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Coming second: Victoria’s first wind farm
October 24th, 2011 No Comments
In the decade since 2001 wind farms have appeared around Victoria, driven by state government mandated renewable energy targets and subsidies. The young age of Victoria’s wind farms makes the state look like a laggard in the renewable energy states, especially when you discover Australia’s first wind farm opened at Esperance in Western Australia all the way back in March 1987. However, Victoria does have a link to that trailblazing wind farm at Salmon Beach, and it is found at the small coastal township of Breamlea: midway between Barwon Heads and Torquay, just south of Geelong.
Beware the television mutilator
September 9th, 2011 1 Comment
Last week on my way to work I discovered dozens of obsolete CRT televisions placed out for the hard rubbish collection – this week I walk past and a half dozen of said televisions have had their screens shattered and the back panels ripped open. So what are they looking for?
Who’s behind WordPress comment spam?
September 5th, 2011 2 Comments
I’ve discussed comment spamming previously – automatically generated comments that are posted to blogs in an attempt to game the Google search rankings. Now meet the person responsible for it.
Funeral for a cathode ray tube
September 2nd, 2011 3 Comments
Melbourne is currently in the middle of the changeover to digital television, with the original analogue system to be turned off in December 2013, leaving millions of older televisions with cathode ray tubes on the scrapheap. So how to get rid of them?
My history of broken cameras – a case for extended warranties?
August 29th, 2011 No Comments
To quote cartoon character Homer Simpson: Extended warranty! How can I lose? For people like myself extended warranties on electronic items are usually seen as a worthless and high-profit add-on pushed by salespeople with targets to meet. However when I look back the failure rate of my camera equipment over the years, an extended warranty [...]
