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About matpacker

My name is Mathew Packer, I live on the east coast of Australia in Newcastle with my wife Cath, my son Travis, and our dog Cherry Bomb.

What is the typical Australian's income in 2013?

Reblogged from We are all dead.:

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A couple of years ago, the government changed the rules so that families on $150 000 a year or more wouldn't be eligible to receive family payments. There were the predictable cries of 'class warfare', but there  were also claims that $150 000 in Australia leaves you struggling to make ends meet. The Daily Telegraph found a couple on $150k who said "you can survive on $150,000 but you definitely aren't doing well," while in The Australian, a couple on $200 000…

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Images appearing soft in Keynote QuickTime export

I’m putting together some screencasts for work currently and I’m trying to make a simple but decent looking title / reveal that I can use for the series and I recalled that you could do some pretty funky things with Keynote. I put this together in about an hour, however when I render the video the images all appear to be a little ‘soft’. Any ideas?

Hrmm, looks like it might be something to do with QuickTime as the video appears correctly when uploaded to YouTube.