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Australia’s Community Radio network: 10,000 uploads strong!
(originally posted on 11/10/2012) The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia is the national body which supports the development of community radio stations across the country. One of the...
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Tech Talk Radio will end on 3rd December 2012
Shack West has been affiliated with the community radio show Tech Talk Radio for a long time. Executive Producer Andrew McColm recently announced that after eight years, the show would be finishing up...
View ArticleChristmas / New Year 2012
Thankyou everyone for your support in 2012. It’s been an exciting and productive year for Shack West. We’ll be closed over the Christmas / New Year period, from Monday 24th December, returning Monday...
View ArticleThe state of Australian free-to-air television
Ron Killeen blogs about the state of Australian free-to-air television. In case you hadn’t guessed, it’s in a bad way. The post The state of Australian free-to-air television appeared first on Shack West.
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The Telstra Museum: a telecommunications treasure trove
Did you know Telstra has museums in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland? The museums are run by a dedicated group of volunteers, committed to preserving Australia’s telecommunications history....
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Missed call from a mystery number? Check it at Reverse Australia.
Websites which offer “reverse phone number” lookups have come and gone over the years. Reverse Australia has been around for at least two years and offers a free, consistently useful service to its...
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Airshow 2013
Shack West’s own “Dr Ron” attended the Australian International Airshow yesterday at Avalon, Melbourne. He blogs about it here. The post Airshow 2013 appeared first on Shack West.
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You wouldn’t fly in a plane with wooden wings
Friend of Shack West Geoff Dudley is terrified for the future of the National Broadband Network – also known as the NBN. Here is his recent email to The Age in response to an article published on 3rd...
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Is it time to kill the email sign-off?
In today’s Slate and republished by The Age Digital Life, Matthew J.X. Malady asks if it’s time to kill the email sign-off? We remain, sir/madam, your obedient servants. The post Is it time to kill...
View ArticleCherchez la Femme in Top 10 Melbourne podcasts!
Cherchez la Femme (produced by Shack West) has been named in the top ten Melbourne podcasts by Time Out Melbourne. How lovely! What is Cherchez la Femme? Cherchez la Femme is a monthly digest of...
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Issues with D-Link Routers
The D-Link DSR-250N … Shack West experiencing a 2 in 3 failure rate currently We’ve purchased a number of D-Link DSR-250N routers in recent weeks, for use in VPN and VoIP applications. Shack West is...
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VPN VoIP!
Do you have an IP-compatible phone system? There are obvious benefits to making your phone system “multi-site”, particularly with regard to cost, RoI and employee productivity. You can make internal...
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InsideArt TV Series 2 in production
InsideArt is a television program about artists. It looks at art from the artist’s perspective. Written and presented by Michel Lawrence, InsideArt talks to gallery directors, curators, administrators...
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WordPress 3.7.1 hits the streets!
WordPress 3.7.1 has been released. This is a maintenance update which addresses 11 bugs, including: Images with captions were sometimes broken in the visual editor; Some sites running on old or...
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Outer Circle Line doco now in production
We’ve started producing a TV documentary on the Outer Circle Line. The Outer Circle Line was a steam-era railway that ran through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs in the 1890s. You might have noticed the...
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Recover Lost Files
We’ve had a number of clients recently (coincidentally?) that have overwritten, deleted or ‘lost’ files on an SD card or hard disk. The best thing to do, as soon as you realise this, is STOP using the...
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Delicious Dips!
Shack West was live-tweeting, Instagramming and Facebooking last week, during an online content shoot with ECP for Chris’ Delicious Dips. Chris’ Dips is a Melbourne-based producer of fine Greek dips...
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Lenovo Specials
Lenovo is offering the following deals for a limited time. Orders must be placed by C.O.B. 24th December 2013. Only available while stocks last – E & O.E. – contact us to place an order. Product...
View ArticleWordPress 3.8 now available!
WordPress is our web development platform of choice. A new version, WordPress 3.8, is now available. You can download it directly from WordPress.org or update your site from within the administration...
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Merry Feministmas!
In the true spirit of “Happy Holidays” and “A Festivus for the Rest of Us”, the inimitable Karen Pickering (Cherchez la Femme, The Guardian/Comment Is Free, many others) produced and hosted the...
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