I'm laptop shopping... with one of my major requirements being a screen resolution of 1280x1024 (alongside a relatively current processor, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD and 128MB off-board video ( Read more... )

It's time for the Melbourne Cup (and my yearly donation to the TAB). Historically, I have a somewhat abysmal record at picking the winner, but without further ado, my tip for the cup is:

Tawqeet

Hopefully I can get it right for once! Although, you do know what they say about the favourite never winning...

To T3 or not to T3: that is the question

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An update to the credit card saga that I posted about 2 weeks ago ( Read more... )

I hate passwords, especially the financial variety where you inevitably have to CALL someone because you forget them (and funnily enough, you can never call them during anything other than business hours).

Of course, if the self-service reset facility worked (instead of timing out), then my account probably wouldn't have become locked in the first

I applied for a new credit card about 1.5 weeks ago. A few days ago, I received a voicemail requesting that I call them with a reference number that they gave me during the message ( Read more... )

There's nothing quite like the sound of rain on a tin roof. This is a sound that I have not heard enough over recent years...

Now hopefully it lasts more than 5 minutes!

Following on from ctudball's post a few weeks ago regarding his ISP crippling his plan... my ISP has decided to follow suit:

As you signed up ... within the last six months, this increase will not affect you until 1 September 2006. At that time, your ... plan will increase [by $10.00] to $69.95, or you can now bundle ... and save $10.00 per month.
I'll cop ( Read more... )

Last night at work posed more questions than answers.

I'm still trying to work out what to make of it all.