A NSW Police trainee has been arrested and stood down after he paraded his personal collection of illegal replica firearms at the Goulburn Police Academy. How a trainee cop came to class armed to the teeth.
Tag: australia
Relocating to the US, some issues to consider
A fair few people have asked me about relocating to the US from Australia, so I figured it was time to do a little write up. Specifically the question I want to consider here is “how much do I need to earn to live in the US?”. I didn’t really know the answer to that…
On freely available guide data
One of the flaws with Microsoft’s Media Center flavour of Windows XP when it was released in Australia, was that it suffered from the same inherent flaw as every other PVR option in Australia. No guide data. It really says something about Australia’s television networks that they don’t want to help people with even vaguely…
Australian’s say the darndest things
Andrew points out a couple of translation problems we had yesterday. I’m pretty sure the real estate salesman thought we said “Master bedroom is shit” instead of “Master bedroom ensuite” from the look he was giving me…
Microsoft Australia’s profit
Microsoft Australia’s profit drops by 40%. Interesting given that I haven’t noticed a marked drop in their sales of desktops and office… The market has grown, and I suspect their share of that market has therefore fallen, but I didn’t realize that they were less profitable. Is this because they’re not innovating fast enough and…
Frank Arrigo discovers Steve Walsh’s free wireless
Steve Walsh from CLUG is associated with the free Internet access at the Pancake Parlour in Canberra. It’s a small planet.
Mirroring the Linux Update podcast
I’m glad James appreciates the mirror. Perhaps it’s worth using the mirrors in the XML feeds for the podcast? [icbm: home]
We’re getting there
So, we’re still pulling stuff, although a bit of that has been deciding what to pull… [icbm: home]
Back from Perth
The Vines resort (where the Jonny Walker Classic is played) is nice, if you like early 1990 architecture, and golf. Just don’t try to have a shower in your unit, as the hot water system is the size of a thimble. Hire cars are good, because they take you away from the Vines. Freemantle and…
Thanks for the kind word Pia
Pia has nice things to say about the mirror project, but I thought I should chime in and mention that Andrew has done by far the most work so far. [btags:] [icbm: home]