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Insight
Articles that I have written or that have been contributed to the site, on various subjects and experiences.
Steve Irwin: We'll miss you mate!
Posted on Monday, 4th September 2006
What an absolute Tragedy.
Granted, I, like every other Australian, would pass him off in life due to our inherent tall-poppy syndrome, but now the guy has died in such tragic circumstances, you come to realize what an great loss this really is.
I...
Happy... SAD?
Posted on Wednesday, 15th February 2006
On the contrary, Happy Single Awareness Day.
Valentines Day, Dating, Is that Women going to be a world of fiscal pain?
Posted on Tuesday, 14th February 2006
It's Valentines Day. The day when wife-beaters are informed via TV that it's appropriate to get flowers for the other one (and she responds with affection as if he did it out of heart), the marital pre-divorcees drink a few too many and make-up, and th...
Van Nguyen - Can somebody just hang the bastard already?
Posted on Tuesday, 29th November 2005
If there's one thing about the great Aussie Journo, it's the fact they love a good frenzy, especially considering they're in a position to almost generate it themselves.
In the case of Van Nguyen, it has worked fantastically. Simply depict the view ...
We Did It. Australia qualify for the FIFA World Cup!
Posted on Thursday, 17th November 2005
What a crazy night, so much beer, such damn good football. I thought Viduka blew it for us when he missed. But the place went off when Aloisi scored and I've lost my voice from too much shouting. Congratulations to Uruguay*, but we deserved to win. Las...
BRISBANE CITY BUS BOMB THREAT
Posted on Monday, 14th November 2005
The minute I was told about this, I couldn't help but think of...
Watch out for suspiciously looking run-down BCC Busses.
Patrons are therefore advised to utilise private transport indefinitely for maximum comfort and safety from dangerous B...
Liberals win the election. Hurrah.
Posted on Saturday, 9th October 2004
The liberals have won the Australian Federal Election. The good thing is that if there's any party that's consistent, it's the liberals. Sure I disagree with some of their policies, but better the devil you know.
Anyway, the last thing I wanted was to...
The Future Of Computing.
Posted on Wednesday, 12th March 2003
First up, I use an alternative Operating System on my x86 box at home. Namely because I have complete control over it (source code (inc. kernel source - it's a great learning aid)), and can learn a lot from it.
... and it's my desktop box believe it...
The ARIA is getting desperate.
Posted on Tuesday, 28th January 2003
Nothing is more irritating than listening to the music industry whinge and whine about how piracy is affecting sales, yada yada yada. Apparently for the first time in years, sales of music CD's dropped by 4% - and who's to blame?
Peer-to-Peer file...
Commodity Photography and the Geek Phenomena
Posted on Friday, 6th December 2002
Over the last year or so the cost of digital still cameras in Australia has started to fall quite rapidly. Basically all this means is that digital camera technology has finally saturated every other market in the world for years. It's now come to a po...
Human (in)ambition
Posted on Monday, 25th November 2002
By ReDact207
Disclaimer: I have about half an hour before my washing's done, so I've decided to get on the biatch again. This one's pretty heavy on the philosophy and thinking; so if you're feeling a bit faded, reading this probably isn't going to ...
Late Nights & Unix Labs
Posted on Tuesday, 5th November 2002
Well last week was the end of formal University, all that's left now is Exams.
Anyway, to say the least the last week or so had been a killer - there was so much work to do, and not enough time. Most of this being in the Unix labs, at least in my situ...
The UQ Union – Your Totalitarian Union, Not Your Voice.
Posted on Saturday, 19th October 2002
With the elections coming to a close at UQ last week, and the number of pro-union arts-student groups at an all time high this year, not to mention the amount of shit they say when asked why I should vote to them, it makes you wonder what's the point, ...
Deadlines - The Magical Motivators?
Posted on Friday, 18th October 2002
By Zorfling
Is it just me or are deadlines a magical tool for motivation and productivity? I, like many of my peers (as shown by the number of people in the labs on the night before comp2501 ass 2 was due), am a procrastinator.
This fact has been...
Remembrance
Posted on Thursday, 17th October 2002
By Nick Partridge:
I was reading the paper this morning, and the human side of bali has hit me.
33 dead. 160 missing.
The bomb hit a nightclub, it was a club full of young adults like us. There's stories of a guy and his girlfriend dancing. H...
Time to ditch Slashdot.
Posted on Tuesday, 17th September 2002
For those of you who don't know about slashdot.org. Lets just say the site is a place that deals with mainly technological, political and 'rights' related issues. For those that do, read on.
Over the last year, I have noticed that I've increasingly ...
Operation: No Sleep
Posted on Saturday, 14th September 2002
Well it's that lovely time of the year, when you've got a group assessment to do and you have no idea how to do it, or where to start. The deadline is growing ever closer (~3 days), and your no wiser than you were yesterday as you try desperately to fi...
September 11 - Episode II
Posted on Sunday, 8th September 2002
In the next few days the media will be using the most cunning techniques to grab your attention towards buying their printed package of 'respect'. Everybody knows that your appreciation towards those who died for the American Way of Life can only truel...
The net makes me sick...
Posted on Thursday, 5th September 2002
By davidg
No, not the commercialism, useless sites and rants, inane games, intellectual depravity, piracy or pornography; true these are all unwelcome, but they are everywhere.
What makes me sick is, mainly, is the total impersonality and ambigui...
Rage Against the Advertising - #2
Posted on Friday, 30th August 2002
By ReDact207
I'm not sure whether there is more advertising on a day-to-day basis, or if I'm simply noticing it more.
I haven't thought too much on this topic though recently I've been pretty worked up about it, so I'll just try to voice my feeli...
Brisbanes Cesspool
Posted on Tuesday, 27th August 2002
By ReDact207
This is my first officially recorded rant, and I'm doing it upon reflection of how screwed up I think society really is. When I say 'society', I'm not trying to cliche an over-used term found in high school English exams; rather in a co...
My love affair. Myself & CompactFlash » 6 Months later.
Posted on Wednesday, 21st August 2002
Around six months ago when I released this (new) version of the site (To those interested, I'm going to Open Source my very simple Content System that runs this as soon as I get time. Note, this is not related to the other CMS I'm working on), I was al...
Why Telstra Are More Evil Than I Thought
Posted on Friday, 16th August 2002
By Nick 'Ziggy' Partridge
The other day, I was browsing the net and generally feeling pretty bored so I decided to go and check out the tremendously exhaustive list of Free Sites Telstra's gives me to make me feel better about the cap.
Anyway, I ...
The Ekka - Please go away.
Posted on Sunday, 11th August 2002
Yes, it's that fabulous time of the year when those dozen or so new strands of flu make their way around Brisbane, no thanks to the wonderful annual event called ‘The Ekka’.
To put it bluntly, The Ekka Sucks. So lets expand on some of the reasons wh...
Trash Collection
Posted on Tuesday, 30th July 2002
Any of you who do believe that you can never have to much computer junk/parts lying around the house, it's now the time to get in your car (or if your like me, bum a ride in someone else's or less-effectively use public transport), burn around the stre...
Brisbane weather sucks...
Posted on Friday, 26th July 2002
The fact is that the weather around here is almost always picture perfect, its annoying - Blue Sky, Sunny, Cool (not to the extremes). So what's the point of this rant - well yesterday I was planning on going for a über bike riding session today, only ...
Rage against the advertising.
Posted on Tuesday, 16th July 2002
I've had it. I can't take any more advertising. Television, radio, magazines, billboards, even the Internet for Christ's sake. Everywhere. Why do they keep targeting me? I never did anything to them. I don't even buy anything! They're wasting their tim...
World Cup Wrapup
Posted on Monday, 1st July 2002
I said I probably wouldn't post again this month, last month. However, I completely forgot about the fact that the World Cup came to a dramatic end last night - definately worthy of a post.
Brazil won the cup (I was hoping they would win that match,...
Orwell's 1984 - 20 years ahead of it's time.
Posted on Friday, 28th June 2002
You know. I might just be a rather boring geek who seems to not care too much about what's going around him (to care about all the stuff that happens today would turn any sane person into a complete nut job within a few days) but I do happen to have a ...
Reality Check.
Posted on Friday, 26th April 2002
After a very inspiring INFS2200 exam today*. I really didn't feel like doing much. However, I did bother to check my email and /. for a read. I came across a very read-worthy news article titled 'Is programming a dead end job?'. An article that hits cl...
Anzac Day - A day of rememberance.
Posted on Thursday, 25th April 2002
It's also the last day I have to get off my butt and study for an important exam tommorow morning (yeah INFS2200, B+ tree lovin' goodness).
Some one should write some doco about procrastination. I'd pay for the read. I can assure you - nothing procr...
Athlon Overclock
Posted on Thursday, 28th February 2002
I've had been thinking about having a go at overclocking my old CPU - the AMD Athlon. Running at a sweet 1/2 a Ghz :)
Now for the specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon
Normal Clock: 500Mhz
CPU CORE: 500Mhz (Week 34)
L2 Cache Latency: 4ns = 250Mhz (1/2 CPU CL...
Duron Overclock
Posted on Thursday, 28th February 2002
This is my second article about overclocking an AMD K7 core based processors, and certainly won't be my last, although the future articles may not be K7 core CPUs. After recently acquiring an AMD Duron, which are know to be extremely overclockable, and...
Operation Drillage
Posted on Thursday, 28th February 2002
Some of you may have read the last report I wrote in a state of euphoria about my overclocking experience with the Athlon, and later to express some of the issues I later ran into, such as heat...
This really could be considered as a continuation of...
Windows. The worlds(r) most popular OS(tm)
Posted on Thursday, 6th December 2001
Well most of you probably know that I hate Mico$oft and I hate all their shitty fu__ed products they make - especially in reference to their Operating Systems.
Sure you newbies using WinXP (*XP artwork is a division of Fisher and Price), are here sa...
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