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Archive for August, 2008

Busting a bodgy mobile phone bill.

Posted in Technology, tagged , , , , on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It pays to check your mobile phone bill with a fine-toothed comb. My mobile phone provider tried to charge me more than $50 extra this month, claiming a discrepancy between the time I signed up for my new cap plan and the start of their billing period. My argument was how would anyone signing up [...]

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »

As promised the review, originally published in The West Australian Newspaper. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG) Voices of Samuel L Jackson, Christopher Lee, Matt Lanter Directed by Dave Filoni 2.5 stars Review: Sue Yeap   Star Wars fans are a devoted, patient and occasionally weird lot. I am not ashamed to count myself among [...]

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A long time ago….

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Bah. I’m a big Star Wars fan from way back but sadly I was not at all impressed with Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Or as I like to call it, Star Wars episode 2a. Or “the one between the Clones and the Sith”. It’s animated, it’s aimed at 12-year-old boys and gamers, and I [...]

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Knock knock, it’s The Strangers

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Crikey I had forgotten just how creepy this Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman movie was until I again watched the trailer while looking for an image to use. I am very glad that I saw it during the day, I don’t think I could have slept at night if I had seen it in the dark. You [...]

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Party like it’s 1989

Posted in Friends, Perth & WA, tagged , , , , on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Ah, the 80s, the era of my youth. Well, some of it. There’s nothing better than an 80s dress-up party. But what exactly was I wearing in 1989? Why could I find the album from 1987 but not the one I needed? This question had me stumped last weekend. I had well and truly moved beyond [...]

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