New Eve Fireworks in Perth tonight

If you are looking to get to a fireworks display tonight for new years eve celebrations in Perth, here are the approved fireworks displays for tonight. Apologies for the format

• 31/12/2014 11:59 PM  SWAN RIVER OPPOSITE  THE LEFT BANK  RIVERSIDE DR  EAST FREMANTLE WA 6158  THE LEFT BANK NYE CELEBRATIONS 
•  31/12/2014 11:59 PM  EASTERN END HEIRISSON ISLAND OPPOSITE  CROWN CASINO  CAUSEWAY  EAST PERTH WA 6004  CROWN NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY 
• 31/12/2014 11:59 PM  LEIGHTON BEACH  LEIGHTON BEACH BVD NORTH FREMANTLE WA 6159  BIB AND TUCKER NYE FIREWORKS 
• 31/12/2014 9:00 PM  WESTERN FORESHORE WAR MEMORIAL LEIGHTON RD HALLS HEAD WA 6210  CITY OF MANDURAH NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY    
• 31/12/2014  11:59 PM  CANNINGTON GREYHOUNDS ALBANY HIGHWAY & STATION ST CANNINGTON WA 6107   CANNINGTON GREYHOUNDS NYE CELEBRATIONS 
• 31/12/2014 11:59 PM  SWAN RIVER IN FRONT  OF RPYC  AUSTRALIA 11 DR  CRAWLEY WA 6009  ROYAL PERTH YACHT CLUB NYE CELEBRATIONS 

Other parts of WA

• 31/12/2014 7:00 PM  ON BARGE  HANOVER BAY  ALBANY WA 6330  ALBANY NYE CELEBRATIONS 
• 31/12/2014 9:00 PM  ESPERANCE BAY  JAMES ST  ESPERANCE WA 6450  ROTARY OF ESPERANCE BAY NEW YEARS EVE 
• 31/12/2014 11:59 PM  VAL STREET JETTY  VAL ST  ROCKINGHAM WA 6168  ROCKINGHAM NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY 
• 31/12/2014 10:30 PM  BUNBURY TROTTING CLUB HANDS AVE  BUNBURY WA 6230  BUNBURY TROTTS NYE FIREWORKS 

Why is Platinum Edge Perth's Best Credit Card deal?

The AMEX Platinum Edge card should be in the wallet of every person in Perth who qualifies. With an anual fee of $195, it comes with a free return economy flight (plus 23kg of luggage) on Virgin Australia from Perth to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide or Broome any time of the year. Seat availability is surprisingly in great abundance even during peak periods.

For people on the East Coast, they only get free flights along the East Coast but for us in Perth, you could save up to $900 on air fares during peak times! We've posted about this card before but if you haven't moved on the offer already, now is the time to get the AMEX Platinum Edge card.

Click through this link to get 15,000 membership reward points rather than the usual 5,000 points (worth $70 in gift cards). Feel free to share this link with your friends.

Phone Charging Too Slow? Probably Your Charger

I've long suspected that charging my phone from different ports or cables results in different lengths of time for the phone to charge. It was not until I got an app called "Galaxy Charging Current" that I realised how much of a difference there is.

• Charging via a USB port on my computer charged at only 460mA
• Charging via an extension USB cable connected to a wall socket - 600mA
• Charging via a Samsung Galaxy S2 USB charger (black) connected to the wall charged at 1000mA
• Charging via a HTC USB charger connected to the wall charged at 1100mA
• Charging via a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 charger (white) connected to the wall charged at 1400mA

It is an app certainly worth getting to find out whether you are wasting your time trying to charge your phone with your computer's USB port.

Perth Christmas Shopping Starts 7am in SOME Shops

Do you like to shop early? Some shops can now open from 7am Monday to Saturday in Perth but not all major shopping centres are jumping at the opportunity. Currently the following are

Open from 7am-9pm Monday-Saturday from today

• Coles
• Woolworths
• Target 
• KMart
• Claremont Quarter (to 6pm)
• Bunnings (to 7pm on Saturdays)
• Masters (to 6pm Saturdays)
• Spud Shed (open 24 hours in Jandakot and Innaloo)

David Jones will only start opening at 8am three days before Christmas. Myer only opens 8:30am at Morley, Karrinyup, Joondalup, Garden City and Carousel.

Turn off Research in Microsoft Excel Word

There are times we might run into something that took a while to figure out but we wish we didn't waste so much time on it. This is one of those things.

If you are finding that every time you select a cell in Microsoft Excel the Research button starts looking up the contents of the cell in Bing etc, you can turn this off.

Hold down the LEFT ALT button + R
Then press R again

That's all, you can go back to work now.

What You Need to Know Playing Maccas Monopoly 2014?

McDonalds Monopoly has started again. First of all, what are the food items that can get you a Monopoly entry?

• Any 16 oz cold cup medium soft drink (Coca-Cola Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite and Fanta) and Orange Juice;
• Any 22 oz cold cup large soft drink (Coca-Cola Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite and Fanta) and Orange Juice (“Large Cups”);
• Any Tall McCafé® cup (Long Black, Cappuccino, Mocha, Flat White, Latte and Vienna);
• Medium Fries;
• Large Fries;
• Warm Chicken Salad;
• Crunchy Noodle Chicken Salad;
• Hash Brown;
• McFlurry®;
• Grand Angus®;
• Mighty Angus®;
• McChamp®;
• McSpicy®; and
• McGrilled®.

There seems to be a larger range of prizes with "Attraction Pass" being a generic prize which can be redeemed from a number of attractions but don't hold your breath, it doesn't include Adventure World or anything like that. More like Timezone (half an hour play) and the Bull Creek Aviation Museum.

How many prizes are available?

Generic Ticket No.	Instant Win Food Prize	RRP each	Max No. of Prizes
779AUS	Chicken & Aioli McWrap	$5.95	399,297
789AUS	Big Mac®	$5.03	931,693
788AUS	McChicken®	$5.03	399,297
787AUS	English Brekkie Wrap	$4.95	261,609
780AUS	Sml Frappé or Smoothie (ex McCafé®)	$4.00	1,064,792
784AUS	Small Hot McCafé®Beverage	$3.56	1,996,485
786AUS	Sausage McMuffin®	$3.04	1,330,990
782AUS	Small Sundae	$3.04	1,996,485
781AUS	Cheeseburger	$2.45	1,330,990
785AUS	Macaron	$1.95	399,297
783AUS	Small Fries or Fruit Bag	$1.00	3,327,475

But the main reason we play Maccas Monopoly is to win the big prizes which brings us to figuring out which are the rare pieces. For this year's game, the following are the rare monopoly pieces that you need for each prize.

Collect one Ticket for each of these Monopoly properties	Collect to Win Prize	Value of Each	Max No. of Prizes
Oxford Street	Jeep®	$32,101.52	15
Regent Street	Jeep®
Bond Street	Jeep®
Strand	Sharp®Home Ent	$10,498	2
Fleet Street	Sharp®Home Ent
Trafalgar Square	Sharp®Home Ent
Park Lane	UK Holiday	Up to $10,000	1
Mayfair	UK Holiday
Leicester Square	Sea-Doo®PWC	$9,000	3
Piccadilly	Sea-Doo®PWC
Coventry Street	Sea-Doo®PWC
Pall Mall	$5K Ozsale Voucher	$5,000	2
Whitehall	$5K Ozsale Voucher
Northumberland Avenue	$5K Ozsale Voucher
Whitechapel Road	Ski Trip	Up to $5,000	1
Old Kent Road	Ski Trip
Bow Street	Honda Dirt Bike	$3,598	1
Vine Street	Honda Dirt Bike
Marlborough Street	Honda Dirt Bike
The Angel, Islington	$2K Caltex®StarCash	$2,000	2
Euston Road	$2K Caltex®StarCash
Pentonville Road	$2K Caltex®StarCash
Fenchurch St Station	HP®Notebook	$1,000	25
Liverpool St Station	HP®Notebook
Kings Cross Station	HP®Notebook
Marylebone Station	HP®Notebook