Australia Census of Population and Housing

After many years of planning, collecting, and processing the millions of Census forms, the first release of 2006 Census data is here. The valuable data you and the rest of Australia provided has been processed and is now available. You can discover information online about the people of Australia and your local community for free!

According to the 2006 Census, the median age of the Australian resident population was 37 years, up from 35 years in the 2001 Census.

Census of Population and Housing

CIA Document Dump

Okay, it ain't the "family jewels" -- the CIA's documents, detailing Cold War assassination plots, kidnappings, and "behavior modification experiments." But, "very quietly, the Agency has put literally thousands of documents online on their website," Entropic Memes points out. Many of them are formerly classified. And they cover everything from spy satellites to "screwballs" to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
UFOs, Laser Weapons, "Screwballs" in CIA Document Dump

Talented Young Aussies

A break-dancing hip-hop group, a Tasmanian photography student and a young lawyer were among the National Youth Week Talent Competition winners announced today.
Minister for Community Services, Senator Nigel Scullion said a high standard had been set by the hundreds of entries that had been received from right across Australia.
Competition Showcases Talented Young Aussies

Apparent Consumption of Alcohol, Australia

This publication provides estimates of the quantity of beer and wine available for consumption for the financial years 2003-04 to 2005-06. It also includes estimates of the annual apparent per person consumption of these products by persons aged 15 years and over. Estimates of pure alcohol available for consumption from these products, as well as from spirits, are also included, together with the apparent per person consumption of pure alcohol from these products by persons aged 15 years and over.
Apparent Consumption of Alcohol, Australia, 2005-06

25 Web Sites to Watch

Think that all of the great Web sites have already been invented? Think again. The Internet is evolving in new and inventive ways thanks to mashups that pull data from all over the Web and to AJAX-based interfaces that give sites the same degree of interactivity and responsiveness that desktop apps possess.
25 Web Sites to Watch

90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources

Photos are everywhere on the web. From sharing with friends, to editing, printing, buying, selling, searching, remixing and free hosting, here's a plethora of resources for photo fiends.
90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources

World's Ugliest Dog

Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix, was crowned the world's ugliest dog Friday, a distinction that delighted the New Jersey mutt's owners.
World's Ugliest Dog

10 Books That Shaped My Life | zen habits

I’m a book lover, to be honest, and to choose just a few books that have influenced me is like choosing among your babies. However, I’ve decided to share a few books that have shaped the way I think, and that I would highly recommend.
10 Books That Shaped My Life, and 40 Others I Love

5 Tips for Making a Room Look Bigger

“In a small space, everything counts.” - That’s the main idea behind this article, and how we can make a small room look bigger, with some clever tricks.
5 Tips for Fooling the Eye and Making a Room Look Bigger

How to Sleep More Effectively, Starting Tonight

Tired after getting a full nine hours and still feeling exhausted? You sleep the sleep of the innocent - you nod off quickly, don’t have nightmares and have no trouble breathing - and still you can hardly get up in the morning and seldom feel totally awake, no matter how long you slept the previous night. You are suffering from a clear-cut case of ineffective sleep.
How to Sleep More Effectively, Starting Tonight

Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Tips

Here are more than 40 mosquito bite itch relief tips organized in one neat file, each bullet tip is a single method.
Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Tips

American Film Institute: 100 Years - Top 100 Movies

You've come to the right place to find official information and downloads for AFI's 100 Years . . .100 Movies series. Ten years after the very first list in the series -- the 100 greatest American films of all time -- AFI's experts have taken another look and movie lovers have been waiting for the result. Now, the new top 100 movies list has been revealed.
American Film Institute: 100 Years - Top 100 Movies

Digital Da Vinci Codes: Thousands of Leonardo's Papers Go Online

The tiny brick library in Leonardo Da Vinci's hometown is putting 3,000 pages of the genius' work online in a high-resolution, searchable archive.
The Leonardian Library in Vinci, Tuscany, is making the Madrid Codices and the Codex Atlanticus -- two collections of scientific and technical drawings -- available as a free digital archive called e-Leo.
Digital Da Vinci Codes: Thousands of Leonardo's Papers Go Online

Word Processor Review — DonationCoder

Review by Zaine Ridling
Welcome to the DonationCoder comprehensive review of Modern Word Processors. In part one we look at the major players; in part two we try out the second-tier contenders; part three examines the online word processors challenging the desktop heavy hitters.
Word Processor Review

Year Book Australia 2007

Year Book Australia provides a comprehensive and detailed statistical overview of various aspects of our great nation. This magnificent volume contains 30 chapters dealing with Australia's geography and climate, government, international relations, defence, education and health and welfare support systems; plus many more interesting topics. Copies of this limited edition Australian Bureau of Statistics flagship publication cost $97.00.
Year Book Australia 2007

Corrective Services, Australia

This publication presents statistical series on persons held in either adult corrective services custody or who are serving adult community-based orders in Australia. It contains data on the number of persons by their sex, Indigenous status, type of custody, legal status and sentence type; the number of sentenced persons received into corrective services custody each month; and the number of federal prisoners.
Corrective Services, Australia, March 2007

New South Pacific Island

August 2006, the yacht 'Maiken' is travelling in the south Pacific when they came across a weird sight...
It was sand in the water, and floating ON TOP of the waves...
A New South Pacific Island

Top 10 Deadliest Animals

10. Poison Dart Frog - these pint sized frogs aren't for kissing. Their backs ooze a slimy neurotoxin that is meant to keep predators away. Each frog produces enough of the toxin to kill 10 humans.
Read on....Top 10 Deadliest Animals

Webware 100 Winners

And now the moment you've all been waiting for... The Webware 100 winners. Go to www.webware.com/100 to see the top 100 Web 2.0 products, 10 each in 10 categories, selected by the Web's users.
Webware 100 winners announced!

39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist

By Leo Babuata
Too often we go through life on autopilot, going through the motions and having each day pass like the one before it.

That's fine, and comfortable, until you have gone through another year without having done anything, without having really lived life.

39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist