Monthly Archives: September 2005

Web Publishing Tip: Write Clear Titles

September 11, 2005 – 11:39 pm

[asterisk*] Web Publishing Tip: Write Clear Page Titles

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Worst Disaster in the US?

September 11, 2005 – 7:01 am

Thinking current affairs for a moment, what would you think was one of the worst diasters to hit the US?

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Rubik’s Cube Solver

September 10, 2005 – 11:34 am

Rubik’s Cube Solver

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The modern rules of advertising?

September 10, 2005 – 11:33 am

The modern rules of advertising?
e.g. Anyone with a scientific career will have a bad haircut and dreadful clothes.

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Apple - iPod nano

September 8, 2005 – 12:14 pm

No sign of Australian pricing yet, but the new Apple iPod nano ($USD199/249) looks like it’s replacing the mini. Update: $AUD299 (2GB) or $AUD359(4GB) - white or black.

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what’s your hot drink of choice?

September 7, 2005 – 9:39 am

When I’m leading a newly-formed discussion group, this is one of the questions that I always ask to try and get everyone talking: if the group meets for a while, I might even come back to it later with the hot drinks.
Let’s get a bit interactive this morning. What’s your hot drink of choice? Mine [...]

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DVD: The Princess Bride

September 6, 2005 – 10:53 pm

DVD: The Princess Bride
What better way to spend an evening than to watch this movie with your wife while cooking dinner for her. Timeless film, but probably could benefit from subtitles so I could follow those few lines I hadn’t already memorised. Rangehoods can be pretty noisy things at times.

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old testament

September 6, 2005 – 11:59 am

My head is buzzing with the Old Testament at the moment. We’re covering Malachi in bible study (which means I’m writing studies on Malachi), I’m studying a correspondence course on the Old Testament wisdom writings, and the minor prophets, and I’m listening to some lectures on “Preaching the Old Testament”.
It’s amazing how long you can [...]

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Barbara Bush on New Orleans Refugees

September 6, 2005 – 11:34 am

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out "Very Well" for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans - I can’t find any other citation of the quote yet - perhaps it’s not true.

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Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

September 4, 2005 – 11:51 pm

Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Thanks to kel’s generous suggestion, I managed to cash in my second last Christmas-present movie money and sit next to her as we both laughed and smiled our way through this dark, but mostly kid-friendly comedy. Having watched the Gene Wilder version on television the night before, I was expecting [...]

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Idea Creation and Execution

September 2, 2005 – 10:04 am

Idea Creation and Execution

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rowing

September 2, 2005 – 9:39 am

rowing machine: 2km’s 8:44.7

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Writely

September 2, 2005 – 9:38 am

Writely - the web word processor

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old club veg parody of billy joel

September 1, 2005 – 2:52 pm

Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire was once parodied by MMM radio’s Club Veg. For some reason, as I was telling trev, I have that parody stuck in my head, even though it’s based on an event that happened in 1990.
Here’s what I could remember:

with babies screaming in the grandstand
the referees are blind and
i [...]

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ptc open night

September 1, 2005 – 11:21 am

Trekked over to the presbyterian theological centre last night, and spent a few hours learning about what they have to offer. Looks like doing part-time study towards a Graduate Diploma (which I can then convert to a Masters if I like) seems like the way to go.
I was surprised at the effect that the library [...]

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What’s Special About This Number?

September 1, 2005 – 8:50 am

What’s Special About This Number?

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