Tim's Bits and Pieces

My ten goals, and what progress I've made (I don't think I'll be updating this every week):

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This Google Maps Addon is interesting. Europe is a particularly disturbing shade of yellow. :-)

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Apparently 168,000 Australians are not claiming the welfare they are "entitled" to. Good job people; we should all give ourselves a pat on the back, but don't forget there's still more to be done.

David Malki over at Wondermark has started a thread on epitaphs, and here's my submission:

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My ten goals, and what progress I've made (two week update):

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Recovering from the flu with Tim:

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My ten goals, and what progress I've made (two week update):

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Lest We Forget

My ten goals, and what progress I've made:

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Normally bloggers get excited about the latest and greatest gadgets like the iPad or the latest netbook; me I'm excited about about technology that was invented in the 1920's. I was recently looking around for a battery powered radio receiver in case of emergencies, and I noticed some of the more expensive ones had Shortwave, so I ordered one. Today it arrived by courier, and it's really neat. I can receive transmissions from different parts of Asia, and all over Australia. Plus it seems to be a fairly good FM radio, which is what I actually got it for. I've already learnt a couple of things as well: 1, Sports news isn't any more interesting in a Chinese accent, and 2, there is no chance of me understanding spoken Indonesian unless I improve a lot. :-)