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Dogs.... just fluffy balls of awesomeness right ? Just like we have health insurance, i got pet insurance for our first Golden Retriever - who turned 11 a last month, through Pet Insurance Australia... as they seemed to be ok-ish based on the online reviews... acknowledging that its incredibly difficult to discern a real review…
Continue readingThis is one of the entries that kinda needs a "so bad its kinda funny" category. Microsoft, due to their unique understanding of customer needs, will be setting the default search engine in chrome to bing when you update to Office 365 version 2002. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365-blog/introducing-and-managing-microsoft-search-in-bing-through-office/ba-p/1110974 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/microsoft-search-bing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/microsoft-search-bing#how-to-exclude-the-extension-for-microsoft-search-in-bing-from-being-installed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_hijacking#Microsoft_Office_365_ProPlus The best bit of the 1st article…
Continue readingI, like many of the readers of this blog, have been getting messages constantly from " www.youracclaim.com " to get "badges" from the Microsoft exams they have sat over the past years. I have ignored these up until recently, but when I went to update my linkedin profile, to include some recent university results, and…
Continue readingRecently, my staff an I have been subjected to a bunch of phone call spam from http://www.parallels.com I'm getting calls from a UK number, + 442033276423, asking us to partner.... the first time, it was "no thanks", subsequent calls have been met with less friendly suggestions, and then a block. Still, no company with decent…
Continue readingA while ago I started using freelancer.com for some odd jobs here and there around coding or websites.... it worked out ok once for a basic website, but seemed to be very poor if I tried to use it for anything a bit more substantial. The main sticking point for me was that freelancer.com took…
Continue readingLast year, the ACCC announced it was going to "crack down" on drip-pricing http://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-takes-action-against-jetstar-and-virgin-for-drip-pricing-practices Of course, with the ACCC having no real teeth, the practice still occurs with many service providers. Jetstar is a prime example of that. Today I booked some flights at an advertised price of $119. For 3 people, return, that adds…
Continue readingHey all, i've forced logon for comment posting.... not something i wanted to do, but in the last month or so the amount of spam comments has gone through the roof.
Continue readingI sat 70-412 this morning, as part of my "exam updating" process that I go through every 3 years or so. I've now passed 30-ish (I think it might be 33) MS exams since 1997, so I think I'm reasonably qualified to talk on the topic. While I agree with many people out there that…
Continue readingClassic. http://australianchristianlobby.org/ http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/cat-ladies-snatch-australian-christian-lobbys-name/story-e6frfkp9-1226631165790 Just in case the above link reverts - the site currently has a wordpress blog from the Australian Cat Ladies... and has nothing to do with scary Christians. The Australian Christian Lobby (or ACL), who forgot to renew the domain name (or some such) are a undeniably evil pack of bigoted fuckwits…
Continue readingOne of the great things about the web is that it generally allows you to research a company before purchasing with them….. of course, not all companies have comments about them on the web – one of which, at least when we were building, was Beechwood homes ( http://www.beechwood.com.au/ ) …. So while I tried…
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