Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
'Disillusioned: the perils of social media', or 'kill your idols'
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: S... <g...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Subject: Disillusioned
To: Simon Baird
It doesn't seem right for Frank Black to be getting into Farmville.
Hang on... Stop press! His PA is playing Farmville. I detect no small amount of irony in that status update. All is well with the world...
Now, what's Trent Reznor's position on Farmville? LOL
Monday, October 26, 2009
Goodgame backlash
Woah:
http://twitter.com/#search?q=goodgame
http://twitter.com/#search?q=goodgame
Here's my advice for the producers. (It's waaay too late now, but
maybe for next time..) What you should have done: You introduce the
girl. She reads the news headlines. Does some some feature stories.
Builds a fan base. A few eps later she 'fills in' for Junglist. Then,
gauge the response. Maybe a while later she fills in again while
Junglist is 'away on assignment'. Then... maybe after that... you can you dump
the guy.
According to this:
"I won't be on the show anymore, it wasn't my choice, and I don't agree with the ABC's decision. They offered to let me say goodbye on air in controlled circumstances, I declined because I didn't want to appear to condone the ABC's decision."
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
i have tested the bridge thoroughly and found it to be very nice
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
bus vs train
bus:
once I was running up to the bus and the door closed. then the bus driver lady opened the door! accustomed as i was to trains this was a surprise. i had turned away and started wondering when the next bus was
train:
the train door will close it's door when it's time to close. it will do this without regard for your physical well being let alone your commute schedule. platform staff are generally (and no doubt there are exceptions) highly unsympathetic
winner:
bus
bus:
if you miss the bus then wait about five minutes and, bam, there's another bus. (this is based on my personal experience boarding either on adelaide street or coronation drive).
trains:
if I miss the 5:12pm at milton on the way home the next departing train is 5:40. enough said. if I miss the 8:12am at central the next train is 8:39 (or something). to be fair, i guess there are more frequent trains earlier than that but if I want to sleep a bit, bad luck, train gone.
winner:
bus
train:
my place to central is quite a few blocks. it's pretty much diagonally opposite me if the cbd was a big rectangle. it's about eight minutes if you power walk.
bus:
i'm not really sure how many places around the city i can get on a 4xx bus. quite possibly there are many. but the bus stop 40 adelaide street is about two blocks closer than central and there's no up hill section.
winner:
bus
bus:
i get on the first bus i see on coro drive. from what i can tell it goes pretty much a different way every time. sometimes i get a tour across the william jollie and back past the art galleries and the cultural center. sometimes we dive into the bus only ramps and tunnels that wind all around under the city. and when the bus stops you get off and it's like woah, where am i now. for example: top of queen st mall, middle of queen st mall near hungry jacks, all different parts of the myer center, king george square, and those are just the underground places. sometimes you don't even go underground at all, you just end up somewhere int he city. you just don't know.
train:
a. pretty much the same route every time. b. scenery generally but not entirely consisting of concrete, grafitti and the backs of buildings.
winner:
bus
bus:
sometimes when you're standing up (which isn't that often, especially since i have a reverse commute) and taking a corner you're gonna have to hang on pretty tight or you're going to end up in someone's lap. especially when twittering or playing chess.
train:
it's pretty smooth ride
winner:
train
bus:
$2.80 or something. go card capable.
train:
$2.70 or something. go card capable.
winner:
tie (actually i can't remember the exact figures, but it's close enough to be a tie)
score so far:
train: 1.5
bus: 4.5
but i'm going to give the train one extra point for engineering coolness and one for roma street platform at a certain time of year when you're changing lines and the setting sun is exactly in line with the platforms and the tracks
final score:
train: 3.5
bus: 4.5
overall winner:
BUS!
search juice:
Brisbane
TransLink
once I was running up to the bus and the door closed. then the bus driver lady opened the door! accustomed as i was to trains this was a surprise. i had turned away and started wondering when the next bus was
train:
the train door will close it's door when it's time to close. it will do this without regard for your physical well being let alone your commute schedule. platform staff are generally (and no doubt there are exceptions) highly unsympathetic
winner:
bus
bus:
if you miss the bus then wait about five minutes and, bam, there's another bus. (this is based on my personal experience boarding either on adelaide street or coronation drive).
trains:
if I miss the 5:12pm at milton on the way home the next departing train is 5:40. enough said. if I miss the 8:12am at central the next train is 8:39 (or something). to be fair, i guess there are more frequent trains earlier than that but if I want to sleep a bit, bad luck, train gone.
winner:
bus
train:
my place to central is quite a few blocks. it's pretty much diagonally opposite me if the cbd was a big rectangle. it's about eight minutes if you power walk.
bus:
i'm not really sure how many places around the city i can get on a 4xx bus. quite possibly there are many. but the bus stop 40 adelaide street is about two blocks closer than central and there's no up hill section.
winner:
bus
bus:
i get on the first bus i see on coro drive. from what i can tell it goes pretty much a different way every time. sometimes i get a tour across the william jollie and back past the art galleries and the cultural center. sometimes we dive into the bus only ramps and tunnels that wind all around under the city. and when the bus stops you get off and it's like woah, where am i now. for example: top of queen st mall, middle of queen st mall near hungry jacks, all different parts of the myer center, king george square, and those are just the underground places. sometimes you don't even go underground at all, you just end up somewhere int he city. you just don't know.
train:
a. pretty much the same route every time. b. scenery generally but not entirely consisting of concrete, grafitti and the backs of buildings.
winner:
bus
bus:
sometimes when you're standing up (which isn't that often, especially since i have a reverse commute) and taking a corner you're gonna have to hang on pretty tight or you're going to end up in someone's lap. especially when twittering or playing chess.
train:
it's pretty smooth ride
winner:
train
bus:
$2.80 or something. go card capable.
train:
$2.70 or something. go card capable.
winner:
tie (actually i can't remember the exact figures, but it's close enough to be a tie)
score so far:
train: 1.5
bus: 4.5
but i'm going to give the train one extra point for engineering coolness and one for roma street platform at a certain time of year when you're changing lines and the setting sun is exactly in line with the platforms and the tracks
final score:
train: 3.5
bus: 4.5
overall winner:
BUS!
search juice:
Brisbane
TransLink
Monday, October 05, 2009
IKEA love
Sunday, October 04, 2009
just more fun with autostitch
Friday, October 02, 2009
Reno Dakota
Not too sure about video but...
plus sweet banjo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k067rNek5I
song writing perfection...plus sweet banjo
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