Exabyte the new Megabyte

This excellent story chronicles the history of the megabyte from it's hugely expensive early days through to the future which may involve recording to disk of all telephone conversations.

I can remember an HP product called the "megabyte express" which launched in the mid 1980's. It was the size of a freezer cabinet cost $US 38,000 and held a massive 400mb. Nowdays of course, you can't even find 400mb drives in museums.

Roll on the Exabyte household.

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Newsmashing - the Online Sticky Note

Microsoft owns a technology it bought from e-Quill which allows a person to write all over a web page, circle this and that, highlight text and write notes on it.

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Racism Comments

I note with susbstantial disgust that some leftist looney has decided to post some off-hand and random comment in relation to the post I made featuring a picture of an aboriginal making a phone call on a cell phone at Circular Quay.

Before they start again (I'm assuming the left have put my site on thier watchlists) I'd like to point out that the only reason I've tagged them with the leftist looney moniker is that they haven't the guts to use thier real names and e-mail addresses. The only reason I'm making this post here is because they're anonymous and I'm keen to have them debate this publicly and openly. Bring it on. I'm looking forward to posting thier e-mail on this blog.

That said If you the reader take a look at that post you will see that there's no racist comment there at all, rather just an observation about the old world coming into the new world by way of technology use.

As for the comments posted by "anonymous" .. they are as follows

racist when will you ever learn?

and closely followed by ...

yes this is the racist Australian perspective, confirmed by the 'majority rule' and amplified via e-media.

Can any enlightened reader out there please show me where my original post was racist please ? I am happy to receive your thoughts at konno1 at gmail dot com.

RFID Home Starter Kit

Imagine this - you're running late and you cant find your keys. Solution ? Simple. Just attach a RFID tag to your keychain and install this package from iAutomate.

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Sydney Royal Easter Show

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Originally uploaded by Peter Konnecke.

I've been volunteering at the Sydney Royal Easter Show last weekend. It'was great fun and I'm working with good people.

This picture shows one of the agricultural exhibits from the Central District of NSW. The "picture" is made from the produce of the region.

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Web Design Spotlight

Mail Links on Your Site
Contact pages are the best way to build a rapport with your customers. But you don't want to set up something that you can't handle or that allows spammers free access to your mail....read more


XHTML+CSS Template of the Week
Two Column with Top Branding Layer This layout adds to the basic two column layout by adding a top row for branding and global navigation information....read more


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Severe storms to hit Sydney

Wild weather expected to batter Sydney and surrounding coastal communities today could be more severe than first thought, forecasters have warned.

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Seo Tools

I found another SEO blog today while surfing through blogexplosion.

SEOTools contains links to various tools to help you position your site more effectively.

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Google's - Local Update Tool

Google Inc has released a free tool that allows businesses to add or update business listing information, such as operating hours and addresses, that appears within its local search results.

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Sydney set to host new world motor racing event

Sydney will host a new Formula One style motor racing event, starting in September.

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Newscenter

The Konnecke.com Newscenter is now up and running at http://www.konnecke.com/pages/news/index.html

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We're giving Mary the Tingles

It worked like an absolute charm. Princess Mary was sweeping all before her as she visited the Australian National University in Canberra when the Fruit Tingles stopped her in mid-regal flow.

We're giving Mary the Tingles - National - www.smh.com.au

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Whats that you say

Cell phone local
Originally uploaded by poi_polloi.

So whats that you say brother ? This aboriginal is making a call on his cellphone at Circular Quay in downtown Sydney.

Authenticity reaching the modern age.

House Music - iPod Style

Imagine a house full of music. Now imagine it filled with music from a single source - the iPod.

This is a great idea although the expense of ripping (no pun) into another wall to install the unit is a bit daunting.

Read more about Sonance's iPod Docking Station.

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Lightning strands flights at airport

Thousands of passengers were stuck in planes at Sydney Airport last night because ground staff do not work on the tarmac when there is lightning.

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Technology Toys

A newsfeed for Technology Toys is now available from www.konnecke.com

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Technology News

A newsfeed for Technology News is now available from www.konnecke.com

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Political News

A newsfeed for Political News is now available from www.konnecke.com

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Photography News

A newsfeed for Photography News is now available from www.konnecke.com

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Google News

A newsfeed for Google News is now available from www.konnecke.com

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Smoking Breathalyzer

This one is from the "trust the Japanese" department. What I find hilarious about this device is it's name.

It's the "iki iki". Now thats funny !

Tell me more about the Smoking Breathalyzer

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Is Google calendar for real ?

Theres been a lot of comment in web logs about Google Calendar recently. From a personal perspective I think the idea of a worldwide searchable linkable indexable and usable calendaring system would be great.

I can'l imagine how many times I've been out of town in a different city, only to come home and find out hat an event I would have loved to be at, was on but I never knew about it.

This has great community and social benefits. Imagine a mass of people, each of whom have never met, suddenly seeing an event date for something they have in common ? I'd bet the event organisers would love it too. Imagine the untapped market.

Roll on Google ... this could be the best most usable tool yet.


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XSEOM Projects

I have commenced work tonight on a special project trying to create a way to use blogs as both a means of communication and as a SEO tool. Fuji Xerox Australia - Document Supplies

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Segway Diversifies, Stays Crazy

Remember the Segway ? Dean Kamens marvellous inventive mind has come up with some practicality in the latest models.

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Has the Australian "Banana Republic" become a reality

I noticed this article while surfing today.

Australia has not become the once touted Banana Republic of the the Hawke - Keating regime.

If anything we're suffering overemployment - the unemployed rate is at 6%. We're certainly not suffering 18% interest rates, and certainly don't entertain a Treasurer who describes his own country as "the ass end of the earth" !

The fact is - we still had 1.5% economic growth in the last quarter, as opposed to the previous regime who thought it quite wonderful that we had a "recession we had to have".

Speaking of the "R" word ... if the government should have directed the Federal Reserve to lower rates 0.25% instead of raising them the same amount, just where do you think the savings would have gone ? More Plasma Screens, DVD Recorders, etc. Just like the baby bonusses were meant to be for a childs future, money saved from interest rate cuts should be saved for the future of Australia. Invest it so that we can build the infastructure so badly needed.

Besides anyone paying their monthly mortgage payment at the bare minimum, instead of a payment equivalent to an interest rate approx 1% higher really is over-extended and very foolish by not planning for the future.

You can read more at shannonsays.com

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The UnGoogle (Yes, Yahoo!)

We live in the Age of Google. For the past two years, Google has been the yardstick by which business and technology success is measured, not to mention the answer to a lot of prayers. Google marked the first sign of a tech resurgence, served up the first ice-melting IPO of the postbust era, and became the first tech company to rewrite the dictionary since Xerox. For all this and no doubt more, the Mountain View, California, search engine started in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page deserves its moment in the sun

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Dial 'E' for BigPond's 'excuse desk'

Telstra BigPond customers on the east coast continue to be frustrated by inexplicable outages plaguing the cable network of the nation's biggest broadband provider.

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