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Posts from July 2008

Henderson & Horning – Sexist Advertising, Justice Through Social Networks?

Picture of a guy, top ripped open, sitting down, staring suggestively up towards the crotch of a lady in red fishnet stockings. Sign reads, “How Long Have You Been Looking?” (Corner of Harris Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, [still current]).
I passed this sign at least twice a day, 5 days a week, for months on [...]


If You Want a Job Done…

If you want a job done…
simply make it fun.

“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and ‘snap’, the job’s a game.” Mary Poppins

I’ve been carefully noticing my working levels, moral interests, and that of the general environment, the general mood and [...]


Google on Australian Broadband Future

The Government put a Request for Proposal out to public comment on the future of Australian Broadband. This is being done under a project known as the NBN,
National Broadband Network. I read many of these proposals, and of the lot, Only Google’s addressed many of the important issues, such as Net Neturality, Peering Agreements/Internet Exchanges [...]


Posted
7 July 2008 @ 7pm

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OS X Command Line Fun With Growl

Growl is a lot of fun on OS X. Once installed, a lot of applications become a lot more visible, in a good way. Notifications for things you want to know about. It’s very easy to add or remove programs from the list. You can even use Growl for remote monitoring over IP, not that [...]