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New website for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Asylum Seekers and Refugees now have a brand new website with the launch of the redesigned Asylum Seekers Resource Centre site.
I used CMSMadeSimple for the content management system - which is highly recommended for sites such as this, and a friend, who prefers to remain anonymous, has spruced up the design somewhat. Here is a […]

Internode shouts Adelaide to free wi-fi

Its no wonder that Internode has so many fan boys on broadband sites and forums like www.whirlpool.net.au when they show such forward thinking with initiatives like this. Have a look at the article Adelaide poised to lead WiFi pack? from The Age.? Internode intends to shout free wireless access to anybody in the city […]

Google Street Maps finally hit Aussie shores

Much faster than i expected too.? The US and most of Europe have had it for awhile but google street maps have now hit Australia too.? We have had satellite maps for quite a while but its very difficult to navigate around them without? having the street names.
I can see why they have […]

The Greenhouse Mafia

Sounds like this may be well worth watching, hopefully they will release over the internet too for anyone not living in Australia? -
“THE GREENHOUSE MAFIA” - 4 CORNERS MONDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2006
? Four Corners returns for 2006 with a whistleblower and revelations of a powerful insiders’ club - “The Greenhouse Mafia” - 8.30pm Monday 13 […]

International visitors now welcomed at Phuba.com

Phuba.com is now freed of it’s Australian Shackles.? Phuba.com was originally created with an Australian audience in mind.? However, due to the organic growth of the site, and the geographic blindness inherent in the internet as? a medium, it seems that only 15 percent of our visitors are from Australia (thanks for the […]

Good Aussie stuff with Google APIs

Thanks to Martin English for sending me the work he has done using the Google Maps APIs. If you go to http://www.martin-english.com/maps you will see that he has overlayed a google map of New South Wales and Victoria with up to date temperatures from the Bureau of Meterology for many larger towns and citys in […]

Google Base arrives, how is Australia effected?

It was originally discussed in google base is on the way and now it has been released. The Age has some interesting non-Australia related information, basically cut and paste from The New York Times. But what does it mean to Australia?
Only time will tell, it seems that a search for anything near to […]

Australia’s most popular searches

Who can explain the workings of the group mind? Below are the most popular searches on google by Australians in September 2005. Im a little suprised at a few of them -
Do people really care what Paris Hilton is doing at the moment - A Simple Life isnt even on TV at the moment and […]

A little bit of aussie loving from Google?

( Google and Australian )

Maybe i have judged google a little harshly. In the unaustralism of google article i wrote that i was frustrated that google didnt support the adding of Melbourne to the weather on the google personalised homepage. Obviously, i have a lot of sway over what happens at google because no sooner had i mentioned this […]

The ‘unaustralism’ of google

( Google and Australian )

….and my mangled use of the English language. I’ve always been pretty partial to google, and im not the greatest fan of Microsoft. However google does need to be wary of competitors, who are lagging behind, doing what google do, just better…..and more tailored to an international audience. I have complained about google personalized search […]