Liam Cox - The Blog: October 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

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LCoxmachine: RT @australiangamer Australian Gamer Competition :: Win one of three copies of Enslaved http://bit.ly/a3acSl

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 02:06 AM PDT

LCoxmachine: RT @australiangamer Australian Gamer Competition :: Win one of three copies of Enslaved http://bit.ly/a3acSl

LCoxmachine: RT @australiangamer Australian Gamer Competition :: Win a copy of Legion on Bluray http://bit.ly/aFq0OT

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:59 AM PDT

LCoxmachine: RT @australiangamer Australian Gamer Competition :: Win a copy of Legion on Bluray http://bit.ly/aFq0OT

Samsung Galaxy S from Optus unboxing

Samsung Galaxy S from Optus unboxing

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Samsung Galaxy S Mini Review

First impressions:
Very light.
Thin.
Large, bright, high resolution screen.
Easily confused as iphone by others.
Overall, gives a great first impression.

After a few days:
Postives:
Swype text input is fully implemented and proves to be accurate and super fast.
Front camera for video calling.
Battery lasts a full working day even with heavy usage.

Negatives:
Interface can stall/lag for part of a second occasionally. This is despite the 1 ghz processor.
Not vanilla android 2.x, but samsung os is very nice looking and practical.
No physical keyboard. Probably only relevant to those into emulated gaming. I might have to get an external controller or keyboard.

Minor issues:
Skype app for android not compatible (yet?)
No OTA firmware updates. Only updates by samsung PC software.
New messages not removed from notifications automatically when viewed.

Summary 9/10

Stay tuned for updates.

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LCoxmachine: Bubbles in the fountain. Deakin Ave, Seventh St Mildura. Classic #muckupday

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 07:20 PM PDT

LCoxmachine: Bubbles in the fountain. Deakin Ave, Seventh St Mildura. Classic #muckupday

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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LCoxmachine: Just reminded of good old days of Council construction. The general public love to just stand and stare. Excavator, Langtree Mall, Mildura.

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 08:17 PM PDT

LCoxmachine: Just reminded of good old days of Council construction. The general public love to just stand and stare. Excavator, Langtree Mall, Mildura.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Gold Coast rain holiday and delayed flights

Kate and I are still on our honeymoon. We currently flying back home from the Gold Coast via Brisbane. Looking at the time stamp of this post it may be clear that there has been some form of delay to this flight.
This weekend the Gold Coast has received an incredible amount of rain. At least 30mm of rain yesterday (Saturday, 09/10/10) and over 60mm today (Sunday, 10/10/10).
By the way, the 10th of the 10th month 2010 is considered a lucky day in Chinese calender.
The rain is especially jolting given the fine weather for the wedding day in South Gippsland and the beautiful warmth and sunshine on Magnetic Island over the past week.
This recent weather has lead to multiple diverted landings from Gold Coast to Brisbane. Hence we were bused by Jetstar Buslines to Brisbane Airport.
However, this has been a great holday. Yesterday Kate and I did Wet N Wild and today we did Movieworld. Good times despite the rain.