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Name: Craig Muldoon
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Is The Desktop PC Dead?

I would consider buying a laptop in addition to having my desktop PC, but can’t see having it instead of. But really have no intention, nor need, of buying a laptop – am building another desktop PC though, although it’ll be used entirely for multimedia (movies, music, TV, etc). In saying that though 2/3 family members have scraped the desktop PC for laptops, just more convenient for their lifestyle (1 goes camping etc, the other like the mobility around the house).

Dress Up Your Ties With The "Merovingian Knot"

Although i was joking at the time i did end up being late due to trying this. The worst part is that i didn’t get it to work, i think the problem was that my tie wasn’t wide enough – but after following the steps i couldn’t work out how to tie a normal knot (and i wear a tie almost daily!)..

Telstra Bill Glitches Drive Dealers, Customers To Despair

Could of been an old account which was on the previous billing system, a non migrated one. I never really experiences any problems with the cheque being sent, it had always been a really painless affair with nothing really needed other then the billing address. Although from memory 6 weeks was the quoted time and i did always think was a bit steep.

Telstra Bill Glitches Drive Dealers, Customers To Despair

Typical Telstra bashing, they’re no worse then any other company. They’re certainly not perfect, as James had said they’re prolly a 6/10 while Optus are a 3/10. You don’t see Current Affair/Today Tonight programs running stories on Optus 3 nights a week, but why would you when you own shares in Optus – Mr Packer.

Yeah, the new billing system stinks, it’s Seibel. But it’s the same billing system that hundreds of the top companies in similar industries use. It’s also only really new to Telstra, and their retailers, so will also take some getting used to. It’s certainly an improvement on before.

As i said though, mistakes are made by all of the companies, and every company are going to have people that will have bad experiences in trying to deal with the mistakes, but having been in the industry before i would much rather be speaking with a Telstra representative then someone from any other company – if you have patience, don’t be a douche, and do your research before hand then it’s generally going to be painless.

Telstra Bill Glitches Drive Dealers, Customers To Despair

It takes a very long time before you are completely disconnected, longer then what you would consider a normal billing cycle. Like so many you obviously didn’t receive a bill so put your head in the sand for a couple of months. You could of called them at any time and asked how much money you owed, asked why you hadn’t received your bill, etc etc. You didn’t have to ‘literally pay a ransom’ to get your line back on, you had to pay your bill to get your line back on, pretty sure there is a big difference.

Your problems and complaints stem from not taking responsibility for your own service. Yeah there may of been a mistake with the billing address, or the postal service, or Telstra’s billing system, but you waited months before asking about your bill and that was only after your service disconnected – this is typical Telstra bashing at it’s best, you should sell the story to Today Tonight/Current Affair.

Telstra Bill Glitches Drive Dealers, Customers To Despair

I think you misread what you were replying to Natalie – they were complaining about a bill that had a small credit (which would of only taken 1 quick phone call to stop by the way.)

Telstra Bill Glitches Drive Dealers, Customers To Despair

Lance, so they made a mistake and then fixed it for you, so really your comment is a credit to Telstra’s processes. Mistakes happen regardless of the company or system they use, it’s the processes in place they have to rectify the issues that really matter.

Dress Up Your Ties With The "Merovingian Knot"

Gonna try that one out tomorrow – with all the steps though i’ll prolly be late because of it :P

Before And After: The Benefits Of Basic Tidying, Cable Management

As far as i can tell the biggest impact on how tidy the desk looks ‘after’ is the light – less light shining under the desk means it’s harder to see cables…..i might try that, lights off and clutter gone!

How Long Do You Need To Keep Tax Documents?

Good to see the clarification of the $300 general rule. I ‘guess’ with my deductions and to know that it’s cool as long as it doesn’t exceed the $300 then i’m happy enough. I really haven’t earnt enough to worry about keeping a paper trail – although may need to do so for this upcoming financial year :(

Check Occupation Guides To Maximise Tax Deductions

With most things there is a threshold of what can be claimed without needing to provide receipts – would like to see an article based on this information.

3 Offers Free Facebook Access Until September

Wow, free facebook while roaming is pretty suprising. Would like to know whether or not this is Mobile Facebook only, whether you can use the Facebook applications, browser specific, etc etc.

HD Movies Coming To Xbox 360 In Australia

Yeah, iiNet have unmetered content for XBox live – an they would need to go out of the way to not include the movie data. It would make iiNet actually worth while given that XBL usage at the moment is stuff all – even if you’re a ‘5 hour a day’ gamer.

The Serene Workspace

Yeah, well not really impressed that the guy has the money to buy 3 monitors and the TV, but really impressed with the floating glass!
-The glass sculpture on the left i assume would just be for the ‘photo shoot’.