Black Friday in Australia
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Black Friday in Australia.
The Black Friday fires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria, Australia, were considered one of the worst natural bushfires (wildfires) in the world, and certainly the single worst in Australian history as a measure of land affected. Almost 20,000 km² (4,942,000 acres, 2,000,000 ha) of land was burnt, 71 people died and several towns were entirely destroyed. Over 1,300 homes and 69 sawmills were burnt and a total of 3,700 buildings were destroyed. It was calculated that three quarters of the State of Victoria was directly or indirectly affected by the disaster. Considered in terms of both loss of property and loss of life, the 1939 fires were one of the worst disasters to have occurred in Australia and certainly the worst bushfire up to that time. Only the subsequent Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983 and the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 have resulted in more deaths. In terms of the total area burnt, the Black Friday fires are the second largest, burning 2 million hectares, with the Black Thursday fires of 1851 having burnt an estimated 5 million hectares.
Learn more about Australia's Black Friday at Wikipedia
Black Friday in The United States.
In the United States, Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season and Apple runs a One Day Sale. Geekworks will match or better Apple one day specials for today only stock allowing.
iPhone Fridge Magnets!
App Magnets! Fridge magnets in the form of iPhone icons.
Use these to leave notes, photos or directions to the pizza place for the household to digest. A perfect gift for the iPhone, iPad or iPod obsessed geek in your family.
only $18.00 for a pack of 18
What if you want to hang a photo on the fridge, leave a note on the microwave, or save that Chinese take-out menu in a place where you can’t lose it?…Now there’s an app for that, too. All 18 individual epoxy coated App Magnets measure a substantial 2.223cm square and are waiting to hold that next photo or coupon!
New Apple MacBook Pro 2011
New Apple MacBook Pro 2011
In the last week of October, Apple started shipping the new MacBook Pro laptops. Sporting the same case as before, all MacBook Pros now run one of Intel's Core i5 or Core i7 dual- or quad-core processors, and include Intel's integrated graphics chipset as well as the new Thunderbolt socket. The larger notebooks also boast AMD's Radeon HD 6490M or 6750M discrete graphics. All come with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion pre-installed.
Steve Jobs Resigns
Steve Jobs Resigns
Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc ending his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage. Although we thought it may have been a typo and he may have meant to send a message saying "I reign".
Charismatic, visionary, ruthless, perfectionist, dictator - these are some of the words that people use to describe the larger-than-life figure of Steve Jobs, who may be the biggest dreamer the technology world has ever known and deemed irreplaceable by many Apple fans and investors.
While his resignation as chief executive of Apple Inc caused a global gasp and the world contemplated the future of an icon and the company he symbolizes, Steve says; "I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role."
Brisbane's Ekka Day 2011
We will be closed on
Wednesday 17th August 2011 for Brisbane's Ekka Day 2011
The Ekka is the annual show of Queensland. Its formal title is the Royal Queensland Show. It was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition, however it is usually shortened to Ekka. It is the last public holiday of the year before Christmas and is celebrated as the unofficial end to winter.
Clearance and super-ceded items
Our clearance list sets out great pricing on recently super-ceded stock. Call us for more information on any products on the list on 07 3122 1131 and remember there are limited quantities on these items
Geekworks Flood Trading
Normal Trading Hours Resume
Over the last 2 days we have closed earlier than usual with the threat of flood waters to staff homes and the retail store. All stock and items left for repairs are safe and we will now resume our normal trading hours. Please accept our apologies if you happened to call or drop by on one of the afternoons we closed early. Some service or warranty jobs may experience a small delay on our usual 2-3 day turnaround.
Plex 9
Plex 9 media management for your home
Plex bridges the gap between your Mac and your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of Plex is found in its library features: Organize your media into versatile libraries, automatically retrieve metadata from the Internet, and display your libraries using one of the visually stunning skins.
