@esurientes @injerarufus Web site working again now; try it again. in reply to esurientes # More fuss in the HS today about speeding fines. I have still *never* got one. Thanks to all the leadfoots for subsidising me. # I'm still hanging out for the Samsung television ABC iView app… due Q1/2011 apparently http://j.mp/ga5ypV # ... [More]
Month: March 2011
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The Late Show’s Doctor Who parody
I was looking for something else on Youtube, and as sometimes happens, got distracted by this instead: a Doctor Who parody from The (D-Gen) Late Show from 1993. For those who don’t follow such things, the real Brigadier, Nicholas Courtney, passed away last week.
It’s taken me longer than I thought to get this post to something approximating shipshape. I’m not sure it’s perfect yet. Reminder: the views expressed on my personal blog do not necessarily represent the views of the PTUA. Following on from previous posts about the Loop, the next question is: Should the City Loop reverse ... [More]
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Converting points to cash
CommBank offered to convert my Awards points into cash, with a 10% bonus. It’s 96,000 points, normally worth $480, but with the bonus it’s $529. So it’s 181 points to the dollar (normally 200 points to the dollar). In comparison, one of their Rewards is an Xbox 360 Kinect 4GB Console Bundle. This is 90,000 ... [More]
If you’ve had Ernst Wanke Road catch your eye when you were looking at Berwick in the map, and wondered “what the?”, then wonder no longer. The Wanke Family: Settlers From the German States Ernst Gottlieb Wanke was a Doctor of Dentistry and was born in around 1821 in Prussia. The Wanke family arrived in ... [More]