September 2008
Monthly Archive
Australian Synchrotron, Part 1 - IT and controls
Posted by Matt Emery on 30 Sep 2008 9:12 pm. Filed under Aussie News.
It's not quite as massive as the Large Hadron Collider, but the Australian Synchrotron was finished six months early, under budget, and ever since then has had an exceptionally high scheduled uptime. So let's claim, as we modest Aussies are wont to do, that it a case "not of what you've got, but what you do with what you've got!" (Or, "LHC, eat you
Aussie bets $50,000 on Obama win
Posted by Matt Emery on 30 Sep 2008 6:59 pm. Filed under Aussie News.
AN Australian punter has bet $50,000 on Barack Obama winning the November US presidential election, Sportingbet Australia said. Would you bet a fortune on Obama?
McLeod’s Daughters go digital
Posted by Matt Emery on 30 Sep 2008 6:36 pm. Filed under Aussie TV News.
THE final series of the long-running drama McLeod's Daughters is being made available to internet users before traditional TV audiences.
Shane Warne not happy with musical
Posted by Matt Emery on 30 Sep 2008 5:22 pm. Filed under Aussie News.
Producers of the new Shane Warne musical be warned - the big fella ain't happy.The Aussie spin king has hit out at the show's creators, saying there should be a law against it. Speaking from London, where he is playing in the World Series of Poker Europe tournament, Warne said he was "disappointed" that Shane Warne The Musical has gone ahead
Nicole makes public appearance with daughter
Posted by Matt Emery on 30 Sep 2008 4:48 pm. Filed under Aussie News.
LONDON ( 2008-09-29 13:15:58 ) :Aussie actress Nicole Kidman made her public appearance with daughter Sunday Rose in London.
Aussie exposes online poker rip-off
Posted by Matt Emery on 30 Sep 2008 4:44 pm. Filed under Aussie News.
Detective work by an Australian online poker player has uncovered a $US10 million cheating scandal at two major poker websites and triggered a $US75 million legal claim. In two separate cases, Michael Josem, from Chatswood, analysed detailed hand history data from Absolute Poker and UltimateBet and uncovered that certain player accounts won money