Monthly Archives: January 2006

New Hampshire Numberplate – Live free or die!

Posted on 2006-01-30 by Benjamin Hourigan

While using Wikipedia to research Montréal and the surrounding area, I came across this image of a New Hampshire numberplate. I wouldn’t die for freedom, myself; under dire oppression, I’d rather bide my time looking for a way to put … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Freedom, Image, Live Free Or Die, Montreal, New Hampshire, North America, Oppression, Slogan, Wiki, Wikipedia | 6 Comments

The importance of using a creative commons license

Posted on 2006-01-25 by Benjamin Hourigan

Last night I changed my blog header image. Since I’m thinking of moving to Vancouver, I wanted an image of the skyline. I was planning on using Doug Morgan’s wonderful Twilight Over False Creek, which I’d recently seen on the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Bedtime, Creative Commons License, Doug Morgan, Douglas Morgan, Emailed, Getting Publicity, Googling, Header Image, Moral High Ground, Moving To Vancouver, New Image, Opportunity, People Images, Skyline, Twilight, Wiki, Wikipedia | Leave a comment

No more email lists, please! Replace them with RSS!

Posted on 2006-01-24 by Benjamin Hourigan

I implore the maintainers of event- and opportunity-related email lists to use RSS instead. Get a free blog at Blogger or WordPress.com, post your notices there, and let the interested subscribe to or unsubscribe from the feed as they like. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Business Communication, Cruft, Email List, Email Lists, Email Newsletter, Favour, Free Blog, Important Event, Inbox, Job, Opportunity, People, Personal, Point Of Interest, Postgraduate Association, Read Email, Turf, Unimelb | Leave a comment

In search of home

Posted on 2006-01-24 by Benjamin Hourigan

Around five months ago, I left Australia for Japan. I never intended to live permanently in Australia again. Ever since I was a child, I was always disappointed by my country. I lived most of my childhood immersed in books, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged American Fantasy, Dry Landscape, Enid Blyton, Film And Television, Five Months, Horizon, Jet Programme, Literary Writers, Luke Skywalker, Lush Forests, Northern Hemisphere, Outsider, Philosophers, Rupert Books, Science Fiction Authors, Six Years, Tolkien, Waitlist, Whole Life, Yoda | 9 Comments

USA Today: — “No Clamor for Xbox in Japan”

Posted on 2006-01-20 by Benjamin Hourigan

A recent article on the commercial failure of the Xbox in Japan, to which I contributed some comments, has been syndicated from The Christian Science Monitor to USA Today. Read it again, if you like, or refer to my earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Addict, Cbs, Cbs News, Cbsnews, Christian Science Monitor, Clamor, Commercial Failure, Csm, First Appearance, Frasca, Fullcoverage, Kink Fm Radio, kudos, Oxbox, Recent Article, Usa Today, Weblog, Wl, Xbox, Xbox Japan, Yahoo News | Leave a comment

2005 at benhourigan.com

Posted on 2006-01-16 by Benjamin Hourigan

January is more than halfway through now, so this is, as entries here so often are, a little late. But there’s been plenty of activity this year, the first of benhourigan.com, so it’s time to review 2005. Progress I started … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 1950s, 60s, Communist Activist, Conversations, Death Throes, Disagreements, Emotional Energy, Emphysema, First Draft, H4, Lengthy Conversation, No Doubt, Phd Thesis, Reticence, Sad Thing, Self Pity, Slattery, Socialist, Summer Holidays, World Of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Macworld San Francisco 2006 keynote: Personal impressions

Posted on 2006-01-11 by Benjamin Hourigan

I’ve just finished watching “Steve Jobs’ keynote” from Macworld San Francisco 2006. I’m about to give you my personal impressions, from the perspective of this one, particular Mac user. I own a 2004 Powerbook G4 1.5ghz, 15”, and I use … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Apple Hardware, Apple Users, Dual Boot Windows, Graphics Acceleration, Intel Processors, Macbook Pro, Macworld, Macworld San Francisco, Macworld San Francisco 2006, Macworld Sf, New Imac, Open Source Software, Performance Gains, Personal Impressions, Phd Thesis, Powerbook G4, Powerbook Owners, Reading Articles, Time Light, Using Linux | 2 Comments

“No Clamor for Xbox in Japan”

Posted on 2006-01-10 by Benjamin Hourigan

Today the Christian Science Monitor has an article about the failure of the Xbox in Japan. There’s some comments there by me, on Japanese tastes and the centrality of the RPG genre to console success there. Gonzalo Frasca also contributed … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 10 January, Apparent Failure, Bq, Centrality, Christian Science Monitor, Clamor, Csmonitor, Japan Today, Microsoft, Rpg Genre, Tastes, Xbox, Xbox Japan | 1 Comment

Tripod: comedy and videogames

Posted on 2006-01-9 by Benjamin Hourigan

Thanks to Joystiq, it’s just come to my attention that some of my favourite comedians from Melbourne, Tripod, are videogamers! Tripod are, rather than stand-up comedians, a band that sings comic songs. In the past, I’ve been a fan of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Arcade Gaming, Band Members, Cajoled, Comic Songs, Death Throes, Early Teens, Happy Tonight, Joystiq, Left Behind, Nostalgia, Old Arcade Games, Pac Man, Prowess, Public Displays, Relationship Problems, Scod, Stand Up Comedians, Video Arcade, Videogames, Xmas Song | 1 Comment

Gmail hack: convert PDF to HTML

Posted on 2006-01-9 by Benjamin Hourigan

Ever wanted to convert a PDF to HTML, but didn’t feel like paying for a converter utility? Well, cast aside those thoughts of giving up your cash, because Gmail may have the answer… If you have a Gmail account, you … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Address View, Convert Html, Convert Pdf, Converter Utility, Email Client, Formatting, Google, Hack, Html Pdf, Images, Mail Address, Pdf Html, Pdf To Html, Simple Steps, Web Client | 1 Comment

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