So I need about 4hours x 2 for the Boxing Day trip up to Old Bar.

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Here is what I came up with:

Playlist

My new Dell desktop arrived yesterday, with a 23″ wide screen monitor!  Woo hoo!  Christmas came early this year for me!

Specs:

• Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor E8400(3GHz, 1333FSB, 6MB)
• Memory 4GB
• Video Card 256MB ATI Radeon
• Hard Drive 500GB SATA
• Dell (TM) S2309WFP 23 ” Widescreen Flat Panel

I also picked up some Logitech Z4 speakers which sound pretty good.

Was pondering this today. Here is my list of completely material things:

Hello Kitty Speaker

Tomb Raider for Wii

New BBQ with Rotisserie and side burner

Ittala Origo bowls and plates

I encourage everyone to sign the following petion against the ridiculous government initiative of an Government Internet filter.

From the GetUp! Action for Australia site:

“The Federal Government is planning to force all Australian servers to filter internet traffic and block any material the Government deems ‘inappropriate’. Under the plan, the Government can add any ‘unwanted’ site to a secret blacklist.

Testing has already begun on systems that will slow our internet by up to 87%, make it more expensive, miss the vast majority of inappropriate content and accidentally block up to 1 in 12 legitimate sites. Our children deserve better protection - and that won’t be achieved by wasting millions on this deeply flawed system.”

Twitter - yes I am finally using it!

I never really understood the point of twitter. Until I started using facebook and became addicted to updating my status. And then…. I final understood the meaning of Twitter! One of the great geek epiphanies.

But since I am not going to update both, so I set up a feed to automatically update Twitter from my Facebook status using Twitterfeed. It was very straightforward to set it up: Read the rest of this entry »

The Google My Maps Australia Awards are now on.  Grand prize is a 13″ 2.1 GHz Macbook (I don’t have one of those) and Google Maps glory and bragging rights Read the rest of this entry »

Desktop - Kristi, originally uploaded by krustyfries.

I recently added my laptop desktop to the Lifehacker Show and Tell Pool. There are some very cool desktops on show Read the rest of this entry »

I love the internet, I type in “How to cook Chinese Brocolli” and up comes the most informative step-by-step instructions ever!  If you have ever passed by the greens aisle at Norton St Grocer and wondered about Chinese Brocolli, Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing on from Useful Gadgets for travelling, here is my list of useful stuff for travelling. All this stuff should fit easily into a purse or bag so there is no excuse for not being prepared! Read the rest of this entry »

The view from one of the lookouts on Dutchmans Stern.

Driving through the Clare with pit stop at Knappstein wines.

And finally we arrive in Adelaide; the view from the Hilton!