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Blackle – a Furphy?
h/t MW By Stilgherrian, admitted ubergeek and former broadcaster The website Blackle provides a black version of Google. On the surface it sounds great. “A given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black … Continue reading
our holidays
As you can see from the pictures above, Sam and I had a great time holidaying at the Blue Mountains. Staying at Leura was so relaxing. We rented a gorgeous little cottage near the main street in Leura and our … Continue reading
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Stop the Traffic
Having ideals can be an expensive business. After seeing pictures of battery hens locked in cramped, metal cages last year, I was determined to buy only free-range eggs – until the supermarket price forced me to relent on my stance … Continue reading
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Spectrum and the SMH
Has anyone else noticed the change in Spectrum in the Saturday Herald of late? They are running more and more stories that are not about plasma televisions or renovated houses (quite a feat in the SMH!). On Saturday just gone … Continue reading
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Wilberforce and the slave trade.
We heard a brilliant lecture tonight about the abolition of the slave trade in England 200 years ago. This really is worth a download and an hour of your listening time when it comes up on our website. Wilberforce was … Continue reading
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Best scrabble word
So far while playing scrabble on facebook, my best word has been ‘bevellers’ for 78 points, followed by ‘harness’ for 72 points. Neither were very high scoring words themselves – it’s just the 50 point bonus for using all my … Continue reading
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Holidays
Soph and I are going on holidays to the Blue Mountains tomorrow. We can’t wait! I’m looking forward to having some time off, and reading Harry Potter. Hopefully we’ll both gets lots of sleep too! See you when we get … Continue reading
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‘Tricky’ bits of the Old Testament.
On Wednesday at Bible Study there were only four of us. It seems almost everyone has this dreaded sickness that is going around! So instead of pushing ahead with our regular program, we spent an hour or so dealing with … Continue reading
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Blackle
Something for those worried about energy consumption and all its downsides. When your screen is white, be it an empty word page, or the Google page, your computer consumes 74 watts. When its black it consumes only 59 watts. A … Continue reading