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A long list of Australian Slang.

It wasn’t easy but we’ve tried to include uniquely Australian slang here and to exclude British and American slang even though these are commonly used in Australia. We see no point in informing the world that “fridge” is Australian slang for a “refrigerator”.

Here are a few that might come in handy:

• Bog in: commence eating, to attack food with enthusiasm
• Dunny: outside lavatory
• Liquid laugh: vomit
• Mystery bag: a sausage
• Tinny: can of beer
• Ute: utility vehicle, pickup truck

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No, no stories of improper voting procedures or anything like that. In fact, Ward 5 used the draw-a-line-put-it-in-the-machine scantronic (fantabulous!) machines. Slick as ever and (virtually) idiot proof, although Idiot R&D is working on that.

No, the cool thing was a conversation I overheard while standing in a very short line at 4pm. A gentlemen was getting his ballot when one of the poll workers mentioed how busy they were (as he was handing the gentlemen ballot 1450-something). The gentlemen asked how many they usually get, and another poll worker stated “Usually about 400 or 500 for the day.”

CNN has a tacking center. No stats now, but soon I’m sure.

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A 320kbps MP3 version of November 2004’s freely distributable Wired Magazine cover CD – includes Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Dan The Automator, Gilberto Gil, Cornelius, and many more Creative Commons-licensed tracks for remixing, spreading – unmissable.

I got this with my issue of Wired this month. It has a little bit of everything and well worth getting. Plus it’s legal and free; best of both worlds.

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Ok, so I hosed this site. Boo me. I will be attempting to repost some of the original posts, manually entering the original time they were posted to recover my archive.

Unfortunately, all comments are lost. I have them, I just don’t have a way to put them back with the posts. Sorry. Like I said, I really am that dumb.

Mental note: Just stick with one tool; the tools just don’t play well together.

Wow, way to catch on to a new trend there Wired.

Internet Users Want a Voice

About a quarter of Americans have rated products, services or people online, according to the latest Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. The results point to the growing significance of online rating systems. By Daniel Terdiman.

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I’m listening to and downloaded Bob & Tom show from Sept 17th. At about 21:10 in Hour 2 of the show is one of the funniest things ever said on morning radio:

“But they had the Anti-Pirate guy dressed like a pirate?”
“Yes.”
“That’s like portraying the Pro-Life Hanger.”

I’ll make a clip when I get home.

UPDATE: I posted the clip here. Listen. It’s seriously funny.

This is a great presentation on redesigning websites with CSS. It also has a lot of links to resources to learn more about using CSS.

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Hate is a powerful thing. It turns normally dull people in raging maniacs, rational people into lunatics, and intelligent people into idiots. Take William Gibson and the words he chooses to express that which he cannot (or will not).

To wit:

“…I think we’re getting a pretty good idea of what Trotsky felt, looking at Stalin.” -Jack Womack

Or…

and, as a sweeping generalisation, I suspect more of those Americans with whom the rest of [the world] come into contact, either because they’re online or because they travel, are likely to have voted against Bush, because they are the ones who know what is going on in the world.”

That’s right, friends. Not only is Bush like Stalin (you know, the guy who killed 8-20 million of his own people), but if you’re not online or traveling, you’re not worthy.

You know, I was this close to voting for someone other than Bush, because it felt right somehow. But when (supposedly) intelligent people make statements that imply that I am not intelligent enough to recognize a new Stalin or (the Lefts favorite) Hitler, and neither are my countrymen simply because they didn’t read enough Womack (or Gibson), I think my mind is made up for me.

Thank you William Gibson. Oh, and you are officially an irrelevant ass.

Verizon has 15 megabits down, 2 mbts up (sweet) for about $5 more a month than I pay now for 3 mbs down, 256K up. Oh come on, get in the area Verizon, I’ll give yah a try.

The site is hosed right now because it made the front page of Slashdot, but it’ll be back.

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