AntBlog701: June 2007 Archives

June 29, 2007

Australia's population: 21 million

Australia has just reached 21 million in population. Based on following estimation from Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): an increase of one person every one minute and 45 seconds by averaging one birth every one minute, 56 seconds; one...
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June 28, 2007

Sydney Opera House is now a World Heritage

Sydney Opera House has been listed as the latest World Heritage sites by UN's educational, scientific and cultural organisation (UNESCO) in New Zealand. It is also the most modern cultural site to be included on the World Heritage List....
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June 27, 2007

Panama, Prison Break On The Run

Last week's Prison Break was great. Last week on Prison Break, Michael meets the President Caroline, and plays the tape to her. She agrees to give presidential pardons for Micheal and Lincoln. Meanwhile, a guard sees him and saved...
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June 26, 2007

Garlic mashed potatoes

Last Tuesday was my last course of Basic Cooking, and one of the menu is Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Somehow I don't like the garlic, so I do not put the garlic at all. Well, it should be called "Garlic Mashed...
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June 25, 2007

Gossip at Wisteria Lane

Last week on Wisteria Lane, they have a blackout. Mrs McCluskey was sent to hospital. The body Mrs McCluskey has been hiding in her freezer was discovered by Parker. He promised not to tell, but Maggie (another neighbour) discovered...
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June 24, 2007

Shooting in Melbourne The Week It Was, 24 June 2007

The eastern coast of Australia has been in the drought for quite a while, and it has been some welcome raining for the last week. Some area were hit hard with the rain. This week's video clip of The Week...
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June 22, 2007

802.11n part 2

Continued from yesterday's post, the new 802.11n router is wonderful. Installation and configuration are quite straightforward. Getting the Macs to connect to the 802.11n network is a piece a cake, setting up on a Windows machine is relatively complicated,...
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June 21, 2007

802.11n and gigabit ethernet!

Finally, I got an 802.11n router at home. Just picked it up from CBD this afternoon. It's not Apple's new AirPort Extreme (Base Station), it's D-Link's Xtreme N Gigabit Router (DIR-655). It's a bit odd that I don't go...
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June 20, 2007

Sweet Caroline, Prison Break On The Run

There was no Prison Break last week. Two weeks ago on Prison Break, Michael, Lincoln, and Sara finally hear the proof that can set Lincoln free. They find a wrong guy that can help to set Lincoln free. At...
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June 19, 2007

the Princes fight back tonight

Tonight's programme: An Interview with Princes William and Harry 10pm on Seven. Why do two princes decided to talk to media? Simple, fight back. Like their mother did an interview with Martin Bashir in respond to a TV interview...
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June 18, 2007

God, That's Good - Desperate Housewives

Today is Queen's Birthday (in most parts of Australia). The end of long weekend, however, what is important is Desperate Housewives is on! Last week on Wisteria Lane, Ian can't swim and is embarrassed that he has to be...
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June 17, 2007

It Was Dam Good. The Week It Was, 17 June 2007

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June 14, 2007

Russian Salad

I guess this is the first time I talk about food in my blog. My friend Laurent is a chef, he runs a cooking school and restaurant. I've been taking the basic cooking course of his school. As you...
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June 13, 2007

State of Origin run 2 tonight

It's State of Origin New South Wales v Queensland (game 2) tonight on Nine, hence Prison Break is no on Channel 7. Instead of airing Prison Break, Channel Seven is airing It Runs in the Family. I've had a very...
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June 12, 2007

Got refused by muslim taxi drivers? Sunrise has the answer.

Last year, I mentioned an issue about muslim taxi drivers. Muslim taxi drivers refuse to carry blind passengers and their guide dogs, they say it's against their religion. So, if you are vision impaired, you simply can't get home by...
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June 11, 2007

Liaisons, Desperate Housewives

Today is Queen's Birthday (in most parts of Australia). The end of long weekend, however, what is important is Desperate Housewives is on! Last week on Wisteria Lane, Ian's mother insists Susan to sign a pre-nup. Susan discovers Ian's...
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June 10, 2007

The Week It Was, 10 June 2007

Today's weather is a bit better than yesterday. Still cold in Sydney. This week's video clip of The Week It Was will be from YouTube. First time from the popular YouTube. There was a train crash (with a truck) in...
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June 7, 2007

inkjet vs laser

A while back, I made a comparison on print output. The comparison was between Epson Stylus Photo R230 and Brother MFC-240C on plain paper. Later I printed the same picture on photo paper with respected settings again, (see this entry)....
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June 6, 2007

Wash, Prison Break On The Run

Last week on Prison Break, T-Bag told Susan he can't procredate, and he set Susan and her kids free. Michael and Sarah finally get Henry Pope to use the key and retrieve their final hope from a humidor, a...
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June 5, 2007

new phone, hello Uniden

It's not easy to get a new set of cordless telephone with four handsets. Since I moved into this place, I've been having telephone troubles... It was my phone that iiNet once lost the phone connection. Laurent's telephone set...
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June 4, 2007

Dress Big, Desperate Housewives

Remember Rex Van De Kamp? Last week on Wisteria Lane, instead of Mary Alice Young, Rex Van De Kamp gives audiences a male's narrative and point-of-view of the goings on at Wisteria Lane. Ian presents Susan with the diamond...
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June 3, 2007

The Week It Was, 3rd June 2007

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the world. The regular The Week It Was video clip captured from this morning's Weekend Sunrise. The clean up continued in Melbourne and Adelaide after some really severe storms. The wind was...
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June 1, 2007

iTunes Plus and free music

Without a doubt, the biggest tech news of the week was the iTunes Plus, a new DRM-free, highest-quality audio format from iTunes Store. (MacCentre701 entry) Apple bashers have been long time bashing Apple's protection on music bought from iTunes...
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AntBlog701 - June 2007 Archive