May 29, 2008

Stephen King - Insomnia

books

The way this happened was like something out of another Stephen King book - "Needful Things", or perhaps "Rose Madder"It was as if the book chose her.I was walking past an op-shop when something big and white caught my eye. In the days preceding this I had wanted to find a Stephen...

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May 20, 2008

Sunday Bags

golf

For some reason it has become increasingly difficult to find a Sunday Bag in Australia. Unfortunate, as these bags can be used for the driving range and proper rounds of golf, not just par 3s. At present I do not have fourteen clubs so I have no need for a large bag. Sunday Bags...

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May 20, 2008

Telemarketers: Don't Call Me During Dinner

phonerants

Has this ever happened to you? You're about to sit down to dinner or settle in to watch a TV program and the phone rings. But it's not friends or family. It's one of THOSE calls. The faceless, survey taking, dinner interrupting sources of constant annoyance. Sometimes you wish...

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May 19, 2008

Telstra=Pain

personal

While researching and shopping around for a pager service I decided to visit the Telstra site. I tried to find "pager" with the search function but couldn't get any sensible results. Then I tried "paging". Considering the fun I have had in dealing with Telstra in the past, I...

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May 15, 2008

Technorati Errors Still Stand

blogging

Hello? Is there anybody out there?Unfortunately my three Technorati support requests have gone unanswered. This is unfortunate and a bit disturbing.I am still down by 40 for blog reactionsand 48 adding me as a favourite.My Technorati authority is now artificially down by 10 points.The...

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May 13, 2008

Important Changes to Ebay Feedback

ebay

Leaving feedback is an integral part of the Ebay shopping experience. Sellers often wait anxiously for the positive sign and dread the negative. Buyers do the same. Sometimes it becomes a strange waiting game, almost like an electronic game of "chicken" to see who blinks first.Today...

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May 12, 2008

Why We Love Being Scared

movies

Like Clarice Starling from the Silence of the Lambs, I don't really scare easily. In fact, a lot of the films I prefer to watch seem to give people chills. I don't understand it really. In fact, most people who know me would roll their eyes and say "yes, she likes horror films"...

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May 08, 2008

Rent A Car

car hire

If you are not quite ready to purchase a car yet, you and I are in the same situation. Sometimes it's easier (and cheaper!) to rent a car instead. The benefits are many. I personally require a car perhaps ten times a year. The savings are obvious - no ongoing registration costs,...

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Technorati Not Taking My Calls

blogging

Hi, this is the third support request I have put through. The first two were to ask why my fans went from 78 to 30 suddenly in February this year.The second has just happened. Please reply to this one because still have no reply and I feel I am being penalised for errors at Technorati. Two days ago I had 147 blog reactions. Great right?...

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Buyer Beware! Car Purchasing Advice

automoney

Take a look at BuyYourCar.co.uk and try one of the searches. It is easy to find the new or used car you are looking for, featuring cars from both private sellers and dealerships. In my case I would be trawling the used car section. Preferably for a large car with lots of storage space. Ah, the freedom to be able to pull out on to the...

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May 07, 2008

Telstra Miracle Redemption

mobilephonerants

Okay, maybe that's overstating it a bit. I have been waiting over 15 days for my unlock code from Telstra. I paid them up front, as I mentioned in my previous posts on this subject:Telstra Must Die and Telstra: Overofficious and Not Very EfficientThese posts detail my long waits...

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Tips on Blog Design

blogging

I am always looking for ways to improve my blog. I have tried many different designs, hand-coded everything almost from scratch, thrown it away and started again. It would make sense that everyone is looking for that one design that will make their blog memorable and to stand out from all the others.I found a design blog that provides...

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May 05, 2008

Shopping Sinchronicity

books

For the last couple of months I have been deciding what to read next. I had a hankering for Stephen King - my favourite book of his would have to be "Rose Madder" but I wanted something else. I was thinking I would like "The Dead Zone". I know the basic outline of the story and...

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Rags to Riches

rants

Wikipedia, the web-based encyclopaedia project is a source of information just about everything you can think of. I often find myself "wikipediaing" (did I just make up a word?) famous people and their careers. There is a section of Wikipedia on the Nouveau Riche that is, those people who have made their fortunes in their own generation....

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May 01, 2008

How to Set Up Your High Definition Set Top Box on a Normal TV Without Pulling Your Hair Out

Digital TV

I thought it was going to be so easy to set up my new High Definition set top box. I mean, really, how hard could it be? The answer came to me when I was waist high in cables and instruction manuals, pressing the "menu" button for the fifteenth time trying to work out what...

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May 01, 2008

Mac Games

geek

I used to own a Macintosh. *sigh* I wish I did again - I miss the look, the feel, no viruses... but I digress. I really love those simple games sites - the kind of games you played when you were a fledgling nerd (or was that only me?) - the kind of games you played while you...

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