Month: December 2008

  • Less Spam?

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    Over the last week I have notice a significant drop in the amount of spam I receive.  It is usual to receive 20-60 items per day. Over the last week it has dropped, some days to zero. Today I received 1. If the amount of spam in your inbox has gone down these past few…

  • Don’t get frumped

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    Don’t get frumped

    A friend tweeted about Frump, an Abobe Air-based product that allows one to download pictures from Flickr. Frump is described as: … a simple application that allows your to download all of the public photos for a specific Flickr account. Some points: My immediate reaction to this whole thing was to secure my Flickr account…

  • Bonsai Update

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    After some research, there a few things I have learnt, but most importantly that my bonsai is a juniper and junipers are an outdoor plant and they require a period of dormancy. This can’t be got if it is kept indoors as the temperatures are too high. So, I have constructed a bonsai haus for…

  • 50,000KM

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    My car turned 50 today:

  • December fog

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    December fog

    With snow remaining from last-week’s dump and temperatures near 8C, today was a very foggy day. I shot these up by the reservoir.