Monthly Archives: March 2006 - Page 2

15 year old pretends to be hired by Google

Posted by Tim Malone on Monday 13th March, 2006 2 comments

Pretty funny thing happened this afternoon – Tom Vendetta, a 15 year old kid from New Jersey in the US, pretented that he got employed by Google. Easy to do, but it went a bit of a distance and fooled …

Getting into the sharemarket

Posted by Tim Malone on Saturday 11th March, 2006 No comments

Now that I’m 18, I’ve got into the sharemarket! After watching Engin (ASX: ENG) shares continue to rise, and after consulting dad on it, I decided to buy several thousand of them. Within a few days, I had made $320 …

Macro shots

Posted by Tim Malone on Thursday 9th March, 2006 No comments

I just love macro shots – anything close up looks super cool. Here’s a few of my recent attempts: The first two were taken at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, and the third was taken at the Australian War Memorial. …

Westpac needs new “professionals”

I’m talking about the new Westpac internet banking sign in screen. Westpac say they have professionals who advise them on issues such as this, but if these are security professionals, then I personally think they’re short sighted. The sign in …

Google planning to offer online storage

Posted by Tim Malone on Wednesday 8th March, 2006 1 comment

Google is at it again, with a leaked document specifying some details of “GDrive” – an unlimited online storage facility. Notes accidentally made public on Google’s website said “With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including emails, web …