I was cleaning my desk and found the followig old Dilbert cartoon. I just love this one so much… And I can imagine it being said. Actually I have a feeling that one of my ex-bosses actually said it to me once…

I picked up a new phone today… From OfficeWorks. I spend some time looking for a phone that was priced at the right level without looking like a piece of 1950’s kitchenware, advertised as european styling. There were the DORO phones at about $60 and then more expensive ones. Looking at what was available I found that nothing was all that interesting. So I visited OfficeWorks. and then I found what I was after. There was a Telstra DECT phone there with all the right sort of features for only $33 on special. The phone was reduced from about $100. Great. I picked that up. What is even better is that it has a socket for a headset. Perfect.

The new shops at Macarthur Square are interesting. The restraunts are not there yet, and a few shops are missing. They have a Dick Smith Electronics for the electronics style stuff, and a Dick Smith Powerhouse for the generally larger and higher value stuff. Interesting mix. I guess they are trying to work if this is a better stratergy for retail than a single store. The borders store is reasonably large with a decent music collection. I can see myself visiting there oh too often.

BoingBoing has details for a seat for parents with todlers. This seat sits about 5cm off the ground and supports the back when playing with children. It is also good for other activities that involve sitting on the ground, which I assume includes building planes!

Finally, there is an interesting story on The Register about an Auction on eBay that sold an XBox 360 item for 470 Pounds. The problem was truth in advertising. They were selling a photo of the XBox 360. If you look at the register story, they do detail this on the 2nd last sentence of the description of the item. Looks like an attempt to deceive to me.