Afterhours

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Mirvac doing a great job with their mobile site for Greenwood: CENTRE NAME, lorem ipsum, missing homepage icon… But big QR code advertising push on all their tables at the foodcourt redirecting customers to this #fail

My week in pictures 01 Jul 2012 #weekinpix

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:03:03 +1000

iiNet not moving forward either

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:08:00 +1000

iiNet’s Naked ADSL2+ didn’t improve either. Evening speeds have dropped considerably lately (or is that just Apple’s iTunes badwidth?). And then this:

Having been an iiNet customer for 3.5 years now, we were on a (grandfathered) plan that gave me 75GB+75GB for $70. Earlier this month I hit my peak limit the day before it expired. I was resetting my laptop which required me to re-download OSX Lion, and my bandwith got capped to 64kbps halfway through. I knew iiNet had these new datapacks on offer (5GB for $10 for example), which would put me back onto regular speeds, great! But in order to get to use that datapack I had to switch to a new plan. And new plans are a step backwards. Only 100GB for $70 (no more peak/offpeak difference). I just lost 50GB, for the same price. Capped speeds though have increased to 256kbps. But, not happy.

Telstra going backwards

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:58:00 +1000

Telstra always used to be more expensive than the other telcos, but a better network. Then their prices became reasonable, and I switched to Telstra prepaid. But a lot of people did, and now their service is no different than any of the other telcos. Additionally, they send users’ requests overseas for blacklist checking, a “service” I didn’t subscribe to.

And now their prepaid offer goes backwards. Where I had 2GB for $50, from next month onwards I’ll only get 800MB…

My week in pictures 24 Jun 2012 #weekinpix

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:57:21 +1000

Happy Carbon Tax day!

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:56:43 +1000

The “dreaded” Carbon Tax comes into effect today. And look, the sun is still shining, the world did not end.

I’m not going to go into the politics of things here, I’m just a geek. So I want to talk about my new TV.

We bought our previous TV in 2009, when we moved into an unfurnished flat for the first time here in Sydney. We bought a 32″ Philips LCD TV, and I really liked it back then. I guess it must have been mid-range even back then, not the smallest format but certainly not extra large. Anyway, over the years there were these newsreports about electricity prices going up (way before the Carbon Tax), and every time you saw an interview on TV, you would see these images of families with gigantic TVs in their living room. And they wonder why their electricity bill is so high? TVs nowadays have a energy star rating displayed in stores. Not sure when that came into effect, but it has been for a while. And I have been keeping an eye out on those whenever I’d visit a JBHifi or something, and the last couple of years I believe they have been coming down a lot with advances in LED LCDs and Plasma screen improvements.

My week in pictures 17 Jun 2012 #weekinpix

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:52:53 +1000

Sent from my iPhone

My week in pictures 27 May 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:12:56 +1000

My week in pictures 20 May 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:10:35 +1000

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My week in pictures 13 May 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:05:48 +1000

Mt Wilson Autumn colours

Sun, 06 May 2012 02:37:16 +1000

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Taken at Mount Wilson

My week in pictures 22 Apr 2012 #weekinpix

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:45:25 +1000

My week in pictures 15 Apr 2012 #weekinpix

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:42:29 +1000

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Double rainbow

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:43:11 +1000

My week in pictures 08 Apr 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:25:16 +1000

Quite eventful week!

My week in pictures 01 Apr 2012 #weekinpix

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:58:58 +1000

"It seems you have the technical know how that the Air Force is looking for"

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:31:00 +1000

The Aussie Air Force setting the bar pretty low for “technical know how”. Desperate much? (not an April Fools Day thing, a real advert on Gizmodo.com.au)

My week in pictures 25 Mar 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:44:33 +1000

My week in pictures 04 Mar 2012 #weekinpix (delayed)

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:56:07 +1000

Pistolets and charcuterie

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:16:00 +1000

Belgian pistolets, or kadetjes, are unrivaled anywhere in the world. They come in different sizes and origins: white, brown, light, crusty,… They are always eaten day-fresh.
Pistolets are always covered with something like charcuterie, cheese, prepared spreads, confiture (jam) or chocolate spread. Optionally, you’d add fresh butter (or margarine if you really have to).

There’s always a wide selection of options available, fresh or prepackaged:

Paprika potato chips

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:12:00 +1000

Paprika potato chips are by far my favorite chips variety, yet they don’t seem to be available anywhere else but a few European countries?

But roast chicken, honey soy chicken, Ceaser salad… are options here, really? Please Lays, introduce this in Australia!

“Extremely tasteful”, absolutely!

Belgian fries from the Frituur/friterie/fritery

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:06:00 +1000

The only true way to enjoy Belgian fries, is from the frituur (fritery) on the street.
Some even still serve them in a puntzak.

My favourite combo is with beefstew sauce and real Belgian mayonnaise. Optionally I add a frikandel special on the side (frikandel with tomato-curry sauce and onion).

The Design Studio Method

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:18:54 +1000

The Design Studio Method

The Design Studio method has become one of the most success methods in Agile and Lean UX. This rapid, iterative approach blends concept creation with critique. Design Studio is a great way to jumpstart your design process, create 300-400 design concepts in just a couple of hours, or get team buy-in and ownership.…

View full story at http://vimeo.com/album/1859200/video/37861987

via News.me, available in the App Store

Oufti - frozen chocolate covered banana slices

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:05:00 +1000

This is just a brilliant concept: frozen banana slices covered in chocolate. A delicious little snack.

I’ve only found these at Belgian cinemas, don’t remember seeing Ouftis* anywhere else, nor seeing any of their other frozen fruit products.

If they were to market this properly (maybe rename it), this could easily be licensed around the world for local manufacturing (anyone in Queensland?).

* “Oufti” is a French (Belgium) expression of surprise.

Vol-au-vent - Koninginnehapje

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +1000

I love a vol-au-vent any day of the week. Although its name comes from the puff pastry it’s served in, a vol-au-vent in Belgium usually means the creamy chicken and mushroom filling (including the pastry), also called Koninginnehapje/Bouchée la Reine or Vidée.

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Or in stead of buying it from the deli or supermarket, you make it fresh of course!

Beuling - Bloed worst - Black pudding

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:43:00 +1000

I’m a fan of what we call beuling (blood sausage), with apple compote (sauce). Similar to the Scottish black pudding, the Flemish version is the size of a banana, and is mostly cut into 2cm pieces then fried in a pan until crispy (while the center remains moist).

Wikipedia

My week in pictures 26 Feb 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:46:00 +1000

Antwerp, Brugge, Maastricht, Doel…

Black Salsify - Schorseneren

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:32:00 +1000

A typical belgian wintery dish is the black salsify (or schorseneren in Flemish from its Latin name), served with a white sauce.

Here it is served with a blinde vink (similar to slavink) and boiled potatoes.

Wikipedia

Belgian Waffles 101

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:07:00 +1000

This is the Brussels waffle.
Made from a batter, it’s light and crunchy, served on a plate and comes covered in powdered (icing) sugar. Optionally with fresh cream on the side, sometimes with chocolate sauce on the side, or topped with strawberries if you want to go fancy.

Most of the time these waffles are only being served from a certain time onward, from about 2pm (after lunch).

My week in pictures 20 Feb 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:09:16 +1000

Berlin!

Berlin

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:40:36 +1000

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My week in pictures 12 Feb 2012 #weekinpix

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:23:36 +1000

Food choices

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:38:09 +1000

Chocopaste, speculoos, sandwich salads, charcuterie

Behavioral Heuristics

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:54:26 +1000

Design with Intent blog

– As Jon Froehlich, Leah Findlater and James Landay note, “even if it is not explicitly recognised, designers [necessarily] approach a problem with some model of human behaviour”, and, of course, “all models are wrong, but some are useful”.
– At Interaction 12 last week in Dublin, 41 wonderful people from organisations including Adaptive Path, Google and Chalmers University took part in a workshop exploring the idea of these heuristics and how they might be used in design for behaviour change.
– If we know that our fictive user is following a “If someone I respect read this article, I should read it too” heuristic, then designing a system to show users that people they respect (however that’s determined) read or recommended an article ought to be a fairly obvious way to influence the fictive user to read the article.

My week in pictures 05 Feb 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:12:09 +1000

Streetview little planets

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:09:11 +1000

(https://halans.com/orig-content/uploads/2012/02/stereo.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg)Hours of time-waisting fun with these stereographic, little planets
through Google Streetview (using Javascript):
http://notlion.github.com/streetview-stereographic/#o=0,0,0,1&z=1.8&mz=15&p=-33.85779,151.20922

Desktop wallpapers: Birds of Kosciuszko

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:19:00 +1000

I’m kinda liking my new dekstop wallpaper:

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Link: http://the99percent.com/articles/6973/Francis-Ford-Coppola-On-Risk-Money-Craf…

in 1920×1200 and 1920×1440. Thought I’d share them!

My week in pictures 29 Jan 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:04:17 +1000

Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration - The 99 Percent

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:38:06 +1000

– There are three rules: 1) Write and direct original screenplays, 2) make them with the most modern technology available, and 3) self-finance them.
– You must never be the kind of director, I think maybe I was when I was 18, “No, no, no, I know best.
– Napoleon once said, ‘Use the weapons at hand,’ and this is what a film director has to do everyday.

Visit www.summly.com for more information on Summly and its technology.

Awesome shots of Rooftopping/Skyscraping : Photographs taken by daredevils from the top of skyscrapers | Mail Online

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:48:11 +1000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093801/Rooftopping-Photographs-taken…

My week in pictures 15 Jan 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:22:08 +1000

My week in pictures 08 Jan 2012 #weekinpix

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:24:42 +1000

My week in pictures 25 Dec 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:23:22 +1000

Uses for cocktail glasses: aperitif, starters, dessert

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:52:53 +1000

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Morning glory. Last day of 2011

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:28:25 +1000

My week in pictures 18 Dec 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:56:46 +1000

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Chrissy barbie

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:23:02 +1000

The traditional vodka watermelon. Must be a tradition somewhere right?

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:07:25 +1000

My week in pictures 11 Dec 2011 #weekinpix

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:54:24 +1000

Nexus S official Ice Cream Sandwich update available

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:56:01 +1000

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Sent from my iPhone

My week in pictures 04 Dec 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:42:11 +1000

Tough Smurf

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:53:44 +1000

Luna

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:35:28 +1000

Am liking my #Instagram RedBubbly T-shirt

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:29:00 +1000

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My week in pictures 27 Nov 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:56:17 +1000

Window dressing

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:28:08 +1000

My week in pictures 20 Nov 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:12:24 +1000

Today's instagramming

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:25:44 +1000

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My week in pictures 13 Nov 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:17:55 +1000

Reporting on the Social Reporting track in D2 #govcampnsw (and I'm up next)

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:12:55 +1000

Conversations over lunch #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:02:14 +1000

Lunch is on! #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:38:27 +1000

Social evidence chat #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:57:12 +1000

Building capability in gov #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:57:05 +1000

Talking APIs, my kind of discussion #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:44:33 +1000

"APIGOV" upstairs room C #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:35:39 +1000

Discussing public-citizen collaboration #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:34:29 +1000

Pia talking public engagement #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:31:59 +1000

Notes cloud #govcampnsw

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:44:11 +1000

Conversation Cafe session on now #govcampnsw

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:42:34 +1000

#govcampnsw is go!

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:50:24 +1000

At NICTA for #govcampnsw

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:43:36 +1000

My week in pictures 06 Nov 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:48:00 +1000

Sculpture by the sea, Google Dev Day, AISA National Conference, Talking Sydney SIBSyd, Outpost Project

Shirt heaven #outpost

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:59:38 +1000

Model

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:13:54 +1000

Talking Sydney at #sibsyd at Barangaroo Dev Auth

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:16:36 +1000

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Filmset at Pitt Street/Martin Place: hotdog stand, USA Today, van

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:48:23 +1000

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Michael Jones, Chief Technology Advocate, Google on #aisa (original Google Earth developer)

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:49:06 +1000

My week in pictures 30 Oct 2011 #weekinpix

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:49:37 +1000

John Stewart talking Lemming Theory in security practices #aisa

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:30:47 +1000

#aisa dodgy crowd pano

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:15:00 +1000

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Michael Harte talking about "information about money" and personal data #aisa

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:07:24 +1000

Bruce Schneier didn't want to sit next to me... #aisa

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:53:11 +1000

Beach chairs in Darling Quarter

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:44:25 +1000

Packed room at #gdd11 Sydney

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:25:00 +1000

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Nice spot to cool your feet

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:34 +1000

Bondi Zebra

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:50:22 +1000

Sunrise

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:19:50 +1000

Sculptures by the Sea at sunrise

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:33:51 +1000

Jamie's Italian opened up in Sydney. Trying out deserts...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:35:43 +1000

My week in pictures 23 Oct 2011 #weekinpix

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:20:35 +1000

Zombie gathering in Hyde Park - 360 video

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:56:00 +1000

Using a GoPano Micro – 360° video with iPhone4S

Probably did this at the wrong time, as too many people (non-zombies) were around by then, should have taken it out earlier (and get me a can of air to get rid of the dust).

EDIT: Flash player no longer supported by browsers, so I’ve removed the video.

Massive Zombie Lurch today!

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:46:07 +1000

Sunday

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:50:09 +1000

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Bark

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:30:20 +1000

Wood

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:29:02 +1000

Google+ Sydney Photo Walk - 360 video

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:15:00 +1000

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Using GoPano Micro – 360° video with iPhone4S. Uses Flash player.

EDIT: Flash player no longer supported by browsers, so I’ve removed the video.

Drinks

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:25:42 +1000

Booth

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:05:58 +1000

99% Ron Paul

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:33:32 +1000

B&W

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:32:04 +1000

Wind

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:20:03 +1000

99% rolled

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:07:36 +1000

Taken at Martin Place Station

Rose is but a rose

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:06:02 +1000

Rose garden

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:05:11 +1000

Fountain77

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:21:07 +1000

GoPano Micro - 360 video with iPhone4S

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:53:00 +1000

Using GoPano Micro – 360° video with iPhone4S.

Drag left/right to look around! Uses a Flash player.

EDIT: Flash player no longer supported by browsers, so I’ve removed the video.

Siri, you're fired!

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:39:00 +1000

My week in pictures 02 Oct 2011 #weekinpix

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:04:50 +1000

Free air show above neutral bay

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:44:37 +1000

Free air show above neutral bay, loops, upside down, the lot. Above populous area.

Eek, swollen ear

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:31:52 +1000

@ozdj cheaper accessories: the KiwiFotos adaptor ring + UV filter for $30 and a Fujica lenscap $5 (if you can find one)

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:21:58 +1000

Liquid breakfast, discovering the joys of a blender. Yummy!

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:59:37 +1000

BBQ Madness at Pyrmont Growers Market

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:50:45 +1000

Bridge

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:50:54 +1000

Opera

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:50:49 +1000

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Nice day to be on the water

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:48:07 +1000

1kg rack of ribs #sydrib

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:03:10 +1000

Tsunami 1.26 at Town Hall

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:08:16 +1000

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Full house at #sydjs

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:47:07 +1000

Sinon.js demo by @chrisdarroch at #sydjs

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:30:50 +1000

Additions to the displays #jurassiclounge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:29:45 +1000

Burly at the museum#jurassiclounge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:13:31 +1000

And anarchist scrapbooking #jurassiclounge #soemthingforeveryone

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:50:14 +1000

Games, old skool #jurassiclounge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:44:28 +1000

People at the museum #jurassiclounge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:28:21 +1000

Betty doing her thing #jurassiclounge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:16:40 +1000

Groovy #jurassiclounge

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:43:42 +1000

Dunnies

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:58:21 +1000

Received my Artflakes Instagram stickers. Not too impressed though. Maybe I expected them to be glossy

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:04:07 +1000

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A tagger on ADHD

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:07:56 +1000

Another Instagram based print, a Blurb 7x7 booklet. At $33 a bit on the expensive side

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:11:54 +1000

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O2bar, tingles your nose (but that's about it)

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:50:51 +1000

Rod Whitby talking Homebrew #webos

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:04:12 +1000

HP Connect is go #webos

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:46:30 +1000

Pretty impressed with these #StickyGram magnets! Will get me some more

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:35:38 +1000

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Jive Poetics at #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:19:03 +1000

Little creatures at #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:45:17 +1000

Winter People upstairs at #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:34:00 +1000

Excellent Robot is excellent! #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:22:05 +1000

Great projections at #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:15:04 +1000

Crowded House

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:07:33 +1000

Woohoo, night at the museum. But when do the animals come alive? #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:52:24 +1000

People love the interactive marble table at #jurassiclounge

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:38:14 +1000

Got me an old Fujica lens cap for the x100, for that authentic look

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:05:27 +1000

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Roamz preso at #momosyd

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:57:45 +1000

Received my Printstagram Minibooks today

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:27:00 +1000

(https://halans.com/orig-content/uploads/2011/09/media_httpimagesinsta_bbFwl.jpg.scaled1000.jpg)I ordered a bunch of Instagram prints through different services last month (Aug 27th), and this was the first to arrive:

http://printstagr.am/minibook.php
http://postagramapp.com/
http://teenytile.com/
http://stickygram.com/
http://www.blurb.com/apps/instagram

It wasn’t clear which one of the services this was, no invoice or anything (and I forgot which is which). It came in a small parcel from Taiwan, printed by Li-Book: http://www.libook.com.tw/products/view/16

I got two of them, although I only ordered one (which was $12 + $12 worldwide shipping). Maybe something got lost in translation and they printed me two. They both start at different pictures though, so they’re not identical. Actually the “first” one doubles up on itself (same prints at the end), which isn’t that good.

My Sunday in pictures 04 Sep 2011 (using #weekinpix)

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:01:37 +1000

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Nice BBQ spot in the city

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:07:43 +1000

Spicy chicken salad at Sea Bay

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:41:40 +1000

Leather office chair in dark alley #wtf

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:54:27 +1000

. @sebchan talking at the Sydney Apple Store

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:45:59 +1000

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Wonder if there's an ebook version of this one...

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:18:13 +1000

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Stuffed/coulored cane toads #wtf

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:35:07 +1000

1/10 Bridge #sydneymorningphoto

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:58:49 +1000

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Fisheye trees #sydneymorningphoto #olloclip

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:49:33 +1000

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Foggy outside #sydneymorningphoto

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:38:28 +1000

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I need to get of my ass too... http://thenextweb.com...

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:33:51 +1000

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I need to get of my ass too… http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2011/08/17/nerd-fitness-get-off-your-ass-it-could-save-your-life/

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Lightning Talks (2) at #sibsyd

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Lightning Talks at #sibsyd

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Anthony talking Google Crisis Response at #sibsyd

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:32:51 +1000

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At Ampersand for breakie before #sibsyd

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:22:47 +1000

Olloclip fish-eye, wide angle and standard iPhone

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Olloclip for iPhone arrived today

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:18:35 +1000

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Testing Week in Pix!

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:22:19 +1000

iCloud 404, enable cookies, and unsupported browser (FF4) pages

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Brian Cox Experiments with Sodium – Wonders of the Universe: Stardust, preview – BBC Two

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Explaining role/state/props for ARIA #rwa

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:59:47 +1000

Derek Featherstone talking Real World Accessibility #rwa

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:41:46 +1000

Tamzin Taylor talking commercializing apps #momosyd

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:38:07 +1000

Surprised to find the X100 at Georges, not surprised I snapped it up...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:14:21 +1000

No Gucci bikes at Tweed Ride this morning, but it would have fitted in

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Bang goes the sodium... Brian Cox Experiments...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:19:12 +1000

Bang goes the sodium…
Brian Cox Experiments with Sodium – Wonders of the Universe: Stardust, preview – BBC Two

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There's a winner

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:35:20 +1000

And loser...

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Craig Sharkie talking HTML5 forms at #wsg

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:43:35 +1000

William Parry talking Chrome Extensions at #sydjs

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:28:49 +1000

Panel discussion: what will be different for infosec in 2016 #securesydney2011

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:35:01 +1000

Diana-Lynn Contesti talking about SCADA post Stuxnet #securesydney2011

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:46:22 +1000

Mark Wellins taming a wild firewall (though unable to tame Prezi). Bit too much of a vendor preso... #securesydney2011

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:16:27 +1000

Mark Vincent talking Cloud Computing and the Privacy Act 1988 #securesydney2011

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:43:55 +1000

Dan Boucaut talking adopting the cloud securely #securesydney2011

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:09:23 +1000

Neil Readshaw IBM's Cloud Security Lead Architect talking security in the cloud

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:01:11 +1000

Attorney General Robert McClelland, online identity theft hitting close to home, as wife's CC got abused while overseas

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:42:25 +1000

Prof Jill Slay getting recognized for her work in security #securesydney

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:36:19 +1000

#SecureSydney is a go

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:36:01 +1000

Dr Vogels at #awstour

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:20:06 +1000

It's a 404 page, like, whatever, totally,...

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It’s a 404 page, like, whatever, totally, yeah http://visitsteve.com/404.html http://visitsteve.com/made/the-most-awkward-404-not-found-page-on-the-internet/

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All CAPTCHAs should be kittens. Well played...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:34:00 +1000

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All CAPTCHAs should be kittens. Well played, Rackspace.

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For photo geeks...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:18:00 +1000

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Incredibly Elaborate Rube Goldberg-Style Photography Machine http://laughingsquid.com/incredibly-elaborate-rube-goldberg-style-photography-machine/

2D Photography Rube Goldberg

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Moving pictures: Cinemagraphs - fancy animated gifs

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:50:00 +1000

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Moving pictures: Cinemagraphs – fancy animated gifs (with rather large file sizes) How to: http://anaestheticdiscourse.com/?p=1011 Examples: http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/gif http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/cinemagraphs-what-it-looks-like-when-a-photo-moves/2011/07/08/gIQAONez3H_blog.html

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Simply brilliant

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:29:00 +1000

What a great idea!

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Paypal using NFC

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:02:00 +1000

PayPal Uses NFC to Make Peer-to-Peer Payments Easier than Ever

Today at MobileBeat 2011 we took another step towards realizing the PayPal vision of creating an entirely new way for people to shop and pay – anytime, anywhere and on any device – with the announceme…

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Creating a Google+ Menubar Application on...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:32:00 +1000

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Creating a Google+ Menubar Application on OSX with Fluid http://konigi.com/notebook/creating-google-menubar-application

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Driven off the road by MBAs

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:32:00 +1000

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The rise of business schools coincided with the fall of American industry

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Heh, replay of the Wimbledon finale, as an...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:32:00 +1000

Heh, replay of the Wimbledon finale, as an infographic

WIM•BLE•DON

vimeo.com Infographic documenting the final game of the 122nd Edition of the Wimbledon Championships Men’s Final between tennis giants Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Audio source: BBC

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Lengthy article, but worth the read

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:32:00 +1000

Lengthy article, but worth the read http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/07/07/misattribution-of-arousal/

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Some pretty sweet horizontal ruler CSS3 techniques...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:32:00 +1000

Some pretty sweet horizontal ruler CSS3 techniques. The faded one I hadn’t seen yet http://konigi.com/tools/css-techniques-horizontal-rules

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Banks sitting on their customers' shopping data

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:31:00 +1000

Banks sitting on their customers’ shopping data: “How (US) Banks Plan To Compete With Groupon” http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/07/11/how-banks-plan-to-compete-with-groupon/<

Banks find a legal way to sell consumers’ shopping data

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Seeing The Negative In Everything: Charles Goslin – Noupe Design Blog

Charles Laforest Goslin: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (of the Negative)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:31:00 +1000

Charles Laforest Goslin: The Man, the Myth, the Legend http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/seeing-the-negative-in-everything-charles-goslin.html

Seeing The Negative In Everything: Charles Goslin. Posted in Inspiration; 14 Comments ». by Speider Schneider. While I loved my art school teachers, they were all very different. There were some who t…

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Photo fun with gadgets

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:45:00 +1000

Photo fun with gadgets

How to Make Your Photo Gadgets See-Through! | Photojojo Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3 We’ve always suspected our camera was a neo-postmodernist. Always subverting the establishment, our…

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Frank Gehry's NY skyscraper

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:44:57 +1000

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"Fish out of global waters"

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:40:37 +1000

CHARLES WATERSTREET on his #qanda presence last week
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Chicken wonton noodle soup kind of day today

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:13:53 +1000

Statigram, some pretty nice Instagram analytics

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Good and Bad of G+

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:38:00 +1000

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A really good column by Nat Torkington (would have plussed, but mobile interface didn’t load name interface) in O’Reilly site – http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.html – about the good and bad w/ Google+.

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Tomorrow, Battle of the Golden Spurs remembrance

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:49:00 +1000

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Tomorrow, Battle of the Golden Spurs remembrance in Flanders/Belgium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Golden_Spurs

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Date, July 11, 1302. Location, Kortrijk, Flanders 50°49′44″N 3°16′34″E / 50.829°N 3.276°E / 50.829; 3.276Coordinates: 50°49′44″N 3°16′34″E / 50.829°N 3.276°E / 50.829; 3.276. Result, Flemish vic…

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Not really subtle street photography, though...

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Not really subtle street photography, though cool to see someone at work on the street. http://www.petapixel.com/2011/07/08/street-photography-as-seen-through-the-viewfinder-of-a-leica-m9/

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"Behind the scenes at the White House" - ...

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“Behind the scenes” are facinating:

“Behind the scenes at the White House” – a bunch of photos from two days at the White House helping with the Twitter Town Hall.

Behind the scenes at the White House (20)

on 6th July 6th I helped to organize a “Twitter Town Hall @ the White House”. These are “behind the scenes” shots of the event, beginning with a walk-through of the venue on 5th July.

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Sydney's Megatronics Guy and his light scythe...

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Sydney’s Megatronics Guy and his light scythe (and how to make your own). lightscythe | mechatronicsguy

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Crossposting Google+ posts to Twitter and Facebook using Posterous

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Pretty sure a lot of people won’t like this, but here goes: Crossposting Google+ posts to Twitter and Facebook using Posterous It’s not pretty, rather hacky, but it kind of works… You can share posts with people who aren’t yet on G+, right? They’ll receive an email with your post instead. You can post to Posterous using email. And Posterous can crosspost to Twitter and Facebook. This links back to your Posterous post then, not straight to you G+ profile, unfortunately. The way to get this to work is to: – Create a Circle with post@<yourposteroussubdomain>(check your Posterous settings) – Add the “noreply-<somenumber>” Google+ email address to Posterous (as a contributor). 1. To find out what your Google+ noreply address is, you will need to add a Gmail account without a Google+ account to a circle (well, or a non-gmail account), share something with that circle, at which point you would receive that post through email and you can find out the noreply-<somenumber>@plus.google.com. As far as I can tell, it’s always the same, and it’s different across accounts (though I only tested this briefly today), and it seems to work so far (but no guarantees). If any Googler can chip in… Hope I don’t break anything :) 2. Now, add that email address to Posterous. Not as part of Your Settings/Your Email Address (because that needs a confirmation reply), but as a Contributor. Add the Google+ noreply address under Manage/People, as a Contributor. Then under Autopost, make sure “Posts by” is set to All Contributors. (This works for me because I’m a one-man band. If you have multiple contributors on your Posterous, you might not want to autopost all of those of course)

Then try it out. Share something with that “Posterous” circle. It should end up on Posterous, and eventually on anything your Posterous autoposts to. Check out my Posterous:http://halans.posterous.com/ Works best on a Posterous theme with a white background… Of course, same email cross posting applies to any other crossposting service, like Evernote or whatever…

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Brilliant idea! Well, if it would work as advertised

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Brilliant idea! Well, if it would work as advertised. And movie studios wouldn’t shit their pants again. Also be brilliant for tourism. http://www.augmentedrealitycinema.com/index1.html

Augmented Reality Cinema](http://www.augmentedrealitycinema.com/index1.html)

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Plenty of room on your iPad: free social innovation eBook

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:43:00 +1000

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Plenty of room on your iPad: free social innovation eBook http://www.youngfoundation.org/publications/reports/the-open-book-social-innovation-march-2010

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