Archive for February, 2008

Danish wind-powered generator self destructs

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Apparently this happened when this brakes on this “windmill” failed during strong winds. Quite amazing and frightening.

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Strange advertisement on NZ TV

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

My work took me to New Zealand last week—home of the world’s worst free to air TV (followed only by fta in the USA).

I was astounded by a TV advertisement for ‘30 Second Spray and Walk Away’—a product designed to kill mould, moss, etc. on footpaths and around the exterior of a home.

Check this out:

I [...]

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New Brother laser printer installed - bad news for Brother!

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Some time ago, I wrote about the silliness of laser printer pricing compared to drum+toner prices.

Today, the drum and toner in my old printer needed to be replaced. So I installed a new printer (same as the old one – Brother HL-2040) which cost $A95. Cost of a new drum plus new toner would have [...]

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