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150th Post

December 22, 2005

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here today to give you: my 150th post!
[applause]
I have been blogging for exactly a year now and I believe that this would be a good time for some reflection and a look at the year that was…
December 04
Inaugural Post
Christmas 04
I quit from maccas
January 05
*Post of the year* – Last ever [...]

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Covered Topic

December 18, 2005

Lately I have been hard at work on a laptop protective cover because I dont think that there is any better way to carry it around than just chucking it in your normal bag. Crafted from beautiful sponge rubber wetsuit material, the 12″ apple laptop bag has plenty of protection from even the most severe [...]

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Things I Hate: Manafactured Bands

December 17, 2005

I havent written a post about music for some time and from what I hear, music posts are some of the reader favourites.
There are a lot of thing I hate. There isnt much though that I hate as much as manafactured bands. You see… I believe that part of music is about the feeling and [...]

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Quick fact #2

December 15, 2005

I have a mole under my middle toe on my left foot

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iTuna



I have never really liked iTunes but millions of people seem to use it for day to day. I don’t know, surely my dislike is based on more than just shallow preconceptions.
No, I have been using iTunes on my mac for about a week now and I still dislike it. Unfortunately there are not many [...]

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Exmodition



Mods that I will probably do to my iBook
Clear case/Paint case

Blank Keys/Das Keyboard

These are after I have installed 512 extra meg of ram and a new battery.

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fBay – Slightly Better than eBay

December 13, 2005

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8737766495&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
If you are thinking of buying it then talk to me 1st and I might be able to cut you a deal outside of the ebay.

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Touch to Type



While I sit here and wait for Adobe Creative Suite installer to race my battery life I’m going to write a essentially pointless blog meerly because I want to practice my typing skills. You see- I have been trying to become more proficient in the ever so much more important skill of touch typing. Spending [...]

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Macosex

December 10, 2005

Initially I didnt really want to have to use MacOS. Being a PC ~guy~ you sort of have to be semi anti mac. Touching an iPod from time to time wasnt too bad but I feared having to use it day to day would be a bit of a problem, shoving me onto the road [...]

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Laptop Mistakes Followup

December 8, 2005

As a followup to Tuesdays post, I was able to get a quick pic of a huuuuuuuuuge dell laptop that a customer had.
My 12″ Ibook G3 is on the right (obviously). The dimensions of the dell were almost twice as big in every way, a horror to transport with a very bulky feel.

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Help Needed



I desperately need someone in Adelaide to let me borrow their OSX 10.4 Tiger DVD or CDs.
If you know anyone who could hook me up, give me a buzz on awam at awam dot com dot au

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Mistakes People Make When Buying a Laptop

December 6, 2005

Im going to use the word laptop because I like it much more than the word “notebook”. Notebook was supposed to cover the whole range of light next gen laptops that came out a few years ago but it likens too much to the notepad that spirax puts out for me.
I don’t mean to offend [...]

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Downdate on Games

December 1, 2005

Need for Speed : Most Wanted
Im about 40ish percent through this new need for speed incarnation and I will say that this is the best of the current street racing genre. Project Gotham Racing 3 is going to have to be pretty fun. The police chases are top notch and the racing balance is great. [...]

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