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RIP Martin Gardner – Boing Boing

Well worth the 46 minutes to sit and watch. I read an article by Martin on John Conway’s Life when I was an undergrad looking for something to program. The Nature of Things / Martin Gardner from Wagner Brenner on … Continue reading

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Ordered a 27″ iMac yesterday

Well, I retired my 10 year old G4 when I bought Nell a Mac mini a while back, and now it is time to retire the 5 year old G5. It is a liquid cooled dual 2.5 GHz CPU model … Continue reading

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EFA – Senate Internet Censorship Petition

Electronic Frontiers Australia has today launched a petition against the Government’s mandatory Internet filtering policy that will be presented to the Senate of the Parliament of Australia. Please visit Senate Internet Censorship Petition | EFA to sign the petition. Please … Continue reading

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Bought Nell a Mac Mini

Bought Nell a new Apple Mac Mini last week. I will freecycle the old G4 Mac, it has given us a good 10 years of service (with no upgrades!) and it still has life left in it, just a bit … Continue reading

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iTWire – Aussie System Admin Guild says NO to net filtering

Hopefully sooner or later this government will get the message.   iTWire – Aussie System Admin Guild says NO to net filtering.

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