the blog of david dean » australia http://www.davidbdean.com currently not blogging much at all Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Google Maps now has business listings and directions in Australia http://www.davidbdean.com/2007/02/06/google-maps-now-has-business-listings-and-directions-in-australia/ http://www.davidbdean.com/2007/02/06/google-maps-now-has-business-listings-and-directions-in-australia/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:50:56 +0000 David Dean http://www.davidbdean.com/2007/02/06/google-maps-now-has-business-listings-and-directions-in-australia/ Woot!

]]> http://www.davidbdean.com/2007/02/06/google-maps-now-has-business-listings-and-directions-in-australia/feed/ 0 US bans Vegemite http://www.davidbdean.com/2006/10/23/us-bans-vegemite/ http://www.davidbdean.com/2006/10/23/us-bans-vegemite/#comments Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:03:33 +0000 David Dean http://www.davidbdean.com/2006/10/23/us-bans-vegemite/ VegemiteCourier Mail:

THE United States has slapped a ban on Vegemite, outraging Australian expatriates there.
The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite contains folate, which in the US can be added only to breads and cereals.

Expatriates say that enforcement of the ban has been stepped up recently and is ruining lifelong traditions of having Vegemite on toast for breakfast.

Thanks, Boing Boing.

]]> http://www.davidbdean.com/2006/10/23/us-bans-vegemite/feed/ 0 Google Maps Australia almost works http://www.davidbdean.com/2006/09/21/google-maps-australia-almost-works/ http://www.davidbdean.com/2006/09/21/google-maps-australia-almost-works/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:03:43 +0000 David Dean http://www.cebidae.com/2006/09/21/google-maps-australia-almost-works/ So, it appears that Google Maps have finally allowed us to search for streets. Not sure when this happened, but yay! It appears you need to bung an ‘Australia’ on the end of most searches for it to work though, which explains why I haven’t noticed it working ’cause I didn’t ever do that – I just figured that if the map was already in Australia it would assume I wanted to stay there. Example. You still can’t get directions happening yet.

Jamie has noticed this too, and if you want to go throw eggs at his house, well, now you can.

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