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I was talking to someone today and the conversation touched on the topic of poker. I played a lot of poker during my uni years and while I wasn’t earning massive amounts off it, I made over 30k in about 2 years. Without knowing my background, the person I was talking to said something to [...]

Reading books is something i love doing and wish I would do more of. Over the last couple of days I’ve been in a bit of a reading frenzy and read 37 Signals’ new book Rework by Jason Friend and David Heinemeier Hanson and “Click” by Ori and Rom Brafman and I thought I’d share [...]

So today, the iPad was released in Australia. I want one, so I went to an electronics store and asked for one. The shop assistant looked at me like I was weird. They didn’t have them in, and didn’t know when they were getting them in. So I went to another electronics store. This one, [...]

When I was a kid, whenever I asked for something that my parents didn’t want to give me yet, they’d always say things like “people who ask don’t get” and “you get what you’re given”. It never made a lot of sense to me but I heard a story the other day that really made [...]

So a volcano erupted in Iceland and caused huge delays for all of Europe. That sucks. What’s annoying for me is all the political bullshit and finger pointing that is going on. Here some stuff from a news article I read this morning. 1. Legislation that means airlines have to pay for the expenses of [...]

On Sunday I was lucky enough to wake up to a Google Wave invite. I was pretty excited and jumped right in to have a look. These are my thoughts so far. First though, for those who don’t know what Google Wave is, it’s a new app that blends email, instant messaging and document collaboration. [...]

There are so many reasons that video calls should be popular Access to high speed internet is widespread and increasing Pretty much all laptops these days come with a webcam on them Laptops these days come with a mic on them Live Messenger and all other instant chat programs, and probably even Skype, have one [...]

I’ve been reading a couple of self development books that I was given for Christmas, so I thought I would review a couple here. The 4-hour work week – Tim Ferris What it’s about: The 4 hour work week opens up a new perspective on life and work. Tim Ferris recommends streamlining your life, eliminating [...]