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New Zealand Scanner Frequencies

Yes, I still have New Zealand scanner frequencies on my website. Look down the right hand side, they’re still there. The link is /scannerfreq/.

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Happy Birthday Opportunity

Following on from my earlier post. The Mars rover Opportunity has now been successfully on the martian surface for 5 years. I have information on the Spirit rover on my earlier post (link at top of this one)….

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Happy Birthday Apple Macintosh

The Apple Macintosh was introduced on the 24th January 1984. Image source: Wikipedia. Happy 25th birthday, you’ve come a long way.

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I'm Back!

Sorry about the delays between posts but I’ve been on holiday. I got back from two weeks in sunny New Zealand today so should be posting regularly within a couple of days.

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Happy New (long) Year

It’s now 2009. Leap days aside, did you notice that 2008 was a little longer than usual? It was a second longer. Midnight on New Years eve (in UTC) went something like 23:59:58, 23:59:59, 23:59:60, 00:00:00, 00:00:01 The…

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Merry Christmas

Christmas day has at least started for the entire planet. Mery christmas and I hope Santa brought everything you wanted. If you find yourself bored at anytime over the next few days, feel free to make yourself a…

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4000 x 3000 = 12.1 Million?

I used to own a nice compact Canon Ixus 900Ti camera – It was a lovely little camera but unfortunately didn’t come out too well in a match against a concrete floor. I decided to replace it with…

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Website usability 101

I logged into HSBC internet banking today. In fact, I tried to log into HSBC internet banking today…. The message reads: Issues with Safari Browser 3.2.1 The latest Safari update from Apple which was released on Monday 15…

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Don't vomit in public!

I saw this outside the Mile End tube station in East London. It reads: “GET DRUNK, VOMIT IN PUBLIC & YOU’LL BE FINED £80.” “Cutting Crime TOGETHER” I guess it does it’s job, it gets your attention.

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Expensive advertising

This was the state of one of CBS’ electronic signs at Liverpool street tube station today. I took the photo just before 3pm. It was still like this three hours later at 6pm. I wonder who is paying…

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