He wandered off and found an equally disinterested droid and the whole charade started over again. When they finally decided it was too hard, I made my way to the customer service desk and requested to see the manager. They don’t have a manager on duty on Sunday’s, presumably they have no problems that might need such authority on Sunday’s. The droid at this desk then found the administration manger, a secretary, to help me. Once again the searching through the tangle of umbrella’s began with no luck, she then wandered off promising to find out the price. I gave up at this point and spent $3 on a crappy umbrella at the Reject Shop.

There was once a time when you could go into David Jones and be greeted with a smile and a helpful and informed member of staff that had pride in the job they were doing, they could help you buy a shirt and offer suggestions on matching ties, I wouldn’t trust the driods in there now to tie there own shoes.

Whilst David Jones have reported a 2.2% rise in first quarter earnings they have done this at the expense of good customer service. Head on down to your nearest suburban David Jones and try to get some useful advice or find out if that TV you are after is available in another store, the chance is you leave disappointed, they have no way of knowing what stock they have “out the back” or at other stores. I once ordered some trousers at Hornsby, they needed to be transferred from Castle Hill, a distance of 13 kilometres by car yet they took 2 weeks to arrive, in this time I had gone elsewhere and had no need of them.

Many years of experience has made way for cheap labour, even Target is starting to look more up-market than DJ’s. It is a shame as they once had a great reputation. I will try my luck at Myer next time, but they aren’t much better.

Reuters – Australia’s David Jones Q1 sales up 2.2 pct.

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They list the following new and expanded offerings:
Showtime Greats will be dropped in favour of Showtime genre channels covering action, premiere, comedy and drama. With action and comedy appearing in High Definition.  The Movie Network will add Starpics, and the Family Movie Channel (FMC) with Starpics and Movie One going HD.

On the sports front Fox Sports 1 and 2 will be HD, no word on the previously mentioned Eurosport just yet.

Fox8 and W will also go HD, other new Standard Definition channels include Nation Geographic Wild, Lifestyle You, The Style Network, Discovery’s Turbo Max, Kids CC, 13th Street and Sky News Local.

Sci-Fi, Turbo Max and Lifestyle you will get time shifted along with 5 other as yet un-named channels.

The article goes on to claim that Sport and Movies are the focus, however with only the addition of Fox Sports 2 to HD I can’t see how they claim that. Movies and Lifestyle would appear to be the main focus to me.

The channels mentioned in the article only account for 29, though some are just HD versions of current channels, new channels. This leaves 1 yet to be revealed channel. What will it be? Could it be Eurosport?

November seems a reasonable time frame for the launch of the new channels as the new satellite was only launched last Saturday, 22nd August.

Of course Foxtel have refused to comment according to the article , but as the article was published by 25% owner of Foxtel, News Limited, it is either true or a really good smokescreen. The fact it tallies with a survey sent out by Foxtel in late June, it would be a safe bet most if not all of these channels will appear.

You can read the full article here.

News Limited confirm Foxtel plans is a post from: worldwormweb

Chris Ahearn says :“I don’t believe you could or should charge others for simply linking to your content. Appropriate excerpting and referencing are not only acceptable, but encouraged.”

Whilst I can’t disagree that advertising in newspapers does prop it up, The Daily Telegraph in Sydney is mostly ads with very little “journalism”, what they do call news is mostly trash and pandering to the uneducated masses. And the Sydney Morning Herald tries to pass itself off as a more high-brow news source, it too is mostly ads and the same news as in the Daily Telegraph, only more difficult to read on one of Sydney’s unreliable and overcrowded trains or buses.

Both publishers, News Corp and Fairfax, are doing there best to make out that without charging for the news they provide they will go broke, at least we still have the ABC.

You can read the Fairfax view here: www.theage.com.au/national/stop-the-presses-20090808-edmh.html?page=-1

And the News Corp view here: www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25898155-7582,00.html

And the Fairfax view on News Corp’s plan here: www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/not-happy-rupert-readers-say-they-wont-pay-for-online-news-20090807-eco0.html

And for the full article from Reuters: blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/08/04/why-i-believe-in-the-link-economy/

And for what will hopefully continue to be a free online news service visit the ABC : www.abc.net.au/news/

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Astarloza: Drug Cheat is a post from: worldwormweb

#100 – Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

#99 – TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me

#98 – Led Zeppelin – Kashmir

#97 – Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning

#96 – Daft Punk – One More Time

#95 – Stevie Wonder – Superstition

#94 – Modest Mouse – Float On

#93 – Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy

#92 – Bon Iver – Skinny Love

#91 – AC/DC – Back In Black

#90 – Kings Of Leon – Sex on Fire

#89 – Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade

#88 – The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter

#87 – Coldplay – Yellow

#86 – The Beatles – Come Together

#85 – Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You

#84 – Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry

#83 – Placebo – Every You Every Me

#82 – System of a Down – Chop Suey!

#81 – Pulp – Common People

#80 – The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black

#79 – David Bowie – Life On Mars

#78 – Smashing Pumpkins – Today

#77 – Gotye – Hearts A Mess

#76 – The Stone Roses – Fools Gold

#75 – Greenday – Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

#74 – Nirvana – Lithium

#73 – The Clash – London Calling

#72 – The Shins – New Slang

#71 – The Smiths – How Soon Is Now

#70 – The Prodigy – Breathe

#69 – Jeff Buckley – Grace

#68 – Blink 182 – Dammit

#67 – Ben Folds Five – Brick

#66 – Elton John – Tiny Dancer

#65 – Underworld – Born Slippy

#64 – Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun

#63 – AC/DC – Thunderstruck

#62 – Nine Inch Nails – Closer

#61 – Blur – Song 2

#60 – Johnny Cash – Hurt

#59 – Augie March – One Crowded Hour

#58 – Daft Punk – Around The World

#57 – Tool – Forty Six & 2

#56 – Jeff Buckley – Lover You Should Have Come Over

#55 – Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone

#54 – The Cure – Close To Me

#53 – Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb

#52 – You Am I – Berlin Chair

#51 – Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings

#50 – Crowded House – Dont dream it’s over

#49 – Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O Mine

#48 – Beastie Boys – Sabotage

#47 – John Butler Trio – Betterman

#46 – Faith No More – Epic

#45 – Queens of the Stone Age – No One Know

#44 – The Beatles – Hey Jude

#43 – The Beach Boys – God Only Knows

#42 – Bloc Party – Banquet

#41 – Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

#40 – Nirvana – Come As You Are

#39 – Pearl Jam – Better Man

#38 – The Killers – Mr Brightside

#37 – Tool – Stinkfist

#36 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms

#35 – Smashing Pumpkins – 1979

#34 – The Living End – Prisoner Of Society

#33 – Silverchair – Tomorrow

#32 – New Order – Blue Monday

#31 – Metallica – Enter Sandman

#30 – Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower

#29 – Pixies – Where is My Mind? – Pixies

#28 – Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees

#27 – Powderfinger – My Happiness

#26 – Michael Jackson – Thriller

#24 – The Beatles – A Day in the Life

#25 – Pearl Jam – Alive

#23 – Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me

#22 – Massive Attack – Teardrop

#21 – Powderfinger – These Days

#20 – White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

#19 – Metallica – One

#18 – Muse – Knights Of Cydonia

#17 – Hilltop Hoods – The Nosebleed Section

#16 – Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

#15 – Radiohead – Karma Police

#14 – The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony

#13 – Radiohead – Creep

#12 – Oasis – Wonderwall

#11 – John Lennon – Imagine

#10 – Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven

#9 – Foo Fighters – Everlong

#8 – Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Under The Bridge

#7 – Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye

#6 – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

#5 – Radiohead – Paranoid Android

#4 – Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

#3 – Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah

#2 – Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name

#1 – Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Source : www.triplej.net.au

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The Australian clocked one minute 32.230 to finish ahead of Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.  Sebastian Vettel was fourth in the second Red Bull as the unpredictable weather made for a thrilling afternoon.  The improving McLaren of Lewis Hamilton will start fifth, equalling his best qualifying performance of the season.

Read More at BBC.co.uk

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The re-broadcast of ONE HD’s content will be allocated channel number 531 when it is played out to Foxtel cable subscribers.

ONE SD will be grouped with the sports genre channels. ONE HD has already been available to cable viewers with High Definition channels.

For satellite subscribers the situation is less clear, due once again, to awaiting space on an Optus satellite due to go up later in the year.

By David Knox on June 27, 2009 at http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/06/one-sd-coming-to-foxtel-cable.html

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Well done @lilyroseallen on this one.

Lily Allen – Fuck You (Video) is a post from: worldwormweb

IMG_0493, originally uploaded by Andrew Farmer.

This is from the car I was driving down the main Straight at Eastern Creek Raceway today

Industry drive day @ Eastern Creek is a post from: worldwormweb