Archive for August, 2006
Telstra testing 6Mbit ADSL
As many people may be aware, the current state of Broadband in Australia is pretty dysmal, apart from selected exchanges which have been ADSL2+ enabled by carriers such as Agile/Internode (the companies I work for). The majority of ADSL users are limited to a maximum downlink speed of 1.5Mbit, because this is all that Telstra allow providers to offer. Read more
No commentsA look at the history of ADSL in Australia
Simon Hackett, Managing Director of Internode and Agile (the companies I work for), has written a very interesting summary of the history of Broadband ADSL in Australia, how it has evolved, and what’s coming soon.
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I’ve made a few websites in my time (not all listed on this site), and I believe that they have fairly good rank on Google for what they’re designed for. So, here’s my personal tips for getting your site listed well on Google. Apple’s new Mac Pro – would I buy one
Last week at WWDC2006, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the replacement of the Apple Power Macintosh G5 with the Mac Pro (as if we didn’t see that one coming!). Personally I think this machine is going to proove quite popular, not just because its ‘new’, and not just because its now on Intel like the rest of the Apple lineup. Read more
Sync iCal and Sun Calendar System
If you’re like me, and you make extensive use of Apple’s iCal to manage your daily scheduling, if you’ve previously wanted to sync it with a central Sun Calendar server, up until a short time ago, you’d have been out of luck. Read more
Problems with WP-Cache and Blank Pages
If you’re using WordPress and you’ve turned on WP-Cache and now getting problems with blank pages coming up, check out this page for the solution. It worked for me!
Apparently it’s to do with some syntax changes between PHP4 and PHP5, which WP-Cache has not accounted for yet, due to it being written for PHP4.
No commentsEureka!
About a week ago, I saw a wierd advert on a website for a “Cryo Kennel“. Thinking, thats wierd… lets see what thats all about, I clicked on it, much to my surprise, I ended up at http://www.scifi.com/eureka/.
Turns out it was a quirky advertisement for a new Science Fiction TV series called Eureka. Read more
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