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Archives for August 2003

Full of Flight

Thursday 14th August, 2003 3 Comments

I’ve commented before on the stupidity of Qantas attempting to serve food on the flight from Sydney to Canberra (due to the short flight time). Tonight just proved it. Completely full flight (I was on standby and was the last person assigned a boarding pass, so it was literally full). They only got about halfway … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Travel

Pinnacle Serviced Apartments

Wednesday 13th August, 2003 Leave a Comment

This time in Canberra I’m staying at the Pinnacle Serviced Apartments, but only because all the other hotels we normally stay at are completely booked out for some lame reason like parliament being in session. It’s in Kingston, about half way between the Kingston Shops and the Manuka Shops, so it’s in a pretty good … [Read More »]

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Freeing Technology

Wednesday 13th August, 2003 1 Comment

PaulZag writes about letting technology set you free. Just thought I’d share a couple of comments about technology. Many people consider that since I’m such a computer nerd and seem to be heavily into technology that I always have the latest gadgets and load the latest software on my computers. Actually, my computers are a … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Online

Canberra Fog

Wednesday 13th August, 2003 Leave a Comment

I’m off to Canberra again, this time overnight. I would have flown in tomorrow morning, but apparently they have had a lot of fog in the morning of late, which makes it quite likely that my flight would be delayed and I would miss my first meeting. What’s worse, parliament is in session and so … [Read More »]

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Echos

Wednesday 13th August, 2003 2 Comments

Some people in a chatroom were having a debate about the various sizes of beer (both glass and bottle) and what they are called in various parts of Australia… someone mentioned the term “echo”, which does sound familiar from my Adelaide days. I was hoping some of my contacts from uni who are known to … [Read More »]

Filed Under: General

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