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I came across this interesting article published by the Telegraph out of the UK.

It poses a very good question - How much does Red Bull actually harm you?

Personally myself I do enjoy Red Bull and most days a week (work days) have at least one can.

There is no doubt that it does increase the heart rate and gives you an extreme caffeine kick but I really do find it hard to believe that it actually harms you and any long lasting way (unless you have an existing heart issue).

We need some more research into this topic as all I could find with a fairly quick Google and Wikipedia search was a whole load of contradictive stories.

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It has now been about two months since my MacBook Air has been in my possession and I have to say that it does what it says it will do but it just has not filled the gap that my old MacBook was.

My main gripe is the lack of ethernet and usb port(s). Yes the notebook does have one USB port but if I am utilising my Vodafone 3G USB dongle then what else do I have room for.

At work I have to use the USB to ethernet adapter to even get the laptop onto the corporate network so once again this chews up the options that I have in regards utilising other peripherals.

I hate using trackpads. As I type I am using the MacBook with Vodafone 3G which means that I have to use the trackpad. I could get bluetooth mouse but I am yet to find one that is appealing to me like the VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse from Logitech.

If I had my time over I would have got a beefed up MacBook Pro that would most likely eventually take over as the main computer that i use.

Currently I have the original version of the Motorola RAZR that is third hand and has been beaten up by everybody who has used it. It really is on its last legs.

So the time has come to look at getting a new phone. From my research I have pretty much narrowed it down to the Sony Ericsson K550i.

I’m not 100% set on the phone but it well and truly does everything that I need it to do and a few things that are nice.

I’m not a Sony fan but from previous experience with other people of have the CyberShot phones they seem to perform well and are sturdy.

I’m not considering the iPhone as a) it’s not out in Australia (yet) and b) I really can’t be stuffed getting one off of eBay or importing one, oh and c) if I was going to get an iPhone it must be 3G.

Following are the updated Spreadsheet(s) for this update:
UEFA European Competitions (Download)
English and Scottish Leagues and Cups (Download)
engage Super League 2008 (Download)
Super 14’s 2008 (Download)
NRL 2008 (Download)
Formula One 2008 (Download)
SANFL 2008 (Download)
Asian Champions League (Download)
AFL Season 2008 (Download)
*All spreadsheets are created in Microsoft Excel 2004 (Mac) or Excel 2003 (Windows).

That’s the question that I have been asking myself a lot lately. I love how it perks me up at work but it always make me feel at the end of the day that I really should have achieved more with my day. I always reflect on the things that I haven’t done more than the things that I have done. It puts me on edge and I am never satisfied with my day.

The real problem is that I am yet to find something that can relax me yet not put me to sleep and keep me focused on the task at hand.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that I have concentration issues, I don’t but i would love to be able to concentrate a little bit more and achieve a little bit more when needed.

Caffeine works for 20 min but after that the rest of the day seems out of control.

Maybe I will try classic chocolate milk tomorrow.

Being a South Australian is a good thing and a bad thing. Good because we are out of the way and keep to ourselves. Bad because it reeks of southern America, you don’t get to be called ‘the city of churches’ by fluke.

One thing that has put us on the map this week was the headline ‘(South) Australian Police Caught Pirating Movies.’

Further on the in the article from Torrent Freak / The Australian it states that ‘Senior officials of the SA police force have been made aware of the findings, including its commissioner Mel Hyde. However, police sources have told press that there will not be any investigation into this, citing the large numbers of police officers involved’.

I am not against file sharing but if these people involved do not get the book thrown at them then it does set a precedence in this state.

Overall it maybe one reason that will keep me in this state.

The Royal Mint has released images of what the new british stirling coins are going to look like.

I must say that I approve. Very patriotic and well thought out.

Some new pictures have come out showing exactly the ports and the form factor that this device will have.

When it does come out I am going to have to think long and hard about getting one. It looks like a perfect device for my home media setup.

Great work Happauge.

The Foxboro Hot Tubs (aka Green Day) this week are releasing on April 8th (in the US) a 12 song EP. I really hope that it is available somewhere in Australia (ideally iTunes) on this date or at least soon.

Word has it that their will be a physical CD version coming out late April (once again in the US). Worst come to worst I’m sure that it will make it’s way here even if I have to get it imported.

As a side note, I already have seven of the 12 songs which where originally available for download from the Foxboro website.

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This week I will be making a ‘mini’ jump back to windows.

For the last 20 months I have been living solely on mac’s but I have always missed the one and only thing that windows does have over mac’s….games! More specifically Flight Simulator.

I’ve really really missed flight sim, i’ve tried X-Plane but it just couldn’t replace the familiar feel that MS Flight Sim has.

Following are the updated Spreadsheet(s) for this update:
UEFA European Competitions (Download)
English and Scottish Leagues and Cups (Download)
Euro 2008 (Download)
engage Super League 2008 (Download)
Super 14’s 2008 (Download)
NRL 2008 (Download)
Formula One 2008 (Download)
SANFL 2008 (Download)
Asian Champions League (Download)
*All spreadsheets are created in Microsoft Excel 2004 (Mac) or Excel 2003 (Windows).

An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.

Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said Madeline Neumann died Sunday.

“She got sicker and sicker until she was dead,” he said.

SOURCE

I guess the fact that we only hear these sort of stories a few times a year means that it doesn’t happen too often but in all honesty, if ‘god’ didn’t want us to utilise medicine why did he let us discover it?

Stupid, stupid people.