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as soon as i close the door to my office (to block out the inevitable noise from the rest of the house) – the office temperature goes up a couple of degrees fairly quickly. I guess this is my punishment for buying a Pentium IV.<\/p>\n

Opening the window is working okay at the moment… although I’m not looking forward to when it hits 40 degrees.<\/p>\n

I think i’m going to have to get a little portable cooler. Evaporative cooling works pretty well in Melbourne, and since it’s significantly cheaper than full on air conditioning – i’m thinking of getting one of those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

as soon as i close the door to my office (to block out the inevitable noise from the rest of the house) – the office temperature goes up a couple of degrees fairly quickly. 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