iTunes and PodCasting

OK, iTunes 4.9 is out and it supposedly supports Podcasts. Now Podcasts were named because the iPod was the place to listen to them and if youve got an iPod youve got iTunes. Therefore its logical that iTunes should support Poscasts. Right? The sloppy 4.9 release of iTunes really demonstrates just how Microsoft-like Apple are becomming. They are moving to intel. They release iTunes for the PC. They stuff up the software and at the end of the day we lose. 4.9 does not (as far as I can see) support OPML thus if you want to move off your old podcast manager you have to enter each cast one by one. Secondly, it is really hard to tell what the hell is going on it there is an error. Thirdly the options for retrieval are very limited and apply to all podcasts (there is no individual customisation available). Fourthly and this is quite possibly the most telling attribute of 4.9, the freakin date sort heading doesnt sort by date. You can click it, the sort arrow changes but nothing else happens!!! It sorts within a podcast but doesnt sort at the top level. Man, even I wouldnt code anything this crap. I guess you get what you pay for.

Missing orienteer found on NSW property

This orienteer is in my club! She is the wife of the map geek who also happens to be a trainspotter... He recently went to Kazacstan and (instead of commenting on the wonderful scenery and culture) he commented on the different rail guage that they used.Missing orienteer found on NSW property

Pikes Peak Hill Climb on tomorrow!

Race Divisions - Falken Tire Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Prankster tampers with traffic lights

This guy rox...
A tech-savvy prankster has been tampering with traffic lights in this Silicon Valley town, turning them off and rejigging wires so the lights flash red in all directions.
The prankster also has surreptitiously turned traffic lights to face the wrong way, mixed up the audible crosswalk signals that help guide the blind and thrown off the timing of lights to delay drivers.
City officials have launched a publicity campaign in hopes of thwarting the unknown crafty engineer, who has evaded the law for months.
The trickster has been performing antics for three months and has used a key to open control boxes and reprogram the lights. Most audaciously, he or she recently used a cherry-picker truck to turn an overhead signal across a busy intersection - but no residents or city officials reported any unusual activity.
No one has been hurt because of the pranks. Nonetheless, after ruling out insiders who work for the traffic division, Sunnyvale officials are asking residents to put down their mobile phones and handheld computers and look for anyone tinkering with lights.
Prankster tampers with traffic lights - Breaking - Technology - theage.com.au

Happy solstice everyone! 

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Half way through 8 hour race. Drugs in sport kick ass.

Man! Why isnt Critical Mass like this! - A group of naked cyclists ride past the Cibeles statue in central Madrid Saturday June. 11, 2005. The cyclists were protesting the lack of cycling lanes in the capital drawing attention to the numerous accidents with other vehicles. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano) 

Michael Jacson is acquitted on all 10 charges against him. Im just happy that those terrible things didnt happen... 

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Man! I am in a secure environment. This is how many passes i need to get around. I spend most of my day travelling up and down in the lifts while i search for the right card. By the time Ive found it i have usually forgotten what i was doing anyway!

Oh... did you say *in*conspicuous!!?? A video grab shows Cuban refugees in a vintage blue floating taxicab being intercepted off the Florida Keys by the U.S. Coast Guard June 7, 2005. A group of 13 Cubans set sail for the United States in a vintage blue taxi converted into an unwieldy but seaworthy vessel, Miami television station NBC6 reported. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters 

Cant escape the "Saliba"

So the story goes like this... I worked with Rob Saliba for about 2 years, we started a company together but I got cold feet and became the 5th Beatle. Our company split in 2 and we parted ways. I got Rob a job about 6 months ago in the company Im in now... The contract finished and he moved on a few weeks ago... Now to the interesting bit... our company got a new client in the city so off I went on-site... and who should I be sitting next to? SALIBA!!! How can I escape this man!

Only a suspect??!! Gregory Despres is shown in this image from television. On April 25, 2005, Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood, a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, and brass knuckles. U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons, fingerprinted Despres, and then let him into the United States. Despres, the suspect in a grisly double murder in New Brunswick, Canada, was arrested in Mattapoisett, Mass., on April 27, 2005 and is being held in a jail there, charged with two counts of first-degree murder. (CP PHOTO/HO/WHDH-TV) 

See... I do support Indie music! This record is so Indie that they have labelled their sampler (mailed free from the US) with texta! Not a bad mix either... www.absolutelykosher.com 

Conversation starter:

Conversation starter: “No, I was born naturally but raised cesarean…”

 

ROFL.

What are odds?

risk of dying from “inhalation of gastric contents”... one in 10,095
Odds of Dying - NSC

Graffiti Paparazzi: It's Not Nice to Tease

Graffiti Paparazzi: It's Not Nice to Tease

Google's "Earth Plus"

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