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ClearType and WinXP fonts

Saturday 4th September, 2004 1 Comment

I got my new T41 ThinkPad a few days ago – but I was a little disappointed with the screen. Compared to my T40, the T41 was nice a bright, but the fonts seemed a little blury – difficult to focus on and I found my eyes getting tired pretty quickly. I wondered whether there … [Read More »]

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Darwinianagain

Saturday 4th September, 2004 Leave a Comment

I know it’s a bit late (I usually post just before a trip), but I thought I’d let you all know what I’ve been doing this last week… I flew up to Darwin on Monday evening (got in after midnight) to help build a Proof of Concept system for a customer up there. We were … [Read More »]

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Family History South Australia

Wednesday 25th August, 2004 Leave a Comment

Noticed the logs showing a few links coming in from a website I hadn’t seen before – the site has a list of web pages that have details of family history information for South Australian families – including my own Hampel Family History page. Here’s the site: Family History South Australia

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Olympics

Saturday 21st August, 2004 Leave a Comment

A great parody of the Olympics – turn your sound up !

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Sunset crowds

Saturday 21st August, 2004 Leave a Comment

I walked down to the Mindil markets last night – a weekly event during the dry season here in Darwin. I realised about 10 mins out that I didn’t bring my map with me, so I was a little worried that I would miss the turnoff to the beach. As it turned out, all I … [Read More »]

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