twitter funny :)

Headed back xxx

about 10 hours ago from txt

 

Inadvertently sending love and kisses to the twitterverse *blush*

about 9 hours ago from web

 

@psd But....but.....don't you love us too?

about 8 hours ago from web in reply to psd

 

jumpin jack crackers look at the lineup for splendour in the grass

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2008 – 1ST LINEUP
Devo, Wolfmother, Sigur Ros, The Living End, The Presets, Tricky, Vampire Weekend, Ben Lee, Cold War Kids, The Fratellis, The Wombats, Pnau, Laura Marling, The Vines, The Grates, Operator Please, Band of Horses, Van She, The Panics, Gyroscope, Mstrkrft, Lightspeed Champion, The Brown Birds from Windy Hill, Scribe, The Music, The Gin Club

http://w3.splendourinthegrass.com/artists.php

ok sorry last one

iphone piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycIjt-ykWRo
iphone guitar (but with strummed chords)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x74rvGzfWYE

no. stairway. to. heaven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUMJq5AbshA
even on your ipod/iphone

i forgot to mention that you can load your own samples

eg, this guy (on youtube)
try doing that on your blackberry.

my ipod is now a drum machine

http://moocowmusic.com/Drummer/

youngme nowme

http://colorwar2008.com/submissions/youngnow

trying to help...

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Good Game <goodgame@your.abc.net.au>
Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Good Game Email Form
To: ABC Web-Mail Form <simon.baird@gmail.com>


ABC Web-Mail Form wrote:

Below is the result of your feedback form.  It was submitted by
 (simon.baird@gmail.com) on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 22:01:08
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name: Simon

phone: 04xxxxxxxx

comments: hey guys, I'm enjoying the show but I have some advice. get some new shirts. it's not the logo that's bad but the shirt colour. pretty much any colour other than khaki/brown (?) would look a lot better on the tv. seriously.  for that matter do you really have to wear the t-shirt? why not show some personality and wear a different t shirt each episode. you are tv stars now, lets dress like you're in front of the camera, not behind it. you don't see kevin pereira wearing the same shirt every day, right?

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It's a work in progress ...   just got to choose the right colour ...    but thanks for the advice.

Syd

--
Janet Carr
Series Producer - Good Game - ABC2
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
www.abc.net.au/goodgame

--
simon.baird@gmail.com

groovin the moo

I got my tickets for groovin the moo. Maitland's biggest music festival comes to Townsville. Or something like that?

that photo you get with the ghosts download from nine inch nails that's mostly water

I like it. download ghosts

heartwarming tales... #3

well the picture tells the story really. this is at the ferny grove station about 25 minutes after tale #2. it's the end of the line so as we walked north up the platform we met the driver. mr five honked the horn. which was loud enough to make us all jump. notice the previously featured party hat. now just in case you're wondering... the round black knob in the foreground is the brake, the lever on the right with the black t-bar and the steel shaft is the accelerator, and I think that's the horn he's pointing to in the middle.

cool, I'm in a band

well a backing band you might call it. for singer/songwriter carita. plus dave on drums and me. she's great. style sort of like missy higgins. plus there was dinner and wine! I have some songs to learn.

get well soon kimya dawson's mum

Have you ever had a dream
That your favorite baby's drowning
And you grab him by his sweater sleeve and pull him up on to the ground and
You can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny gut
Push his belly up and down but he can't cough the water up
Suddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing left inside of him
He's empty now
There isn't even one small breath
And he goes limp in your arms
All the people's mouths are moving
All you hear are car alarms
And you wake up and start to cry
I will lose my shit if even one more person I know dies
So please don't die

My mom's sick she's in a hospital bed
I've got a word for all you ghosts in her head
And all you skeletons in her closet
Leave her alone
Leave her alone
Leave her alone, please
Because my mom needs you gone
My mom needs you gone
As long as she is haunted she'll never get strong
My mom needs you gone

You traded all your paper clips for a soap dish that way
Your best friend's rubber ducky wouldn't slip and slide away
But he traded his rubber duck for a cigar box to place your paper clips in
Mr. Hooper came to say
"oh my dear friends Bert and Ernie
Here's a little something for each of you from me
Here are your paper clips and here's your rubber ducky
How could I ignore such selfless generosity?"

surprisingly good straight-to-video movies I have seen recently which happen to all star dax shepard

In the order that I watched them:

• Let's Go to Prison (2006) with Wil Arnett. Directed by Bob Odenkirk.
  
• Idiocracy (2006) - with Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolf. Written by Mike Judge.
• Employee of the Month (2006) with Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson.
  

Dax Shepard is a highlight in all of these movies. I'd never heard of him prior to a few weeks ago.

i got tickets to see kimya dawson

yay. see here

heartwarming tales of the great southeast #2

Milly and I decided to take the two kids home on the train. It's about 8:35pm. There's room for them in the car but we figure they might enjoy the trip. As we're arriving at Central Station we notice on the TV screens that our train is red and flashing, ie it's leaving now. It's a 25 minute wait until the next train. Oh well, I thought. We move through the turnstiles, locate our platform and head down the escalators. I'm walking with Mr Five and about half an escalator behind Milly and Mr Four. Mr Five wants to catch up but I say, 'no running on the escalator'. Then I realise that the train actually hasn't left yet. Milly and Mr Four are hesitating at the train door -- apparently they've received a gesture from someone that it's too late to get on. I pick up Mr Five around the arm pits and hustle down the last bit of the escalator. By the time I get to the train, we get some 'come on' guestures from staff on the train and all four of us scoot through the doors together and sit down. At this time Mr Five looks at me sadly and says 'but what about my hat?'. It's a sparkly party tiara that he's been wearing since Ms One's birthday dinner at a Korean restaurant in the city. Somewhere between the escalator and the train it's fallen off his head. I'm about to say, 'look mate, I'm sorry, your hat is gone', when a railway staff member on the platform steps through the door and hands him the hat. She's noticed what happened and picked it up off the platform for him. His sad face lifts and he says thank you. We thank everyone and the doors close and the train departs.

Takashi Murakami

Just saw a show about him. It's interesting. He's big in art right now apparently. To paraphrase the show, he's pushing pop art harder than it's been pushed before, while at the same time saying something important about deep flaws in Japanese culture. The narrator had a skeptical tone. Takashi Murakami

Ps, he looks a little bit like Uncle Taku don't you think?

heartwarming tales of the great south east #1

I'm driving across Brisbane with Milly. I'm following the car ahead of me since it has the sat nav and I'm from Townsville and don't know my way anywhere. The car ahead goes through a pretty stale orange light. Not wanting to get separated, I swear, accelerate and make it thought just after it changes to red. About thirty seconds later a police car appears in my rear view mirror and flashes his lights. Perhaps he buzzed his buzzer, I can't remember. I find a place to pull over, and mentally prepare to get slugged with a $150 fine and three points (or whatever it is). The cop comes over and introduces himself. I apologise and explain the situation. Milly mentions we're just little 'ol Townsvillers visiting the big smoke (not in those words exactly). The cop says, oh yeah, that happens to me all the time, don't worry about it, have a nice day. We drive off smiling and feeling a lot of warmth towards the South East Queensland Police Force. We find our lead car who'd pulled off onto a side street to wait.

me on the right

 

The Adventures of While

This post was co-written by myself and my friend Thomas (aged 5 at time of writing). It contains an outline for a screenplay starring While, a small blue whale. I include a picture of While himself.

DShrike and PChii do Japan

check out the horse guy

• http://dshrike.blogspot.com/

while I'm throwing out not-your-average-blog recommendations:

• http://wilshipley.com/blog/
• http://reasonsyouwillhateme.com/ (thanks busty)

should I get lasik?

pros:

• no more glasses
• no more scratched/dirty lenses
• can buy non-dorky sunnies
• can better see partner during sex
• non-blurry peripheral vision
• can use binoculars and telescopes more easily
• can see while swimming
  
• can go snorkeling or diving with better vision
  

cons:

• $8000 ($4000 per eye) could well be spent on overseas travel or new car
• will be able to tell when the shower needs cleaning
  
• can better see self during sex
• risk of botched operation
• risk of problems after successful operation (google it)
• some days (or weeks?) of post-op recuperation needed
  

wii wee game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQNKRDFanQE
look I don't know if it's an april fools joke or not. but enjoy it regardless.

pretty good wallpapers

http://l8.deviantart.com/gallery/#1680-x-1050-Walls

my favourite is "Mossy Wall I" on page 6

Beef Braised in Guinness

this is very tasty. (sorry about poor image quality)

i'm in my itunes store paying for my music

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ji8CK2SyN6s
actually it was like this: mininova? nope. piratebay? nope. itunes store? yes!!!!

just seen on rage

this is f**cking ace. it's the f**k buttons. f**k yeah.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cMRhTMLHBLU

john stewart on obama's race speech, this time legit (non-youtube) version

see here if you were too slow last time.. you know who you are people... update: well at the moment it looks like the video isn't working. nice work viacom.

it's a big noisy robot dog that can carry stuff and not fall over

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
I think this guy has been on my blog before but now he's doing some more tricks like slipping over on ice and climbing over bricks. also jumping and galloping.

dog update

well maybe it didn't die http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/vargas.asp

john stewart on obama's race speech

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v0UW7I8QEyc

london pt 4

from balcony of tate modern

see here.

london pt 1

covent garden

 

trafalgar

 

 

 

london pt 3

london pt 2

harrods

this is what happens at about quarter to four

the apple store was pretty special. and jam packed.

our joke was the pigeons in london are five foot high and vicious.

starving animal art

warning, contains photos of malnourished dog, may be disturbing, do not click

i do feel bad for the poor dog but this is powerful art. just imagine that the artist expected that someone would feed the dog. maybe the cleaners would sneak food in. or a concerned gallery visitor. or that animal cruelty authorities would put a stop to it. spoiler: the dog dies.

suzuki hayabusa 1300 wallpaper

this is a very nice wallpaper if you like motorbikes. first one is for widescreen. second for non-widescreen.

baby koala

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dNSAuY5bo2A

"was she a pinky, when you...?"
"no, no.."
"she had fur?"
"yeah. but not... she's still not fully furred"
"okay"
"she still hasn't got all her bum fluff on her yet"


lolz

erotic hardware

Caps lock must die part 2

I guess I didn't explain that very well. If you're like me and you hate accidentally hitting caps lock and THEN START tYPING LIKE tHIS then swear and backspace and retype again then you should try my new web site called Caps Lock Must Die (url http://randomibis.com/capslockmustdie/). If you follow the instructions on that page you can map your capslock key to another key such as Ctrl (my preference). It's also handy and ergonomic to have Ctrl right by your little finger I think.

injustice

Carnivale: this is possibly the best tv show ever. and that's including season one of heroes. just watched the final episode. feeling a little stunned.

apparently it was cancelled after two seasons (there were six seasons planned) due to poor ratings. bummer. unsurprisingly internet geeks couldn't bring it back. not even this guy.

Season 1 torrent
Season 2 torrent

Caps lock must die

Caps lock must die. Seriously.

opportunistic sponsorship deals

Remember when the ASTRA awards where sponsored by Holden Astra? This intrigued me sufficiently that I've made it a hobby to notice other opportunistic advertising campaigns. I will share them with you:

• DHL sponsoring Surf Lifesaving. Now take a look at DHL corporate colours. A coincidence?. Altruistic? Opportunistic?
  
  
• I don't have a good link but V energy drink has a show on channel V. (Though arguably they would have anyway hence this one is lame).
  
  

Do you know any more?

interesting

http://cubo.cc/

tina fey on hillary clinton on snl

Update: here's the nbc approved version complete with ad.

"bitch is the new black"



Audio only youtube version. I guess you can't put nbc clips on youtube these days.

songza

songza. it's like the jukebox of all music. enjoy it before it gets closed down.

my three girls

 
doing their thing

a short list of existential firefox plugins (for developers)

tonight was my work farewell dinner. before we left the house i played a little psychic ipod (the new version of psychic stereo):

prompt: my 'omen song' for tonight
response: woody guthrie - so long it's been good to know ya (youtube) (lyrics)

prompt: milly's 'omen song' tonight
response: the beach boys - sloop john b (youtube) (lyrics)

prompt: my advice for the future
response: phil ochs - when I'm gone (youtube) (lyrics)

prompt: milly's advice for the future
response: nelly furtado - i'm like a bird (youtube) (lyrics)

seriously.


ps, apologies for the popup spam

pps, i'm diggin on the phil ochs:

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

BryantAtDell

i'm a little disapointed that BryantAtDell didn't get back to me re dell's labour policies. but you can see he's quite busy. oh and a correction: it was malaysian factory workers, not chinese. i'm happy with my dell, it will be especially great in winter as a leg warmer. even still I'm wondering where I'd be if these were out a month earlier. multi-touch tempts. things I like about my new computer:

• the screen is great (I got the upgraded screen, it's 1680 x 1050)
• it lets me log in my swiping my finger
• handy tv out for watching yr torrents
• hdmi out (haven't used yet due to my nice tv already shipped to brisneyland)
• windows media center with remote control (well actually I'm not using it but it seems like it might be nifty)
• vista. nice job bill, vista is cool. I like windows+tab. and lots of other things
• sitting on couch while blogging/emailing/feed reading/etc. wireless is good.
• it's speedy (I've been using hand-me-down computers for quite a while) and the nvidia 8600M graphics just in case I want to play some games
• double layer dvd burner slot drive

things that could be improved:

• I wish there was a headphone jack on the side. there are two jacks both on the front under the track pad. if you're hooked up to the tv it would be better to have an audio out on the side so it's out of the way. (problem goes away with hdmi though)
• the touch sensitive volume and meda controls are a little insensitive to my touches. give me tactile buttons next time
• well I guess in summer the leg warming thing isn't so great
• the hard drive makes little scratchy noises. i've googled and found that it's "normal". it's not too bad but would be nice if it was a little quieter
• whenever i move my itunes and my picasa i loose all my playlists and photo albums/tags. this might be my own fault for doing it wrong but i'm miffed.

it is an XPS M1530

a short list of essential firefox plugins (for developers)

Firebug
Web Developer (toolbar)
Save as Image (I like it better than Screengrab)

Well you probably already knew the first two, but checkout Save as Image if you don't already have it. Also shortlisted is ColorZilla but I've not installed it. I'd like one that was just a colour dropper and less confusing UI wise. Attention Chris Pederick, how about putting a colour dropper into Web Developer?

Update:
I forgot IE Tab.

I enjoyed this guys views on the macbook air

http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/01/macbook-air-haters-suck-my-dick.html

Some journalists get so close to the truth it hurts, yet miss the large print. "OMG! The unit is all sealed and self-contained like the iPod!"

Yes... the iPod. That huge failure. Also, the iPhone. Stunning disappointment that it was. I mean, jeebus, why would Apple make ANOTHER device incredibly simple? Clearly the market has spoken, and it wants tons of ports and screws and geegaws and flippers... no, wait, no it doesn't.

http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/02/macbook-air-rambling-first-impressions.html

one more post...

I wanted to tell you about my friend, lets call him meangreen. he's got one of the top ten coolest jobs I can think of at the moment. his job is to drive around queensland in holden astra loaded with eighteen terrabytes of disk, a multidirectional camera rig mounted on a pole sticking up through the roof of the car. he gets put up in hotels and has a company expense card. can you guess? google. specifically google street view. he said he found the job advertised on google's web site and called up. they said, hey you're the first applicant, it's only been advertised for about thirty minutes. so, hot tip, australia's getting google street view. hotter tip, if you know meangreen, see if you can find out when he's scheduled to drive by your house or favourite landmark. you could wave for the cameras. or make a sign. be creative.

dell's chinese factory workers work on the weekend?

angus^[1] would not approve.

[1] an antiglobalisation, anticonsumerist guy I had a conversation with on the way to the opera house

ps, sorry about the blogostorm today. a tip for successful blogging: post at regular intervals. don't overwhelm your readers with a flood of posts (especially in between long silences).

kimya dawson

one good thing about juno is kimya dawson:

It was a Gayageum

And a very nice one too. Sounds like this (played by Miss Korea 2006): I'm guesing this isn't a traditional tune:

panda bear equals

a). the beach boys crossed with kid A crossed with a mellowed out accoustic version of the stone roses. but not quite. b). my new favourite band?

blue-ray wins format war against hd-dvd

I hope the guy who invented betamax was also involved somehow in the design of blueray. he's walking tall for the first time in thirty years or so. his wife has a small happy tear.

panda bear

may indeed be very good. yep. http://www.last.fm/music/Panda+Bear/_/Bros

japanese for comb over

I learned this yesterday. the (or a) japanese term for comb over is "barcode". heh heh.

election campaigning in south korea involves a lot of people like this dancing on street corners to their candidate's theme songs. the music is loud. the dancers always seem to be in a good mood. these guys are supporting candidate two who in fact was elected.

random building somewhere or other

pasta in an icecream cone

please enjoy the menu

mini review

28 weeks later. omg. cool.

fractal veges

fractal veges are cool

joanna news

joanna hangs with andy samberg

joanna is indeed very good (stereogum review)

I saw her two shows at the sydney opera house. it was an amazing experience: first up was Ys, start to finish, with the orchestra, her banjo guy and her drummer. her voice sounds better than it does on cd and I think better than it did twelve months ago I think. she's more confident now in her vocal ability it seems. van dyke parks' over-showy orchestration annoys me a little and some of the louder orchestral sections felt a tiny bit forced or over-done, but I try to go with it. the banjo and tambura (lutey looking mandolin type of thing) was perfect. the sound (at the opera house, who would have thought) was utterly perfect. her drummer does quite a bit of backing vocal which sounds pretty good though his style of playing the percussion feels a little pretentious. all this aside, hearing Ys performed from start to finish with orchestra at the opera house is probably the best thing I've ever seen. I don't think anyone who was there will forget it. of course sawdust and diamonds (sans dyke parks) is a highlight. during only skin bjork (sitting near us but on a different level) is on the edge of her seat and grinning. after cosmia there is an interval. then she's back which her two band members for a set of milk eyed mender songs and new songs. peach, plum pear gets a brilliant new arrangement with lots of tambura. there's a brand new untitled tune with a country music feel, esame (not it's official name, she said it was untitled) done solo (which is turning into one of my favourites) and colleen from the EP. a short encore, sadie (skipped on the friday show) and inflammatory writ and we're filing out onto the concrete steps into circular quay. nerds are trying to convince sound techs to give them the setlist. it's rumoured that after the show there was a sing along backstage with Bjork, the Arcade fire, Andrew Bird and Joanna. But surely it's just a rumour, what with Bjork's sore throat and all. One disappointment, Joanna wore the same two dresses both nights! we'd have liked to see the red one from BAM think!

juno

I saw juno. it was pretty good. not as good as say napoleon dynamite but then again what is.

me doing cool stuff

 

 

 

Obama FTW

based on the opinions of Joanna Newsom, Joanna Newsom's percussionist, the xkcd guy and this rodent I have decided to endorse Obama for president. US readers, please take note.

some jcu related news

1. the vice chancellor has a blog. I get the feeling it's not going to be too exciting. I'd like to see her holiday snaps, photos of pets, thoughts on britney, obama, angelina. probably not going to happen.

2. ex-deputy-vice chancellor (allegedly) turns out to be a creepy perve. nice one harry.

3. after feb 29th I won't be there