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Diffusing nonsense in the election

Posted on August 20, 2010 by arjen

I’m actually spending a lot of time on that right now, talking with people around me (in-person) as well as (gasp) on Facebook. Why? Because it’s important and actually makes a difference. I will also be helping at a polling … Continue reading →

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The Continuing Saga of Dutch Football

Posted on July 12, 2010 by arjen

People convinced me the final of the Soccer world cup 2010 in South Africa was interesting with the Dutch playing well… so with renewed hope (it’s been a while since I last checked the state of Orange football) I watched … Continue reading →

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A Department of Infrastructure & Planning

Posted on June 25, 2010 by arjen

With the talk of reassigning the portfolio of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (dBCDE) from Sen.Conroy to Sen.Lundy (which I wholeheartedly support, Sen.Lundy would really do well there), I want to question why we actually still have a separate … Continue reading →

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Paying rent in DEFT fail land

Posted on June 15, 2010 by arjen

I recently moved and the new property agent uses Macquarie Bank’s DEFT (www.deft.com.au) online/phone payment system. This costs at least $0.85 per transaction, or more if you use a credit/debit card. Extortion racket, but that’s another matter. I can’t even … Continue reading →

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Moving mobile networks

Posted on June 11, 2010 by arjen

I moved my number from 3 to Optus today, as 3 gave me pretty much no signal at my new home, it would blink out all the time which is of course useless. In terms of bill-readability and general service … Continue reading →

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Input on Daylight Savings in South East Queensland

Posted on May 17, 2010 by arjen

A Queensland member of parliament has introduced a private members bill to hold a new referendum on Daylight Savings time. All Queenslanders would get a vote on it, but the daylight savings would just be for South East Queensland where … Continue reading →

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Advertising – stupid sales

Posted on May 4, 2010 by arjen

Below is an email exchange between someone trying to sell me a service (online advertising) and myself. It started with an unsolicited email (aka spam) but sometimes I’m just intrigued to see whether I can get some sense out of … Continue reading →

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Mum’s 80th

Posted on April 1, 2010 by arjen

Right, I’m off… my mum has invited me to her 80th birthday dinner in Amersfoort (The Netherlands), and who can refuse such a request! It’s a very respectable age. My dad sadly didn’t make it that far, he died at … Continue reading →

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Please help the meetup.com community support team

Posted on March 10, 2010 by arjen

Bit of crowd sourcing… I have of course used meetup.com for the MySQL group for many years now, the platform has vastly improved with mailing lists, RSS feeds and iCal support, and it really serves its purpose since people can … Continue reading →

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Arjen’s personal blog on lentz.com.au

Posted on February 25, 2010 by arjen

Just a note that my personal blog resides on lentz.com.au/blog/ The story is this… I first started my blog when at MySQL AB, the Community Relations gig. It was a mix of personal and MySQL-related stuff, and hosted at LiveJournal. … Continue reading →

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