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Days of Our Bill Lives

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While listening to ABC radio in the car the other day, one of the presenters read out a poem someone had written about the TV show The Bill which I thought was very funny and quite accurate. The general gist of it was exploring how the once gripping television drama has more recently turned into … [Read More »]

Full of Flight

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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 »]

Pinnacle Serviced Apartments

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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 »]

Freeing Technology

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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 »]