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Australian Radio Streaming URLs

May 18, 2010

I have just started using the Chrome Radio Player and search as I may, I was unable to find a single source for the streaming urls of Australian radio stations. I have found them and here is the result of my research. You can plug these URLs into your streaming player. — Enjoy
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Visual metaphors assist busy readers, learners

April 26, 2010

See this in the news: Probono Austrlalia Apr-24 Non-profit Forum May-02 Announcing the availability of the first implementation of the Knowledge Ferret open source project. The knowledgeferret.com adds a compelling visual metaphor to the document reader to help busy readers to make sense of large and complicated documents. The Productivity Commissions recent report into...
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Golf Zero

March 20, 2010

Some keen golfers face a time when they can enjoy a walk around a golf course, but are not able to swing a golf club like they used to. A golfer’s swing could be interrupted due to injury, sickness or due to natural aging processes. Should an inability to swing stop a golfer from...
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Lifetime Postal Address

February 16, 2010
Lifetime Postal Address

I would like a Lifetime Postal Address (LPA) that I could give to the 50+ organisations that send me items in the post. I would be happy to pay Australia Post $100 per year for the opportunity to never have to change my postal address – ever. Given the mobility of the Australian popupation,...
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Working Commute by Rail

February 15, 2010

I visited Thirlmere yesterday – the centre of Steam Engines in NSW. I didn’t get to ride on any of the engines, but did meet half a dozen people who commute daily to the Sydney CBD to work. This is a two hour commute – in both directions. One person leaves home at 5:30am...
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Use less fuel in city driving

December 9, 2009

Given that expecting motorists to manually start and stop their cars at traffic lights is impractical and unlikely to be widely adopted … How can we stop our cars burning petrol while waiting for a traffic light to go green crawling in city traffic at less than 10km/h Solution Fit cars with a controller...
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CSS Properties (on one page)

July 12, 2009

Check out this persuasive demonstration of CSS properties using the (On on Page) information design pattern:  CSS Sandbox
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