hi there!
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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I have just discovered that one of the points I made in my previous post is partially incorrect . I stated in the third dot-point, Why do I want the new Office? What's wrong with the old (or pirated) one that I'm using right now? What's included in Ultimate? Hell, there isn't even a link to the Office...
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The Microsoft Office marketing team in Australia have a new target in their sights - uni students. Mentioned on many blogs, e.g. here and here (as well as on the aus-dot-net mailing list too), they're selling Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for 25 bucks for a year, or 75 bucks for an unlimited-time licence...
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Had a mate bring his brand-spanking new HP laptop, which came pre-loaded with Windows Vista. Most things worked, but one vital thing didn't - Windows Live Messenger. No amount of uninstalling or reinstalling was able to fix the problem, which was that apart from the first time, every subsequent time...
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Over at AustralianWiki , there's an attempt to get an updated list of Aussie startups going [via Filtered ]. Its not a bad list, there's many there that I've never heard of though so its a good start. Some don't really qualify as startups though, like Gamespot , and its missing Chinswing which I've mentioned...
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Forbes published an article on Branson last month , main point being - "Branson pledged all proceeds from Virgin Group's transportation divisions be donated to develop alternative fuel sources and alleviate global warming. His pledge amounts to about US$3 billion over ten years." In typical Branson style...