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Born a long long time ago, in a city far away (Vienna Austria) and came to Australia via the mystic Middle East (Bahrain Persian Gulf) and a brief extended stay in Bombay (Mumbai India) landed in Australia (Fremantle Western Australia)

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Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues How to get your city to adopt alternative transportation options: 1 of 3

Getting alternative transport. Today, with fuel prices slightly lower after a meteoric rise, and likely to rise again just as soon as the Big Oil companies get their controls back in place, that alternative transport seems like a Holy Grail to most people. And it can happen. It can happen if you lobby like crazy. Giving peop...
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Twenty-minute meals: 10 of 26

You've just got home, you're exhausted. And you (and perhaps a partner and child or children) are starving. Pick up the phone and call for take-out? Or spend an hour preparing a healthy meal, then bask in the warm fuzzy glow and the numbing exhaustion? Here are a few suggestions for things that will "whip up" in minutes, yet...
Computers & Technology > Phone Service Providers Should cell phone providers be allowed to hold customers to long service contracts?: 19 of 38

There was a time when having cellphone service was expensive, and cellphone companies were justified in holding customers for as long as possible in order to recoup what back then would have been quite justified costs and expenses. Bear in mind that back then, copper and fibre telephone landlines had a bit of a head start an...
Computers & Technology > Internet Issues What I would like to see included in online office suites: 1 of 1

Do you use an online office/online collaboration suite? Does anyone? I have tried and stopped using so many now that I have lost count. I have formed some definite opinions in the process, and would like to share them with you and get your views. To start with, all online office suites I've found doggedly improve their docum...
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Should free market drive environmental technology?: 1 of 1

Given that the environment has become an issue unlike any we have faced, and that the idea of patents is even now being held up to critical scrutiny and found to be stifling innovation and creativity to a greater degree than it is facilitating them, is it sensible to lock up technology that can save the world? Suppose I have...
Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Tips to make landfills more effective at biodegradation: 3 of 5

Taking this topic at its word, is difficult. The problem of waste is not limited to the landfill. Landfills are not the only place where waste becomes a problem. As with much of the world's ecologicla ills at the moment, the problem escapes from the landfill into the realms of politics and economics. So I'd like you to think...
Home & Garden > Architecture How to perform a home energy audit: 3 of 5

Energy auditing brings up visions of men with briefcases and suits crawling all over your appliances? Maybe not so much. Your energy audit should encompass more than just a quick survey of the toaster, the number of lightbulbs, and the central heating. Your greatest energy cost in the home is always going to be temperature r...
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Tips to becoming a more efficient computer user: 7 of 11

7 Ways to get more... Who am I kidding? Firstly, there are thousands of ways. Okay okay - Let me show you the way to become more produ.... Naahh, there is no such thing as "The Way" either. Instead let me give you a few tips to things I do, and perhaps you will find the ideas appealing and useful. Got ideas? Got Communicatio...
Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Micro hydro electric power and other alternative power supplies: 4 of 6

First of all, you should realise, that like all alternative energy solutions, micro hydro power is one of a long list of alternatives energy solutions. It may work in your situation, you'll need to evaluate this before you commit money and resources to the project. - What it is: A micro hydro power installation is either a w...
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Tips on reducing the carbon footprint at home: 2 of 3

Do you feel that you're a carbon disaster? Do you think you have room to reduce your footprint on the world? Do you wish this summer wasn't hotter than any preceding summer and wish fervently that you could help stop the world from burning to a crisp with you and me and everyone and everything else on it? If you're not think...