Month: August 2006
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The Birthday Cat
Helen’s present to me this year was this lovely kitten: His name is Winston (as he’s a British Shorthair). A few more pictures:
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Working for the PNG government
The PNG Department of Treasury has some positions vacant. From the list: Assistant Secretary(GEP) K31,289 plus other allowances Or about $16,000 Australian. I don’t think I’ll apply… (Of course, that’s about 18 times PNG’s GDP per capita, while I only earn a bit over two times Australian GDP per capita).
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The Return of the Blog
As you can see, I’m trying to post a bit more often now. I’m going to try and post around three things every day. We’ll see how long this lasts: my money is on less than a week… (If I go really nuts I might actually finish writing the template for this blog too). Update: […]
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Ding Dong, the Pluto’s Dead
Good Riddance! So: next question – is Mercury a planet?
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T-Shirts I must own
I think I’ll go get my order in…
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The global reach of Starbucks & McDonalds
Via Marginal Revolution is this neat map of Starbucks and McDonalds’ global reach.. The thing does raise a bit of a rant in me. The chart shows McDonalds as having global sales of $41 billion, which is compared to the GDP of Afghanistan ($21 billion). The message from this is meant to be ‘Wow, McDonalds […]
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Weight: 107.3kg Breakfast: None Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich Dinner: Tomato Soup, Turkey & Vegetables, Christmas Pudding Steps: 4,941 Snacks: None
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Weight: 105.9kg Breakfast: None Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich Dinner: Lemon Chicken with Rice Snacks: None Steps: 4,463
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Weight: 105.9kg Breakfast: None Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich Dinner: Rogan Josh with Rice Snacks: Cheese & Biscuits Steps: 6,450
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Weight: 106.6kg Breakfast: None (too busy!) Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich Dinner: Mince with pesto & tomatoes Snacks: None Steps: 5,844