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Too Much Stuff: Consumption Is Not A Way of Life

Compared to most people I don’t buy or own much stuff but I still have too much stuff so I am slowly giving away, selling or throwing away all my excess stuff (clothes, gadgets, shoes, books etc etc etc) “too much stuff” photo credit: joemad I really don’t need all this stuff, I don’t even [...]

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How I Pay No Bank ATM Fees to Withdraw Cash

photo credit: thetruthabout For most people there’s a completely free alternative to withdraw money from your Australian bank transaction account. I’ve used this method for years – which is why I Pay Nothing Nada Zip $0 In Bank ATM Fees Which is why i’m always surprised when I hear Australian’s complaining about how much bank [...]

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Introduction to Digital Radio in Australia

Digital radio officially launched in Australia on August 6th 2009 with a one-off special simultaneous outside broadcast in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide by more than 40 different commercial and public radio stations. The event billed as “Radio United” saw the highly competitive commercial sector broadcasting side by side with public service broadcasters to [...]

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Preventing Identity Theft 101: Dont List Birthday on Facebook

I recently noticed that many of my Facebook friends list their birthdate in their profile information. This is asking for trouble because it leaves them at risk of identify theft. Some people even display their full postal address and birthdate in their Facebook profile! Together this data can be used to impersonate you by thieves [...]

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Basic Tax Tips Anyone Can Follow: Save Money, Pay Less Tax

Tax Tips For Everyone Make sure you prepay membership fees for unions & professional associations and make any charitable donations just before the end of the financial year (June 30) so you can claim a tax deduction. Non-business taxpayers (such as employees or rental property owners) are entitled to an immediate deduction for depreciating assets [...]

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Donate to Charity = Lower Tax Bill and Help Your Favourite Cause

Looking for a quick and easy way to reduce your tax bill? Australian tax payers can reduce the amount of tax they owe by giving a gift of more than $2 to an approved charity (deductible gift recipient). There is no upper limit on the amount of donations you can claim a tax deduction for [...]

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Classic Black Comedy: The Far Side Comics by Gary Larson

From the mid 70′s to late 90′s Gary Larson drew over 4000 single panel comics in the Far Side series. It’s been a long time since he drew any new cartoons so why are his cartoons still regularly seen in calendars, birthday cards, stuck to refrigerators, desks and office walls around the world? One reason [...]

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Tips for City 2 Surf Fun Run Sydney to Bondi Beach

This guide aims to give first time runners of the 14km City 2 Surf fun run from William St in Sydney to Bondi some basic tips which will help them be better prepared and enjoy the day along with the other 85,000 entrants. City 2 Surf live TV coverage is available on Channel 10 and [...]

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TED Talks Videos: Ideas Worth Spreading

TED (Technology Entertainment Design) is an annual conference that defines its mission as “ideas worth spreading”… TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating [...]

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If You Were a Star Trek Character: Who Would You Be?

If I were a Star Trek character: I’d be Mr Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) or Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (DS9). Like Spock and Odo I’m quite logical and a long term planner/thinker so I find many things that “humans” do quite illogical & fascinating Which Star Trek Character [...]

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No Foreign Currency Bank Fees Travelling – 28 Degrees Mastercard (review)

This article explains why I chose the 28 Degrees Mastercard (previously known as Wizard Clear Advantage Mastercard) for use as travel money while on holidays and to buy things from overseas websites eg: books, dvds etc. I was making a budget for traveling on holiday to New Zealand when I realised there was a big [...]

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Find Your Lost Super Fund $$ (Superannuation)

Unfortunately many Australians lose track of their superannuation accounts because they don’t treat them as seriously as bank savings. When they change their name, change their job and their address, they forget to tell the super fund that there has been a change of circumstances and unfortunately that means that there are a lot of [...]

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2009 Lorikeet Photo Calendar with Australian Public Holidays

Want a great looking 2009 year calendar for your wall or fridge with all the major Australian public holidays without a creepy photo of your local real estate agent/politician on it like the free calendars you get in the mail? Well then I’ve got the perfect solution for your problem – a colourful photo of [...]

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Neerav Bhatts 2008: The Year That Was (Twitter, Tipping Points and Hyperconnectivity)

The biggest turning point for 2008 occurred on January 4th when I bought a new Nokia 6300 mobile phone which allowed me to carry a source of Internet access in my pocket. This in turn inspired me to join the online micro-blogging site www.Twitter.com … Joining Twitter was the best decision I made all year [...]

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2008: Top 10 Popular New Rambling Thoughts Blog Posts

The top 10 most popular new Rambling Thoughts blog posts for 2008 are listed below. Unsurprisingly the list is dominated by Sport, TV & Technology. The list is in order of how many times each blog post was viewed but I’ve included the number of comments people made to show that a popular post doesn’t [...]

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