Microsoft want to Annoy you, Cancel or Allow?
Before I even started using Vista, I hated UAC. I read about it all over the place, and laughed at the stupidity involved in asking users to constantly "cancel or allow" every action they wanted to take. As soon as I was forced to use Vista for work (both on my work laptop and on site with the client) I turned off UAC on both installations.
Living in Australia has a Downside
This may come as a surprise, but living in Australia can have it downsides 
Right now I can only think of one, and that's (part of) the reason for this post.
We may have constant sunshine, lovely beaches and a lifestyle to die for, but our broadband just sucks. That's a fairly sweeping statement, so let me clarify a little more.
Broadband plans in this country are extremely poor value. The service that you receive for the amount you pay is substandard. It's that simple. Those of you in places like the UK, USA and Hong Kong may find it obscure to consider that a country exists where you can't get an unlimited data connection for DSL. You may also find it difficult to believe that some connection speeds are cut to that of a dial-up connection if you download too much. But that's exactly what happens here.