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"Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets."

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:43:00 +1000

“Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets.”

- Ron Swanson

"The Bulldogs can get the ball. They can’t get a dividend from it. They need a forward set up to give..."

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:15:06 +1000

“The Bulldogs can get the ball. They can’t get a dividend from it. They need a forward set up to give reward for what is being done elsewhere. Without it you have Saturday night, despondency following break down.”

- Gerard Whateley hitting the nail on the head.

Two years ago I spent a weekend locked in a large room with some...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:02:05 +1100

Two years ago I spent a weekend locked in a large room with some of my best mates, a reel-to-reel tape recorder, some loud amps and a slab or two of beer.

Tomorrow night, the activities of that weekend finally come to fruition.

Sometimes you’ll be having an indifferent, bland kinda...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:03:38 +1100

Sometimes you’ll be having an indifferent, bland kinda day, and then iTunes will decide to play Pistol Grip Pump by Rage Against the Machine and the whole day is suddenly coloured awesome.

"Tony Abbott is like a cheapskate hypnotist in a run-down circus. […] He’s saying to the electorate..."

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:30:39 +1100

“Tony Abbott is like a cheapskate hypnotist in a run-down circus. […] He’s saying to the electorate ‘look into my eyes, you are growing weaker, no more boats, end Labor’s big bad tax, debt and deficit.’ […] The endless repetition of these slogans is like an attempt by a trainee hypnotist to work wonders on a cobra in basket.”

- Bob Carr—messiah of the federal Labor party?

Frank Zappa’s parents Francis and Rosemarie show that...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:10:30 +1100

Frank Zappa’s parents Francis and Rosemarie show that they have style of their own in their eclectic Los Angeles living room.

It mightn’t be quite up to the standard of a good...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:42:44 +1100

It mightn’t be quite up to the standard of a good espresso, but for a little over $10 this Vietnamese coffee setup is serving me exceptionally well (and I don’t need to become one of those intolerable espresso snobs in order to use and maintain it).

lookwhostoxic: Keith Urban, the product our brief dalliance...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:33:54 +1100

lookwhostoxic:

Keith Urban, the product our brief dalliance with M.O.R. FM rock, and the perfect soundtrack to your Australia Day BBQ.

My-y luscious butt cheeks, fryin’ on the grill

You’re welcome, Australia.

Homer? Who is Homer? My name is Guy Incognito…

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:57:57 +1100

Homer? Who is Homer? My name is Guy Incognito…

"…there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your passwords at DreamHost today."

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:12:19 +1100

“…there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your passwords at DreamHost today.”

- Apologies if my Internet presence turns into a series of ads for Russian brides.

Urban Riding Tips

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:57:01 +1100

Urban Riding Tips:

After reading Urban Riding Tips ‘til late last night, perhaps it was inevitable that this morning’s ride was filled with car doors being opened before me, vehicles parking in bike lanes, and one nut-job driver who got out of her car and demanded to see a fellow commuter’s licence (she was so animated her glasses fell off her head).

The Scale of the Universe

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:10:03 +1100

The Scale of the Universe:

From the planck length to the estimated size of the universe (900 yottametres).

“Your father is a part of you … always. Learning about him...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:27:26 +1100

“Your father is a part of you … always. Learning about him teaches you about yourself.” - Worf

March 31, in case you were wondering.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:25:55 +1100

March 31, in case you were wondering.

Everyday Formula by Regurgitator. Nineteen year old Craig has...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:17:33 +1100

Everyday Formula by Regurgitator.

Nineteen year old Craig has taken over iTunes. It’s all Regurgitator, all the time.

Ah, so that’s what that “Fail in Japanese only when...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:29:24 +1100

Ah, so that’s what that “Fail in Japanese only when there are untranslated strings” option does.

1994—it’s kinda like Three Thousand in 2011, only much,...

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:27:03 +1100

1994—it’s kinda like Three Thousand in 2011, only much, much better.

"Blah blah blah blah blah. But, you know, whatever. We don’t really know how anything really..."

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:03:39 +1100

“Blah blah blah blah blah. But, you know, whatever. We don’t really know how anything really works, and everything I’ve said up until now is almost certainly bullshit. So just believe what you want to believe—at the end of the day your free will is just an elaborate illusion, and you’re going to die soon anyway. Now, where my bitches at?”

- Stephen Hawking (paraphrased)

"Help! The captcha picture used to verify new users isn’t very clear!"

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +1100

“Help! The captcha picture used to verify new users isn’t very clear!”

- Sometimes this kind of thing is worth a laugh, but more often than we’d care to admit they reveal some of our biggest failings:

Bots, and the damage they cause, are not the fault or responsibility of individual users, and it’s totally unfair to expect them to take the responsibility. They’re not the fault of site owners either, but like it or not they are our responsibility — it’s we who suffer from them, we who benefit from their eradication, and therefore we who should shoulder the burden. And using interactive authentication systems such as CAPTCHA effectively passes the buck from us to our users.

Video

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:52:00 +1100