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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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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 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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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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Prajesh is on the run! He is running away from Dunedin and planning to travel around the world

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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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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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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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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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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 [...]

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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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