more lightning

it's not easy to take a photo of lightning

especially with a $99 camera

(click photo to make bigger)

farewell game

this building is getting demolished...

ps, anyone know where to play squash in the city area?

behold teh awsum

route

coolclock sighting

http://www.albanyairport.com/

(coolclock)

i haz new wallpaper!

bio/art/math

I've mentioned this before I'm pretty sure but this guy is great.

http://fractalyze.blogspot.com/

In case you were wondering what's going on with The Middle East lately

http://visitthemiddleeast.wordpress.com/

Bert & Ernie!

Cookie Monster!

Something for cat people

See where your cat goes! Presuming your cat is allowed outside that is...

http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/pe_cc_i9.htm


Also..
See what your cat is seeing!
http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/

C. C. La Due!!

(Re The search for C C La Due...)

Oh joy! Thank you dear and wonderful readers. And one in particular (you know who you are).  :)

http://www.mondaestonehouse.netfirms.com/

http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=111842.15

Some more information:

A friend gave me the CD a few years ago. His friend is a social worker who was working with C C La Due. Not sure of full details. Apparently she was the one who encouraged him to do the album. She has since moved to NSW and the guy I know has been unable to find out anything since. I've even contacted 4ZZZ and corresponded with a couple of people who were keen to have a go at the mystery but were unable to solve it.

Scott, I believe this is more than you could have hoped for... :)

Update:
Also
http://www.mp3.com.au/MondaeStonehouse
http://www.sonicgarden.com/sonic-web/artist.cfm?artistid=19267
http://mondaestonehouse.dmusic.com/

Help Scott find C. C. La Due

http://greenapplecat.blogspot.com/search?q=la+due
31-May-2008
I wanna find out more another great artist. CC La Due. If anyone knows anything about him, please let me know. All I know is:

• He was in Brisbane at one stage (and might still be).
• He made a CD called Magical Risk.
• The CD is excellent.

6-Jun-2008
I still haven't had any luck finding anything out about this guy. Come on people! Help me out! I know this blog has a massive readership, surely someone out there knows something about C. C. La Due.

3-Nov-2009
I still can't find anything more about C. C. La Due. This is a video Basil and I made for one of his songs:



Update, 4-Nov-2009
C. C. La Due!

Really really good

i realise these are crap. but now less dark. technology fail

Is this guy lost?

Brispano

downstairs

it's an unusually clear day

Pink hairdressing mogul racing boat on pink truck

learn to play a-punk with ezra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnR-97_BGsU

it's pretty easy!

Glad to see the Annandale hotel is still alive

Unlike the Hopetoun...

'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

Life Without Buildings - New Town - Live at the Annandale Hotel

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

Goodgame backlash

Woah:
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."

I've heard this was the highlight of the Tokyo Motor Show

http://paultan.org/2009/10/23/lotus-exige-stealth-makes-debut-at-tokyo-2009/

Joanna in January

http://www.spunk.com.au/2009/10/joanna-newsom-january-tour/

Elizabeth Butters

http://www.myspace.com/winslowhealthandhygieneseries
http://deuceofclubs.com/write/elizabeth_butters.htm

where can i see these disney films?

http://jeftoonportfolio.blogspot.com/2009/02/twisted-princess.html
the seven dwarves are pretty awesome

:)

i have tested the bridge thoroughly and found it to be very nice

(take two. flickr auto blog via email unsatisfactory)

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

in japan you can get ambidextrous fridges!

IKEA love

By far and away the best crappy bookshelf I've ever bought. And I've bought quite a few. IKEA Billy. $89. And you can get all kinds of other matching components and extensions. This is my junk room/office/study/music studio/guest room. I'll try and find a 'before' shot for you...

just more fun with autostitch

I mean it's not like panoramas are new or anything. It just seems cool that I can make them directly on the iPhone.

Happy times at IKEA

Reno Dakota

Not too sure about video but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k067rNek5I

song writing perfection...

plus sweet banjo

Song of the week

Reno Dakota - The Magnetic Fields
Sorry no link.. will get back to you..

jetstar to japan is very cheap

http://www.jetstar.com/jetmail/jp/2009_09/japan_2_for_1_20090927.aspx

more fun with autostitch

I don't think this is going get old for a quite while

an iphone app called "autostitch"

http://itunes.com/app/autostitch

here i am jogging...

http://www.supersportimages.com/products/showbib.php?xs=584&s1=11678

(ps, i don't own the rights to this photo so I may be doing some time in the big-house... so long everyone...)

ps, do you think the bib number recognition is done by computer or by human? i would guess by computer. the photographers would be instructed to try to get a clear shot of the bib number

The smaller menu is for whale

The bigger one is for tuna. No fat, medium fat, extra fat and seared.
Super delicious. Fatty is actually more expensive. The old taxi driver
told us it was a gyp and the red tuna is the best kind. I think he
might be right. I didn't try the whale.

This sand art is pretty good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo

Fwd: Jónsi & Alex Coloring Competition

Color your favorite picture Jónsi & Alex have just launched a fun coloring competition on their website jonsiandalex.com. Get out your pencils, crayons and brushes and color in an original drawing from Jónsi & Alex's Coloring Book. Send in the colored-in picture and Jónsi & Alex will go over them and pick the winning pictures themselves. The winner will receive: 'Riceboy Sleeps' Special Edition Box, signed by J&A Jónsi & Alex tote bag with badge Jónsi & Alex's Coloring Book, signed by J&A, with one picture colored in by J&A 'Riceboy Sleeps' poster, signed by J&A 'Rain Down My Favorite Songs' mix cd by Jónsi & Alex, signed by J&A Five runner-ups will receive a signed copy of the mix cd 'Rain Down My Favorite Songs'. Details on jonsiandalex.com In other Jónsi & Alex news, the boys premiered a new video on Pitchfork last week entitled Sometimes I Get Scared. The video is now available to watch on jonsiandalex.com/videos. You might also want to keep an eye on the Store page, where we'll be adding some new merchandise within the next couple of days (including a new nifty tote bag). www.sigur-ros.co.uk www.myspace.com/sigurros www.facebook.com/sigurros

Tweet from FasterLouder (@FasterLouder)

http://twitter.com/FasterLouder/status/4019525000

"ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SIDESHOWS!! http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/20297/
"
- FasterLouder (@FasterLouder)

Temple festival

They dress in traditional costumes and carry these mobile temples all
around town for hours in a rhythmical slow jog while chanting and
beating drums. Back at the temple there are games for the kids, great
things to eat and entertainment on a stage

Eejaniaka

Totally utterly insane. I have never been more terrified. Google
Eejanaika for details.

dismantling a giant gundam is slow going

I thought I might take a photo of the park where the giant gundam used
to be and what do you know, it's still there! How sweet is that?! It's
head is gone and his arms are packed up. But holy wow. Four million
people went to see it in two months. But not so many saw it being
taken apart! o_O ^_^

probably the cutest class photo you'll see today

Mr Kenny's grade 5C class, Clinton Primary, 1982

more beautiful softies

Fwd: Finishing Certificate for The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane 2009