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Warch Watch
jessicalouise: Nirvana talking about slackerdom. When did it become not okay to be a slacker?...
May 1st
Listen Listen
Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue Never fails to put me in a good mood.  Ever.
May 1st
This picture is in dire need of a caption. (via Dappers) ...
May 1st
[via]
May 1st
(via my flickr) According to my Photojojo Time Capsule...
Apr 30th
TASCHEN Books
Apr 30th
Listen Listen
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire!
Apr 30th
Project 365 #121 - 30 April 2008 (via my flickr) Just...
Apr 30th
Jigsaw Puzzle Generator
Apr 29th
(via Vimrod1)
Apr 29th
Ace Tone TOP-9 This is my keyboard. I do not know why it...
Apr 29th

We may be upside down but the view is...

paperflowers: supernice: For some reason there’s an Australian explosion on my dashboard: and...
Apr 29th
[via]
Apr 29th
Incest Father from Australia; Pictured on...
Apr 29th

Crap Cleaner Decrapifies Your PC

sunluvr: CCleaner also includes a registry scanner, startup manager, and Add/Remove Programs area...
Apr 29th
What? No Vegemite?! We are doomed!
Apr 29th
Listen Listen
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
Apr 29th
One last family snapshot… The child in the middle is...
Apr 29th
Warch Watch
bg5000: This live version of “Sound and Vision” is amazing.  Wow, what a sound.  Just like the...
Apr 29th

Things I Am Not Allowed To Do On The...

I am not allowed to use unravelled cassette tape and sticky tape, to add “hair” to...
Apr 29th
Project 365 #120 - 29 April 2008 (via my flickr) ...
Apr 28th
Project 365 #119 - 28 April 2008 (via my flickr) Swamped.
Apr 28th
Project 365 #118 - 27 April 2008 (via my flickr)April clouds...
Apr 28th
(via niki) So wrong, yet I laughed my head off when I heard...
Apr 28th
Serial killers answer letters from guy...
Apr 28th
topherchris: danielac: I want this. Can everyone in our...
Apr 28th
Listen Listen
The Drones - Shark Fin Blues Oddly enough, this is either the first or second most listened to song...
Apr 28th
busterkeaton:nevver: iRon / Original I was supposed to see...
Apr 28th
Eulogy for James Paull [aka Tokin Blackman] by Ron...
Apr 28th
A visit to Beijing’s Penis RestaurantThe menu consists...
Apr 28th
Lisa Origliasso and Dean Geyer engaged
Apr 27th
jessicalouise: sierracolfer: I should have been born in...
Apr 27th

Wanted:

Lozenges Time Capsule Axe Kthxbye
Apr 27th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27)
Apr 27th
“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.”
— Alan Saporta (via...
Apr 27th
(via gauntlet) Hah. 
Apr 27th
Project 365 #117 - 26 April 2008 (via my flickr)
Apr 26th
Listen Listen
Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home I’m a sucker for a bit of psychedelia. 
Apr 26th
Fred Astaire played stride piano??
Apr 26th
So, I went to the movies today. I should probably talk...
Apr 26th
Warch Watch
nu: Clothing Of The Future - Clothing in The Year 2000 (via haha.nu) Oh my god.  That is...
Apr 26th
xtc:dtybywl: Intervista #4 Frank makes me happy. 
Apr 26th
Warch Watch
I try to avoid TV commercials in general, but I went to the cinema today and had to laugh at...
Apr 26th

Dear Apple

openletters: Please engrave your serial numbers so they are visible to the naked eye. It’s a...
Apr 26th
bunnynico: “And so we started to learn about their lives, coming to hold collective memories of...
Apr 26th
Holy crap, my mother takes some good photographs. A...
Apr 26th
“Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something...”
— Calvin (and Hobbes) (via...
Apr 25th
“I know we’ve only known each other four weeks and...”
— Navin R. Johnson [Steve Martin...
Apr 25th
Clever girls have bad sex
Apr 25th
beautifulanddepraved: Sexual reflexology points ...
Apr 25th
busterkeaton: TARDIS USB hub— Yes, please!  Oh, YES. ...
Apr 25th
Listen Listen
noahkalina: Brian Eno - On Some Faraway Beach This worked for me right now… 
Apr 25th
Project 365 #116 - 25 April 2008 (via my flickr) Choices. 
Apr 25th
Marcel Proust on his deathbed
Apr 25th
Loppé Gabriel 1885-1895 Wow.
Apr 25th
(via shawnblog) Fun and games.
Apr 24th
“Americans have different ways of saying things. They say...”
— Alexi Sayle (via...
Apr 24th
Me. Flower Girl. 1979. Inspired by this. [I grew up in a...
Apr 24th
eschaton: Playing Coltrane chez Dimitri + A.L., Paris. ...
Apr 24th

Excuse me, but...

Aren’t Hillary and Barack supposed to be on the same side? I mean, you have to go around the...
Apr 24th
Companion #1 
Apr 24th
Companion #2 
Apr 24th
Online Word Processor - Zoho Writer
Apr 23rd
Warch Watch
It’s a “That’s what she said” OMNIBUS You know who you are … *wink,...
Apr 23rd
Project 365 #115 - 24 April 2008 (via my flickr) Because I...
Apr 23rd
Go back to your childhood with the voice-changing Dalek...
Apr 23rd

Things I Am Not Allowed To Do On The...

Whilst on air, I must not be seen to be making a noose out of headphone cable in view of tour...
Apr 23rd
“Studio heads are bewildered that big-budget chick flicks are...”
— From here (via gauntlet)...
Apr 23rd
szymon:Monster-Munch Aw, this reminds me of my depressed...
Apr 23rd
“It is tempting to believe that the clitoris has been the...”
— From the excellent...
Apr 23rd
The Cub Book, A Book of Things To Do for Boys 8 to 10....
Apr 23rd
topherchris: I love that my 9-5 is a job where I can...
Apr 23rd
gauntlet: Mistranslations (from xkcd)
Apr 23rd
“…You don’t have after orgasm, the same release...”
— Writer, Natalie Angier in the...
Apr 23rd
Warch Watch
Armstrong and Miller - WWII Fighter Pilots sketch. Funny.  Watch. 
Apr 23rd
The Armstrong and Miller Show Loving these guys. They...
Apr 23rd
Warch Watch
Regurgitator - Blood and Spunk Those pointy headed men make me happy.  Why wasn’t this song...
Apr 23rd
Listen Listen
Datarock - Computer Camp Love Just felt like it.  I think it’s an IT Crowd thing… 
Apr 23rd
East-West, Mark B. Anstendig One of my oldest and closest...
Apr 23rd
Project 365 #114 - 23 April 2008 (via my flickr) I walk the...
Apr 22nd
“All the women respond with an immediate increase in blood...”
— Clinical Psychologist Ellen...
Apr 22nd
trappedintime: Day 3/365: Can’t Get Enough This is via...
Apr 22nd
“I shared a room in the Officer’s Mess in Inverness...”
— Writer Joan Wyndham [aged 81]...
Apr 22nd

Go Speed Racer

I just upgraded my internet speed from 256kbps/64kbps to 512kbps/128kbps. Moving up in the world, I...
Apr 22nd
The IT Crowd New best show ever.  I laughed ‘til I...
Apr 22nd

I won't provide a direct link, because...

miss-r: It looks like everybody’s favourite undercover magazine blog (that’d be 4inchheelsonly) got...
Apr 22nd
Radio for back up
Apr 22nd
Google Ads has been amusing me of late and this is kind of...
Apr 22nd

Things I Am Not Allowed To Do On The...

I am not allowed to refer to my job as “talking to a stick in a padded cell” to any tour...
Apr 22nd

YES

I just scored preview tickets to Iron Man, and an in-season pass to The Painted Veil. Yummy.
Apr 22nd
Listen Listen
Oops! I almost forgot to post this… accidentally on purpose. Haha. It’s my...
Apr 22nd
25 Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical...
Apr 22nd
Project 365 #113 - 22 April 2008 (via my flickr) Sitting in...
Apr 22nd
Warch Watch
This is a Korean ballad band from the 70’s, which is titter-worthy in itself… until you...
Apr 22nd
Celebration Of Vintage and Retro Design
Apr 21st

It strikes me as odd...

… and possibly a little counterproductive, for Americans to hold their elections on weekdays. ...
Apr 21st
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a...”
— Dr. Leonardo Buscaglia (via...
Apr 21st
Harold’s Planet
Apr 21st
“What’s an mp3 player?”
— My mother, just now.
Apr 21st
burningfencepost:Fudge (xiii)
Apr 21st

Attention Pennsylvanians

topherchris: Please don’t fuck up tomorrow. The country is counting on you. I’m not going to tell...
Apr 21st
Project 365 #112 - 21 April 2008 (via my flickr) This is a...
Apr 21st
livejamie: Greta oto is a butterfly, whose wings are...
Apr 21st

Oh my god

I have just come to the awful, horrible realisation that for some unknown reason, only half my...
Apr 21st
Project 365 #111 - 20 April 2008 (via my flickr) Follow the...
Apr 20th
This is me every day in summer.  It’s too cold to swim...
Apr 20th

Hello Monday

I woke this morning to two cats fighting on my pillow, and REO Speedwagon blaring on the music...
Apr 20th
I WISH I HAD RECORDED THE GROAN I MADE JUST...
Apr 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-20)
Apr 20th
(via reversecowgirl) Love her. 
Apr 19th
“Tumblr has nuked the last remaining consecutive seconds of...”
— Me (via anthonydever)
Apr 19th

Tracks from the "Oops!" karaoke dare

topherchris: I have two mp3s inspired by the bad karaoke dare so far. The trend at this point is...
Apr 19th
I liked this one… (via my flickr) ...
Apr 19th
carolynannahall: Say Goodbye to Love Failures and Loneliness...
Apr 19th
Me and Dad.  I was forever being propped up. I need to...
Apr 19th
“To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns...”
— Mikhail Bakunin (via...
Apr 19th

Ok...

Who’s coming to Australia, then? Btw, deer and kangaroos are kind of the same pest in many...
Apr 19th
Listen Listen
The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women It’s just so… catchy… [I ought to write a...
Apr 19th

Joy

I’m up to date with the blasted 365 thingy. Now I am free to be utterly gratuitous.  Whatever...
Apr 19th
Project 365 #110 - 19 April 2008 (via my flickr) Young...
Apr 19th
Project 365 #109 - 18 April 2008 (via my flickr) I was...
Apr 19th
Project 365 #108 - 17 April 2008 (via my flickr) I was just...
Apr 19th
Project 365 #107 - 16 April 2008 (via my flickr) Ze...
Apr 19th

It's all about photos today...

Not that any of them are particularly good, I just need to catch up on my P365 and I’ve just...
Apr 19th
Project 365 #106 - 15 April 2008 (via my flickr) Ah,...
Apr 18th
Project 365 #105 - 14 April 2008 (via my flickr) Note...
Apr 18th
Project 365 #104 - 13 April 2008 (via my flickr) Blue...
Apr 18th
Project 365 #103 - 12 April 2008 (via my flickr) External...
Apr 18th

Epilogue of Failure

My crack team of rapid response ninja computer nerds got on the case and fixed my driver...
Apr 18th
“There is no line between art and pornography. You can make...”
— Gaspar Noe (via) (via...
Apr 18th
“The great essentials for happiness in this life are...”
— Joseph Addison (via vinh)
Apr 18th
(via maddux) Heh. 
Apr 18th

FAIL

See, I had visions of me taking care of all this reformatting bizzo and then walking around snapping...
Apr 16th
burningfencepost:Fudge (xi)
Apr 16th
Lightning and big fat water droplets outside my window.  Pshar! 
Apr 16th

Yahoo, you make me angry.

vinh: My spam is sorted into my Inbox. My regular email is sorted into my Junk box. By the time...
Apr 15th

Lost in Purgatory

I am.  Still.  It’s worse than I imagined.  I have been hurled back to the Stone Age,...
Apr 14th

Mission complete... kinda.

So I didn’t die whilst reformatting, which is nice, but my monitor display is all spazzed out...
Apr 14th

DIY

You’ll probably look at me like I’m some kind of idiot, but I’ve decided that...
Apr 13th

Question of the day

If you eat too much beetroot, does your skin turn pink? Hypothetically speaking… of course. ...
Apr 13th
“Beer was drunk copiously, even at breakfast and even by the...”
— Bill Bryson - on booze in...
Apr 12th
I didn’t have The Little Professor [although I wanted...
Apr 12th
Warch Watch
feastingonroadkill: The B-52’s. “Planet Clare”. Ah, the hairstyles, the hairstyles… See?  They were...
Apr 12th
niki: OUR BACKYARD IS CURRENTLY FULL OF TOADS AND IT MAKES...
Apr 12th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-12)
Apr 11th
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
— Gloria Steinem (via bunnynico)...
Apr 11th

Dear B52's

I knew you when I was 7 years old.  That was nearly 30 years ago.   You were adults then.  That...
Apr 11th
Listen Listen
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints It’s a psychedelic kind of night… [I...
Apr 11th

Hah...

I always suspected I might like Hawkwind, despite the caricature they became on The Young Ones,...
Apr 11th
From the road…Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand...
Apr 11th

I knew this day would come...

Andy Taylor [the now ex-guitarist] from Duran Duran is releasing an autobiography this year, called...
Apr 11th
There are two lovely parrots nesting in the very, very tall...
Apr 11th
It’s them.  You know them.  via
Apr 11th

Dear Tumblr

The changes are all very nice, albeit possibly a bit too minimalist for my taste… I have to...
Apr 11th

Late, but happy...

So, Muxtape is the going thing, but with my dodgy computery bits using it a bit of a pain. I have a...
Apr 11th
atherdiscretion:83.jpg She is part of me…
Apr 11th
Project 365 #102 - 11 April 2008 (via me) Sleepy in the...
Apr 10th
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you...”
— Benjamin Disraeli (via vinh)...
Apr 10th
Harold’s Planet
Apr 10th
“Beyond the walls, the fields were rapidly filling in. In...”
— Bill Bryson - on London in the...
Apr 10th
Silver’s Grand Magic Circus - 4/08 (via me) A small...
Apr 10th

Things I was not allowed to do on the...

I was allowed to refer to ‘The Rack’ (internal transmitter set up) as the radio...
Apr 10th
Oh, what.  Perth, Mars… same diff.  
Apr 10th
I love this photo. The cheeky little one is my grandmother,...
Apr 10th
“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been...”
— Carl Sandburg (via...
Apr 10th

Grumble, grumble

I just tried to upload some audio here of one of my commercial voice-overs BUT I have been thwarted...
Apr 10th
Warch Watch
David Bowie - Love You ‘Til Tuesday Ah, it’s our Dave being all sweet and whimsical...
Apr 10th
Project 365 #101 - 10 April 2008 (via me)Stopped off at the...
Apr 10th
Apr 9th

My lucky day

One of my co-workers just returned from a holiday in Bali [everyone holidays in Bali here -...
Apr 9th
See post below.
Apr 9th
Australian Heavy Metal Bandmember Jailed For...
Apr 9th
thillythenny: katydid: (via askvero) 
Apr 9th
vinh: Never Mind by Stella Im Hultberg I had this as a...
Apr 9th
“When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on...”
— Dian Fossey (via...
Apr 9th
burningfencepost:Fudge (viii)
Apr 9th
Project 365 #100 - 9 April 2008 (via me) I don’t...
Apr 9th
“I’m likely to miss the main event if I start to cry and...”
— Fiona Apple (via pieceofmind)
Apr 9th

That's not good

pica: Why do I keep getting little dizzy spells? Me too!  Came on in the last few days.  Not when...
Apr 9th
Project 365 #99 - 8 April 2008 (via me) Let the kangaroos...
Apr 9th
Project 365 #98 - 7 April 2008 (via me) Bogan car of the...
Apr 9th
Corey Haim's Official Website
Apr 9th
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
— Dr. Seuss (via vinh)
Apr 9th
“Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for...”
— Leonardo da Vinci (via...
Apr 8th
Sex from the other side
Apr 8th
C’mon, I know you love clowns…   silver’s...
Apr 8th
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Apr 8th
“It is never too late to be who you might have been.”
— George Eliot (via onherway)...
Apr 8th
miss-r: The Rudds go to China.  It’s the balloon...
Apr 8th
TISM RIP Tokin Blackman. :(
Apr 8th
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being...”
— Friedrich Nietzsche (via...
Apr 8th
DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio
Apr 8th
hula mess (via me) More circus photos from last...
Apr 8th
silver’s grand magic circus - 4/08 (via me)
Apr 8th
Ho Ladder Bookcase by Jocelyn Deris (via)
Apr 8th
Linda McCartney Photography Exhibition, London April -...
Apr 7th
Harold’s Planet
Apr 7th
The End.
Apr 7th
Listen Listen
Tony Joe White - Soul Francisco It kept me in step on the road tonight.  Dig it.
Apr 7th
I need ideas for Australian television awards...
Apr 7th
burningfencepost: Fudge (vii)
Apr 7th
Up high (via me) She was. 
Apr 7th
glamorouswhimsy: If Ricky Gervais, creator of the brilliant...
Apr 7th
Hoooo don’t know what to write… Nobody cares about your PMS, Vanessa. Right. 
Apr 7th
Project 365 #97 - 6 April 2008 (via me) A day at the...
Apr 6th
Project 365 #96 - 5 April 2008 (via me) Derby day.  The...
Apr 6th
Carcinogens Found in "Organic" Personal Care...
Apr 6th
Drug Rep Tells All: Drink the Kool-Aid
Apr 6th
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is...”
— Scott Adams (via rocketgirl)...
Apr 6th
(via feastingonroadkill)
Apr 6th
“There comes a point where you just love someone. Not because...”
— Pretty profound. Anita Blake...
Apr 5th
bunnynico: jeffinmotion: mareen: marco: Study:...
Apr 5th
Art. suitep: mynylife: allgrownsup: In the last 90s...
Apr 5th
I ♥ reflections (via me)
Apr 5th

wot cheeses me off

People who do not know how to pronounce their own profession. That means YOU, Gordon Ramsey, Matt...
Apr 5th
busterkeaton: dirtyworld: Vintage Monopoly Cards...
Apr 5th
emmas: overit: o! A good childhood memory. (via rach) Yes. ...
Apr 5th

How much is too much?

I hate having to hide. Worry about everything I say on the fucking internet. I was burnt, you see....
Apr 4th

This is why I don't go much for song...

Umm…………………………….. it’s not...
Apr 4th

The Birds

It’s the birds, you know… Flying in the sky like they do Chirping and singing and all...
Apr 4th
Atari user’s desk, circa 1983 Impressive set up in...
Apr 4th
That’s me, with the glasses. 1978.
Apr 4th

Lessons in Australian vol. 1

Chuck a U-ey: To execute a U-Turn. The word bail has more uses than originally intended: To bail...
Apr 4th
busterkeaton:nsx:pink typewriter (via anniebee) Is this...
Apr 4th
HMAS Sydney photos raise further questions … and I am...
Apr 4th
Project 365 #95 - 4 April 2008 (via me) Just hangin’...
Apr 4th
Project 365 #94 - 3 April 2008 (via me) First record I...
Apr 4th

Things I hate

Inadvertantly coming across photographs that make you cry when you’re doing your best to close...
Apr 3rd
travors: This strange combination of Hot Wheels, slot car...
Apr 3rd
feastingonroadkill: Aux Armes Semicolonistes! From here ...
Apr 3rd
emmas: Whenever I talk to Americans, Im often asked to repeat myself…I dont have an accent, like,...
Apr 3rd
World Sunlight Map
Apr 3rd
“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love....”
— From Woody Allen’s Love and...
Apr 2nd
On his knees (via me)
Apr 2nd
andy smith/prints
Apr 2nd
Paula Begoun - The Cosmetics Cop
Apr 2nd
New Love documentary due out… and it’s called...
Apr 2nd
“Do not accept what you hear by report. Be lamps unto...”
— Bhudda (via bunnynico)
Apr 2nd
The evolution of 10 popular websites.
Apr 2nd
Nostalgia hit of the day.  The Mini Moke.  You don’t...
Apr 2nd
“You can’t listen to other people if you want style. You have...”
— ISAAC MIZRAHI NY (via...
Apr 2nd
My Aspartame Experiment.com
Apr 2nd
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be...”
— Aldous Huxley
Apr 2nd
Project 365 #93 - 2 April 2008 (via me)Heaven = Peanut...
Apr 2nd
Switched On Set: Chiaki Murata Plant Frame It’s about...
Apr 2nd
(via onemoretimewithfeeling) Ain’t that the truth. 
Apr 2nd
atherdiscretion:hugo-sb: via farm4.static.flickr.com I love...
Apr 2nd
“We hate Supre and Jay Jays because it’s all mass-produced...”
— I don’t know what’s worse: the...
Apr 1st
Photo by George Barris, 1962. Scanned by me from the book: ...
Apr 1st
I just got free tickets to the circus! ::claps hands with glee:: 
Apr 1st
“I hate turtlenecks. Wearing a turtleneck is like being...”
— Mitch Hedberg (via simko) (via...
Apr 1st
Harold’s Planet Apparently so.
Apr 1st
March Mosaic - Project 365 (via me)
Apr 1st
Buying organic?
Apr 1st
Project 365 #92 - 1 April 2008 (via me) And the rot...
Apr 1st
sarahcroberts: via florencio
Apr 1st
Project 365 #91 - 31 March 2008 (via me) LOLcar in the...
Apr 1st
suitep: via www.predicta.com These are pretty sweet. You...
Apr 1st
Vinh: A pigeon got into the attic, found its way into my wall and now it can't get out
Vinh: i've been listening to it struggle for a few days
Brian: that sucks man
Vinh: my dad said there's nothing he can do to get it out...so i get to listen to it slowly die
VInh: hopefully there aren't such a thing as bird-ghosts
Brian: jeeze...
Brian: it knows your soul is good
Brian: your dad on the other hand.... he will be haunted
Vinh: no, i tried banging on the wall to get it to stop making noise
Brian: ok you get haunted
Ok, now I get haunted for laughing at this, but only because I've had a mouse trapped in a downpipe just outside my back door for the last couple of days and I can totally relate.
Apr 1st
Marilyn Monroe (via me) Photo by George Barris, 1962. ...
Apr 1st
There’s a Big Top on the Esplanade (via me)
Apr 1st
Warch Watch
David Bowie - When I’m Five Mr Bowie inhabits his inner four year old - before he was very...
Apr 1st
Excessive texting a sign of mental illness
Apr 1st
Harold’s Planet
Apr 1st

Things I Am Not Allowed To Do On The...

I am not allowed to make effigys, voodoo dolls or sock puppets out of microphone socks...
Apr 1st
A photo in my Photojojo PhotoTimeCapsule email today. (via...
Apr 1st

Oh, spot the tumbl[e]r April Fool joke

Look up on your dashboard. 
Apr 1st

Complaint #184

whitewhine: “Its all well and good that you’re fans of ‘Arrested Deveopment’ now, but where were...
Apr 1st

Yet another pet peeve of mine that...

sarahcroberts: How long is too long after your big day to display your wedding picture as your...
Apr 1st