Scott C on MJ

http://scott-c.blogspot.com/2009/06/goodbye-michael-jackson.html

Poor New Kids on the Block

Apparently they had to cancel their reunion tour of Australia due to poor ticket sales, citing the GFC as the main reason people weren't buying tickets. Perhaps they could open for Pink who sold out 58 shows on her Australian tour. 58!!! Australia loves Pink.

vintage skateboards

do i LOOK comfy?

ufo

heart iphone

mug stacking theory

monkey makes deposit?

lick. thirsty.

electro is the new rock

sleek aluminium unibody

shall i go around the boom gate?

what kind of dimwit drives around a boom gate?!

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25652753-3102,00.html

what were they thinking? i imagine this..

"hmm.. train coming.. boom gate down.. oh, it looks like i could fit the car right around that.. in a bit of hurry so.. yeah.. look at that.. no problem.. so glad we didn't have to wa.. BANG.

unfortunately for the gene pool they survived

set list according to the courier mail

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25652763-5012980,00.html

SET LIST

Old Friends/Bookends

Hazy Shade Of Winter

I Am A Rock

America

Kathy's Song

Hey Schoolgirl

Bebop-alula

Scarborough Fair

Homeward Bound

Mrs Robinson

Slip Slidin' Away

Bright Eyes

Heart of New York

Perfect

Now I Lay me Down

For Emily, Whenever I may find her

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

The Boy in the Bubble

Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes

Only Living Boy in New York

My Little Town

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Encore:

Cecilia

The Boxer

Sounds of Silence

The Leaves That Are Green

Feelin' Groovy

Thursday night, replace Me and Julio with Graceland.

Simon & Garfunkel set list, Brisbane, 17/18 June, 2009

i expect the final of american idol this year would have been similar to this

...the audience began to boo loudly due to the slight discord in the background notes behind the bassoon's opening melody. There were loud arguments in the audience between supporters and opponents of the work. These were soon followed by shouts and fistfights in the aisles. The unrest in the audience eventually degenerated into a riot. The Paris police arrived by intermission, but they restored only limited order. ...Stravinsky himself was so upset on account of its reception that he fled the theater in mid-scene, reportedly crying... ...Nijinsky stood on a chair, leaned out (far enough that Stravinsky had to grab his coat-tail), and shouted counts to the dancers, who were unable to hear the orchestra (this was challenging because Russian numbers are polysyllabic above ten, such as seventeen: semnadsat vs. eighteen: vosemnadsat)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring

Good news if you are tired of hearing my blah blah about The Middle East

http://visitthemiddleeast.wordpress.com/
(i made a new blog)

for loop syntax in rakudo perl 6

# this is ruby
(1,2,3).each { |i| puts i }

# this is perl 6
for 1,2,3 -> $i { say $i }

# being perl of course you can do this (which isn't that different to perl 5)
for 1,2,3 { say $_ }

# but now this (looks like things might be proper objects now...?)
for 1,2,3 { $_.say }

# and even this
for 1,2,3 { .say }

# Update: and finally (for the golfing win...)
.say for 1,2,3

So anyway, if that's interesting then have a look at http://perlcabal.org/syn/S04.html#The_for_statement

And some good stuff at http://perlcabal.org/syn/S12.html#Attributes also.

You can actually install rakudo now without much pain (at least it was pretty smooth on my ubuntu box), see http://www.rakudo.org/how-to-get-rakudo

on the way up the sloping ramps to the top car park at indro...

K (to her 5 year old, meaning the back seats of the captiva): you're riding in the boot again, okay?

Me (seeing passersby eavesdropping): And this time, no screaming!

natal is really cool

Felicia Day trying the ball smacking game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYuJivFFa-c

Promo with fake but plausible mock ups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBYCDHPOpdw

Milo, the virtual boy, demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDvHlwNvXaM

Also: His southern reaches...

robot acts like a human

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCK64zsZNNs

everyone says it's creepy and scary but i can only see awesomeness. this dude's great great grandkids will be mixing your margaritas by 2015.

middle east single of the week

I thought you'd probably be interested to know The Middle East have the single of the week on iTunes!

via greenapplecat

(maybe i should make a middle east fan blog...)

rolando 2 looks fantastic

http://www.handcircus.com/2009/05/06/rolando-2-trailer-now-live/

the previous night on earth

http://reel-around-the-fountain.blogspot.com/2007/02/night-on-earth.html

I went to that! Thought it sounded familiar.

So, Spunk Records. I think they might be the perfect label. The Middle East.

New Buffalo and The Middle East on the same night?

nice.

The Middle East, Fools Gold, Lyrics

These lyrics are now on my new web site for The Middle East. Find them here along with a few more at The Middle East Lyrics.

mean green's new chinchy blog

http://chinchy.blogspot.com/

mean green has many talents. he's recently added blogger to his extensive curriculum vitae. tune in if you into his kind of thing, which you just might be if i know anything at all

also, townsville folk you can see chinchy tonight (friday) along with aux

gamers against casual gaming

re my blah blah on casual gaming... this is the kind of sentiment i was responding to... (a vgcats comic strip)

a new video by MGMT for the song kids has joanna newsom in it

the video is so bad though that I don't think you should watch it. so no link.

"We own Dokdo Island tonight"

It was a movie about a b-boy contest. The Korean team were talking about beating the Japanese team. One Korean b-boy said (in Korean, i was reading the subtitles) "We own Dokdo Island tonight"

Briefly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks#Role_in_Japan.E2.80.93Korea_relations

In extensive detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks_dispute

i am adopting this phrase and intend to use it in moments of triumph, either verbatim or with some variation.

For example, (imagine the voice of Jack Black or Dwight Shrute), "Dokdo island is mine now, baby" or "Get me some Dokdo".

I suggest you do the same. Report back via the comments.

on second thoughts...

i don't want the big plastic things, especially the drum kit. who has room for that?

want. i think... yep.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/01/joystiq-live-from-microsofts-e3-2009-keynote/

chess pwn

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From: Scott W <...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Subject: New record
To: ...

My quickest victory ever!!! Thanks Tim :-)