Monthly Archives: June 2005

On leaving and rejoining services online…

June 20, 2005 – 12:35 pm

[plasticbag.org] On leaving and rejoining web applications; it’s important to provide people with a way to leave your online service and to come back: if they can do this, they’re less likely to leave, and more likely to come back.

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adventures in melbourne (part 2)

June 20, 2005 – 10:46 am

green eggs and salmon

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(Read part one)
On Sunday morning we headed to Brunswick St to go to our regular haunt - a cafe called Atomica. Since stumbling across this cafe a couple of years ago, kel and I have made a point of trying [...]

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Feuerzangenbowle

June 19, 2005 – 9:40 am

lighting the rum

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A few of us gathered at erika and dave’s house for a Feuerzangenbowle - a German winter tradition involving rum, mulled wine, and a “sugar cone”; kind of like a sugar cube, but a lot larger. The sugar cone is doused with [...]

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Psyching yourself out

June 19, 2005 – 9:02 am

[43F] Psyching yourself out

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Movie: Batman Begins

June 19, 2005 – 1:17 am

Movie: Batman Begins
Best. Superhero Movie. Ever.

Kel, Paul and I saw this at Bondi Junction; amazing cinema, and a good place to be in the mood to immerse yourself in a film. All that was missing from the Michael Keaton Batman was present in this film. The only thing that it lacked was an enemy with [...]

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Big Pineapple faces the chop

June 17, 2005 – 10:46 pm

[fiona] Noo! Big Pineapple faces the chop

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Queen buys iPod

June 17, 2005 – 3:48 pm

[kev] Britain’s Queen buys iPod

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Colour List Favelet

June 16, 2005 – 11:11 pm

Color List Favelet - handy for working out the hex colours on a page.

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adventures in melbourne part 1

June 16, 2005 – 10:39 pm

crown - jump start

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Having braved the early alarm, and made it to the bus stop with an unusually comfortable amount of time to spare, we reached the airport in plenty of time for our flight.
A cautionary tale: just because the self-service baggage check-in calls [...]

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iPod Alarm Clock Radio

June 16, 2005 – 1:16 pm

[forevergeek] iPod Alarm Clock Radio

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stress yourself younger

June 16, 2005 – 11:25 am

New research says Get stressed, stay young and healthier - Good stress is short-term, mildly stimulating, varied and gives a sense of achievement.

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Spending Time to Save Time

June 14, 2005 – 10:20 pm

Spending Time to Save Time

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Movie: The Machinist

June 14, 2005 – 10:19 pm

Movie: The Machinist)
Interesting and grizzly, but ultimately doesn’t quite live up to its potential.

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Book: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

June 14, 2005 – 10:48 am

Book: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcom Gladwell has written a book that feels like a long magazine article. Covering a wide range of research that’s been done on the “gut-feel” decisions that we make without even being aware of them. An enjoyable read, challenging the reader to consider their own instinctive decision-making.

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Websites that charge you more

June 14, 2005 – 10:18 am

[rebecca blood] Websites Invade Your Privacy to Charge You More

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we’re back

June 14, 2005 – 10:17 am

We made it safely back from melbourne, and had a great time. More detail to follow.

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off to melbourne

June 10, 2005 – 10:35 pm

spending the long weekend in melbourne: it will be pretty quiet here until then.

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watch out for…

June 10, 2005 – 9:15 pm

I can’t take the credit for actually finding this this modified watch for ice sign, but it seemed worthy of a blog entry. Once again, looking through flickr reaps dividends. (While I don’t endorse graffiti, you have to give credit where credit is due.)

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Is It Time to Raise Prices?

June 10, 2005 – 5:27 pm

Inc.com article - Is It Time to Raise Prices?

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Making a perfect cup of tea

June 10, 2005 – 3:01 pm

[silverfish] BBC guide to Perfect Tea. Also noteworthy is the Pantone Tea Mug.

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