Author: Darryl Smith

“Every new technology carries with it an opportunity to invent a new crime.”

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Tomorrow I will me in Melbourne to hand in a Tender. Not sure how long I will be there yet. We will see. Linksys has realeasd the iPhone. It is NOT an apple product as many suspected it would be.

http://www.dimastr.com/outspy/http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/c/programming/archives/reading-email-using-mapi-in-vbnet-5855http://www.add-in-express.com/add-in-vsto/http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/

Some articles. A fake TV report in Belgium caused outrage when it reported that the country had split into two. They reported that the north had split form the south, and were turning back trains and had set up a …

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax11dec11,0,1271494.story?coll=la-home-local http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/johnwood/archive/2005/08/31/132267.aspx http://www.smh.com.au/news/digital-music/ipod-in-orbit/2006/12/12/1165685666290.html http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060203.html – plane

Yahoo has a story on how forensics of Fire Investigations was not the exact science most people thought, and how many people are in prison for arson when they are innocent. Link. There is also a court case in the …

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There is a Web Site in the USA about a phone company that does not know the difference between 0.002 Dollars and 0.002 Cents. Despite being told by five people that GPRS roaming charges in Canada were 1/500th of a …

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What code doesn’t do in real life Link They have found the body of a pilot who died in Fiji… Not the army, but a civilian one. The guy who died was Kirk Palfrey. I am pretty sure that I …

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I have a Wedding to go to this weekend… I think I will miss it. After all they forgot to invite me to the bachelors party. It is for one of my clients. The problem is that the Wedding is …

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Last might I had a meeting… It lasted about three hours, and it highlighted my views on the voting system this particular organisation uses as being unweildy, and dumb. Apart from that though, I found the meeting stressful. Quite stressful. …

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dGPS on the Internet. LinkNew WestNet 8 Mbps plans. linkOpen Source Spying. link

Yesterday I needed to replace the spring in my B&D Secure-A-Door. Strangely this product is no longer mentioned on the B&D Web Site (BND.COM.AU). First trick was removing the handle mechanism. There are actually three security torx screws hidden behind …

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Firstly in this issue of my blog is a great video on the issue of consent. It is great to see what can happen when the lawyers get involved.

Here is a video showing a plane being fixed with duct tape. Yes. Duct Tape. On the wing! And someone in the USA has managed to get 75,000 AA Air Miles by buying US$300 worth of cheese. And I love …

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