS On Your Mobile Phone Illegal In Cars
Make Better Black And White Conversions In Photoshop
Google Offering Wikipedia Sub-Links In Results
DIY IKEA Earring Holder
Hostel Hero Books Hostels Via Your iPod
Heapr Searches Google, Twitter, Wolfram Alpha And Wikipedia
Ten Ways Not To Use PowerPoint
Failed Travel Transactions On The Rise
Let The ACCC Know What You Think About Postage Increases
Is Premium Economy Worth The Money? (Road Worrier)
staticICE Hover Shows Price Ranges
Last Week’s Best Posts
Reading Faces (And Emoticons) Less Universal Than You Think
DIY Cardboard Pinhole Cameras
Carve Your Keyboard Into the Desk
What Features Does Your Smart Phone Lack?
Disable Recent Documents History In Windows 7
Digital Luggage Scales: Still Essential, Now Affordable
Yellow Pages iPhone App Now Available
Suna Finally Arrives In Canberra
Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing Still Messy
Costco Has Some Good Deals For Tech (Loaded)
Online Video Not Quite Mainstream
The Hulu/iView/iPlayer Overseas Viewing FAQ (Lifehacker 101)
No Float Imminent For Qantas Frequent Flyers
ABC Trialling iView On PS3
US Money More Likely To Attract Customs Attention
Australia Post Has 10% iTunes Discount
Microsoft Concedes That The Ribbon Isn’t Intuitive
AlbumArtExchange Offers High-Quality Album Art
Coastalwatch Splashes Out With iGoogle Version
Your Lights Are On! Sends SMS To Save Your Car Battery
Declaring Bankruptcy On Your To-Do List
Internode Shows Call Wait Times On Its Site
10 Geeky Projects For National Science Week
Four Corners Investigates Online Crime
Comparing Netbook Broadband Bundles (Road Worrier)
Woolworths Offering 20% Off iTunes Cards
Last Week’s Best Posts
DIY Bookshelf Pod
Mitre 10 Busted By ACCC
Australia Post Giving Away Scales
Mac Office Gets Business Version For Double The Money
Twitter To Officially Support Retweets
Have Your Say On The Government’s Web 2.0 Plans
Why You Should Challenge A Dubious Tax Assessment (Loaded)
Where Guests Hide Stuff In Hotel Rooms
Millions Now Using Wireless Broadband
Phixxit Lets You Rate Your Favourite Tech
Top 5 Things You Should Never Pay Full Price For (Lifehacker 101)
Internode Launches Naked ADSL2+ In Tasmania
Is Tweeting The Birth Experience Going Too Far?
iHateHolding Gets You A Real Person On The Phone
Belkin Flythru Might Help With Airport Security
Queensland Citytrain Wi-Fi Inches Closer
How To Travel For Free
Make A Life Poster Using Picasa
MakeOfficeBetter.com Seeks Suggestions For Office 2010
iiNet BoB Is An All-In-One Router And Charging Station
Score Free DVDs When You Buy New Tech
ABC Switches Off Unmetered iView
Building The Google Chrome Icon In Lego
Avoid Extra Charges That Inflate Air Ticket Prices
Telling People About Digital TV Is Costly
Last Week’s Best Posts
How To Make Your Own Mousepad
Use Baking Paper To Keep The Office Sandwich Press Clean
Hit Inbox Zero When 12:34:56 7/8/9 Comes Around
Twitpay Lets You Make Payments Via Twitter
Google Adds “Social Gadgets” To iGoogle
Track Writing Submissions With A Template
Readers Conclude: Cheers To End Email Is Fine
Useful Shopping Tips From 1958 (Loaded)
How Selfish Users Can Mess With Off-Peak ISP Deals
New Nine Digital Channel Soft Launches Today
ABC iView Trialling More Unmetered ISPs
Get Up To $1,600 For Ceiling Insulation
Use Windows Search To Find Deleted Outlook Mails
TrackEngine Tells You When Sites Change
Jetstar To Offer SMS Boarding Passes From November
Ask Lifehacker: Restoring Lost iPhone Apps
No Data On Horizon For Woolworths Mobile
Navigon iPhone GPS App Released For Australia
Tweepsearch Lets You Search Twitter Bios
Display Photos And Artworks Under Shelves
eBay Motors Adds Finance Comparison Tool
Google Enhances Date Search Options
Woolworths Goes For Phones With Everyday Mobile
Last Week’s Best Posts
Gmail Fixes “On Behalf Of” Email Nuisance
Is Sampling The Right Way To Attract Rural Workers?
Can Your Chairs Be Practical And Attractive?
Comparison Site Fumzup Updates With New Interface
TravelSECURE Outlines Airport Security Rules
IceTV Updates Web Scheduling Features
Maternity Ward Packing Checklist
DIY IKEA Kitty Litter Cupboard
MagMe Lets You Read US Magazines Online For Free
DIY Portable Laptop Desk
Who Shouldn’t You Follow On Twitter?
BlackBerry Bold Now Has Next G Blue Tick
Using RSS To Keep Up With Your Favourite Sites (Lifehacker 101)
People Going Places Highlights Travel Options For Caravan Lovers
QuickBooks Readies Online Version
Google’s Top Aussie Searches Show We’re All Media Whores
HP Launches Top-Secret Takeback Program
Apple Half-Revives Singles With Digital 45s
Bill Gates’ Multiple Monitor Email Management System
Warholizer Gives Your Pictures An Andy Warhol Feel
DIY IKEA Messenger Bag
The Lifehacker 3G Broadband Directory, 2009 Edition (Road Worrier)
Why Club Nintendo Stars Are Bad Value
When Blu-ray Digital Copy Is A Dud
DIY Tetris Magnets
Last Week’s Best Posts
Metlink Offering Cheaper Tickets Online
Organising Secrets Of A Google Tasks Developer
Does It Matter If The Price Of Stamps Rises?
Remember Your Twitter Name Length When Seeking Retweets
Taskbar Eliminator Hides The Windows Taskbar
Will We See More Massive Petrol Discounts? (Loaded)
Teach Kids To Be Independent
Woolworths, Big W Doubling Qantas Points This Weekend
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