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[2 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 1,265 views]
Airtoons is back

I am not sure how long the new site has been up, but I just rediscovered one of my favourite websites from 2000, Airtoons.com.

Airtoons is a parody site of airline safety cards and had me in stitches on planes in North America in 2000.

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[21 Jul 2009 | 7 Comments | 2,895 views]
US and UK still lead Facebook users, but Spain grows at almost 150% in 6 months

The Top 5 users of Facebook have stayed the same since Dec 08: US, UK, Canada, Turkey and France. Spanish Facebook users have grown at 147% over the last 6 months, to be the 8th largest country of Facebook users in the world. Spain has grown the fastest, almost increasing their user base 1.5 times that of 6 months ago, from 2.2m to 5.5m users.

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[28 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 632 views]
How many Tim Tam biscuits can you get for your $900 stimulus payment online?

So you have just received your stimulus payment and now you have no idea what to spend it on!  Wonder no more.
For $900AUD you can get:
280 Packs of Arnotts Tim Tam Biscuits.
For $900 you can get 280 packs @ $3.15 a piece of Arnotts Timtams 200g delivered straight to your door.
Buy them online here at Coles Online
(NB Since the order is over $350 you have to call them to confirm, so you will need to partake in a certain …

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[18 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 437 views]
Goal 4 A Goal – Raising money for the Oncology Children’s Foundation

Today is Goal 4 A Goal Day – April 18th 2009 at the SCG
Please help support the Oncology Children’s Foundation.
You can donate via the website Goal 4 A Goal is or at the game today if you are heading out.
About Goal 4 A Goal
Goal 4 A Goal is a joint initiative between the Sydney Swans and the Oncology Children’s Foundation.
“This project has reached an exciting stage. During 2009 human trials will take place and a number of children with incurable brain …

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[27 Mar 2009 | 48 Comments | 35,759 views]
Facebook RSS feeds – what is available?

I have been looking into what feeds are available for Facebook. Every time Facebook changes, it seems we loose access, or the ability to find certain RSS feeds.
So far I have only been able to find 5 feeds: Status, Friends Status, Notifications , Friends Links and Friend List.
Thanks for the tip, Bill
Find your Facebook Information
To generate these links, it seems you need three ids: your facebook id, your_internal_key and your_friend_key.
1. To find your_facebook_id and your_internal_key, go to > Facebook > Inbox …

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[26 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 686 views]

Have updated my post on the easiest way to use your Facebook status to automatically update your Twitter status. Read the post here:
How to update Twitter with your Facebook Status

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[15 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 315 views]

I recently entered my own Darwin to Adelaide, a 3,200km adventure down the Stuart Highway, into the Google My Maps Australia Awards. I was lucky enough to be one of the ten winners and received an iPod touch and a fantastic Google trophy!
In September 2008, I travelled from Darwin to Adelaide through the Centre of Australia, 3200km on the Stuart Highway. I posted my photos directly to the map below during my trip using my iPhone, and used Trippermap, Shozu …

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[23 Dec 2008 | 4 Comments | 1,781 views]

So I need about 4hours x 2 for the Boxing Day trip up to Old Bar.
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Here is what I came up with:
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[4 Dec 2008 | One Comment | 465 views]

I encourage everyone to sign the following petion against the ridiculous government initiative of an Government Internet filter.

From the GetUp! Action for Australia site:
“The Federal Government is planning to force all Australian servers to filter internet traffic

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[19 Nov 2008 | 41 Comments | 3,078 views]

Twitter – yes I am finally using it!
I never really understood the point of twitter. Until I started using Facebook came addicted to updating my status. And then…. I final understood the meaning of Twitter! One of the great geek epiphanies.
But since I am not going to update both,  I set up a feed to automatically update Twitter from my Facebook status using Twitterfeed. It was very straightforward to set it up: