There’s a dead snake in the tank…

This little ditty was inspired by a Facebook status update of a friend, for clear reasons: (to the tune of any bluegrass song you like) Oh we found a dead snake in the tank It’s really rather rank! We found we were drinking water When we really shouldn’t oughta! (chorus) Oh that wasn’t all we …

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Geek Tragedy: Gail Trimble stripped… of the UC Cup

Very saddened to hear that the Corpus Christi College was stripped of its University Challenge Cup from last week:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/03/2505642.htm Apparently one member of the team, Sam Kay – who is not the one mentioned, ever, since the only one ever mentioned is Gail Trimble – was unfortunate enough to have a job at the …

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Suncorp security – check your webserver dudes?

Doing some research for end-of-year tax planning and found this via Google – it’s a Broker Bulletin with the inside knowledge for brokers of Suncorp’s product. I was rather fascinated that it is indexed by Google, and doesn’t have any security over it, and yet it clearly states that the bulletin is ‘not to be …

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