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Archive for November, 2008

community and coding fun at WordCamp Australia, day 2

Joseph on Nov 30th 2008

WordCamp Australia day2
After a great day at Word Camp Australia, my personal highlight of day two was definitely Harley Alexander of Baffle! inc who gave a fun and entertaining presentation on a simple but complex (yes, I just wrote that!) concept, WP_Query versus Query_posts.
The great thing for me was that he is 15, has been [...]

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The Tribe at WordCamp Australia

Joseph on Nov 29th 2008

WordCamp Australia, Day 1
Only about 75 people here, in a small hangar like cavern, quite appropriately called the big red box in canal street, Sydney. (Sorry, gotta complete my wordpress upgrade before I add the images!)
On the bus home, hired macbook on my lap (don’t get me started on how my MacBookPro died after a [...]

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barCampSydney4, fragrantly remarkable day at U of NSW

Joseph on Nov 15th 2008

Sydney is one of those cities that carries its own perfume, one you get a whiff of from open bus windows, moments stuck in traffic jams, or just walking down the street. It is the unmistakeable scent of gum trees, the eucalypt sweet-citrus that is as much a part of the city as the Harbour [...]

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Obama, Palin and the twitterverse

Joseph on Nov 8th 2008

Now that the dust has settled on the US election, with a clear and confident victory for Barak Obama and IMHO the US people in general, I thought I’d take a little look at my personal experience of election day, which, if you know me you’d be aware, was conducted entirely online.
Even today I received [...]

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Movember is moustache month

Joseph on Nov 2nd 2008

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’m growing a Mo. That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about tackling men’s health issues and being proactive in the fight against men’s depression and prostate cancer.
For those non-antipodeans among you, a Mo’ is a moustache, ‘tash, lip-warmer, soup-filter, abomination, etc!
I also have [...]

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