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May 28, 2006
daily dose
here's a photoblog from Canada to check out:
[daily dose of imagery]
Posted by yankinoz at 10:46 AM | Comments (3)
May 22, 2006
I rang 911
I went to make a call today from my mobile phone's history and noticed that last night I didn't dial the Australian Emergency Services Number of 000 (Triple Oh as they say) - nor did I use the GSM network's 112 emergency number. Instead I used the old American standby: 911. Thus turning this into a Mythbusters post.
I've heard, on more than one occasion (usually as evidence that Australia is turning into America) that all the American TV and movies down here - with all their '911' references - have'taught' Australians to ring 911 rather than 000. And that so many Aussies have dialed 911 that it's forced Telstra to direct 911 to 000.
So the myth is, you can dial 911 in Australia and you will get the proper emergency services. According to the Australian Government it shouldn't work
Last night, I needed the police and like a good American, I rang 911 from my mobile. I got an emergency services operator asking if I needed police, fire or ambulance - just like I would if I rang 000.
So, myth busted? - I'm gonna say 'plausible' - because I didn't do this from a land line and with all the international roaming that goes on these days, it's very possible the Telstra GSM network just routes 000 and 911 to 112 anyway. Also I haven't tried 911 from a land line "just to see."
Interesting side note: Many PBX systems here have you dial '0' to get an outside line. The internal dialing prefix in Australia is '0011' - if you are like me and dial international a lot at work, sometimes when you are ringing intentional from home you dial 00011... and before you finish dialing you hear "Police, Fire or Ambulance" oops. Seems like this 000 thing wasn't really thought out.
Update for the record: I was dressed like this
Posted by yankinoz at 07:57 PM | Comments (5)
Why I love Amy
On our way home from The Department's Eurovision Party last night we came across this lost dog, obviously scared and confused, in the middle of the Pacific Highway in Killara. We stopped (the two cars behind us were able to stop as well) and Amy got the dog out of the road. I parked out of the way (it's just behind the dog in the picture) and this is the scene I walked up to. The dog seemed uninjured but was whimpering loudly - clearly stressed - but much love from Amy calmed him down. He had a collar, but no tag (he is likely microchipped.) I fasioned a leash out of my camera strap (all McGuiver like) so he wouldn't bolt back into the raod. We rang the police who came about 20 minutes later. The female officer said as this old dog struggled to get in the police car: "You are going to get so spoiled back at the station." I hope his family find him.
Posted by yankinoz at 08:28 AM | Comments (4)
May 21, 2006
Amazing Flickrace
Photos from the Amazing Flickrace on 20 May 2006 in Sydney Australia - - the challenge was the seven deadly sins - shot is seven different (specified) locations by teams of 5-6 racers each. Each racer had to submit at least one image - for a total of 7 images, covering each sin and we could not duplicate locations.
The photo above is my fav from the day, (pride at Paddy's Markets) but to get the sins, in the locations, by different photographers meant that this one didn't make the final cut. In the end, we came in 5th out of the 6 teams (a key error for us was to skip the 'bonus round') but we had great time.
Thanks to my fellow 'pink team' flicr members:
Cork_
Akida
Paul Gosney
v-spec
Ronchy
Posted by yankinoz at 03:35 PM | Comments (0)
May 14, 2006
amy blowing bubbles
she's feeling much better.
Posted by yankinoz at 08:13 PM | Comments (0)
bubbles
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May 12, 2006
James with the work of Paolo Pellegrin
Taken at the World Press Photo exhibit at the State Library of NSW
James is standing in front of Paolo Pellegrin's image from backstage at New York Fashion Week.
Posted by yankinoz at 08:24 PM | Comments (0)
May 08, 2006
hospital
I spent the better part of last week with Amy in hospital. The doctors thought she might have meningitis - turns out she didn't but had complications from the lumbar puncture. I now know more about post lumbar puncture headaches and cerebrospinal fluid than I ever wanted to know. Amy's doing much better now and should return to work tomorrow. I'm very fortunate to work in an environment where getting time off to be with my wife in hospital was not only easy, but expected. Now, life starts to return to normal
Posted by yankinoz at 08:21 AM | Comments (2)
May 02, 2006
brains... a smoke aaaand a tallee
Just got my film back from the weekend. It was a better film day than a digital day for me.
Posted by yankinoz at 04:59 PM | Comments (1)
