I love reading and just as the iTunes store is like crack for music lovers, so too is the Amazon Kindle app for iPhone and the store behind it for this book lover.
Category Archive: Technology
May 27 2010
Top Ten Inventions
There are 0 Comments for this post.My favourite tech website The Register reports on a poll ranking the top 100 inventions of all time, it came to my attention due the iPhone ranking 8th. It got me thinking about what my ten 10 inventions of ALL TIME would be … I’m not so sure that …
Apr 24 2010
the phoney war
There are 0 Comments for this post.After the complete meltdown of the Optus network at quite a few SydneyFC games this year – culminating in the total absence of any Optus service during the second half of the Grand Final in Melbourne. I have, with immense reluctance, been considering that maybe it is time to …
Mar 13 2010
the Australian Internet Filter
There are 0 Comments for this post.ABC GenY current affairs programme Hungry Beast have created a bit of a storm as they have published a survey where most of the people surveyed were IN FAVOUR of the mandatory Australian Internet filter that is being proposed by the Government. This is because, and you would know …
Jan 12 2010
“That’s crazy. I don’t know what’s going on with that Twitter thing.”
There are 0 Comments for this post.The title quote comes from this tragic story which must have everything a journalist could ask for murder & twitter. Apparently the alleged murderer and their victim had been communicating threats via twitter. So really twitter had nothing to do with the case – though I guess it will …
Dec 10 2009
rockets that don’t rock
There are 2 Comments for this post.I guess this one is a bit nerdy too – but hey, at least I’m posting ….. As I had my breakfast and read yet another story on the net about a NASA launch that was delayed due to an issue with the rocket that was going to lift …
Jul 31 2009
Yahoo!
There are 2 Comments for this post.With the deal finally done between Yahoo! and Microsoft! does this spell the beginning of the end for Yahoo! and will it take down yet another attempt by Microsoft to beat Google? I have no idea. But that won’t stop this rambling post about Yahoo! It sure feels like …
Jul 22 2009
weather radar
There are 0 Comments for this post.I love the BOM weather radar. I enjoy watching the storms come rushing across Sydney. It’s so helpful to have advanced warning. And it is accurate enough that you can even use it to plan leaving work so as to exit in a gap between rain fronts. As long …
Jul 14 2009
going to the moon was not about going to the moon
There are 4 Comments for this post.Ever wondered why the manned space programme took a back seat after the US got to the moon? Cos the point of going to the moon – was ONLY to beat the Soviets. Nothing more. “But I do think we ought to get it, you know, really clear that …
Jun 29 2009
skype
There is 1 Comment for this post.Skype is pretty cool. Truely. I love technology and Skype is very technological. And it’s cheaper than paying for phone calls and the like Saturday night I chatted to my mate in the NT for over 2 hours and tonight we chatted with Miss Be from Bollege for an …
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