Do Not Call Register

6 February 2010, 5:17pm
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I have renewed my details on the Federal Government's Do Not Call Register.

The Do Not Call Register is an Australian Government initiative that enables people to opt out of receiving certain telemarketing calls.

Phone numbers on the list automatically drop off after three years unless a household reapplies, meaning the listings of the million-plus people who signed up at the register's launch in May 2007 are due to lapse.

Consumers will be shielded from any risk if they reregister directly.

telemarketing,privacy

Tunnel vision

18 January 2010, 8:20pm
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Tom Robbins writes in Still Life With Woodpecker:

"Tunnel vision is a disease in which perception is restricted by ignorance and distorted by vested interest.

"Tunnel vision is caused by an optic fungus that multiplies when the brain is less energetic than the ego.

"It is complicated by exposure to politics."

literature,quotes

One Step from the Jungle to the Zoo

16 January 2010, 7:19pm
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Love this rare Dr Hook song:

music

Broadband speed test

10 January 2010, 4:16pm
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I recently switched my ADSL account from Primus to Internode. I'm happy so far.

Internode should have ADSL2 available in Mount Gambier this year. Take a speed test.

Speed test

broadband, internet

Omega zip disks

10 January 2010, 3:15pm
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I posted on my main blog that I believe the kindle will go the way of the Palm handheld devices that existed before they morphed into mobile phones.

The Palm m100 was a gadget purchase that I regret.

The other dead technological item I readily recall is the zip disk.

Yesterday I discovered several of them in a box in my cupboard.

Zip disk

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technology, storage, data, computers

Holiday

7 January 2010, 9:21pm
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I start my first holiday since April on Saturday. It will probably also be my last significant break until the same time next year.

With four children we really have to plan our leave around school holidays and January suits me best.

It's generally quiet in the office.

One problem I've had to consider this year is maintenance of the newspaper website.

I've trained a junior journalist to upload stories, but nobody else has the system knowledge or experience to run certain features (like the poll and upload photos) or moderate comments.

I just have to disable these. Hopefully by this time next year someone will show enough interest to want training in those aspects.

As for the holiday ... can't wait!

holiday

Readability test

3 January 2010, 2:14pm
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Readability test
These are the readability test results for this website from Juicy Studio.

The Gunning Fox Index score of 8.71 places this site in the same bracket as most popular novels.

The Flesch Reading Ease score of 65.11 is within the aspirational realm for authors of 60-70.

The Flesch-Kincaid Grade of 5.54 means that 11-year-olds can comfortably read the content.

The navigation links have probably distorted the results a little, but I'm happy with the grades. They suggest this site is easily readable, but not juvenile!

language, reading
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