StooJ on February 13th, 2009

One thing I’ve loved since Ubuntu 7.10 is the gnome weather applet built into the clock. Not only do you get a quick idea of the weather at your home location, but I also have the times and weathers of a couple of other places of interest (Aberdeen in Scotland and Alice Springs)
Today the weather [...]

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StooJ on February 11th, 2009

It’s difficult for a scottish lad to comprehend the scale of destruction here. 450,000 hectares of land burned. Death toll hits 180. And there is more to come.
Evan Davie has put together a map to track the fires.

Living fairly close to the centre of Melbourne, we’ve been well out of the calamity that has struck [...]

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