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10 June, 2009

Code War 2009 Round 1 Question 4

Ok, after a little delay here's the final question from round one, a return to Pythagoras with the added twist of a third dimension:

The universe is collapsing. Planets are colliding....more


Robin Hilliard on 10 June, 2009 | Link | Code War, Connected | Comments (0)
28 May, 2009

Code War 2009 Round 1 Question 3

And now for the third question from round 1, which harks back to the final ASCII decoding question from 2008. The actual answer is straightforward but the question is probably the shortest and most cryptic we've had in the competition to date......more


Robin Hilliard on 28 May, 2009 | Link | Code War, Connected | Comments (2)
18 January, 2006

DUWEBDU?
I hope so! Yes, it's that time of year again; the superstars, minor planetoids and tanned-dwarfs of the Adobesphere are clustering in Sydney (Australia, not Florida) on March 2-3 for another fantastic conference....more

Robin Hilliard on 18 January, 2006 | Link | Community, Connected | Comments (5)
30 September, 2005

Boots Branching Out

Hi all. We thought we’d better let you know about some changes here at RocketBoots.

We’ve had a great first year in business but as the company has grown we’ve encountered a bit of a dilemma....more


Robin Hilliard on 30 September, 2005 | Link | Community, Connected | Comments (2)
29 August, 2005

Ouch!! - Going Through the Airline Bag Shredder
Those who know me well know that I'm a would be gadget freak, and with my mum offering to buy the kids something special as a combined birthday present this year I discovered an interesting solution to an old problem....more

Andrew Muller on 29 August, 2005 | Link | Connected | Comments (6)
26 April, 2005

Aussie iTunes Store About to be Announced?
It appears as though Russel Crowe might have let the Australian iTunes Store secret out of the bag in a radio interview with the man with the golden microphone - John Laws....more

Andrew Muller on 26 April, 2005 | Link | Connected | Comments (0)
19 April, 2005

Adobe & Macromedia Merger, Did the Spammers Know???
Just got one of those dogey software sales offers from a spammer and it makes me wonder if they actually knew something.

It's a little ironic but the message opens as follows:

"Good morning,

We we offer latest graphics and publishing software from Corel,Macromedia,Adobe etc....more


Andrew Muller on 19 April, 2005 | Link | Connected | Comments (0)
18 April, 2005

The Pink Plastic Fork of Beauty
If sticking a pink forked plastic device vitrually into your eye is the search of beauty is your thing then you might be interested in this bit of Flash video that I stumbled accross today....more

Andrew Muller on 18 April, 2005 | Link | Flash, Connected | Comments (2)
12 January, 2005

Mac Mini - Apple Australia Needs a New Accountant
The Mac mini is without a doubt extremely lumber enabled, it's probably going to offer the HTPC solution that I'm looking for at the right price, but it's a pity that Apple is ripping us off Down Under by $150....more

Andrew Muller on 12 January, 2005 | Link | Connected | Comments (5)
17 December, 2004

Prediction: Dell Laptop for Sale, One Owner...
How do you make a grown man cry?

I've just gotten off instant messenger with Scott Barnes of MossyBlog and I think that I've just spoilt his weekend....more


Andrew Muller on 17 December, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (3)
12 October, 2004

From Flash to Farscape (Absolutely Not a Spoiler) to Flex and Open Source

With The Peacekeeper Wars miniseries out next weekend in the US and UK, I thought those Farscape fans in our readership might like to know about a special cameo appearance by a member the RocketBoots team....more


Robin Hilliard on 12 October, 2004 | Link | RIAs, Flex, Connected | Comments (2)
5 October, 2004

Distracting
I'm sure that these people signed a piece of paper stating that these commercials would never be shown anywhere outside of Japan.

Isn't the internet great for discovering and archiving stuff....more


Andrew Muller on 5 October, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (0)
3 October, 2004

Gadget Fetish: RSS Feeds That Provide a Fix
As blogged recently I'm aggregating a custom list of feeds to support my news junkie habits, included in those are a few that do a good job of updating what kind of gadgets are new/hot/cool/interesting......more

Andrew Muller on 3 October, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (1)
2 October, 2004

Another Reason Why I've Never Installed RealPlayer
In the process of deciding what software "essentials" to install on the PowerBook that I had bought when joining RocketBoots there were conscience choices of what not to install. Top of that no go list was RealPlayer....more

Andrew Muller on 2 October, 2004 | Link | OS X, Connected | Comments (3)
30 September, 2004

Making a Good Thing Better
I've admitted here previously that I'm a news junkie, and to satisfy my habit I've been searching for a personal RSS aggregator that meets my needs....more

Andrew Muller on 30 September, 2004 | Link | Connected, OS X | Comments (9)
8 September, 2004

When is a Blog a Blog?
If a blog has no facility for visitors to make comment on the posts it contains is it still a blog or a beast of a different kind......more

Andrew Muller on 8 September, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (5)
7 September, 2004

The Russian Mafia Crashes Australia's Largest ISP
It's been revealed that in May the Russian mafia, in the process of extorting money from online betting agencies, managed to crash Telstra's network for the city of Alice Springs leaving a city of 23,000 without email access for 5 hours....more

Andrew Muller on 7 September, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (4)
1 September, 2004

RSS: Feeds Ain't Feeds
While RSS might stand for Really Simple Syndication it's interesting to see just how wrong some developers can get their RSS feeds wrong.

I'm a self confessed news junkie. I love to be up to date with the latest news, whatever it is....more


Andrew Muller on 1 September, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (2)
31 August, 2004

Skype Beta for OS X Available
Skype just has to be one of those current "must have" bits of software, it gives you the ability to same big dollars by delivering free internet telephony via P2P.

It's been available for Windows for some time, with a Linux beta also available....more


Andrew Muller on 31 August, 2004 | Link | Connected, OS X | Comments (0)
22 August, 2004

OT: www.royandhg.com
"When too much sport is barely enough..." While the Olympics have been fun, there's two guys from Australia who manage to make it funnier. Roy Slaven and HG Nelson have been sporting broadcast legends for many years here in Australia, their show "The Dream" has been shown nightly during the Olympics....more

Andrew Muller on 22 August, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (0)
16 August, 2004

It's a Wired Wired Wired Wired World
My wife and I are in the middle of building a new house and one of my priorities has been to wire it up for data.

This is the first home that I've been actively been involved in building and it's been an interesting learning experience along the way....more


Andrew Muller on 16 August, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (4)
14 August, 2004

And the Purple Heart for Customer Service Goes to...
A few minutes ago, in a global e-commerce society not so far away...

I thought I'd have one last attempt at recovering some valued photos I took last year on a trip to the South Australian Wooden Boat show - they were on an IBM 1Gb Microdrive that had so far resisted all attempts at recovery....more


Robin Hilliard on 14 August, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (3)
1 August, 2004

RocketBoots Joins Full As A Goog
Just heard the good news from Geoff Bowers that the RocketBoots blog has been added to Full As A Goog today....more

Andrew Muller on 1 August, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (1)
27 July, 2004

RocketBoots Becomes MXNA 300!
The RocketBoots blog joined the list aggregated by MXNA (Macromedia XML News Aggregator) today, and by my reckoning we're blog number 300!

Congratulations Mike & co. and keep up the good work.

...more


Andrew Muller on 27 July, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (0)
21 July, 2004

One Small Step...
Well the site, blog and first mailout are all done - as it turns out on th 35th annivesary of another great moment in Rocketry. We'd planned to get this all done earlier but we've actually been quite busy with our first engagements, which is a good sign....more

Robin Hilliard on 21 July, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (3)

My Troy Maclure Moment...
Hi - I'm Andrew Muller, AKA Rebel, you may remember me from such blogs as Daemonite and as a partner of RocketBoots I'd like to welcome you to our blog...

...more


Andrew Muller on 21 July, 2004 | Link | Connected | Comments (4)