Archive for 'general'
Which media server is best?
Streaming media from your computer to the TV is a fiddly exercise. It’s a tenuous and fiddly exercise at the best of times, but well worth it. It means no computers, keyboards or messy wires in the living room, but not without a lot of hard graft. Over the last few years, I’ve tried quite [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2010 under general, podcasts.
Tags: media gate, media server, ps3, ps3 media server, streaming, tversity, windows media player, xbox
Comments: 1
Pro-ject Debut III turntable review
A word of warning to anyone that’s not yet an audiophile – turntables are a gateway drug for more addictive high quality audio equipment! In the past I’ve been a bit pragmatic and cheap with audio gear. But there comes a point when you can’t be bothered with bargain basement, consumer stuff from your national [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2010 under Music, general.
Tags: Music, pro-ject, project, record players, usb turntable
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Reflections on Japan
It’s said absence makes the heart grow fonder. I can vouch that this is absolutely true of Japan. After visiting in 1991 I have vowed to go back. Despite a high Aussie dollar making Europe being relatively accessible I finally succumbed to the addiction in May of 2010. Some itches have to be scratched.
It’s not [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2010 under general.
Tags: harajuku, japan 1991, japan 2010, japan holiday, japan memoirs, japan vacation, shibuya, shinjuku, tokyo
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Microsoft. Will they ever learn?
So I’ve been using Microsoft Hotmail for a while because I’m a little bit paranoid about Gmail. If only because Google have your mail, web analytics tracking, calendar, browser, applications, potentially everything they would ever want to know about a human being. Which brings me to my point.
Frankly you could never expect much of Hotmail. [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2010 under general.
Tags: bad advertising, epic fail, hotmail, microsoft, web mail
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The truth about the Israeli art scam
OK, a while ago I posted something about an Israeli art scam occurring in the inner city suburbs of Melbourne. And for a two bit blog like this one the response has been overwhelming, 80 comments of peoples experiences all over the world and counting. From Brisbane to Ireland to Arizona, people have been having [...]
Posted: August 17th, 2008 under News, general.
Tags: art fraud, art scams, artist scam, israeli art scam, salesman scam, scam artists, scam report, scam reporting
Comments: 9
Eight things to do in Kuala Lumpur
OK, twice in a month I’ve been asked what are some cool things to do in KL if you only have a few days in town. I put this list together for a friend and thought it might be useful for some. These are selected highlights. Virtually all of them will be between 30 minutes [...]
Posted: August 4th, 2008 under Colourful stuff (content warning), general.
Tags: holiday, kl, klcc, kuala lumpur, malaysia, sites in kl, stopover, things to do, tourist attractions, vacation
Comments: 1