[9 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 76 views]
Townsville Mall McDonalds Closure

The Townsville McDonalds on the Mall has now been officially closed down. Although, this wont be the first time that the McDonalds have ever been demolished. Previously the building was burnt down in a fire in 2006. It was rebuilt and now has finally been paid out. The McDonald’s was closed down in order to allow for traffic to drive through the Townsville Mall.

I remember when I used to grab a coffee on the way to work at Telstra in the city from McDonalds now I’ll just have to go …

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[9 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 76 views]
Townsville Mall McDonalds Closure

The Townsville McDonalds on the Mall has now been officially closed down. Although, this wont be the first time that the McDonalds have ever been demolished. Previously the building was burnt down in a fire in 2006. It was rebuilt and now has finally been paid out. The McDonald’s was closed down in order to allow for traffic to drive through the Townsville Mall.

I remember when I used to grab a coffee on the way to work at Telstra in the city from McDonalds now I’ll just have to go …

Cycling, Headline »

[8 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 47 views]
MapMyRide.com & Cycling in Townsville #27

This episode looks at MapMyRide.com in relation to Townsville cycling routes and the new ipone app by MapMyRide.com
MapMyRide.com is a community web site for road cyclists and mountain bikers who want to stay healthy, lose weight or train more effectively. MapMyRide.com provides easy-to-use, comprehensive web-based cycling tools to measure distance and count calories.
In the last few months I’ve stirred up my ambition for cycling again. I would clasify myself as a Professional Cyclist. A few reasons for this — other than the obvious colour coded uniform I do infact put …

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[5 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 45 views]
Texting a Fridge and Youtube Captions #26

How would you be if one day you could text your fridge to turn your washing machine on? Seems like one of the brightest ideas I’ve ever heard. For instance your fridge is one of the only household appliances which is left on 24/7 even most times when you are away. Well, why this talk about a fridge being sent a text message?
A fridge receiving a text message is the result of 4 tears intense research by a group called, Hydra. Hydra is responsible for this new technology that can …

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[2 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 32 views]
Intro Spec for Saburban Podcasting

Since starting podcasting it’s been unclear as to what is the best show structure. I believe that by having a set way of doing our shows that it will in turn bring more listeners in. That is why I’m going ahead and drawing up a set plan to stick to for podcasting.
I plan on listing 2 podcasts a week, some of which will have special segments. Here is a link to the inroduction music I’ve come up with. Let us know your feedback about it. Remember you can help make …

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[1 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | 40 views]
ICTs in Universities and Schools #25

Information Communication and Technology or commonly known as ICTs allows a user to participate in the learning of various Technologies. How this is different to IT? IT refers solely to the software and hardware. ICT is the effective Communication of Technology and implementation of Technology. You could say that ICT is the structured way of teaching Technology.
Join with us as we explore ICT in both a university context and school context. How would it be if Apple was to push for the iPad as being an ICT. It would enable …