AntBlog701: September 2006 Archives

September 29, 2006

some Web 2.0 effects

Some people call the interactive things such as fading in and fading out Web 2.0, I am not sure about the actual definition, but I will use the term. Apple uses the fade in and fade out effect in Aperture...
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September 28, 2006

Movable Type 3.33 released

Six Apart has released Movable Type 3.33, a security update for any Movable Type 3.3x and 3.2 users. They said: This is a mandatory update due to the severity of the combined vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities were discovered by our...
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September 27, 2006

funny commercial: ANZ Credit Card Protection

Today's entry is an interesting commercial showing recently in Australia television. The bank employs a lot of security protection, as it seems. (click the above screenshot to watch it) The video clip is encoded with state-of-the-art video codec H.264, which...
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September 26, 2006

before Sunrise

I can't believe myself, I woke up very early today, well before sunrise. I had my shower and have my coffee ready, and even before Seven's morning news programme - Sunrise - started at 6 am. Seven's Sunrise is...
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September 25, 2006

Derailed

It's another Monday with another great TV shows. Grey's Anatomy is on 8.30, and the exciting Criminal Minds is on 9.30. Tonight's Criminal Minds (Derailed; episode 9) When a paranoid schizophrenic passenger has a delusional episode on board a train,...
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September 23, 2006

before iMac, iPod... what did people predict about Apple

David Pogue wrote a nice blog entry on Apple. He corrected all the magazines predicted about Apple 10 years ago. 10 years ago, Steve Jobs hadn't returned to Apple yet, the juicy iMac hadn't released yet, Microsoft hadn't acquired...
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September 22, 2006

Digg everywhere

If you've been reading other blogs, you might have noticed the “Digg” thing. For some reason, Digg has become a popular social community, and most bloggers want to get their blogs discussed. Thanks to Promote This! plugin for Movable Type,...
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September 20, 2006

the story behind Naomi Robson's mission, part 2

Few days ago, I mentioned Naomi Robson and the real story about Naomi's mission. On Monday, ABC's Mediawatch had some report on this Channel 7 vs Channel 9 on Wawa story, Why 7 Ate 9 OR Wawa's TV Dinner....
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September 19, 2006

old news is good news for Seven, bad news for Nine

If you've been watching Australia TV and keeping an eye on the TV rating. You will know Channel Nine's bosses are not happy. Australia TV has just turned 50, the first television station was Channel Nine. However, Channel Seven celebrated...
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September 18, 2006

Criminal Minds: Natural Born Killer

Due to September 11 last Monday, there was no Criminal Minds. Last night's TV Turns 50 was a great show, I really love Mel and Kochie hosted the show. Tonight's Criminal Minds (Natural Born Killer; episode 8) The FBI profilers...
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September 16, 2006

Housewives: Time to Come Clean

ABC is giving away one million free downloads of last season's finale of Desperate Housewives. and unlimited downloads of special highlight show of the series, featuring commentary from show producers and the expert editors at People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly....
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September 15, 2006

the real story behind Naomi Robson's mission

I mentioned Naomi Robson on the other day about her disappearance from Today Tonight. She and her four crews were on an assignment to West Papua to save a boy Channel Nine's 60 Minutes covered four months ago but the...
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September 14, 2006

what happened to Naomi Robson?

So what happened to Channel 7 Today Tonight's host Naomi Robson? Samantha Armytage has been filling in for Naomi since Monday night. Today Tonight only said Naomi was on assignment. According to News.com.au, Robson ran-in with Indonesian authorities. She and...
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September 13, 2006

new iPods, iTunes 7, and upcoming iTV

Apple has released new iPods, new iPod nanos, and iTunes 7. Apple also announced the new iPod shuffle and the upcoming iTV. Please check out MacCentre701 for more detailed report on those products. What's interesting is the videos from iTunes...
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September 12, 2006

911 no Criminal Minds

I usually have a blog entry on Criminal Minds every Monday, but yesterday was a special Monday, it was the 5th anniversary of September 11. Channel Seven cancelled all evening programmes (except Grey's Anatomy) and aired the second part of...
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September 10, 2006

Irwin and Brocky

This week could be a sad week for many Australians. Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin died on Monday. On Friday, Peter Brock "Peter Perfect", a legend in Australian moter racing sport, was killed in a car accident. Steve Irwin died while...
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less is more, the Coke chapter

Coca-Cola has new designs of the Cokes, all three major flavours. The new design is thinner, taller, and is said to be targeted at women on their 20s who want to buy smaller cans when they are on the go....
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September 7, 2006

a glass glass

Blockbuster is giving away free Coca-Cola glass with a catch, you need to buy a 1.5L bottle of Coke. When I was checking out today, I asked the guy, “Is that Coke glass a glass glass? Or a plastic...
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September 6, 2006

Steve Irwin and media coverage

Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin died on Monday morning around 11:30am (4th Sept 2006). He was filming a television program on the Great Barrier Reef off far north Queensland when the drama unfolded yesterday. Mr Irwin was killed by a stingray...
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aurora borealis

Two photos of aurora borealis taken by Erik Bech. Aurora borealis is also known as northern lights. No, not in Australia.

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September 5, 2006

iTeeth, brushing can be fun

Brushing your teeth is boring? Scientists have a way to make brushing somehow energetic. News from Courier Mail. It is called Tooth Tunes, although I think the nickname “iTeeth” is more interesting. Tooth Tunes will play for two minutes, the...
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September 4, 2006

Criminal Minds: The Fox

Tonight's Criminal Minds (The Fox; episode 7) The Behavioural Analysis Unit pieces together a profile of a serial killer who takes families hostage and lives with them as a father figure during what is supposed to be their family vacations....
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September 2, 2006

Centennial Park

It was a very warm today, 26ºC. How could I miss out the nice sunshine not going somewhere? Centennial Park was the obvious choice. Out of my surprise, there weren't many people in the park. I though it would...
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September 1, 2006

Kontera ads on AntBlog701

Some of you might have noticed different forms of advertisement links in AntBlog701, it's because I got a new context-ads service with Kontera. I am testing the preference of Kontera service, please let me know you opinion. The 10 days...
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AntBlog701 - September 2006 Archive