Living and Working in Australia

About this Site

Welcome to the online version of "A City By City Guide To Living And Working In Australia". On this site, you can read the full text of the paper book, which the author can update with new information whenever they want. You can also check out the author's blog, interact in the forum, find useful websites in the directory, sign up for our newsletter, or download the PDF version of the ebook from the online store.

Pidgin

What is Pidgin?

Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other
Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN
Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ,
Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr.

Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks
simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM,
talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at
the same time.

The 101 most useful websites

Telegraph.co.uk has just released '101 Most Useful Websites' which
include Only2Clicks under Technology section. In their own words:

"Only2clicks.com
- If you use just a few websites, this lets you create a home page that
has links to them all. Simple, free and practical."

There are tens of millions of
sites to visit. Not forgetting telegraph.co.uk, here are the only ones you
actually need. Compiled by David Baker

FOXIT PDF Reader

FOXIT PDF Reader


Many folks do think Acrobat is a requirement if you want to view PDFs, but it's not. Just as you can use Open Office or WordPerfect or some other program to open .DOC files, you can use a different program to create or open PDFs. The recommended free alternative to Adobe Reader for XP users is Foxit Reader for Windows and the current version is 2.2. It's a relatively small program (only slightly over 2 MB) runs on all versions of Windows from Windows 98 to Vista. You can download it here:

GoogleDocsCommunity

GoogleDocsCommunity


Welcome to the Google Docs Community Channel.

We've set
aside this space to feature user-created videos about Google Docs. From
help content to creative testimonials, it's all here, in easy to browse
playlists.

The TriviaPark.com Quiz Selector

All the quizzes on our site are available through this page, including
seasonal or topical quizzes that may not be listed in the menu bar at
left. Just click the quiz icon or its name in the list. For those who
like to follow the herd, as well as those who prefer the road less
traveled, the recent popularity ranking of each quiz is given in
brackets at right.

VideoJug

VideoJug Life explained on Video
Great site for everything. Including how to be a perfect girlfriend.