WauloK : The life and interests of an Aussie

Next time you are on a plane and someone sitting next to you is annoying… open your laptop to this page: http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf

Parents have the ability to set web restriction levels by high, medium, none, or custom all of which carry an explanation of the sites blocked as you click on the level.  You can also custom block by 1 of 10 categories.  It is easy to use as well as customizable to the parents needs.  Parents also have the ability to block file downloads to the computer which can cause security, performance, or licensing issues.

Games controls (tied into prescriptive guidance from the Entertainment Software Ratings Boards, or other global ratings boards or by single category).

The parent can block by the recommended levels of the rating board or custom block categories from blood and violence to nudity based on their own family needs.

 - Time of use controls that control when a managed user can access and use the computer

If parents want to set a block of time that their children can use the computer for gaming or homework, etc., they can schedule this hour by hour for each day of the week.

 - Auditing & monitoring

Parents can view the activities that their children are using the computer for from web sites visited to web sites blocked to most utilized applications.  Also important is amount of time spent on the computer if you haven’t applied the times controls so that you can manage the amount of time your children are spending on the computer.

Parents will also have control over the applications that the parentally controlled account will use, so an example would be, if a parent would like to block their child from having access to P2P programs or IM, they could block that particular account from access to these applications.

A point to mention with all these tools is that they are readily apparent to the children and young adults that might be using one of the parentally controlled accounts.  If a child goes to a website that has been blocked, they will receive a message on the screen that tells them they have been blocked from the site.  We like to say that “Overt is better than Covert” in the case of family settings so as to drive better and more frequent conversations between the parents and their children in these regards.

Source: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/01/17/family-safe-computing-microsoft.aspx

Striker popped in last nite for a visit. He’s going to stay for a few days. Longer than he had planned once he found I have an Air Conditioner and Foxtel IQ box hehe.

I rang Telstra today to get my phone bill fixed. In December I had my channels cut down so I would only pay $70pm instead of $110, especially now prices are going to rise. For December I had less channels as organised and during that month Telstra rang and told me I’d get January free with ALL channels if I combined my Telstra and Foxtel bills into one. I did so and have been enjoying lots more channels this month. However, yesterday I received a Telstra bill for $180.. mostly Foxtel. I rang them to get it fixed as their system had miscalculated and not given me my free month.  So, now I only have to pay $60 on the bill instead of $180. WHEW!

I phoned the swimming centre the other day and asked when swimming lessons were starting again, for Sienna. It turns out they started LAST SATURDAY! Ooopss.. oh well. I got to sleep in for one more Saturday than I normally would have.

Three:

Plan
 $29 per month
 $49 per month
 $69 per month
 
3 Broadband Zone Allowance
 200MB
 1GB
 2GB
 
National Roaming allowance
 2MB
 4MB
 6MB
 
3 Broadband Zone additional usage
 10¢/MB
 10¢/MB
 10¢/MB
 
National Roaming additional usage
 $1.65/MB
 $1.65/MB
 $1.65/MB
 
Telstra’s Next-G

$44-95pm for 1Gb. ($249 for modem which connects to USB or Ethernet port).

So there! Tetris Sep 11 style!

Panorama

Originally uploaded by WauloK.

Try number two for panorama shot.