The world knows where you live – that is not good.

It might be a bit of a surprise to you, it certainly was to me.  The Apple iPhone stores the location of where a photo was taken.  It’s known as Location.  Or geo-location with other makes of phones/cameras.  Seems harmless enough, doesn’t it.

Except when some enterprising people decide to create a Firefox plug-in [...]

Escape

Photo from the fire escape at work.  You wouldn’t want to trip, you’d be trampled. (taken with an iPhone 3GS)

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Re-branding obsolete signs

Connex’s name will be removed from trains and the system renamed ”Metro”. The massive Government rebranding exercise will cost $25 million.

The Age, 2nd September 2009

Yes, and they’ll re-brand without thinking.

Have a look at this safety sign:   (I’ve enlarged 2 parts of the sign).

The sign is there, for when a [...]

Paris end of town

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Aircraft Railway Station Laverton – humph!

Up at sparrow’s fart on Friday, caught the 5.23am Werribee train, and got off at Aircraft Railway Station.

All for a photo walk.

I expected more of Aircraft from Google Earth, but it was one horse ‘burb.

Who’s Number One?
Seen in a Real Estate agents’ window.  The lass in the photo has the wrong finger extended.
whos number one

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So what does an LCD screen look like real close up?

Like this:

Fancy Dress

Artwork by Komplexgraphix.com; on the side of a Fancy Dress shop.  I was running late for work, but I stopped to grab a photo of this artwork.

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Trailing Petunias

Dave’s Garden: Trailing Petunia

Nature does not like to sit idle

Seen when I was strolling around North Melbourne.

Plant vine climbing a television antenna wire.

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“Stopping All Stations Except General Motors”

When I heard this announcement, I thought to myself, “Must get around to visiting General Motors Railway Station”.  Time elapsed, and I moved interstate for a while.

And General Motors closed.

General Motors Railway Station was used by shift workers at the General Motors Holden Plant.  The car plant closed in 1991, and [...]