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<br />Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-71624950750165960022017-05-03T17:48:00.001+10:002017-05-03T17:48:18.427+10:00Mactalk Hunter MeetingHi AllJim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-70590392514398746982015-04-08T09:58:00.001+10:002015-04-08T09:58:50.061+10:00Fwd: Aluminum battery from Stanford offers safe alternative to conventional batteries<br><br><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/aluminum-ion-battery-033115.html">https://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/aluminum-ion-battery-033115.html</a> <br><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><b>---------------</b><br><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hdi0pzHOUxU/VSRvOrgtmEI/AAAAAAAACDI/JvGG16Qfwuo/s1600/Jim-730062.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hdi0pzHOUxU/VSRvOrgtmEI/AAAAAAAACDI/JvGG16Qfwuo/s400/Jim-730062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6135150890374240322" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div class="AppleMailSignature" id="BCF908BB-BE52-4DFF-92EF-ABE1007EEFBF"><div style="text-align: left; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <b><i>Jim Bell </i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><b><i>========= </i></b></div><div><b>My Website & Portal:</b><b> </b><a href="http://home.people.net.au/~james.bell/"><b>jimbell.id.au</b></a></div><div><b>Email Me: ... </b><a href="mailto:jimbell@people.net.au"><b>jimbell@people.net.au</b></a></div><b>===========================</b></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> </span></div><br>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-54166701897469200172013-03-15T14:49:00.001+11:002013-03-15T14:49:13.415+11:00Triple Your Laptop’s Speed Without Sacrificing Space By Adding An MSATA SSD | Lifehacker Australia<a href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/03/triple-your-laptops-speed-without-sacrificing-space-by-adding-an-msata-ssd/#.UUKaMVlrKxM.blogger">Triple Your Laptop’s Speed Without Sacrificing Space By Adding An MSATA SSD | Lifehacker Australia</a>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-20644870658031596832012-08-25T22:53:00.001+10:002012-08-25T22:53:43.321+10:00Shareaholic for Google Chrome - The best way to share, tweet, bookmark, save and e-mail webpages<a href="http://www.shareaholic.com/tools/chrome/welcome">Shareaholic for Google Chrome - The best way to share, tweet, bookmark, save and e-mail webpages</a>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-65491946645993752332012-07-26T08:43:00.001+10:002012-07-26T08:43:37.159+10:00Polish pickle factory.<div class="p1"><b>Yossel Zelkovitz worked in a Polish pickle factory.<br />
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For many years he had a powerful desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer.<br />
Unable to stand it any longer, he sought professional help from the factory psychologist.</b></div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><b>After six months, the therapist gave up.<br />
He advised Yossel to go ahead and do it or he would probably never have any<br />
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The next day he came home from work very early.<br />
His wife, Sacha, became alarmed and wanted to know what had happened.<br />
Yossel tearfully confessed his tormenting desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer.<br />
He went on to explain that today he finally went ahead and did it, and he was immediately fired.<br />
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Sacha gasped and ran over to her husband.<br />
She quickly yanked down his pants and shorts only to find a normal, completely intact penis.</b></div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><b>She looked up and said, "I don't understand. What about the pickle slicer?"<br />
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Yossel replied, "I think she got fired, too."</b></div>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-74010901344891725732012-07-25T12:31:00.001+10:002012-07-25T12:31:58.699+10:00Global elite hide $21 trillion from tax collectors worldwide « Dvorak News Blog<a href="http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2012/07/22/global-elite-hide-21-trillion-from-tax-collectors-worldwide/">Global elite hide $21 trillion from tax collectors worldwide « Dvorak News Blog</a>: <br />
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<blockquote style="background-color: #f8fbfc; background-image: url(http://www.dvorak.org/blog/wp-content/themes/dvorak2011/images/blockquote.gif); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(237, 239, 240); height: auto; margin: 0px auto; padding: 5px 20px; width: 425px;"><div style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Monetary Fund, suggests that for many developing countries the cumulative value of the capital that has flowed out of their economies since the 1970s would be more than enough to pay off their debts to the rest of the world…</div><div style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">The problem here is that “<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/21/global-elite-tax-offshore-economy" style="color: #8c050b; text-decoration: none;"><u>the assets of these countries are held by a small number of wealthy individuals while the debts are shouldered by the ordinary people of these countries</u></a> through their governments,” the report says…</div></blockquote><div style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; 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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-29398526339116409452012-07-14T18:10:00.001+10:002012-07-14T18:10:47.966+10:00Well ..... that went well...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WvSm0jJ3BP4/UAEpOe-NyQI/AAAAAAAABKc/RS2_D8KIF_o/s1600/472676.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WvSm0jJ3BP4/UAEpOe-NyQI/AAAAAAAABKc/RS2_D8KIF_o/s1600/472676.gif" /></a></div>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-38498447270151432312012-06-21T12:48:00.001+10:002012-06-21T12:48:45.325+10:00Fwd: These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America - Business InsiderThe only good thing I can see is that in Australia we have the ABC and SBS and Public access radio.<div><br></div><div>Also these buggers still haven't worked out how to fully control the internet...</div><div><br></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div>And here's to you Mrs Robinson ... read the article ...<div><br><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6">These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America - Business Insider</a></div><div><br><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29">http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29</a> </div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">This infographic created by <a href="http://frugaldad.com/2011/11/22/media-consolidation-infographic/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">Jason at Frugal Dad</a> shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">That's consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983. </p><p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">NOTE: This infographic is from last year and is missing some key transactions. <span><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">GE</a> does not own <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/nbc" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">NBC</a> (or <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/comcast" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">Comcast</a> or any media) anymore. So that 6th company is now Comcast. And <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/time-warner" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">Time Warner</a> doesn't own <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/aol" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">AOL</a>, so Huffington Post isn't affiliated with them.</span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">But the fact that a few companies own everything demonstrates "the illusion of choice," Frugal Dad says. While some big sites, like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/digg" class="hidden_link" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">Digg</a> and Reddit aren't owned by any of the corporations, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/time-warner" class="hidden_link" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(29, 99, 125); ">Time Warner</a> owns news sites read by millions of Americans every year.</p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br><br><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NZo_KLTkh8/T-KLjWi2b1I/AAAAAAAABKQ/v4vwoZrljww/s1600/media-infographic-725326.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NZo_KLTkh8/T-KLjWi2b1I/AAAAAAAABKQ/v4vwoZrljww/s400/media-infographic-725326.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756316713196351314" /></a></span></div></div>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-33073999970052891702012-06-20T00:07:00.001+10:002012-06-20T00:07:11.458+10:00Fwd: John Paul Chacha's Lab<a href="http://www.jpchacha.com/index.php">http://www.jpchacha.com/index.php</a>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-81320147554508979322012-06-16T11:29:00.001+10:002012-06-16T11:29:56.991+10:00Functioning Apple 1 Sells for $375, 000 at Sotheby's Auction<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/15/functioning-apple-1-sells-for-375000-at-sothebys-auction/">http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/15/functioning-apple-1-sells-for-375000-at-sothebys-auction/</a></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/15/functioning-apple-1-sells-for-375000-at-sothebys-auction/">Functioning Apple 1 Sells for $375,000 at Sotheby's Auction - Mac Rumors</a></span><br><br><div><span style="color: rgb(4, 20, 39); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; ">A functioning Apple 1 computer, one of the first 200 computers sold by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, </span><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/catalogues/ecatalogue.html/2012/books-manuscripts-n08864#/r=/en/ecat.fhtml.N08864.html+r.m=/en/ecat.lot.N08864.html/57/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 136); text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">sold for $374,500</a><span style="color: rgb(4, 20, 39); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "> including the 12% buyer's premium at a Sotheby's action in New York. The Apple 1 originally sold for $666.66. The </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18456746" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 136); text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">BBC notes</a><span style="color: rgb(4, 20, 39); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "> that only about 50 Apple 1's still exist and only a handful actually work.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 20, 39); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br></span></span> </div> <br></div>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-22410693522765105892011-02-02T13:15:00.001+11:002011-02-02T13:15:32.870+11:00I donate. 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span> </span></span><span><img height="64" width="64" id="f9e728c6-fb90-4e37-8f38-dac3a870a32e" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:34FDFD40-267B-4E10-9BD4-F99AF6963630@local"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left; "> <b><i>Jim Bell </i></b></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><b>My Website & Portal:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><a href="http://home.people.net.au/~james.bell/"><b>jimbell.id.au</b></a></div><div>Email Me: <a href="mailto:jimbell@people.net.au">jimbell@people.net.au</a></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></span></span></span> </div> <br>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-83945632925848270462010-12-16T13:41:00.000+11:002010-12-16T13:42:12.251+11:0019 Beautiful Examples of HDR Done Right<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><a href="http://www.digital-photography-school.com/19-beautiful-examples-of-hdr-done-right">http://www.digital-photography-school.com/19-beautiful-examples-of-hdr-done-right</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span> </span></span><span><img height="69" width="52" id="9dbf7263-bedb-4fb5-9d76-ce4521d2f4aa" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:34FDFD40-267B-4E10-9BD4-F99AF6963630@local"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left; "> <b><i>Jim Bell </i></b></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><b>My Website & Portal:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><a href="http://home.people.net.au/~james.bell/"><b>jimbell.id.au</b></a></div><div>Email Me: <a href="mailto:jimbell@people.net.au">jimbell@people.net.au</a></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></span></span></span> </div> <br>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-43404030684150283372010-09-25T13:46:00.000+10:002010-09-26T13:33:53.913+10:00Very funny Wayne and Chris!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r26EIPD9emw/TJ6_IsbZZNI/AAAAAAAAA0A/In59PQ5jcno/s1600/photo-733914.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r26EIPD9emw/TJ6_IsbZZNI/AAAAAAAAA0A/In59PQ5jcno/s400/photo-733914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521060349288735954" /></a></p>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-70665137981174484992010-09-23T17:32:00.000+10:002010-09-23T17:41:37.391+10:00Jim Thompson again<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r26EIPD9emw/TJsEsjGy_CI/AAAAAAAAAz4/aMDOp8ijR6s/s1600/photo-797392.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r26EIPD9emw/TJsEsjGy_CI/AAAAAAAAAz4/aMDOp8ijR6s/s400/photo-797392.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520010931657178146" /></a></p>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-29968371475190242482010-06-23T13:05:00.001+10:002010-06-23T13:05:25.175+10:00Good reason to use Creative Commons Music<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 30.0px"><font face="Arial" size="7" style="font: 30.0px Arial; letter-spacing: -1.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/23/2934717.htm">Ruling on gym music fees appealed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a></span></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 30.0px"><font face="Arial" size="7" style="font: 30.0px Arial; letter-spacing: -1.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/23/2934717.htm"></a></span>Ruling on gym music fees appealed</b></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: 11.0px Verdana; color: #666666"><b>Updated 1 hour 28 minutes ago</b></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana"><b>Fitness Australia says it will appeal against a decision to significantly increase the cost of playing music in gyms.</b></font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana">Last month the Australian Copyright Tribunal decided to increase the licence fee for the right to play protected sound recordings in fitness classes.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana">Gyms had previously been charged 96.8 cents a class, with a cap of $2,654 a year. The increase will see them pay $15 per class.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana">Fitness Australia's CEO Lauretta Stace says an increase of over 1,500 per cent is simply unaffordable.</font></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana">Ms Stace says the aim of their appeal is to have the decision overturned.</font></p> Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-18962150510050110672010-06-21T13:12:00.001+10:002010-06-21T13:12:52.426+10:00Two Choices for Rates and Cheap Isn’t One of Them<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 23px; "><b>This is a very good article.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 23px; "><b><br></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; line-height: 23px; ">Work for free or for full price. Never for cheap.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; line-height: 23px; "><br></span></div><a href="http://www.drawar.com/articles/two-choices-for-rates-and-cheap-isnt-one-of-them/242/">http://www.drawar.com/articles/two-choices-for-rates-and-cheap-isnt-one-of-them/242/</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 23px; ">If you charge too much though they will walk away. You might even feel guilty charging the rate you want for doing the thing that you love, but very few people are in the position that you are in. You bust your ass for a reason and not everyone can do the excellent work that you do so be proud of it and charge a rate you can be proud of. Most companies have no problem paying for quality work and yet most designers have a problem charging for it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 23px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 23px; ">If you do a job for free you can control the expectations of the client. You can tell them what the boundaries are and what they should expect of you. When they aren't paying anything they don't want to overstep those boundaries to piss you off. They are thankful for any work that they can get out of you.</span></div>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-87117135363724326912010-06-10T10:35:00.001+10:002010-06-19T01:38:52.619+10:00Electric (element) hot water hearers are becoming illegal!<div>This is an environmental rant -- not a political rant .. :-) </div><div><br /></div><div>Hunter region -around Newcastle - New South Wales - Australia is doing something pretty drastic. </div><div>Electric (element) hot water hearers are becoming illegal! Any new heater has to be a solar or a heat pump type with subsidies of up to AU$1000 to help with the process. </div><div>This will reduce by TONS the amount of CO2 produced each year by our region. </div><div>Are any other areas going this way ? </div><div>Here's a link to Rheem Hot water as an example <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4sk6">http://tinyurl.com/4sk6.</a> </div><div>Add to that --"As Part Of The New Economic Stimulus Package, The Federal Government Has Removed The Means Test On The Solar Hot Water Rebate. </div><div>You can now get $600 for installing a heat pump, or $1000 for installing an on-the-roof system, when replacing an old electric HWS." </div><div>This seems to be a better way of stimulating an economy rather than giving money to banks ;-)</div><div><br /></div><br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Belmont,Australia%40-33.033541%2C151.659642&z=10'>Belmont,Australia</a></p>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-8221535361603972922009-12-09T07:55:00.001+11:002009-12-09T07:55:26.680+11:00Gamasutra: Mark Newheiser's Blog - Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkNewheiser/20091204/3733/Farmville_Social_Gaming_and_Addiction.php">http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkNewheiser/20091204/3733/Farmville_Social_Gaming_and_Addiction.php</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div>Jim Bell's Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241210445146472616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047942072528697015.post-17708567845367236692009-09-30T19:46:00.001+10:002009-09-30T19:46:18.569+10:00Massive Samoan Quake Triggers Tsunami Warnings Off Coast Of Hawaii, New Zealand - cbs2.com<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; "><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 2.08em; line-height: 0.92em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; clear: both; ">This is from CBS News USA</h2><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 2.08em; line-height: 0.92em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; clear: both; ">Dozens Dead After Tsunami Levels Samoan Towns</h2><h3 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.56em; line-height: 1.1em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; ">American Samoa, Other Pacific Nations On Edge After Magnitude 8.3 Earthquake Spawns Tsunami</h3></span></div><a href="http://cbs2.com/national/samoa.earthquake.tsunami.2.1215867.html">http://cbs2.com/national/samoa.earthquake.tsunami.2.1215867.html</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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