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IMDB Top 250 movies extended, past and present v2.0

thydzik — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:32:48 +0800

I have further updated my Top 250 list with a lot of cool features. The main improvement is daily updating of ratings and votes, and the automatic insertion of any new movies that enter the top 250. http://imdbtop250.thydzik.com/ A brief explanation on headings: Rank - the rank of the movie sorted by weighted and then average rating, similar [...]

Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese 1 Units 27 to 30 transcripts

thydzik — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:45:29 +0800

The final transcripts for Level 1. Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese 1 Unit 27 transcript by thydzik Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese 1 Unit 28 transcript by thydzik Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese 1 Unit 29 transcript by thydzik Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese 1 Unit 30 transcript by thydzik

Turning Japanese

thydzik — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:15:13 +0800

I few weeks ago Travis and I ventured into a little restaurant on the edge of Stirling Hwy called Tsunami.� It was a cold wintery night - we both felt like a sashimi fix and had heard many a good things about this restaurant.� We arrived to find the place quite full, albeit it was [...]

We are now certified English teachers

thydzik — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:27:17 +0800

Over the last 5 days we completed a TESOL certificate through the Australasian Training Academy. TESOL, which stands for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, is a fundamental course which teaches the necessary skills to teach English in foreign countries. Whilst, the course was crammed into 20 hours, with homework and presentation preparation during [...]

5 Dimension - a 5 suit playing cards

thydzik — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:57:21 +0800

I recently purchased a 5 Dimension (5D) deck of playing cards from Canada for $5 (plus $5 shipping to Australia). Unlike a normal deck, the 5D deck has an extra suit, the star, plus a numeric 1 card (as opposed to an ace), a princess card and jokers, totalling 80 playing cards. The cards are [...]

Motorola RAZR V3 repair and housing change guide

thydzik — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:33:54 +0800

This guide will step through the process required to repair a Motorola RAZR V3 “the phone”, including the flex cable and then replacing the housing. The flex cable can be purchased from eBay for $7 US (including shipping), and the housing can be purchased for around $16 (including shipping). The flex cable is attached to the [...]

IMDb Top 250 movies extended: all past and present movies

thydzik — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:09:48 +0800

I like the IMDb Top 250 list as it lets me know about movies I would normally never hear about. The problem though, is that a lot of the movies get pushed off the list by newer movies, and unfortunately you may never get to hear about them again. Hence, I present the IMDb Top 250 [...]

Beethoven Restaurant

thydzik — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:57:22 +0800

For Sonya’s birthday we decided to invite our friends out for dinner and try the Beethoven restaurant in Applecross. We chose�Beethoven due to its German cuisine which we all hadn’t had many experiences eating. We all didn’t know what to expect, and judging by their website; which needs immense improvement, we thought we would all [...]

Unlock the Nokia 6300 for under $10 with the iSIM

thydzik — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:51:14 +0800

Here’s a quick post on a tested method to unlock a Nokia 6300. Well, not quite unlock a Nokia 6300 but trick the phone into thinking your SIM is of compatible carrier. I purchased the iSIM from eBay for $10 including shipping to Australia. When searching on eBay, search for “unlock 6300″ and arrange [...]

China trip wrap-up

thydzik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:00:11 +0800

I thought I would finally get to writing a conclusion to our China trip, only half a year later. In total we spent a little under $10,000 Australian, for two people, 21 nights. Most of this consisted of airfares, $3000 return to Macau from Perth, and all domestic fares between China’s cities totalling about $2000. [...]