The Rhyme of Sim'

Simon Hampel

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Archives

December 2020
  • 02: Thunderbird "connected to imap.gmail.com" but no emails download from Gmail (0)
July 2016
  • 07: Dark Chocolate Taste Test (0)
June 2012
  • 19: Colombia trip blog updates (0)
May 2012
  • 19: Day 43 - Santiago to Sydney (2)
  • 18: Day 42 - Australian Embassy (0)
  • 17: Day 41 - Bogota to Santiago (0)
  • 16: Day 40 - Artesanias Maku Bogota (1)
  • 15: Day 39 - Zipaquira Salt Cathedral (2)
  • 14: Day 38 - Monserrate (0)
  • 13: Day 37 - Parque Jaime Duque (0)
  • 12: Day 36 - Halifax Again (5)
  • 11: Day 35 - Halifax (0)
  • 10: Day 34 - Armenia to Bogota (0)
  • 09: Day 33 - Recuca (1)
  • 08: Day 32 - Salento and Cocora Valley (1)
  • 07: Day 31 - Quindio Jardin Botanico (0)
  • 06: Day 30 - Parque Nacional del Café (1)
  • 05: Day 29 - Coffee Region (1)
  • 04: Day 28 - City Tour, LAN and Bubble Wrap (2)
  • 03: Day 27 - AcuaParque (3)
  • 02: Day 26 - Passport (7)
  • 01: Day 25 - Pocoyo (0)
April 2012
  • 30: Day 24 - Sentencia and Parque Artesanal Loma de la Cruz (2)
  • 29: Day 23 - Still Following the Cow (2)
  • 28: Day 22 - Santander de Quilichao (2)
  • 27: Day 21 - Hotel (3)
  • 26: Day 20 - Zoologico de Cali (3)
  • 25: Day 19 - The Demolished Hospital Still Open (2)
  • 24: Day 18 - Sleeping, Swimming and Shopping (2)
  • 23: Day 17 - Unico (1)
  • 22: Day 16 - Simon Parrilla (1)
  • 21: Day 15 - River Cats (1)
  • 20: Day 14 - Cousins (5)
  • 19: Day 13 - Clean up (2)
  • 18: Day 12 - ICBF, Notario, Chiquitines and the great storm (1)
  • 17: Day 11 - Clothes Shopping (1)
  • 16: Day 10 - Grocery Shopping (2)
  • 15: Day 9 - Follow the Cow (7)
  • 14: Day 8 - Sugar Cane Museum (0)
  • 13: Day 7 - Chiquitines and Nicol (9)
  • 12: Day 6 - Chiquitines (4)
  • 11: Day 5 - Pension Stein and Archies (2)
  • 10: Day 4 - Pension Stein and ChipiChape (1)
  • 09: Day 3 - Bogota to Cali (2)
  • 08: Day 2 - Santiago to Bogota (2)
  • 07: Day 1 - Sydney to Santiago (2)
  • 06: Tidying and Packing (0)
  • 03: Visas Ready (0)
  • 02: How to extend the range of your home WiFi network (3)
March 2012
  • 30: Colombian Consulate (0)
  • 29: Flights Ticketed (0)
  • 28: Itinerary (0)
  • 27: Travel dates (0)
  • 24: ToDo List (0)
  • 20: Final Delivery (2)
  • 19: The pain of waiting (0)
  • 18: Test Pack (0)
  • 17: Hampel Kids (0)
  • 15: Documents Sent (0)
  • 14: Poor quality MP4 output from PowerDirector (2)
  • 08: Medicals cleared (0)
  • 07: Brave Boy (1)
  • 05: Emotional Baggage (0)
  • 03: Tag-team Grandparents (0)
  • 02: Driving me Crazy (0)
February 2012
  • 29: Unexpected Jab (0)
  • 18: Fingerprints (0)
  • 13: Immigration and Family (0)
  • 12: Transformer (0)
  • 11: Documentation (0)
  • 09: Nicol (0)
  • 07: We have a daughter! (0)
December 2011
  • 19: Where did the sun go? (0)
October 2011
  • 19: How to delete a Windows volume mount point for an invalid drive (0)
July 2011
  • 20: How to configure PEAR for Zend Server Community Edition on Windows 7 (2)
March 2011
  • 18: Profile privacy on meetup.com (1)
December 2010
  • 15: How to convert scheduled tasks from Windows XP to Windows 7 (5)
  • 08: Loath vs Loathe (1)
  • 07: How to turn on/off Keyboard NumLock on bootup in Windows (1)
September 2010
  • 30: How to find the end of a line in Xara Photo and Graphics Designer (0)
  • 03: Sydney Harbour Bridge (2)
May 2010
  • 11: Nokia N900 (0)
January 2010
  • 16: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Statistics (0)
  • 15: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 33 (0)
  • 14: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 32 (0)
  • 13: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 31 (0)
  • 12: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 30 (0)
  • 11: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 29 (1)
  • 10: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 28 (0)
  • 09: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 27 (0)
  • 08: NodeMobile Huawei E169 Error: "the device has been disconnected or is unavailable" (1)
  • 08: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 26 (0)
  • 07: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 25 (0)
  • 06: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 24 (0)
  • 05: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 23 (0)
  • 04: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 22 (0)
  • 03: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 21 (0)
  • 02: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 20 (0)
  • 01: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 19 (0)
December 2009
  • 31: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 18 (0)
  • 30: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 17 (0)
  • 29: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 16 (0)
  • 28: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 15 (0)
  • 27: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 – Day 14 (0)
  • 26: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 13 (1)
  • 25: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 12 (0)
  • 24: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 11 (0)
  • 23: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 10 (0)
  • 22: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 9 (0)
  • 21: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 8 (0)
  • 20: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 7 (0)
  • 19: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 6 (0)
  • 18: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 5 (1)
  • 17: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 4 (1)
  • 16: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 3 (1)
  • 15: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 2 (0)
  • 14: Adelaide Road Trip 2009 - Day 1 (1)
October 2009
  • 18: Birthday Party (2)
September 2009
  • 23: Dust Storm (0)
August 2009
  • 20: Goolwa (2)
  • 18: Monarto Zoo (3)
  • 05: Taronga Zoo (0)
July 2009
  • 31: Kuringai Chase National Park at sunset (1)
  • 19: West Head - Kuringai Chase National Park (1)
June 2009
  • 25: Day 43 - Auckland to Sydney (1)
  • 23: Day 42 - Zoologico Nacional and Santiago to Auckland (0)
  • 22: Day 41- Australian Embassy (0)
  • 21: Day 40 - Bogota to Santiago (1)
  • 20: Day 39 - Cartagena to Bogota (0)
  • 19: Day 38 - Beach (0)
  • 18: Day 37 - Cartagena Old Town (1)
  • 17: Day 36 - Hotel Caribe (2)
  • 16: Day 35 - Cartagena Old Town (0)
  • 15: Day 34 - Bogota to Cartagena (0)
  • 14: Day 33 - Zoologico Santacruz (2)
  • 13: Day 32 - Parque Jaime Duque (4)
  • 12: Day 31 - Hotel Halifax and ICBF (0)
  • 11: Day 30 - Cali to Bogota and ICBF (2)
  • 10: Day 29 - Cali Zoo (0)
  • 09: Day 28 - Chiquitines and Ecoparque Lago de las Garzas (2)
  • 08: Day 27 - Pasaporte (0)
  • 07: Day 26 - Rio Pance (2)
  • 06: Day 25 - Loma de Cruz (0)
  • 05: Day 24 - Santander de Quilichao (1)
  • 04: Day 23 - Signing Papers (2)
  • 03: Day 22 - Hotel Pension Stein (2)
  • 02: Day 21 - ChipiChape (2)
  • 01: Day 20 - Zoologico de Cali (0)
May 2009
  • 31: Day 19 - Rio Pance (2)
  • 30: Day 18 - Bookstore (1)
  • 29: Day 17 - Fruit and Vegetable markets (1)
  • 28: Day 16 - Chiquitines (10)
  • 27: Day 15 - Cristo Rey, Passport Photos and Futbol (0)
  • 26: Day 14 - ChipiChape (0)
  • 25: Day 13 - Greek BBQ Lunch (0)
  • 24: Day 12 - Transportation Museum (0)
  • 23: Day 11 - Hotel Pension Stein (0)
  • 22: Day 10 - ICBF (0)
  • 21: Day 9 - Notario (4)
  • 20: Day 8 - Hotel Pension Stein (4)
  • 19: Day 7 - Hotel Pension Stein (4)
  • 18: Day 6 - Chiquitines and Andres (9)
  • 17: Day 5 - Sugar Cane Museum (1)
  • 16: Day 4 - Bogota to Cali (5)
  • 15: Day 3 - Bogota (3)
  • 14: Day 2 - Santiago to Bogota (3)
  • 13: Day 1 - Sydney to Santiago (2)
  • 13: At the airport (0)
  • 11: Visas issued (2)
  • 09: Flights Booked (2)
  • 06: Travel approved (1)
April 2009
  • 16: Update from Australian Embassy in Chile (0)
  • 02: We have a cot (1)
March 2009
  • 26: Documentation sent (0)
  • 24: Planning (0)
  • 20: Andres (1)
  • 18: We are adopting! (3)
  • 18: Blog catch-up (0)
  • 18: Annoying Helicopters (2)
  • 16: Munro Park (1)
February 2009
  • 28: North Head @ Sunset (2)
  • 15: South American Festival - Bondi (1)
January 2009
  • 31: Taronga Zoo (3)
  • 30: Dragonfly (1)
  • 09: Tawny Frogmouth (2)
December 2008
  • 30: Blue Mountains (5)
  • 27: Lane Cove National Park for Lunch (2)
  • 25: Christmas (1)
  • 09: Grey Butcherbird Family (1)
  • 05: New Lens for my Camera (1)
November 2008
  • 30: Australian Reptile Park (1)
  • 22: Strange insect (0)
  • 08: Taronga Zoo (0)
  • 06: Lane Cove National Park (1)
October 2008
  • 20: ZooChat (0)
  • 16: Munro Park (1)
September 2008
  • 30: Melbourne - Day 7: The trip home (0)
  • 29: Melbourne - Day 6: Melbourne CBD (0)
  • 28: Melbourne - Day 5: Melbourne Aquarium and CBD (0)
  • 27: Melbourne - Day 4: Melbourne Zoo (0)
  • 26: Melbourne - Day 3: Healesville Sanctuary (4)
  • 25: Melbourne - Day 2: Werribee Open Range Zoo (1)
  • 24: Melbourne - Day 1 (0)
  • 23: Monarto Zoo (2)
  • 22: Adelaide Zoo (0)
  • 21: Royal National Park (2)
  • 19: Munro Park / Tunks Park (3)
  • 11: Parrots at Tunks (3)
August 2008
  • 24: NSW National Parks Pass (3)
  • 19: Kookaburra on the clothes line (3)
  • 11: A Beagle called Bagel (3)
  • 09: More night-time photography (0)
  • 08: 22 degree moon halo (0)
  • 07: Sim gets creative (2)
July 2008
  • 29: Ahaa! (1)
  • 27: Lane Cove National Park (4)
June 2008
  • 13: Small site redesign (2)
  • 11: Confessions from the third bedroom (0)
May 2008
  • 04: Chaiten volcano erupts - Patagonia, Chile (0)
April 2008
  • 21: Numb3rs do a PC vs. Mac Like Commercial (1)
  • 17: Consolas Begone! (0)
  • 10: Why can't people type email addresses correctly ? (0)
  • 09: Darth Vader Feels Blue (1)
March 2008
  • 14: GPS tracks and satellite images uploaded (2)
  • 09: Walking in Davidson Park (2)
  • 08: Set-top box fried (0)
  • 04: garfield minus garfield (1)
  • 02: Just got home (1)
  • 01: Photos uploaded (0)
February 2008
  • 29: Day 42 - Buenos Aires to Santiago and Santiago to Sydney (5)
  • 28: Day 41 - Ushuaia to Buenos Aires (1)
  • 27: Day 40 - Ushuaia (1)
  • 26: Day 39 - Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego National Park (4)
  • 25: Day 38 - Ushuaia (4)
  • 24: Day 37 - Cruceros Australis and Ushuaia (2)
  • 24: Arrived in Ushuaia (3)
  • 23: Day 36 - Cruceros Australis and Cabo de Hornos (2)
  • 22: Day 35 - Cruceros Australis (1)
  • 21: Day 34 - Cruceros Australis (1)
  • 20: Day 33 - Punta Arenas and Cruceros Australis (2)
  • 20: Via Australis cruise and photos uploaded (0)
  • 19: Day 32 - Punta Arenas (1)
  • 18: Day 31 - Punta Arenas and Magdalena Island (1)
  • 17: Day 30 - Punta Arenas (2)
  • 16: Day 29 - Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas (5)
  • 15: Day 28 - El Calafate to Puerto Natales (4)
  • 15: Back to Puerto Natalas (2)
  • 14: Day 27 - El Calafate and Parque Nacional Los Glaciers (4)
  • 13: Day 26 - El Calafate and Glacier Perito Moreno Ice Trecking (10)
  • 13: El Calafate (1)
  • 12: Day 25 - El Calafate (3)
  • 11: Day 24 - Puerto Natales to El Calafate (5)
  • 10: Day 23 - Puerto Natales and Parque Nacional Bernado O'Higgins (1)
  • 09: Day 22 - Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine (3)
  • 08: Day 21 - Puerto Natales (3)
  • 07: Day 20 - Navimag and Puerto Natales (2)
  • 07: Puerto Natales (2)
  • 06: Day 19 - Navimag (5)
  • 05: Day 18 - Navimag (2)
  • 04: Day 17 - Puerto Montt and Navimag (1)
  • 04: Navimag (2)
  • 03: Day 16 - Puerto Varas and Chiloe (7)
  • 02: Day 15 - Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt (0)
  • 01: Day 14 - Puerto Varas - Puerto Octay and Frutillar (1)
January 2008
  • 31: Day 13 - Puerto Varas (1)
  • 30: Day 12 - Bariloche to Puerto Varas (3)
  • 30: Puerto Blest (2)
  • 29: Day 11 - Bariloche (4)
  • 28: Day 10 - Bariloche (3)
  • 28: Photos for days 5 - 9 (0)
  • 27: Day 9 - Bariloche (4)
  • 27: Photos for day 4 (0)
  • 26: Day 8 - Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche (3)
  • 26: Photos for day 3 (2)
  • 25: Day 7 - Buenos Aires (2)
  • 24: Day 6 - Buenos Aires - Zoo (5)
  • 23: Day 5 - Buenos Aires (2)
  • 23: Photos added (0)
  • 22: Day 4 - Santiago to Buenos Aires (5)
  • 22: Quick update (2)
  • 22: WiFi works! (1)
  • 21: Day 3 - Santiago (7)
  • 21: Still here (1)
  • 20: Day 2 - Santiago (6)
  • 19: Arrived in Santiago (4)
  • 19: Day 1 - Sydney to Santiago (7)
  • 17: Last bits of shopping (2)
  • 10: Thecus just keeps running (0)
  • 03: Final gear delivery (5)
  • 02: Another Rose in our front yard (0)
  • 01: New Years Zoo (2)
  • 01: Skink on our front steps (1)
December 2007
  • 31: Test Pack (1)
  • 31: First photos with Canon EOS 40D (0)
  • 30: Our last shopping trip? (1)
  • 29: Another Saturday Shopping for Gear (0)
  • 28: Third jab and more gear (1)
  • 27: Gear Shopping: Thursday night in Chatswood (0)
  • 27: Sim' is back online (1)
  • 26: Traffic and trekking (2)
  • 23: Gear shopping (0)
  • 21: Did I mention that I hate Telstra? (0)
  • 19: Back at Gloria Jeans (0)
  • 19: New office address (0)
  • 18: Withdrawal symptoms (0)
  • 17: More GoGoGear (0)
  • 17: iPod Nano 3rd Gen (1)
  • 16: Travel Pack and Hiking Boots (0)
  • 12: Laptop Memory upgrade (0)
  • 11: Clothes from the US (0)
  • 10: GoGoGear arrived (0)
  • 09: Adventure Alley Sunday (0)
  • 06: Thursday night in Chatswood (0)
  • 05: Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR (3)
  • 04: First accomodation booked - Barriloche (1)
  • 03: All flights booked (0)
  • 02: Shopping for gear (0)
  • 01: Gear ordered (0)
  • 01: ExOfficio Boxer Shorts (0)
November 2007
  • 30: Travel gear (0)
  • 30: Our first snag (0)
  • 29: South America: Flights Booked (1)
October 2007
  • 11: Sydney Opera House - Jan 1999 (0)
  • 10: Paddlesteamer on the River Murray - Dec 1998 (1)
  • 09: Paddlesteamer Pyap - Swan Hill - Dec 1998 (0)
  • 08: Sydney Opera House - Dec 1998 (0)
  • 05: Icebergs in Adelaide ? Dec 1998 (0)
  • 04: Don't feed the wildlife - Renmark - July 1998 (0)
  • 03: Noisy Neighbours - Renmark - July 1998 (0)
  • 02: Lake Bellfield - Grampians, Victoria - Dec 1995 (0)
  • 01: Compare Funds (2)
  • 01: Wedding Day - June 1994 (0)
September 2007
  • 30: Olympic Dam Copper Refinery - Feb 1994 (1)
  • 29: Olympic Dam Whenan Mine Shaft (0)
  • 28: Olympic Dam Construction Camp - Feb 1994 (1)
  • 28: Top 10 most viewed photos in the Hampel Photo Gallery (2)
  • 27: Been busy (1)
  • 18: My room - Olympic Dam Village - Feb 1994 (2)
  • 17: Simon in Roxby Downs - Feb 1993 (0)
  • 14: How to set up an external widescreen LCD monitor with an IBM ThinkPad (0)
  • 12: Andamooka - Feb 1993 (0)
  • 11: A man and his car (0)
  • 10: My studio - 1990 (0)
  • 06: Where's Simmy ? Puzzle Park 1992 (1)
  • 05: Dental Chat (0)
  • 05: My early political career (1)
  • 04: BP Murray Bridge (1)
  • 03: Monarto Zoo - before it was a zoo (0)
August 2007
  • 31: Lazy days - fishing (1)
  • 30: Adare House - Victor Harbour (3)
  • 29: Planting trees (0)
  • 28: Simon circa 1985 (1)
  • 27: Scanning Progress (4)
  • 27: The Engine of Progress (0)
  • 26: A Matter of Perspective (0)
  • 25: Scanning photos (0)
  • 25: A Wheel within a Wheel (2)
  • 24: The Bicycle (1)
  • 23: Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED Slide / Film Scanner (0)
  • 10: Aeron Chairs (1)
July 2007
  • 02: Water filtration (1)
June 2007
  • 16: Ha-ha (0)
  • 15: Romance, Art and Intrigue (1)
  • 15: Uni finished (0)
April 2007
  • 16: ZooBeat updates (1)
  • 06: National Australia Bank Stupidity (8)
  • 04: ThinkPad Keyboard System Beep - problem solved ! (37)
  • 03: Student Life (1)
March 2007
  • 30: No Longer Blue (3)
  • 28: Farewell Laptops (0)
  • 23: Blogs versus Forums (0)
  • 22: Lenovo-speak ? (2)
  • 21: T41 arrived today too ! (0)
  • 21: T60 and ThinkPad Advanced Mini Dock operational (4)
  • 21: Thinkpad T60 arrived ! (1)
  • 16: Laptop troubles (2)
  • 09: How to make a nice music recipe (1)
  • 04: Banner Photo (0)
  • 03: More upgrades (1)
  • 02: Blog redesigns (1)
February 2007
  • 27: Photo Gallery Redesign (1)
  • 25: Back to Uni (1)
  • 20: The Answers to the Big Questions in Life (3)
  • 19: Gates vs. Jobs Video (0)
  • 15: The World According to Clarkson (0)
  • 14: Photography Is Not A Crime (2)
  • 14: I'm back (1)
September 2006
  • 19: Avast! Beware - thar be pirates 'ere (0)
  • 17: Neighbourhood Gathering (0)
  • 16: The Boy from Oz (0)
  • 14: Wheeeeeee ! (4)
  • 06: ZooBeat updates (0)
  • 02: New theme and layout (2)
  • 02: Trevor's Birding, Travels, Writing (1)
  • 01: Mallee Native Plants blog redesign (1)
August 2006
  • 31: Lotus Channel updates (0)
  • 29: ADSL2+ Yipeee (0)
  • 28: Melbourne (1)
  • 25: Testing (1)
April 2006
  • 23: Taking time to think (2)
  • 21: Keeping your balls in the air (15)
  • 20: I'm still alive (2)
March 2006
  • 13: Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Copper / Aluminium CPU Cooler (0)
  • 12: Queen concert at Taronga Zoo (0)
  • 11: World's largest Windows error message (0)
February 2006
  • 28: What if Microsoft redesigned the iPod packaging? (1)
  • 23: Geeks and Nerds (1)
  • 16: Washing is in (0)
  • 07: Free VMware Server announced (0)
  • 03: Firefox v1.5.0.1 (0)
  • 01: NotesBuddy v4.16b released (0)
  • 01: Wordpress v2.0.1 released (0)
January 2006
  • 31: SecureFX v3.1 beta 1 (0)
  • 30: Chewie is blogging! (0)
  • 30: vBadvanced CPMS v2.1.0 released (0)
  • 29: Information overload managed with FeedDemon (0)
  • 28: Oxygen Phone Manager II v2.8.7 released (0)
  • 26: Concept2 Model D Rowing Machine retrofit (0)
  • 25: Virgin Blue are spammers (2)
  • 25: Delonghi PAC60ECO Portable Air Conditioner (0)
  • 24: Canon DR-2050C Scanner (0)
  • 24: Counting to 10 (0)
  • 23: Lacrosse Technology WS9211 Weather Monitor (0)
  • 23: Topfield TF5000PVRt Masterpiece PVR (0)
  • 22: Sennheiser PX 200 Headphones (1)
  • 19: 60GB Apple iPod with Video (0)
  • 19: Quadra Hosting - Unix Web Hosting (0)
  • 18: FeedDemon v2.0 beta 1 available (0)
  • 17: 800x600 screens (3)
  • 17: Thunderbird Minimize To Tray extension (0)
  • 16: iPod to the rescue (0)
  • 16: A new tax world (0)
  • 16: SecureFX - SFTP client (0)
  • 15: Xara Webstyle v4 (0)
  • 14: Thunderbird v1.5 released (0)
  • 13: Firefox v1.5 (0)
  • 12: Star Wars chain of Jedi training (0)
  • 12: VMware Workstation v5.5.1 (0)
  • 11: ZoneAlarm Pro v6.1 (0)
  • 10: Age of Empires III (0)
  • 09: b5media interviews me (1)
  • 09: Skype v1.4.0.84 (0)
  • 09: ZooBeat forums upgraded (0)
  • 08: vBulletin v3.5.3 upgrade (0)
  • 07: Wordpress v2.0 upgrade (0)
  • 07: Wordpress v2.0 upgrade (0)
  • 05: FeedDemon v1.6beta (0)
  • 05: Adobe Photoshop Elements v4.0 (0)
  • 04: Wordpress v2.0 Released (0)
  • 03: KeePass v1.04 released (0)
  • 01: New version of Wordpress (0)
  • 01: NodePhone rocks (0)
December 2005
  • 09: Bad greeting habits (1)
  • 06: Still (mostly) alive (1)
November 2005
  • 22: Still alive (0)
  • 08: Boycott Sony music and electronic equipment (0)
October 2005
  • 20: New Air Conditioner (3)
  • 19: Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems (0)
  • 13: Think before creating your domain name (0)
  • 10: New Scanner (2)
  • 09: New Weather Monitor (0)
  • 02: Serenity - great movie by Joss Whedon (0)
September 2005
  • 29: vBulletin v3.5.0 released (0)
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  • 28: A cognitive analysis of tagging (0)
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