Flying to Brisbane

Huzzah! Posting from the Sydney airport, waiting for a flight to Brisbane. Pretty cewl setup here… only $4 (payable in...

Darling Harbour and Newport

Got a chance to drive out to Darling Harbour yesterday, then on to Manly beach. Got to see the inside...

Opera House

Got to go and see Sydney and the Opera House yesterday. Pretty interesting building, from an architectural point of view:...

Re: BTW

Think this computer’s clock is about 9 min off…

BTW

It’s about 9:10am on Monday, Sydney-time. (published 7:10pm, Sunday May 23, 2004.)

I’m in a land down under

Good day, eh? Well, after about 20+ hours of flying, with stops in Vancouver and Honolulu, I’m now in Australia....

Smart glasses detect eye contact

A pair of sunglasses that can detect when someone is making eye contact with the wearer has been developed by Canadian researchers.
Besides being useful in singles bars, its inventors say the system could play a key role in video blogging, a hi-tech form of diary keeping

Plug and Play port scan reveals new worms

Two good reasons for having the latest Microsoft patches have emerged in the form of Bobax and Kibuv
Investigations into recent increases in port 5000 scans have revealed the existence of two new worms: Bobax and Kibuv.
The W32/Bobax-A worm, which employs the same Microsoft security vulnerability as the Sasser worm to break into computers, uses port 5000 to identify Windows XP systems (the port used for "Universal Plug and Play").

France and Brazil vie for top Cannes prize

CANNES, France (Reuters) - French and Brazilian films are the leading contenders for top prize at the Cannes festival but movie industry watchers say that with cult director Quentin Tarantino presiding over the jury, anything is possible.
They lead the race for the Palme d'Or top film prize at a 2004 festival which has, by common consent, far surpassed last year's lacklustre effort, bringing big stars, edgy themes and powerful politics to the Riviera.
French director Agnes Jaoui's "Look at Me" and "The Motorcycle Diaries" by Brazilian Walter Selles both deal with themes of awakening, but there the similarity ends.

Internet Stable… Just in time

Looks like my new internet connection is pretty stable now. Just bought a new schway router with built-in switch, so...