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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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I just had to fix a problem on a computer with Windows Live Messenger unexpectedly closing due to DEP violation, and guess what the problem was - Acer's eDataSecurity Management tool was doing something screwy with it. I gotta give them credit for providing a fix to the problem (problem and solution...
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Just came back from Hong Kong a few days ago (hence the lack of posts), and what else do you do in Hong Kong apart from shop? Yep, I have to admit that I'm one of the few males that likes to shop. There I said it. And after spending 3 weeks there, it is quite obvious how far ahead their retail sector...
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Last week MODM was on again - the crowd included a heap of guys from the hippo.com.au job website, the Australian Anthill guy, a heap of web devs, plus a few RMIT entrepreneurship students, not to mention the regulars. Dave from Hippo dropped me a note (where else but facebook) to say my website wasn't...
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I realised the title may be misleading when seen with the picture on first glance - so to avoid confusion, the pictured Netgear powerline networking adapters are awesome devices, see below for my review. The title refers to a rant about networking in general in the latter half of the post. Over the weekend...
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So here it is, the new design that had been promised for so long, complete with the 2.0 designation . The previous design irked me a bit, and while it was only a few months old, I decided to try a different design strategy. This new design is designed to fix the annoying bits of the old one. For this...
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Do people who design products actually try using them, or do they just put things where it's physically feasible, aesthetically pleasing, traditionally located and/or downright inconvenient just to piss us off? The computer industry is renowned for this, but it is definitely not the only culprit. First...
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After spending the weekend hacking a mate's laptop to re-install Windows XP, I thought maybe Microsoft has lost the plot. He was legally licensed but as he lost his recovery CDs he couldn't reinstall and activate XP (if you've tried it you'll know the product key on the bottom of your computer doesn...
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37signals have got a blog post up about the Paradox of the active user . "Spending hours learning to use a new gadget is the last thing most of us want to do. The ability to take a product out of the box and just have it work, without the need to read a manual for hours, is now high on most consumers...
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There's a lot of stuff lately on blogs about user experience, and its not just about software. Seems like the days of manufacturers telling you what to do and screwing you around are finally changing; the newcomers (and some old ones) are now chanting the new cool - customer/user experience. The Enlightenment...