http://www.slowry.com One Aussie Living far from home Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:11:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard With MacExpo 2009 firing on all cylinders, this was too good not to repost. I have a MacBook on the top of my shopping list and should be able to pick it up early February. Unless of course they announce the MacBook Wheel ... http://www.slowry.com/tech/macbook-wheel-too-good-to-be-true Well folks, we made it. 2008 was a great year for us but I know it wasn't so crash hot for a lot of folks. I'm making some aggressive goals for this year and laying out plans to make them happen. For the longest time my health has fallen down the priority ... http://www.slowry.com/chitchat/happy-new-year-2009-time-to-focus-on-health I'm hoping to do a lot more video's heading into 2009. The issue? Our cheapie camera is a little on the dodgy side. Now if a Flip minoHD happened to land at Orange Sands Headquarters for a solid review and extensive use, that would be a wonderful thing. The device looks to ... http://www.slowry.com/chitchat/flipping-into-2009 My daughter is a precocious 2 year old with an adventurous spirit. She has been traveling the world since she was 3 months old and has seen more places than a lot of people ever will. She is also very much a 2 year old. She has been watching Mum and Dad ... http://www.slowry.com/chitchat/uh-oh-georgies-online The new Macbook is still calling my name and while Apple doesn't seem to be doing a lot in the way of post Christmas there are bargains to be found. The best I've seen so far is at Amazon. $100 off on the Macbook 2.4ghz with Free shipping. $1499 with free shipping ... http://www.slowry.com/tech/macbook-bargains I found this a while ago on Digg and then lost it. I thought it too good to lose and have re-posted it below. It is terribly geeky but very clever. Shane <djahandarie> we ain't here to do e-c-e <djahandarie> we're here to do c-s-e on the w-e-b <djahandarie> listen to me spit these rhymes <djahandarie> ... http://www.slowry.com/tech/programmer-rap-battle Being a Dad is time consuming and while I love it, there are times I day dream about being a teenager again. Back then I could sit for hours and just noodle away on my guitar and dream of being a rock star. Well the rock star thing didn't ... http://www.slowry.com/music/learning-guitar-again-again If you are working in Affiliate Marketing, sooner or later you are going to want to set up landing pages or put Affiliate links in your blog posts. The issue with that is that Affiliate links are ugly at best. At worst someone could steal your links and take your ... http://www.slowry.com/tech/hiding-links Well I'm in the middle of restoring my 16G iPhone 3G. If your sync is interupted, say by disconnecting the cable or receiving a call, it's possible for your ipod index file to be corrupted. What can happen then is that your entire library of media turns into "other" in the ... http://www.slowry.com/tech/iphone-other-storage I've been a big fan of Guitar Hero and Rock Band for quite a while now. I was a little late on the band wagon but leapt in feet first and have all the bits and bobs for our little Wii. As much as I like the Wii, I think that ... http://www.slowry.com/chitchat/guitar-hero-world-tour-hedi-klum