link 17 Feb HTC Magic»

New Android phone from HTC

text 9 Feb

… this blog of all the random things is currently on break while Alan moves into his new apartment and get his phone and internet connected …

link 6 Feb Street Fighter Online DLC includes Obama»

YES WE CAN

link 6 Feb Woman failed driving test 771 times»
link 5 Feb Bill Gates releases mosquitoes in conference »
link 5 Feb Google Latitude»

a.k.a. “Google Friend Tracker”

link 2 Feb Error message cake»

Or why human proofreaders are still needed.

link 1 Feb Vitrue 100: Top social brands of 2008»

“First Annual Ranking Of The Top Social Brands.”

link 1 Feb University of Melbourne exam 'secrets' come out in court»
link 1 Feb No more betas for Windows 7, RC is next»

“Microsoft officials on January 30 reiterated that there will be no public Beta 2 of Windows 7 and the next milestone will be the Release Candidate (RC) test build of the operating system.”

link 31 Jan Google GDrive details appear in JavaScript»
link 30 Jan Google helps found M-Lab to identify ISPs who throttle torrents»
link 30 Jan UC Berkeley opens StarCraft class»
link 30 Jan Days to 1 million: the smartphone wars»
link 29 Jan Notes on the Weather for Victoria, 29 Jan 09»

“The maximum of 44.2 degrees […] was the third highest maximum ever recorded in Melbourne. This is the hottest day in Melbourne since January 13, 1939” … “Only 0.8mm of rain has fallen in the city this month. This is the driest start to a year since 1932.  There has been no rain for 26 consecutive days, the longest dry spell since 1983.”