Opera Browser is turning 10, and it is giving away free registration code at its birthday party! And that includes all its platforms — Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac. Go register, and follow the instruction to download Opera 8 and turn it ads-free! Better be hurry, as the offer is time-limited. Opera is a fine and [...]

As the oil prices marches towards USD$70 a barrel, it is now costing around AUD$1.30 per litre for the regular unlead here in NSW. What can I do to cut my fuel cost?

Thomas wrote, This is Allans Music’s annual clearance sale. It’s probably the best and easiest way to get musical instruments at great price in Sydney. Where: 40 O’Dea Avenue, Waterloo Date: Saturday-Sunday, 27-28 August 2005 Time: 10am-4pm From past experience, if you really want to grab the good deals (75% off items) come before they’re open at 10am. Thomas has also recently bought some [...]

Tim wrote in for you voda users: Vodafone prepaid recharge is 10% cheaper at all Woolworth, Safeway, Dick Smith, Big W and Tandy. That seems to be most of the places that you would recharge your prepaid. Thanks!

Just ordered a new toy on-line. Behringer X V-Amp from Musicians Warehouse for AUD$113 plus $10 for delivery. Oh, I did asked wife about it :) What is X V-Amp? A floor unit guitar amplifier modeler. 16 amplifier models. 32 effect modulation (lots of copying BOSS effects). Delay. Reverb. And an expression pedal to control wah-wah, [...]

Thomas wrote: Behringer is releasing their new line of effect pedals for guitar. While the effects sound like a complete rip-off from BOSS, the price isn’t. They cost around AU$40 to 50. Which is like 1/5th of what it would cost to get a BOSS. Venue Music announced that they’d have it this month. No one has [...]

Revolution Telecom, that is on Vodafone network who claimed to be Australia’s cheapest prepaid SIM, is on marketing spree. It’s affiliated site, Join Revolution, is giving away AUD$30 free credit when you sign up. That’s 30 bucks for doing nothing to use their 9.9cents/30 second + 20cents flag fall mobile phone network. Not bad if you [...]