Pavel Chuchuva » General http://chuchuva.com/pavel Blog about software Mon, 10 May 2010 12:44:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How to find address in Melway quickly http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/how-to-find-address-in-melway-quickly/ http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/how-to-find-address-in-melway-quickly/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:00:12 +0000 Pavel Chuchuva http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/how-to-find-address-in-melway-quickly/ Sometimes I need find address on Melway site. Most of the time, I already have address in electronic form. I don’t need to type, just copy and paste.

The problem is I need to enter address parts separately on Melways site: street number, street name and suburb:

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For example, if I have 235 Russell St Melbourne I need to copy and paste 235 first (click-Ctrl+C-switch-click-Ctrl+V), then Russell St (switch-click-Ctrl+C-switch-click-Ctrl+V) and finally Melbourne (switch-click-Ctrl+C-switch-click-Ctrl+V-down-down-Enter).

If I can save 30 seconds of my time why not to do it? Introducing:

Melway address lookup

It has just one field for address. Now all I need to do is to copy address (click-Ctrl+C), paste it (switch-click-Ctrl+V) and press Ctrl+Enter. Done.

]]> http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/how-to-find-address-in-melway-quickly/feed/ 0 March 2008 AusPost rates http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/march-2008-auspost-rates/ http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/march-2008-auspost-rates/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:22:47 +0000 Pavel Chuchuva http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/march-2008-auspost-rates/ New Post Charges Booklet is online on Australia Post web site.

Oddly enough, postage rates for parcels inside Australia didn’t change at all.

International rates have increased by about 3%. It used to cost you $58.50 to send 2 kg parcel to United Kingdom by Air Mail before. Now it costs $60.35.

Summary

Local rates didn’t change. International rates increased insignificantly.

]]> http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2008/03/march-2008-auspost-rates/feed/ 0 September 2007 rates increase http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/09/september-2007-rates-increase/ http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/09/september-2007-rates-increase/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:25:54 +0000 Pavel Chuchuva http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/09/september-2007-rates-increase/ Australia Post has increased its rates in September 2007. If you open Post Charges Booklet (pdf) you can see these changes:

  Previous rate New rate
Regular post    
Small parcels up to 250 g $3.85 $4.00
Over 250g up to 500g $5.00 $5.20
Basic charge for destinations in the same state $6.70 $6.95
Basic charge for interstate destination $8.45 $8.75
Express post    
Parcels up to 500g $7.20 $7.40
Registered Post $2.60 $2.70

Distance charge has increased for most destinations by 5 or 10 cents per kilogram. International rates for parcels didn’t change.

Summary: rates have increased slightly. Next rate increase will be in March 2008.

]]> http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/09/september-2007-rates-increase/feed/ 0 Australian Postage Calculator http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/08/australian-postage-calculator/ http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/08/australian-postage-calculator/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:46:42 +0000 Pavel Chuchuva http://chuchuva.com/pavel/2007/08/australian-postage-calculator/ The first stop for calculating shipping costs is official Postage Calculator on Australia Post web site.

It’s very easy to use: select “Parcels within Australia”, enter your postcode, destination postcode and package weight. Very handy.

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