The 10 Commandments of Advertising. Tell your clients the truth. Speak in plain English. Put your clients’ interests ahead of your own. Be guided by principles, not fads. Be modest in your promises. Make every client meeting as small and...
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Quick MKV to MP4 conversion without transcoding
I've got a number of videos in Matroska MKV format that I want to play on my PS3. The video in the MKV container is MP4, so the PS3 can handle it, but it doesn't like the container format -...
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How far games have come in 15 years
From the original Alien Breed on the Amiga, which was a 2D top-down shoot-everything-that-moves game, to the new Alien Breed Evolution - same genre, but with 3D graphics and eye-candy galore. Here's a gameplay video from the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqtJLZ7SsU And...
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Kufatec Fiscon Basic – Bluetooth Handsfree for VW/Audi
I have just installed a Fiscon bluetooth in the TDI, and for anyone else wanting an aftermarket bluetooth solution, it's pretty good. There was an Aussie distributor who quoted me something crazy like $950 ex + shipping for one, so...
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Sony Open Source Code Distribution Service
Sony use a large amount of open-source code in their products, and seem to be complying pretty well with the licensing model (mostly GPL) by releasing the source for a surprising number of products: Sony Open Source Code Distribution Service....
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Audi’s “Unbox The Box” Commercial
I'm a sucker for a well executed ad - and this is one of them: KN | Kitsune Noir » Audi’s “Unbox The Box” Commercial.
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Credit Card Payments are G-O
Automatica can now accept Credit Card payments. Due to the rates that the banks charge me for my merchant account, and the thin margins on tech these days, there is a surcharge of 2% for MasterCard and Visa and 3.5%...
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Hell has just frozen over…
I would have said that I'd need a whole squadron of pigs, fuelled and ready for takeoff before this would happen, but it seems that Telstra have given us something for free. Yes, Internet Tethering with the iPhone and no...
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Sony come through with a decent car stereo
Sony have come through with the goods with their new flagship car stereo - the MEXBT5750U. Whilst it's a great looking unit, with impressive specs, they are giving with one hand and taking with the other. It's their only headunit...
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Mr Speaker presents: Parcycle. A HTML5 Canvas Particle System
Whilst I'd love to herald the death of Flash, it's simply not going to happen any time soon. There is hope that it's stranglehold will be released, if ever so slightly, through the power of open standards, such as HTML5...
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