Category Archives: Internet

Stack Overflow – new king of humour

Funniest story from the development team over that partition. The team was having issues with network settings on Windows Vista, so one developer asked a question on Stack Overflow regarding the problem. A day later the team lead after doing … Continue reading

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Telstra now installed!

After lots of rubbish, we have finally returned to Telstra as our telephone and Internet provider. Take that Telecom! – Again!! I have spent the evening making the file-server linux box now act as a firewall/router/NAT box as well as … Continue reading

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Slow DNS on MacBook

We have been experiencing very slow web page loading times on the MacBook (via Firefox).  After reading lots on blogs and the like of people complaining, I found one note that struck a cord with me on talking about OpenDNS. … Continue reading

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Mintshot Auctions

Yesterday after spending time trying to win a $25 dollar cheese voucher and failing, I decided to investigate how the auctions work a little. The first thing I noticed was that I was getting snipped by people in the last … Continue reading

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Mintshot

I’ve been watching mintshot.co.nz this morning, interesting idea. I have watched a lot of adds, and have ~3,000 mint dollars. Most thing seem to be selling for m$12,000, so I’m guessing I need to watch for a few weeks to … Continue reading

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