Forbes conference in Sydney; Quick bunchalinks

Nigel Kennedy will be back in Sydney next January
http://www.sydneysymphony.com/event_detail.asp?s=304 Nige Fri 27 Jan 8PM, Mon 30 Jan 8PM
VIVALDI Concertos for Violin and Strings as featured on the Vivaldi II album and others including Summer from The Four Seasons.

Why is the Forbes Global CEO Conference happening in Sydney instead of Forbes?

www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=50704: Geoscience Australia entry for Forbes
FORBES
STATE: NSW
CUSTODIAN: NSW
POSTCODE: 2871
FEATURE CODE: LOCB (Towns & Localities)
STATUS: Official
LATITUDE: 33º 22' S [Decimal Degrees -33.382º]
LONGITUDE: 148º 00' E [Decimal Degrees 148.001º]
EASTING: 593000 [UTM zone 55, GDA 94]
NORTHING: 6306000
FEATURE NUMBER: NSW19089
100K MAP No.: 8431
More on Forbes
www.westserv.net.au/~fbsinfo/page30.html
forbes.visitnsw.com.au/
home.westserv.net.au/~fsclib/guide/things_to_do.pdf [PDF]
forbes.local-e.nsw.gov.au

Interesting new way of compressing data:
www.smh.com.au/news/next/compressions-back-in-a-blaze-of-glory/2005/08/29/1125167585855.html

jwz.livejournal.com/529460.html
connects to The anti-sit archives www.usemenow.com/web-log/archives/the_antisit