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Outside In Boldly Goes Book. 117 Authors Write About The Original Star Trek Series for Charity.

Outside In Boldly Goes Celebrates Star Trek 117 Authors Write About The Original Star Trek Series for Charity. If you have ever been interested in travelling off Earth, then you probably know about Star Trek. Well, I recently had the honor of being asked to write a short story for a new unofficial fan publication celebrating 50 years of the Original Star Trek. It is called Outside In Boldly Goes and is published by ATB Publishing. It was released on the official Star Trek anniversary date of the 8th September, and it’s totally awesome! 117 authors have contributed, many of which have…

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Pokemon Go Sydney. A Look At Some Images Around Sydney, Australia With Pokémon!

Pokemon Go Sydney Well, with worldwide interest in Pokemon Go quickly waning, (actual peak interest was in late July) it’s time to take a final look at this gaming craze that had many generations interested, and increased activity in young gamers for the first time, with a focus on Pokemon Go Sydney players. I haven’t enjoyed a game this so much since Pacman, which was probably how long ago I was actually interested in playing a digital game. I grew up with friend’s handheld Octopus, Donkey Kong and Oil Panic Nintendo games before playing the 20c slot games like Pacman…

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Pikachu Game aka Pokémon Go Glossary. Hacks and Cheats for Newbies Part 2.

Pikachu Game aka Pokémon Go Glossary. Hacks and Cheats for Newbies Part 2. POKÉ BALL – The red and white ball tool for catching wild Pokémon. It’s very easy to run through theses, so make sure to hit every Pokéstop you can to collect more for free. TIP: When throwing Poké Balls, it is possible to slightly curve the ball to receive extra XP if you catch it. Occasionally a throw will earn you a modifier—“Nice,” “Great,” or “Excellent”—which will earn you 10, 50, and 100 extra XP POKÉDEX – Your pocket inventory of all of the Pokémon kinds you’ve…

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The Pokémon Go Glossary. All the Pokémon Go Tips and Tricks You Need to GO Catch ‘em All!

The Pokémon Go Glossary. All the Pokémon Go Tips and Tricks You Need to GO Catch ‘em All! Pokémon Go Tips Glossary Part 1   CANDY – Rewards for catching Pokémon. Candies for a particular Pokémon are shown in the same colour as the Pokémon and can only be used for that Pokémon and its evolutions. They are required to Power Up a Pokémon or to Evolve it. See: Evolve, Power Up. TIP: Male and female Nidorans share a name but nothing else. Each has its own type of Candy that cannot be used for a Nidoran of the other gender.…

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The Top 20 Tips for New Pokémon Go Players to Get Past Level 5. Pokémon Games.

Pokémon Go Top 20 Tips for Newbies If your country is about to have a Pokémon Go release, here are some quick tips to get you started and up to level 5 in a very short time. Getting Started 1. Get an up-to-date phone. We tested the game in Australia on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S5 and found that the Note 4 Edge crashed regularly, lagged, or otherwise stopped you from catching the Pokémon with your Poké Balls. S5 crashed too but there was more control over the balls and it didn’t crash as much. 2. Get a…

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Secret Sydney Bars Walking Tour Guide 2014. A Guide to Finding Over 37 Interesting, Unique and Hidden Bars in Sydney City, from The Rocks to City Centre

Secret Sydney Bars Walking Tour Guide Secret Sydney Bars ebook! Do you love craft beer, wine, whiskey, sake and other alcoholic drinks? Do you love exploring different bars? Are you always trying to find a new bar to experience? Sydney features a lot of hidden bars in many strange and wonderful places like in forgotten laneways, at the back of basement shop hallways and down fire escapes. Even locals don’t know where many of them are. This guide will show you where to find some of them and give you a brief idea of what to expect in a walking…

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Smash Cut Cinema Newtown. Free Movie Above Newtown Hotel Every Tuesday Night

Smash Cut Cinema Smash Cut Cinema is a great way to relive old classics and discover new favourites. I’ve been meaning to attend a Smash Cut Cinema screening for awhile. While I’m generally not into discovering old movies for myself, Smash Cut usually shows films that have amazingly executed scenes, brilliant acting and an engaging and well-written script. So, rather than trawl through the millions of movies online to find something that might appeal (an incredibly time consuming process that usually means giving up and writing something instead) I can simply check out Smash Cuts recommendations and attend a screening. I had some…

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Photography Exhibition Sydney with Slawo Plata at the Goethe Institute

Photography Exhibition Sydney with Slawo Plata at the Goethe Institute If you’ve searched for photography exhibition Sydney then you’ll want to visit one of the most interesting in recent years. One of my many hobbies is photography, so I was very happy to receive an invitation from the Swiss Consulate to attend the launch of a photography exhibition Sydney ‘s East, from one of Switzerland’s lauded photographers, Mr Slawo Plata at the Goethe Institute. Slawo’s passion is to digitally photograph people in remote regions in a way that gives us an enormous amount of information in an enhanced black and white photograph.…

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Make Beer. Making a Russian Imperial Stout at The Beer Factory

Make Beer at The Beer Factory Ever wanted to make beer? If you’re in Sydney, you can. And you’ll have access to all the recipes, materials and equipment you need at a fraction of the price of setting it up yourself. Let me tell you about my experience! In Seven Hills in Sydney there is a Beer Factory where you can make almost 1000 different types of beer, including, of course the wine of beer, craft beer. My group headed there on Wednesday to make beer. To create a Russian Imperial Stout. This was an awesome experience! We were given…

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International Travel Insurance Policies and Overseas Medical Cover. Life Insurance Australia.

International Travel Insurance Policies and Overseas Medical Cover. Life Insurance Australia. I used to rely on my gold visa card for its bonus international travel insurance (underwritten by Zurich), not realising that the higher interest and the annual membership fee was much higher than if I was to buy the travel insurance separately. I finally realised this and transferred to a card with a lower interest rate and annual fee, and began researching separate international travel insurance companies and their policies, overseas medical cover, Australian life insurance policies and the like. I tend to make short trips where my visits…

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Download the Line Messaging App. Best Messaging App to Use While Travelling. New Alien Characters Stickers.

Download the Line Messaging App Why do you need to download the Line messaging app? Is struggling to get a signal your most frustrating holiday experience? It is for me. As I generally travel for business, being in contact with my co-workers and being regularly updated on any business projects I’m working on is crucial for me to be able to survive financially. If I miss an important email and don’t see it for a few hours, it could be the difference between paying my next bill or not. So, travelling around without a phone or having one but not…

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Top 10 Space Travel Tourism Holidays. The Future. Orbiting Tourism Hotels? Vacation Resorts on the Moon?

Space Travel Tourism Holidays Top 10. The Future. Orbiting Tourism Hotels? Vacation Resorts on the Moon? When will space holidays happen? Personal Spaceflight. I’m all for space travel. One of the things that drives my passion for travel and exploring new things, meeting new people, tasting new types of food and generally experiencing as much as possible in this short time we have on this planet, is that all these experiences down here will prepare me for new experiences up there. I am getting ready for a trip to space, the moon, mars and beyond. Now, while many travel agencies are…

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Arian Band – Goodbye – A Review of An Album of Songs From Iran

The Arian Band V- Goodbye This is my first chance to listen to this band so it is ironic it is their last album. Also, please note that I’m approaching this review from a simple music lover, not an expert reviewer. I had heard some great things about the songs from some of my Iranian friends so I thought I’d check the album out. If you’d like to check out a song yourself, you can get it through Amazon here: The Arian Band Goodbye Album These songs are in Persian but as the sign of a good song is being able…

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Windows 10 Update Download Upgrade. Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Release.

A slight departure from my usual posts here. Traveling around the world of IT. In this post: – Short discussion about my experience with previous versions of the Microsoft Operating System – The big news about Windows 10 and its confirmed release date – Likely Microsoft Surface Pro 4 release date – Great guide to Microsoft 10 link It’s been a long time since I’ve been excited by any Microsoft news, but recently I had the opportunity to explore a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and was taken aback. Is this how far they’ve come since Windows 7? Having used Microsoft…