Monthly Archives: March 2006

confirmed – Ballmer is a nut!

March 30, 2006 – 8:38 am

As if we needed confirmation – last week we had a blogger from inside M$’s Vista testing team saying that it was a complete load of garbage and that Ballmer should be fired. We’ve all heard about him chucking chairs in a google inspired tantrum, but this latest piece “Microsoft chief forbids his kids from [...]

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m2006 Mashup

March 16, 2006 – 8:49 am

As inflatable Koalas bounced around the MCG, I was putting the finishing touches to my first Google Maps mashup – The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Most of the features from the Melbourne 2006 KMZ have been incorporated, and though I still prefer the stand alone app, I’m quite proud that my mashup uses decent css layout [...]

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Melbourne 2006 on Google Earth

March 4, 2006 – 8:15 pm

It’s my first attempt at a Google Earth file, so I’m ready for criticism. All the same, I think it’s OK. Along the way, I learned how to make a network link, and how to draw a path, I’m sure that’ll be useful one day!
I’ve tried to cover as much as possible of the venues [...]

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On a lighter note…

March 3, 2006 – 7:58 pm

Tonight I joined the latest internet bandwagon, creating a public transport map with all the names scrambled into anagrams. There’s a heap more here at boing-boing.
I want to print off a few hundred and give them to visitors at the Commonwealth Games!

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another rant!

March 2, 2006 – 8:05 pm

As a long time BigPond Cable subscriber, I’m used to receiving their self promotional emails. Usually shopping specials I’m not interested in and promotional guff about their content.
You see, they have quite a bit of video and music content, but I’ve never used any of that either. Not that I wouldn’t like to, some of [...]

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