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If you use a video camera, I need your help!

Please fill in the answers as honestly as you can and don't spare my feelings. It's more important that I know the truth than hear what I want to hear!

Work Life
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How much is .50 cents?

> Wendy 42164513: How may I help with your enquiry today? Ben: Hi Wendy. I was just wondering if you could confirm the excess usage charges on the Data Pack 10 product. Your web site says $.050/MB, bu...

Rant
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Hug a Developer Today

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Never trust your users!

This could mean asking the user if they're sure that the want to delete an appointment from their calendar, checking a provided email address is valid or prompting them to save changes before moving t...

TechnologySecurityWork
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Feminists are selfish - obey God's command!

Crystal goes in to what I can only assume is a thorough review of the Bible's coverage of offspring.

Opinion
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Except we don't really, do we? Sure, people who get cremated turn back to ash, but that's hardly environmentally friendly. The act of cremation is an energy inefficient CO2 spewing act - the last chan...

Environment
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The Living Camera

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Why Allphones pissed me off

This morning, a friend was at my desk when it rang, so I answered on speaker phone so he could hear it. Imagine my surprise when there's a voice: "Hello!". I quickly reply but they hang up again.

Personal
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Live in Edwardian Luxury (home for sale)

As my other half correctly mentioned in the comments, we've now sold this house. We did it without the use of an agent and saved ourselves an estimated AU$10,000 in commission alone.

Random
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How strong is your password?

Having played around with it a bit, it's great for telling if a given password is strong, but don't worry too much if it tells you its weak.

SecurityTechnologyEducation
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BarCampMelbourne2008 was a huge success!

The best part is that now the ball's rolling, quite a few people have put their hands up to help unorganise the next one, so I won't be on my own this time ;-)

BarCampConferenceExtra Curricula
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What's new in PHP 5.3?

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