Brisbane Internet Marketer & Photographer
Archive for July, 2006
New photos on my MEGA photo gallery… that’s right MEGA
Jul 29th
I scanned in some negatives that I have from old parties and holidays i’ve been on, if you’re interested or were at any of these parties, you have to check them out!
I have over 100 albums of photos on my MEGA photo gallery, with a total of 4100 photos of captured memories over the last 8 or 9 years.
If you have photos that you need scanned, I have the ability to scan negatives, prints and slides at a very affordable price. I can scan them and put them on cd or dvd for you. This service has proven to be a great gift or party presentation for 21st’s, 30th’s, 40th’s, 50th’s etc. I can make a dvd slideshow with background music to make any event spectacular. Call me on 07 3122 3762 or email me on mail@bowmandigital.com.
Here are some new albums in my gallery.
Bowman’s 21st
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=37878
Trinity College 1997
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=38404
Brisbane – Pet and Animal Expo 2005
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=39176
Link
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=38965
Melbourne Trip
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=38719
Barnseys 21st
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=38473
Jimmy in QLD
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=38103
Bryants Road Party
http://christianbowman.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=38539
Bad Experience at La Piazza Restaurant, Mt Gravatt
Jul 28th
Last saturday night, Yunna and I went to La Piazza (formerly Viva Italia) to have dinner. I have no idea why I decided to give this venue another go. After previously having possibly the worst experience ever at a restaurant there, under the banner Viva Italia, what was I thinking? I was hungry and it was local. We didn’t finish our meal, we complained and didn’t pay for a half eaten chicken caesar salad.
I spoke to the manager, complained and expressed my concerns. She then decided not to take any responsibility for it and called for the chef to come out and have me explain it to him. More >
VoIP Phone active – Call me now for hot conversation
Jul 26th
Today (with the expertise of Glenn Kentwell of Kentwell Network Computing), I set up my VoIP phone service with a D-link DPH-120S Desktop Broadband Internet Telephone. This will be my business phone for Bowman Digital.
The call rates are much more cost effective than using standard landline phone services. I am using iinet as my broadband internet service provider and i’m using their netphone service, I do not have to pay a service fee but only for calls made. I’m not sure if this service is still free on their plans.
Checkout some of the rates for using a VoIP phone with iinet here. The savings made on international calls are amazing,they make local mobile rates seem expensive, in particular the VoIP call rate to USA through iinet is 5c per min, for both landline AND mobile services. 5c!
Anyways, call me now for some hot conversation.. 07 3122 3763 between 9am-6pm mon-fri.
Speak to you soon
Christian.
Myspace hacked, Myspace down, Power outages in CA due to Heat Wave
Jul 24th
Mashable reported early last week that the mega-popular site myspace was hacked early last week with some of it’s pages having a flash redirect to a blog post about the Government being behind the 9/11 attacks.
The weekend just past, we saw power outages due to a heat wave in CA cause myspace to unavailable for hours, then completely shut down over the weekend and remains to be down.
Here is a report on the Heat wave and which areas are being affected.
It’s amazing that such a massive site like myspace isnt at a redundant data center. I suppose its amazing that a site like myspace doesn’t have good design or tidy code. Lots of people i know that use it have have experienced lots of error pages. Check out my friend dale’s myspace.. hold on, its down.
Anyways, its not YOUR space! .. what does that even mean?
EDIT: i’ve attached an image of an artist impression of the situation at the myspace datacenter and a new meter to calculate hacking difficulty of a web site.
Artist’s impression of the situation at myspace datacenter
That’s Gold! NRL Footy Show
Jul 17th
Now a national phenomenon, “That’s Gold!” a phrase used to describe greatness. Made famous on the NRL footy show on Channel Nine, people everywhere now even use the now famous thumbs-up-fist-in-palm action to show recognition for something that is classic and is as valuable as Gold.
I made an emoticon for MSN messenger so that others can now show their appreciation to things that are GOLD.
Right click this image to save it to your computer. Save it somewhere easily retrieved.
To add this icon to your list of emoticons in MSN Messenger, click on the emoticon menu in a chat window, click on “more…” then click on “create” then “find image”. Type in a keyboard shortcut, and name your icon.
Feel free to share this icon amongst friends, they can add your emoticon by right clicking on the icon in a chat window and selecting “add”.
Smoking Laws help save water for SE QLD
Jul 16th
By law and popular demand the Queensland Government has introduced the nation’s toughest anti-smoking laws, and this had an effect on my washing and showering habits. Typically, if I’ve been on a night out in the town, I’ll return home with my body, hair and clothes smelling like an ashtray.
If my hair smells like smoke, it will take me twice as long to shower as I usually have to wash my hair twice. Also, my jeans will need to go in the wash if I want to wear them again the following night. If every weekend that I go out, i wash my hair twice and put on a load just to wash my jeans, I’ll be consuming more water than is necessary.
If someone was to work this all out there would be a significant saving across the state each year. Just imagine how much water I use for the extra 3 mins it takes for to wash my hair twice, and how much extra water i use just to put on the smallest load to wash jeans. If a large number of people, in my demographic, does this once a fortnight each year, then these new smoking laws are helping more than just our lungs. Brisbane and Logan are on a level 3 water restriction which is a total ban on outdoor hosing.
From the Queensland Government Tobacco Laws web page:
Indoor Smoking Bans
The whole enclosed area of liquor licensed premises must be no-smoking.
Poker Machines
All poker machines at a liquor licensed premises must be no-smoking.
Outdoor Smoking Bans
Non-enclosed eating and drinking areas where food or drink is provided as part of a business, must be no-smoking.
Pubs, clubs and casinos may set aside Designated Outdoor Smoking Areas where only smoking and drinking can occur. These areas must be under the control of a Smoking Management Plan for the venue.
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