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Roundup of Federal Election websites

Australian Post Posted by Sarah Stokely at 12:30 PM on September 13, 2007

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The Australian's Media section had an interesting roundup of the websites which are springing up to cover (and cash in on) the upcoming federal election. It says that Google is going to launch its own election website tomorrow, replete with "video footage, user-generated content and customised information feeds."
Ninemsn will launch its Australia Decides 07 site next week, while Prime (affiliated with Channel 7) has its Federal E1ection site up and running in beta format (err, what's with the E1ection script kiddy language?).
Tipster Anthony points out it might be worthwhile/amusing to check out their Legal page as the terms and conditions include such gems as: "You automatically assign all copyrights on anything you post to them, but you're still legally responsible for it. Anyone can create any derivative works of anything you post, with the proviso that they must mention federalelection.com.au as the source (and not you)." Thanks for pointing that out, Anth and thanks Korian for the Oz story.

Websites gear up for the election [The Australian]

FileZilla 3 - now providing FTP for Linux

Australian Post Posted by Sarah Stokely at 11:45 AM on September 3, 2007

FileZilla 3 - FTP client for Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Windows.
Linux.com reports that FileZilla 3 is a ground-up rewrite of this FTP client software which brings it to Linux for the first time. Nathan Willis' article talks you through how it works as well as providing a roundup of how he thought it performs compared to some other open source FTP alternatives.

Several Digg-sters point out that Mozilla's had the FireFTP Firefox addon out for some time.

FileZilla 3 brings Windows FTP goodness to Linux

Riding Your Bike To Work 101

Posted by Wendy Boswell at 5:00 AM on September 2, 2007

bicyclist.pngIf you've always wanted to ride your bike to work, but the list of excuses was just too daunting, then this list of commute-by-bike FAQs from the Sietch should get you going.
Too dangerous? Too far to ride? Too cold? Nah. Not only will riding your bike to work help you feel better, you will be saving a bit of the environment as well—not a shabby arrangement. If you ride your bike to work, please share in the comments how you got started and what has kept you going.