New website for our Computer Science Department?

My friend (Ake) just found this; which suggests that our department might be building a NEW website
The new site looks a little like something that you might expect in the Matrix
Old: http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/
New(not officially confirmed, just guessing…): http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/staffpriv/rpollock/web/

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How to pair your Apple Remote with your Macs

The Apple Remote is really useful at times when you want to watch / listen to something but don’t want to go near your computer. For me…I use it every time I have lunch in front of my iMac….I will sit far back with my lunch and use my remote controller (with the help [...]

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Changing the system language in Mac OS X

Changing the system languages in Macs are really easy. So if your friends / parents aren’t comfortable with your English system, you can always switch the language to suite their needs. Below is a step by step guide that will show you how to change the system language in Mac OS X.
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Repairing Disk and Disk Permissions on Macs

From time to time, we have to perform some checkups on our computers to see whether they have any problems. If you have previously use Windows, you probably got quite a few software that will help you to do the job or you simple just use Check Disk (a built-in software in Windows) [...]

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Time to Travel - Prajesh’s travel blog

Prajesh is on the run! He is running away from Dunedin and planning to travel around the world
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Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Presented by Ivan Towlson

http://dot.net.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=1&mid=388&ctl=Detail&xmid=1767&xmfid=2
Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Dunedin 28/11/2007
Gather at 5:30pm, starting at 6:00pm (finishing 7:30pm)
Catering: Pizza and drinks will be served prior to the presentation commencing.
Door Charge: FREE
Venue: Centre for Innovation, University of Otago (downstairs seminar room), 87 St David Street
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Lost your way in the Finder? Try the Path Bar!

At times I’ll found myself lost my way in the Finder (which is like Explorer in Windows) because I got use to referring to the address bar in Windows.
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Mac Software 101 for people from Windows (Part 2)

Video Player / Codec
In Windows, we have things like K-Lite Mega Codec Pack that enable us to play almost anything using Windows Media Player / Media Player Classic; In Mac OS X, you have Perian, which is like the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. After installing Perian, you can basically play anything using Quicktime Player. [...]

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Mac Software 101 for people from Windows (Part 1)

For those who have used PCs @ most of their time…its quite hard to ask them to try something different, because they’ve got a whole set of software that they “feel comfortable in“. One of the questions that people ask when they saw a Mac is that:
Can I use my day to day software [...]

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The Speech service in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I have been using Leopard for more than a week now…and I am discovering new things everyday…which is the same with any operating system really The “artificial voice” (think its called Alex) in Leopard sounds a lot better and is quite close to human voice (at most of the time), but you [...]

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Exams are finished! Am FREE :D

Exams are finally FINISHED! Can’t believe another year has gone by so fast
Here are the papers that I am planning to do next year:
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