Archive for February, 2008

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

BRW Magazine - no good at math?

A subscription flyer dated 8 Feb 2008 lists numerous reasons why I should subscribe. One of those is the opening sentence, which says:
“…but for less than $5 a week, BRW really is your best investment.”
At the bottom of the page the price for a 50 issue subscription is $199, incl. GST.
$199 divided by 50 is…. […]

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Saturday, February 9th, 2008

1 Million Aussie Domain Names!

Late last year was this announcement:
auDA, the .au Domain Administrator, today announced the 1 millionth .au domain name had been registered.
‘We are pleased to announce that the 1 millionth .au domain registration is elite-finance.com.au’ said Chris Disspain, auDA’s CEO. ‘We congratulate the Registrant of elite-finance.com.au for being part of this momentous occasion.’

And it is “under […]

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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

31% of Australasians use FireFox!

How’s that for a feel good news item:

 Almost one in three web users in the Oceania region – 31 per cent – were using Firefox, compared to 28 per cent in Europe and 21 per cent in the US, XiTi said.

 And I’m guessing many people are like me, still use IE occasionally for when I […]

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