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The Reserve Bank of Australia (in combination with the Australian Competitor & Consumer Commission) are allegedly considering to take action against eBay’s upcoming policy which designates that their users must only use their Paypal system to process payments on their website.

April 25 | Leave a Comment

Wii FitThe Nintendo Wii has been unofficially branded as the console to get for those who are looking for a more interactive way to play games. With Wii Sport coming with every console that is sold, it’s hard to ignore the active nature of this console compared to its predecessors and competitors.

March 11 | 1 Comment

PB210133We spent some time to settle in Osaka before moving off to the largest castle in Japan, Himeji Castle. To get there, we had to take the JR shinkansen up to Himeji station, and walk about 15 minutes up a straight village like road to get there. Having been to Osaka castle, I was expecting the same kind of deal, but it was much different. It’s hard to think that, a few hundred years ago, the entire stretch of buildings and houses from the station to the castle as you see it below were a part of a castle villa (#12).

February 18 | Leave a Comment

PB210110 Konnichiwa from Osaka, Japan! Finally - I have the opportunity to write a decently sized blog post about my ventures in Japan so far. Unfortunately, as you will see, there isn’t too much to show off in Osaka - think of it as being the Newcastle to Sydney, but about 100 times bigger.

November 25 | Leave a Comment

How Bizarre. Nintendo of America, The National Institute of Aerospace, and Nortel LearniT have partnered up a program which teaches basic science to elementary and middle school students. This leaves me wondering whether or not the same will be applied to our schools in Sydney. Heck, I would have benefited from it back in 1996 when Pokemon first came out on the original GB~

November 11 | Leave a Comment

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