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Daniel O'Connor posted a blog entry

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:53:00 -0800

Internet explorer, Null!
What. Were. People. Thinking.>new String(null).toString()"null"Ridiculous. Firefox doesn't do anything that stupid. Worse,...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:01:02 -0800

Australia’s 20 Worst Cases of Censorship and Moral Panic in 2009
Shared by mithro This makes me sad :( 20. Australia Post removes Lolita and other Penguin Classics from their shelves. Popular Penguin edition of Lolita PostShop outlets pull Popular Penguin titles such as Lolita, The History of Sexuality and The...
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Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:10:18 -0800

Make Your Own Bailey's Irish Cream [Beverages]
Shared by mithro Reminds me of Dan Nadasi If you love the rich, creamy taste of Bailey's Irish Cream, why not set aside some time this week to whip up a homemade batch in your kitchen? It's easy, and you only need a few common ingredients. Sure,...
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Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:27:03 -0800

@Benjaminsen - ah, it's CC. neat. So, getting an export of it...
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Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:24:31 -0800

@Benjaminsen Hey, what license is the #barcodepedia data under? Any chance of getting it onto #freebase?
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Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:38:33 -0800

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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:55:18 -0800

Put a name on it
Here's a positive step to avoid the faceless bureaucracy that wants to take over your organization:Every new rule needs to be associated with one and only one person who is willing to stand up for it and explain it (to your people and to the...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:06:45 -0800

@wanderingken @madlep I'm a huge fan of ItsBuggeredMate. I've used it to report 2 issues to my council (emailed them links). Woo
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Daniel O'Connor posted a tweet

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:41:21 -0800

@PlantagenetWine Hey, want to add your wines to freebase? http://www.freebase.com/view/topic/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000130f1f93
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Daniel O'Connor posted a blog entry

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:47:00 -0800

Dear Western Australia...
... I'm going to saw you off from the rest of us, starting at the Nullabor.You rejected Daylight savings time, and ruined 3...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:17:02 -0800

Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce publicly releases final report - and most project reports
On Tuesday afternoon the Gov 2.0 Taskforce released its final report, Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0. As stated in their blog post, the Taskforce handed the report to the responsible Ministers who immediately authorised its public release - a...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:07:03 -0800

Maybe I Needing Later
You get what you pay for. Ondra M didn’t use those exact words, but that’s effectively what told his friend and colleague, Derrick. “There’s a reason it costs one tenth as much to build in Kerbleckistan,” were Ondra’s exact words,...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:59:10 -0800

Final Taskforce Report released
The Taskforce’s final report, Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0, was handed to Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner and Special Minister of State Joe Ludwig today. The Ministers have decided to release the report to the public immediately. You can...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:49:02 -0800

Launching our new website: Planning Alerts
You might have noticed we’ve been fairly quiet of late. Well, that’s because we’ve been hard at work putting together a new website called Planning Alerts which we’re launching today. Planning Alerts: Email alerts of planning applications near...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:14:28 -0800

@planningalerts Should I port the EDALA scraper to python you think?
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:50:58 -0800

Unmaintainable PHP - PHP Advent
With the recent unemployment rates, everybody realizes that job security is important. The best way to keep a job is to be irreplaceable. If no one can maintain the code you write, you have a job for life. Writing unmaintainable code is a special skill...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:20:27 -0800

OpenAustralia team launches PlanningAlerts (with financial support from the Gov 2.0 Taskforce)
The team responsible for OpenAustralia has, with the financial assistance of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce (via a Microsoft-backed fund), launched PlanningAlerts. This free new service allows Australians to sign up to email alerts for planning permission...
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Daniel O'Connor posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:05:00 -0800

PlanningAlerts.org.au
Planning Alerts for Australia - what a neat concept.It's basically an RSS aggregator for development applications in your...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:52:48 -0800

Teaser
By the way, those of you who like my Laundry books might want to keep an eye on Tor.com over the next week.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:40:25 -0800

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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:09:33 -0800

Online engagement as a public service pathway: the column
Here’s today’s column in the SMH, which the SMH slightly edited down. Who is Julie Hempenstall? She lives in Bendigo and she likes reading Australia’s historic newspapers. The National Library has hoisted its collection on the net and had them...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:42:01 -0800

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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:46 -0800

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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:46 -0800

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Daniel O'Connor posted a tweet

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:14:03 -0800

@gov2au @CraigThomler http://ur1.ca/i3u6 is a presentation on #linkeddata and marketing worth looking at.
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