If you’re a big Michael Jackson fan but don’t know how to show your appreciation and support? Worry no more. Head on over to Michael’s official site michaeljackson.com and you can leave your thoughts and share your memories of Michael Jackson that have made the biggest impact in your life.
There have been so many responses and comments posted already, 362,966 to be exact (as of 30/06/09). It just makes you realize how many people really loved and admired MJ.
Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant.
Jobs, 54, is working from Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters "a few days a week" and working from home the remaining days, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said on Monday.
The Apple chief was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. He had surgery in 2004 and announced then that he was cured. Source: The Age (30/06/09) – Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at work
Connex was this morning stripped of its contract to operate the network, with Hong Kong-backed company Metro Trains Melbourne to take its place.
The appointment of new operators for Melbourne’s train and tram networks will not bring about major service improvements unless the State Government invests more money, a peak transport users group says.
Public Transport Users Association president Daniel Bowen said Connex had become a scapegoat for the networks’ failures, which were mainly due to a lack of Government infrastructure investment.
Quite possibly one of the best things to come from the 2nd offering of Transformers is this scene with Megan Fox on a bike. I think she’s trying to get off on it (excuse the pun) or cleaning it or something…who knows, who really cares I guess.
My previous post (Transformers 2 Reviews – Roger Ebert and Most Other Critics Hate it!) I discussed the seeming lack of interest in this film after reading Roger Ebert’s scathing review of the film. I really hope the film is better than what has been reviewed of it so far. Most will probably be happy if they just see Megan doing stuff like this on film for 2hrs I suppose but I was such a fan of the first film (excluding the 80’s animated film – I’m talking the 2007 film) I have high hopes for the 2nd.
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The highly anticipated sequel of 2007’s Transformers directed by Michael Bay released to cinemas today (in Australia at least, yesterday in Britain) to not so critical review. Some will say “don’t take everything critics say to heart” which for the most part is true. Transformers: Revenge of the fallen is supposed to be an “Entertaining” film for audiences to watch with high amounts of action which i’m sure this film will deliver in spades. As far as drama and the quality of dialog…I’ll just have to wait to see the film myself to comment. Ebert’s review of the film seems to be quite brash and over the top to begin with, really pouring on the negativity, but maybe he has a point. Maybe the film is just a bunch of toys rolling around in a confused mesh for 2 hours? |
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"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination. – Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun Times
Needless to say, not the best start to a sure-fire box office hit. Trailers are one thing, but actually seeing the film might actually be a different story. I’m yet to see it myself, but I had high hopes for this film as I absolutely loved the first one (2007).
Firefox Personas is a great Firefox add-in that I only just discovered, but has been around for some time. It allows you to totally customize the look and feel of the Firefox GUI and is very simple to use and configure.
Personas are lightweight “skins” that change the look of your Firefox web browser. You can easily switch between Personas with just a few clicks. There are hundreds of Personas to choose from, with more added every day. You can even create your own and share it with others.
As you can see, I’ve “skinned” my Firefox browser to show one of the default skins available in Firefox personas, but there are heaps to choose from as soon as you’ve installed it!
My clicking the personas’ menu in the bottom left corner of the Firefox window once you’ve installed it, you gain access to the massive list of already available skins to choose from, and if you don’t like what’s on offer there, you can check out the personas gallery to see what else you might like.
You can even create your own “personas” by using images you already have on your computer. The personas how to create personas page has heaps of information you’ll need to do this such as the size the images should be, and a quick 4 step guide on how its done.
I did mine in about 2 minutes it was that easy.
Firefox personas even work with existing Firefox themes. You really have to check out personas, its not even my software and I keep raving about it as if it was my own. I haven’t been this excited about a browser customization pack before, but this really takes the cake!
How Twitter has taken charge of the online social networking scene, with Facebook the new number #2. However, don’t think Facebook is down and out for the count. While Twitter has seen larger growth in recent times than Facebook, Facebook’s users have shown to stick with Facebook more than the “fad” of Twitter with 65% of all Twitter users closing their accounts within the first month of subscription.
So which is better?
(source: flickr.com – metrobest)
Well It’s been almost 2 months since my last post and for that I really do apologise, I’ve been really busy with heaps of stuff over the last few months. Mainly getting my last exams over with for uni (yes after this week I’m done forever) and work has been quite busy too.
I’m looking forward to putting heaps more stuff up on here soon and getting back to writing on a daily basis.
Thanks guys for your patience.
Justin
This it so funny. You have to check out this kid who is absolutely possessed by his gameboy!
For those of you who don’t know him, Chris Pirillo is the man behind the internet show lockernome which is a great technology oriented show primarily on YouTube. I was watching some old stuff of his show and came across a Windows Vista rant that I just had to share with you all.
From a software engineer’s point of view, I can empathise with him and Microsoft on this one. Check out the video.
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