Monthly Archives: February 2010

GreaseMonkey and Cross Domain Cookies

Posted on February 25, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I hit a small problem tonight, I wanted to make it possible for a GreaseMonkey Javascript running on one domain, to publish data to another site using GM_xmlHttpRequest. The problem was cookies. In order to recognise the person posting, the … Continue reading →

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Progress!

Posted on February 25, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I love a good day, when everything falls into place, there’s no real problems / difficulties. And, after previously deciding to tell CBA to shove it, I’ve since changed my mind and took up a Personal Loan with them for … Continue reading →

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Personal Loan, Home Loan

Posted on February 20, 2010 by The Elite Geek

We have some funds in redraw we can put towards the renovations. The new mortgage paperwork arrived today, and I’ve thought about it in detail after seeing the final figures and having some questions raised. I contacted our Loans rep … Continue reading →

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F#$king Gubment

Posted on February 20, 2010 by The Elite Geek

What lunatics do we have elected in our federal governing body? I’ve had a look at the Environment Minister’s website tonight after hearing a news article about the Insulation / Hot Water rebate being scrapped. Immediate disappointment struck as our … Continue reading →

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RTP Audio

Posted on February 13, 2010 by The Elite Geek

When you create a VoIP call, you invite the remote peer, who accepts or rejects, and there is a “SIP” session initiated. A SIP session is valid for pretty much anything, text, voice, audio, video, images, data – anything. SIP … Continue reading →

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Weathertex or PVC Cladding

Posted on February 13, 2010 by The Elite Geek

The valuers thought Weathertex would be a better value. I asked my partner to ask the builder whether he would do weathertex, and what it’d come in at. His indication was ‘it would be cheaper’. The builder operates rather differently … Continue reading →

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The valuation came in

Posted on February 10, 2010 by The Elite Geek

And the current value is under the previous real estate’s ‘market appraisal’, but then real estate isn’t always consistent. The valuers claim that for the money we’d outlay, only a 50% increase in value would occur (meaning, we’d be sinking … Continue reading →

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As predicted, iiNet win – and the appeal is somewhat obvious

Posted on February 4, 2010 by The Elite Geek

As I previously anticipated, iiNet have won the case against them for copyright infringement, but there’s a very strong chance this case will end up in the High Court – there’s no question AFACT won’t accept this verdict. So, there … Continue reading →

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