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I see you've stumbled on to my humble home on the net, Drive:Activated. My name's Sam, I'm an ambitious and driven uni student, residing in Melbourne, Australia, wanting to make my mark on our world. This is my site, which is mainly just my blog and some other bits. There's no definite theme to my blog, just anything that interests me, and currently that's web trends, startups, ideas and cool stuff. Check it out, leave me a comment, click on 'Who is this?' to find out more about me, or drop me a line by clicking on 'Let's Talk'. Hope you enjoy it!

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TV just isn't what it used to be. It isn't just an idiot box where we can flick it on, channel surf mindlessly, change the volume, and turn it off when we're done. Photo by aesterling on flickr It's not just about tuning in to some pre-programmed channel anymore - its about gaming (PS3...
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Since converting to Vista and its sidebar, I've always missed something I had when I was using the Yahoo! Widget Engine on XP - the TV guide. It just isn't the same having a web browser window open with the TV guide up all the time, so I took it upon myself to create one, using the data from...
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Just heard on Triple M on the way home that The Chaser's WAR on Everything 's back on the ABC! (Actually, it came back on air last week, but didn't realise it until today.) It's the best news satire show on Australian FTA ever. The pranks, the parodies, the video snippets, the witty remarks, everything...
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Sam & Max is likely to be coming to the 360! Telltale Games has the rights to the Sam & Max brand, and they've released episodic games based on that so far for the PC. (For those young ones who don't know who Sam & Max are, try wikipedia here . Suffice to say, you're missing out ) But Xbox...
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Microsoft revealed Windows Live for TV (lame name) a few days back [via Neowin ], featuring integration with Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live Messenger , allowing you to browse spaces, chat in text, voice and video, via a nice 10-foot UI (see link for screenshots). All that's great, but hopefully...