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Better options for the 3G iPad

If you’re anything like me, you’ve agonised over the iPad. You’d like to try it, but it’s just so damn expensive. And then the cost of connecting a separate 3G modem and the accompanying mobile data bills just so you can enjoy your iPad away from home.

WordPress 3.0 is here

There are some great new features in WordPress 3.0, including a brand new base theme called twenty ten, which provides all the features of the new APIs.  The thing that is the perfect thing for me is the incorporation of WordPress mu into the standard wordpress installations, which means everything works the same.  Check out  Read more »

What’s with the banks?

What’s with the banks these days? Australian banks in particular seem to have suddenly all changed overnight… like magic. Suddenly, they’re much nicer now, different from the rest, and some have discovered it’s all about give and take (apparently). One still tells us proudly, they’re Factor 50!   What drugs are you taking?  I mean, seriously!  Read more »

Fun: Eliminating Boring

Life should be fun! How many times have you thought about doing the right thing, and then given up because it’s too difficult, too boring or you just don’t care? Volkswagen’s Fun Theory asks people from around the world to present a problem they believe they can fix with a fun solution.  One example is  Read more »

Pixelmator for Mac

Recently I started a journey. It’s a journey into Mac – with a 13″ Macbook. The white one. The biggest fear I had when I invested in Macintosh was whether I would have to buy all my software again for the Mac, that I use on the PC.  The thought of investing another several thousand  Read more »

Fastway Courier Shipping for WP-Ecommerce

If you are looking for a Fastway shipping module for the WordPress WP E-Commerce plugin then you have come to the right place. This module is compatible with current versions of WordPress (version 2.9.2), and WP E-Commerce (version 3.7.5.3). The plugin comes with transshipment data ex-Sydney as standard.  This means that it is calibrated for online  Read more »

My 4th Birthday Present

Today I was asked the question “If you were a motivational speaker, what time in your life would you talk about with us” I told the story of my fourth birthday when my grandfather bought me a heavy, old, used typewriter from a police auction and gave it to me as my birthday gift.  One  Read more »

When the mail just doesn’t get through

Have you ever wondered why some emails get there and others don’t.  A lot has to do with SPAM filters that agressively check your email content for key words.  When the words or the right combination are found, your email is blocked. Just check out some of the words that stop the mail from getting  Read more »

Changing your iTunes podcast feed URL

There will be times when you need to change the URL of your podcast feed. The problem arises though, that you have submitted your feed to iTunes and other podcast directories using your old URL.