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CG
Zine No. 1.
April 2002
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Independence | Ideas | Inspiration | Design | Lifestyle | Fun
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Chew Chan - comic book artist
http://www.chaosgeneration.com/wchew_chan.htm
His latest project is The Borderlander.
It's about a mystical cop who patrols the borders between our world
and countless others. He has a magic suit that obligates him to
do his job, which is to ensure that creatures from one world do
not cross over into another.
Chew also talks about freelancing, what inspires
him, marketing his services and more. Also check out his online
portfolio at CG. |
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 Australian
Air Guitar Championships
http://www.airguitaraustralia.com
Catch the 1st official Australian Air Guitar World Championships
(AAGC) at the
Twin Towns Services Club, Gold Coast on Friday 22/3/02. The winner
will go to Oulun, Finland to compete in the
7th annual 'Air Guitar World Championships' (AGWC) on the 23/8/02.
"The Ideology of AGWC is to promote world peace. According
to the ideology, all evil things disappear from the world whenever
people play the air guitar." Also check out the cool air
guitar moves!
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#!/usr/bin/girl
http://www.stormwerks.com/linked
Zannah
is a Seattle based weblogger. She likes to test out games she
finds online, and links to all sorts of cool fun and different
things including but not limited to: anime articles, gadgety things,
*shiny* things, and some of the more unique and unusual things
like watching Star Wars in ASCII, toe wrestling championships,
and Marshmallow Bunny survival tests. Her vox.machina
site is also a cool site to visit. It's where she writes about
what she gets up to and you can also check out her photo gallery
there.
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 Not
Good Enough
http://www.notgoodenough.org
Not Good Enough (NGE) is a new Australian consumer complaints
website started in January 2002 by Dr. Fiona Stewart. The forums
are particularly cool as it gives you the opportunity to tell
others about your 'Not Good Enough' experience. You can also read
other people's postings of their experiences. You need to register
to access the forums. The 'Corporate Winners' section tells consumers
when companies are getting it right and doing it well. So hopefully
companies will also use this information to improve their level
of service and the quality of their products.
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Small
Business Show - Success Stories
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/smallbusiness/success_stories
The Small Business Show website has a 'Success Stories' section.
If you're thinking of starting your own business and want some
ideas and inspiration then read some of these stories to find
out how others have 'made it'. Then go out and start your own
venture! Stories include: Justin Herald starting 'Attitude Gear'
with a $50 outlay and turning that into revenue exceeding $4 million
six years later; the 'Bayswiss' and the 'Baker's Delight' success
stories.
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Arts
and Letters Daily
http://www.aldaily.com
Denis Dutton (Assoc.
Prof. of the Philosophy of Art at Canterbury University, New Zealand)
and
his team surf the web to find the the most intellectually stimulating
articles on the web covering 'philosophy,
aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history,
music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, and gossip'. They
provide a short teaser and a link to the article. Links are presented
in a column 8 style making it easy to quickly scan through the
latest academically filtered articles. The list of sites running
down the left column are also a great starting point to find more
articles of interest.
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Internet
Public Library - ask a Librarian a Question
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE
Get a librarian to answer your reference query online for free!
The IPL was set up by the University of Michigan in 1995. Goals
of the service include: the provision of library services to Internet
users, and the training of information professionals and students
to work in an increasingly digital environment and other goals.
Most of the librarians who answer queries are volunteers. There
are also some useful pathfinders at http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/PF
to help you get started on research on a range of topics.
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Fixing
a Fat Nation
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0112.farley.cohen.html
A well written article on 'Fixing a Fat Nation: Why diets and
gyms won't save us from the obesity epidemic'. It talks about
incorporating exercise as part of your lifestyle. The article
looks at environmental factors like the design of cities and the
ready availability and low cost of fast foods like McDonalds as
factors contributing to unhealthy lifestyles and diets. Another
point was schools being paid to have the fizzy drink and snack
food vending machines placed in the schools.
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Mail2web.com
http://www.mail2web.com
mail2web™ is an Internet based email client that allows you
to pick up your email from almost any POP3 or IMAP4 email server.
This is a very handy application as I can now easily check my
Ozemail POP email from any Internet connected computer. It is
now also available in 15 languages. What's more - it's free!
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15th-annual
HOW Self-Promotion Competition
http://www.howdesign.com/compete/selfpromo/
You have the opportunity to have your work
showcased in HOW Magazine's 2002 Self-Promotion Annual (October
issue) by entering their competition. The 'Best of Show' winner
will be prominently profiled in the magazine and win airfare,
hotel, and conference ticket to the 2003 HOW Design Conference.
Entries close March 22, 2002 and late entries close April 5, 2002.
Categories are:
Brochures/Catalogs/Flyers; Corporate Identity/Client Image; Illustrators'
Promotions; Invitations/Announcements; Photographers' Promotions;
Posters; Pro Bono/Charity; Seasonal/Calendars; Letterhead/ Logos;
Students' Work; Wearables; 3D Objects (nonseasonal); Workspace
(visuals of office space). Check out the site for more info.
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This
is a list of some of the apartment developments currently up for
sale in Sydney - either off-the-plan or built. Some of the sites
offer virtual tours of the properties.
Australand
http://www.australand.com.au
Locations: Alexandria, Bondi Junction, Broadway, North Sydney
and more...
King
Street Wharf
http://www.kingstreetwharf.com.au
Location: King Street Wharf. Price guide: $$829,700 - $2,195,000.
Meriton
http://www.meriton.com.au
Locations: Sydney, Moore Park, Chatswood and more...
Newington
http://www.newingtonvillage.com.au
Location: Homebush Bay. Price guide: mid $300K to upper $400K
St
Margarets
http://www.stmargarets.com.au
Location: Surry Hills
Waltcorp
http://www.waltcorp.com.au
Location: Alexandria, Victoria Park
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April
11-14: Sydney
Comfia Designex
2002 exhibition + seminars
Designex: 14th international commercial + residential interior
design exhibition
Comfia: 4th commercial furniture + fitout exhibition
Lightex: 3rd commercial + residential lighting exhibition
Seminars include: Wallpaper*: The Story So Far - speaker:
Tyler Brule; Creating Great Architecture through Partnership -
speakers: Andy Harding + Andrew Stanic, Stanic Harding; The Individualist
- speaker: Shashi Caan, Skidmore Owings and Merrill Architects.
Where: Sydney Convention + Exhibition Centre
Contact: Info Salons Australia. P: 61-2-9211 2460. F: 61-2-9211
7602
URL: http://www.designex.info
April
26-27: Singapore
IdN
Fresh Conference 2002
Speakers include: Neville Brody of Research Studios, Michael Schmidt
& Toke Nygaard of K10K.net, Joshua Davis of PrayStation.com,
and Yugo Nakamura of Yugop.com
Where: Singapore Expo Hall 2A&2B
Contact: P: 65-846 0934, F: 65-8460935, E: info@freshconference.com
URL: http://www.freshconference.com
June
17-21: Sydney
Nielsen
Norman Group: User Experience 2001/2002 Conference
Information Architecture, E-commerce, Field Studies, User Testing,
Paper Prototyping, Accessibility, Content Usability, Writing for
the Web, Interaction Design, Web Design, Web-based Applications
and more.
Where: Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
URL: http://www.nngroup.com/events
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 Millionaire
Mind
A: Thomas J Stanley. P: Harper
Business. RRP: $22.95.
W: http://www.themillionairemind.com
Stanley
has researched the mindset, educational background, spouse and
other elements of America’s millionaires through questionaires,
focus groups and interviews.
The
resulting book is a very interesting and informative read. A lot
of the strategies of millionaires come across as plain common
sense which most people could learn to apply in their own lives.
An
example is one’s choice of work. He cites millionaires who
have found their vocation and because they’re interested
in, and enjoy what they do, they are more likely to succeed at
it. They also find their own profitable market niche. These millionaires
also tend to own and invest in their own business as they have
the greatest control over their own ventures, as opposed to working
for someone else.
The
book covers a range of topics including: the millionaire’s
choice of spouse, the role of courage in achieving economic success,
when and what types of homes millionaires buy, and education and
intelligence.
It’s
interesting to read that a number of these millionaires have a
high level of creative and practical intelligence and that this
plays a more important role than IQ.
Most
importantly, the millionaires had courage and believed in themselves.
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