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Melbourne

Quiz part two

Second part of the quiz, aimed at Melburnians: Do you recognise this logo? Update 10pm. Thanks for your responses. Watch for a post on this soon. (Maybe it would have been better if the blog post earlier the same day hadn’t given away the answer…)

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transport

One step closer to escalator victory

Seen at Flagstaff station: “Stand to the left of the escalator”… Now to get signs saying that on the escalators themselves.

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Melbourne

Quiz time

A quiz for Melburnians and visitors… Do you recognise this logo? Update Tuesday: This quiz is finished. Watch for a post in the next couple of days about this.

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Consumerism Melbourne

Best Garage Sale sign ever

Spotted on Hotham Street on Saturday, made of plastic cups stuck into a wire fence… Very clever, I thought. Hope the garage sale itself was half as good.

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Melbourne

The Age is moving

It’s just not a pretty building, 250 Spencer Street. It’s hard to believe it was ever considered to be so. The Age is moving this weekend, out of this brown monstrosity and into the new building on the other side of Southern Cross Station. Hopefully the move goes smoothly for them, and the new place  ... [More]

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Geek

Media Centre PC vs PVR

My main requirements for my next move into digital TV, and doing away with the VCR: Watch and record digital TV, record two channels at once HD not essential (apart from ABC1 HD offering Sydney news, there’s no unique programming on HD at this stage) Transfer recordings off to the PC for keeping Quiet and  ... [More]

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transport

The benefits of WestLink

Letter in The Age today from Tim Pallas, Roads and Ports Minister: I AM happy to assure people (Letters, 5/12) that 1000 homes will certainly not be acquired for the WestLink project. The Government recently announced a $10 million study to work with the community to develop the best location for the tunnel and road.  ... [More]

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Consumerism Net

Finding an ATM

Having moved offices to Latrobe Street, I wanted to know where the nearest ATM is — that is, those of my preferred (no fee) banks, St George or Westpac. The St George ATM/Branch locator will only show five results — including Westpac ATMs. Searching postcode 3000, it shows me those closest to the the corner  ... [More]

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TV

ABC: wall-to-wall kids shows

An opinion piece in The Age yesterday comments about the introduction of kids’ channel ABC3. What I can’t figure out is why, about the same time ABC3 has started up, ABC2 has dropped most of its non-kids programming on weekends during the daytime (eg before 6pm) and replaced it with more kids’ programmes. Compare for  ... [More]

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Consumerism

The AMEX ads are freaking me out

The American Express ads are still freaking me out. (Advert spotted here. It includes Laura too.)

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Consumerism Home life

Smug – the washing machine

Should I peel the water/energy rating stickers off the new washing machine, or leave them on for continued smugness?

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Consumerism Melbourne

South Wharf

DFO has moved from Spencer Street to South Wharf. Oh, well done fellas — a move from an easy-to-get-to spot, to some godforsaken new place which nobody can find. Apparently they weren’t happy with their high-profile location, being next to a major railway station. For motorists they also had a big car park underneath (though  ... [More]