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Looks like us Australians might be getting faster internet in more areas, Right now its only in a few areas that have overhead powerlines, but hopefully in a year or so more areas will have access to high speed internet.

I’m lucky, at the moment I have Cable with the speed of up to 30mbps,
Here is a speed test I did:

I’ve always been a Windows user, I once swore I would never switch but when I saw Mac OS X Leopard I started to question my loyalty to Windows.

The most beautiful thing about Leopard is the Time Machine, my experience in backing up Windows Vista isn’t that great - When I tired it the first time it failed, and never tried again.

Another thing about Leopard I like is the updated interface its just so damn beautiful, Everything looks so simple, and from what I’ve seen on the Mac’s at the store, they look easy to use and fast, and installing applications looks so simple.

That is why next year when I have some spare money I’m going to buy an iMac, I can’t wait.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love Windows, but I see Mac OS going further than Windows.

I used to just buy the CD or get my music another way, but last month I started buying my music from iTunes as its a little cheaper and I don’t have to leave the house.

I may still buy the CD’s every now and then, but for a single track or an album I can’t find in the store I’ll just use iTunes, It’s actually pretty cool - and the songs only cost a few dollars depends where you are.

Everyone is always saying Vista sucks, its unstable, its this, its that, its the worst version, blah blah blah blah blah…

Well, I’ve been using Vista for quite a while now and I have to say, I have had hardly any problems with it, I guess its because I actually know how to use it unlike those whining little babies.

“What do you mean, ‘You know how to use it’ ?”,
What I mean is, Turn off the shit you don’t need like UAC and Windows Defender, that will instantly boost the performance and stability of the system.

There are a few reasons to keep UAC on, but I really cant be stuffed having to run all my games and installers as Administrator every time, and the confirm dialogs are bloody annoying.

Windows Defender on the other hand, there is not a single reason to keep it on, all it does is slow the startup of Windows, I had it turned off for months then turned it back on then after restarting my computer I almost smashed something.

With Windows Defender enabled whenever I turned on my computer on and opened Firefox it took at least 5 minutes to launch the program, but with Windows Defender turned off it only takes a few seconds.

Besides the UAC, Windows Defender, a networking issue and Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) crashing problem, Vista works fine for me.

If you really want to know what the networking issue is, then read on,
Sometimes when I turn my computer on Vista fails to recognize that my network cable is plugged in and connected to my router, which ultimately disables me from connecting to the rest of my computers and the internet.

The Windows Explorer crashing issue problem rarely happens.

I almost forgot to blog this, I was using Internet Explorer the other day and after clicking a link like I do in any other browser the damn thing crashed on me.

This goes to show how unstable Internet Explorer is, if clicking a link on a webpage can crash IE I wonder what downloading a file can do, would it crash the harddrive?

Now I remember why I stopped using it and switched to Firefox, which I have been using since it was in Beta.

Since I created this blog the other day I’ve been using it much more than my own personal blog I host my self.

Maybe its because this is more of a fun blog and not a serious one, or maybe its because I love Blogger and its so easy to post to through Flock, or could be both reasons..

Anyway, Blogger is a great free blog to use, I’d recommend it to anyone who is looking to setup a blog.

My neighbors are so god damn annoying, I’m just trying to sleep and they play some really shitty music and turn it up loud enough that it wakes me.

If no one else was home I’d put on some of my music, a little Trance or Linkin Park and turn it up, all the way (which happens to be pretty loud).

If you don’t already know, Stargate is my favorite TV show even though they have killed off some of  my favorite characters.

My most favourite character was Jacob Carter or “Selmak” the Tok’ra from SG-1,
I have to admit I almost cried when he died, he was the best character in the whole show, I even had dreams about him - yes thats weird I know (and that doesn’t mean I’m gay).

One of my other favorite characters was Carson Beckett from Atlantis,
The funny doctor, he was a great character and they killed him - really sucks.

And don’t forget Elizabeth Weir also from Atlantis,
The leader of the Atlantis mission, she was always great to watch, replacing her with Samantha Carter wasn’t the best thing to do, it’s just not the same without Weir.

There are others I liked, Jack O’Neill, George Hammond, Janet Fraiser and Jonas Quinn, but I don’t really miss them as much as the others, And even though they have removed the good characters I still love Stargate, The base of the show is what makes the it good to watch, I’ve always loved SciFi shows and movies.

I just hope they don’t cancel Atlantis…

I love Portal, its a great revolutionary game, and these song remixes of Portal are also great.

Just finished watching Death at a Funeral and I have to say its a great movie.

Not one part of the movie was boring, its actually the funniest movie I’ve seen all year, I’d recommend it to anyone who likes a good laugh.

Found this video while browsering Digg, I have no idea what its about - but it made me laugh and the music is kinda cool.