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    <updated>2008-10-24T05:45:40Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Cunningly Disguised as a Responsible Adult</subtitle>
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    <title>Stop the Great Firewall of Australia</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.169</id>

    <published>2008-10-24T05:19:36Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-24T05:45:40Z</updated>

    <summary>Although the final details of the filtering plans have been kept under wraps, the Minister is on record as being firmly committed to a mandatory clean-feed internet to Australian homes, schools and public computers. A trial of filtering software by...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Although the final details of the filtering plans have been kept under wraps, the Minister is on record as being firmly committed to a mandatory clean-feed internet to Australian homes, schools and public computers. A trial of filtering software by the ACMA has already been performed, with a &#8220;live&#8221; field pilot to follow later this year. We must act fast before millions of dollars are squandered on this technically impractical and democratically unworkable solution in search of a problem.</p>

<p>[[ <a href="http://nocleanfeed.com/takeaction.html">http://nocleanfeed.com/takeaction.html</a> ]]</p>

<p>[[ <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/10/23/1224351430987.html?page=fullpage">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/10/23/1224351430987.html?page=fullpage</a> ]]</p>
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    <title>Cutting Edge 60 Minutes</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.168</id>

    <published>2008-10-19T10:07:40Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-19T10:09:59Z</updated>

    <summary>60 Minutes was a real eye opener, who would have thought the internet had porn. This is just the dog whistle to get all the wowsers fired up, so the Govt can come in saying see we need this stupid...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>60 Minutes was a real eye opener, who would have thought the internet had porn.</p>

<p>This is just the dog whistle to get all the wowsers fired up, so the Govt can come in saying see we need this stupid filter in place.</p>

<p>Gah&#8230; they mess with my internet at their own peril.</p>

<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eWEjvCRPrCo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eWEjvCRPrCo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
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<entry>
    <title>Burn baby burn</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.167</id>

    <published>2008-10-08T08:33:09Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-08T08:33:54Z</updated>

    <summary>[[ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/sunspotswedishc1.jpg ]] Amazing NASA photo of the surface of the sun....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>[[ <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/sunspot_swedish_c1.jpg">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/sunspot<em>swedish</em>c1.jpg</a> ]]</p>

<p>Amazing NASA photo of the surface of the sun.</p>
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<entry>
    <title>Anticipation... </title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.166</id>

    <published>2008-10-07T09:09:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-07T09:13:14Z</updated>

    <summary>They say even a dead cat bounces when you kick it. The RBA gives a massive rate cut and the world reacts by dumping our currency. Stand by for the market rally, just like happened in the US. Now is...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>They say even a dead cat bounces when you kick it.  </p>

<p>The RBA gives a massive rate cut and the world reacts by dumping our currency. Stand by for the market rally, just like happened in the US.  Now is the right time to sell your shares before the tumble.</p>

<p>Beware advisors telling you &#8220;it&#8217;s different this time.&#8221;</p>

<p>The core reason all this financial disaster is happening is because of fractional reserve banking. If banks couldn&#8217;t loan money they didn&#8217;t have we wouldn&#8217;t have 90% of the inflation and market volatility.</p>
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    <title>Space Wallpaper </title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.165</id>

    <published>2008-09-28T01:43:21Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-28T01:46:02Z</updated>

    <summary>Really nice shot of an astronaut hanging above earth. [[ http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/110788mainimagefeature286ajhfull.jpg ]] I wish it was more landscape, but hey great shot....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Really nice shot of an astronaut hanging above earth.</p>

<p>[[ <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/110788main_image_feature_286_ajhfull.jpg">http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/110788main<em>image</em>feature<em>286</em>ajhfull.jpg</a> ]]</p>

<p>I wish it was more landscape, but hey great shot.</p>
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    <title>Economy heading for disaster</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.164</id>

    <published>2008-09-24T03:34:22Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-24T07:21:17Z</updated>

    <summary>Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock for the past few years you&#8217;ll know that the world financial systems have been becoming more and more unstable. If you&#8217;d like to get an understanding of what is happening then you MUST...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock for the past few years you&#8217;ll know that the world financial systems have been becoming more and more unstable.</p>

<p>If you&#8217;d like to get an understanding of what is happening then you MUST watch this explanation.</p>

<p>[[ <a href="http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse">http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse</a> ]]</p>

<p>Chris has been researching this topic for years and has condensed down the relevant facts into a 3 hour presentation.  Please don&#8217;t be daunted by the length, you really really need to watch this.</p>

<p>This is your opportunity to take the <span style="color:#F00;">red pill</span>, don&#8217;t hesitate.</p>
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    <title>Pencil Carving</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.163</id>

    <published>2008-09-14T08:16:55Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-14T08:18:18Z</updated>

    <summary>Found some amazing photos of pencil carving. [[ http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html ]] I think my fav was the balljoint....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Found some amazing photos of pencil carving.</p>

<p>[[ <a href="http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html">http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html</a> ]]</p>

<p>I think my fav was the <a href="http://www.infofreako.com/jad/pencil/15bjoint-e.html">balljoint</a>.</p>
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    <title>River Fire pics</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.162</id>

    <published>2008-09-14T07:51:29Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-14T07:53:08Z</updated>

    <summary>Thought I&#8217;d post here about a couple of great pics I found on flickr&#8230; http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanegledhill/2811030214/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanegledhill/2811147478/sizes/o/ They make really nice wallpapers&#8230;...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Thought I&#8217;d post here about a couple of great pics I found on flickr&#8230;</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanegledhill/2811030214/sizes/o/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanegledhill/2811030214/sizes/o/</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanegledhill/2811147478/sizes/o/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanegledhill/2811147478/sizes/o/</a></p>

<p>They make really nice wallpapers&#8230;</p>
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    <title>Google Chrome Browser</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.161</id>

    <published>2008-09-03T10:47:32Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-03T10:48:46Z</updated>

    <summary>I feel I should post something about the new browser from Google. Cut a long story short, it&#8217;s fast, it looks good. But I need adblocker and firebug before I&#8217;d switch....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I feel I should post something about the new browser from Google.</p>

<p>Cut a long story short, it&#8217;s fast, it looks good.  But I need adblocker and firebug before I&#8217;d switch.</p>
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<entry>
    <title>Gone back to Movable Type</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.160</id>

    <published>2008-08-24T05:53:36Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T06:45:46Z</updated>

    <summary>I thought I should back my favourite language and give movable type another go.It&apos;s got some nice features in the admin interface.I&apos;ve just had a quick look back through the archives... geez I&apos;ve posted some crap. I&apos;ll sort out the...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[I thought I should back my favourite language and give movable type another go.<br /><br />It's got some nice features in the admin interface.<br /><br />I've just had a quick look back through the archives... geez I've posted some crap. I'll sort out the categories into something a little more useful I think.<br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>XP SP3 Sucks</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.159</id>

    <published>2008-07-19T03:53:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T05:53:11Z</updated>

    <summary> Well I&#8217;ve tried about 6 times now to install SP3 on my Windows XP machine. Takes about 15mins to go through the process before I get this screen. Tried unpluging my phone and killing off any processes that look...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.brizvegas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sp3-denied2.gif"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-216" style="float:right" title="sp3-denied2" src="http://www.brizvegas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sp3-denied2-150x150.gif" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>

<p>Well I&#8217;ve tried about 6 times now to install SP3 on my Windows XP machine.</p>

<p>Takes about 15mins to go through the process before I get this screen.</p>

<p>Tried unpluging my phone and killing off any processes that look unneccessary.</p>

<p>Thats it for me, I&#8217;m not trying again.</p>
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    <title>Calculator madness</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.158</id>

    <published>2008-07-09T03:21:42Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T05:53:11Z</updated>

    <summary>I have a calculator in the office that delivers very bizarre results to calculations. 100 + 10% = 110 (in most rational places) However my Casio J-100w tells me it&#8217;s 111.1111111.  Better still 100 + 60% comes back as 250....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I have a calculator in the office that delivers very bizarre results to calculations.</p>

<p>100 + 10% = 110 (in most rational places)</p>

<p>However my Casio J-100w tells me it&#8217;s 111.1111111.  Better still 100 + 60% comes back as 250.</p>

<p>Every other calculator I get my hands on gives me normal results, but this one is from the twilight zone&#8230;</p>
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    <title>OS Telemarketers...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.157</id>

    <published>2008-07-04T02:48:56Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T05:53:11Z</updated>

    <summary>Had a call on my mobile from a &#8220;private&#8221; number&#8230; The connection was bad and it sounded like they were calling from inside a helicopter. She told me they were representing some company about to have their IPO and could...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Had a call on my mobile from a &#8220;private&#8221; number&#8230;</p>

<p>The connection was <em>bad</em> and it sounded like they were calling from inside a helicopter. She told me they were representing some company about to have their IPO and could they get my email address to send me some info.</p>

<p>I said certainly&#8230;  my email address is B I L L G @ M I C R O S O F T . C O M</p>

<p>&#8220;Thank you&#8221; she said, &#8220;and you are from Denmark, is that correct?&#8221;</p>

<p>I said sure&#8230;</p>

<p>At that point I started to lose it and said I&#8217;m in a meeting, gotta go&#8230;</p>
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    <title>Simple XML Editor</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.156</id>

    <published>2008-07-02T13:46:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T05:53:11Z</updated>

    <summary>Playing around with a few RSS feeds and I needed to see the structure of the document. I trawled through 3 or 4 different open source projects before I found Peters XML Editor.  It&#8217;s not supported anymore, but it does...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Playing around with a few RSS feeds and I needed to see the structure of the document. I trawled through 3 or 4 different open source projects before I found <a href="http://www.iol.ie/~pxe/" target="_blank">Peters XML Editor</a>.  It&#8217;s not supported anymore, but it does exactly what I needed it to do without any fuss.</p>
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    <title>Mysql database structure for tags</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brizvegas.com,2008://1.154</id>

    <published>2008-06-24T08:03:33Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-24T05:53:11Z</updated>

    <summary>I had to implement tags for a site I&#8217;m developing and found this useful article on the topic:- TagSchema I used the 3 table version as recommended and then worked out the add/edit routines. Hopefully it&#8217;s all smooth from here....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I had to implement tags for a site I&#8217;m developing and found this useful article on the topic:-</p>

<p><a href="http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/TagSchema">TagSchema</a></p>

<p>I used the 3 table version as recommended and then worked out the add/edit routines.  Hopefully it&#8217;s all smooth from here.</p>
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