2008

An open letter to architects

Firefox extension to fix the new Facebook...

“Sorry. I’m at Comic-Con, which makes me feel like a fucking...”
— Vidiot Tumble

“Looking for ways that I can sell out but no one wants to buy...”
— Me.

“I’m looking at this piece and saying to myself,...”
— Hugh Macleod I always look...

“The “just don’t look” strategy works for more than...”
— Kottke (via soupsoup)

buyhercandy wrote: I need to select a few of my gig photos to enter in Billboard & PDN’s music...

This is now my dream house. The Cellophane House is on show...

“Someone introduced me to Moe from Jezebel, with whom...”
— Jessica Roy in the New York...

via Big Contrarian

OMFG public dissection of giant squid will be...

Just Don't Look

Best. NonSociety. Parody. Ever. By the thinking internet...

Hello America!

I’m in Australia but woke up at 3am so turned on the telly and America’s Today show with...

“Once we accept the inevitability of screwing our readers to...”
— Critics should be the last...

“Newspapers should have been at the forefront in the attacks...”
— “Real journalism” is not about...

Mediawhoredom

Just picked another radio thing. I will be working the decks over the weekend during the midnight...

Do you want naughty pictures (but totes...

Indulging in my guilty pleasure of Saturday afternoon...

Lectures perfect for self diagnosed internet...

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could...”
— Mark Twain

Just $10 for a vote? Then I'll take 100.

“In today’s age where everyone can publish and Twit anything...”
— New Rules Blogger Etiquette …...

Hugh McLeod via somethingchanged + pica + travors

“The real enemy of writing creating is talk.”
— David Malouf, quoted by Salman...

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Rock the geek out @ Gencon Oz

Support 'The Doctor' in abstaining from...

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“If you typically high-five your monitor when someone leaves...”
— Paul, A Pressing Question (via...

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well...”
— Albert Einstein (via 10,000...

“You know, you CAN laugh at him.”
— Jon Stewart on the Daily Show...

“what matters is not experience per se but “effortful study,”...”
— The Ultimate Code Kata (via...

Some mother fuckers think they're born...

1. Was subtley and coolly bopping up and down just then at a coffee shop while humming Inside...

Two Thousand and Grate.

The Grates played a secret show incognito (albeit in name only, no disguises :( ) last night at the...

Opportunity Cost

I hate having to experience opportunity cost in real life. Was so much more fun learning about it...

The Future of Public Service Broadcasting

via Valleywag Flickr Founder’s Resignation Letter to...

“The best measure of the value of time is not money but...”
— The Wisdom of Drama - June 18,...

“oldmedia ppl no laptop/mobile, newmedia not listening but...”
— Nick Hodge via Twitter...

“You can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more...”
— Stephen Fry on people...

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Show your Tumblr content in a digital photo...

And she will now disappear in a puff of...

“Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a solemn promise...”
— Snarkmarket on a word that was...

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a...”
— Hunter S. Thompson (via...

butterflyeffect wrote: Fairfax Digital launched their West...

johnbrissenden wrote: It had to happen. IED has now...

It’s time to grow up.

Wanted: Apple News Reviewer

I’ve glossed over all tumblr posts, rss feeds and tweets about Apple from the last 12 or so...

Future

patrickmoberg wrote: I caught myself wondering if I’ll still have a blog in 20 or so years, when I...

“The way great things happen is when people are willing to...”
— Barack Obama speaking to his...

Patience from the funnest band in the world The Grates Photo...

Rewriting 'Almost Famous' for the...

If you go to the Valley, you’re gonna have friends like crazy, but they’re gonna be fake friends....

“In truth, the Internet is a great communications tool. But...”
— Old Media is choking on New...

I’m feeling uncool today so found the text of my fave scene from Almost Famous: LESTER BANGS...

Posters by Tyler Stout via ericamay

“Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying...”
— This question eats at me all...

International Unused Vote Exchange

So has anyone made my idea from February a reality yet? Considering so few Americans vote anyway....

Booyah!!!

That is all.

I must be sick

I think I miss doing tech support.It’s been 18 months since I’ve been away from the help...

Have You Ever Seen A Rabbit Climb A...

clembastow wrote: Right, so my iMac “crashed” before. Which is a) specifically why I gave up my...

copyright question.

jackieheartsb wrote: i received an email from a flickr user who claimed i violated their copyright...

Flickr find, from the AMEN store, Munich. (via aja) Fuck me...

‘Tis blogworthy because it is true as my caffeine...

What would Jesus have on his tumblr?

I think he’d be a totally cool blogger here and not preachy or anything like he would be on...

au.web2.0.hype.publicity.com

Yay! The bubble is so returning to Australia. I think. There was a totally planted story about a new...

dailymeh wrote… That’s right, I’m a MAN, says US...

“They wouldn’t have a clue about what it’s like...”
— The Whitlams - Laugh in Their...

I get so sad...

…when I remember that Ferris Bueller is married to Sarah Jessica Parker. I’m watching...

Future Melbourne

The Fall Of Steve Jobs August 5, 1985 issue of Fortune...

Daddy’s going to tell you all you need to know by A...

“You can’t clash with the clients on whatever they...”
— Internet Enthusiast Daily -...

bankrupt offices by Phil Toledano (more archaeology than...

Attention: SEO Bitches

Tumbr works fine. I rank #1 and #2 in Australia for Julia Allison. Stop your crying. Did we really...

Javascript Super Mario Kart

“A lot of successful people are risk-takers. Unless you’re...”
— Phillip Adams

“YouTube has destroyed my ability to know whether I am bored...”
— Patton Oswalt

The Black Cab Sessions

(via supernice)

“New Media and Digital media experts worry about how snazzy...”
— From Laurel Papworth’s...

SNAFU

Big problems are just little problems that were neglected when they were small.

I’m on another self imposed continuous partial...

somethingchanged wrote: Help! Can anyone help me follow...

Name That Theme Song Game One or two players, try and name...

Since when is it ok to use Facebook for pitching Amway like...

I am the decider

Have just made a decision that is right for me but know that people will be disappointed with it. I...

2008 Fuglies. Worst. Awards. Ceremony. Ever. 

I saw this graphic in my dashboard and it dawned on me why...

tumblr wish:

i wish the dashboard had a search feature. there have been numerous moments where i thought to...

Aussies - I'm giving away two domain names

“Amid the drunken revelry and pulsing electronic music [of...”
— The Web 2.0 economy hangs in...

“a note to my real life friends, this is NOT the same as...”
— fortune favors the bold

noraleah: Politics in our times: Obama marriage...

Attention somethingchanged: Sure cancer is kind of scary and...

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“The internet has nuked the last remaining consecutive...”
— Me

Your Twitter is not your blog is not your...

Use your Tumblr in a subdirectory

An unsettling thought

heather-rivers wrote: If you only get psyched about things you’re not really getting paid to do,...

Colbert talks about Obama

Larry King: Give me your assessment of Barack Obama. Where he's come from, what he's done, what he's accomplished. He is a political phenomena.
Stephen Colbert: He's an inspiring candidate. And he's got the young people out there just eating out of the palm of his hand. He's passing his hope bong around the drum circle of young America.
Larry King: His what?
Stephen Colbert: His hope bong, Larry. He's inviting people to take deep tokes off of his bong packed with hope.

“I don’t need to be president. I don’t need to be...”
— Stephen Colbert There are very...

“Doesn’t elitest mean good? … If your time in this job goes...”
— Jon Stewart on The Daily Show...

t-shirts won't make you a geek (probably...

jennabrom wrote: if you want to make a statement about your intelligence or passion, accomplish...

The Australian TV Awards We Had To Have

I think it woud be easier if I tried to...

Barista: I heard you on the radio this morning.
Me: How'd I do?
Barista: You don't sound how you look.
Me: Ummmmm.
Barista: It's really off offputing.
me: We speak everyday. You hadn't mentioned it before
Barista: (10 seconds of silence).
Me: I'm on Triple J tomorrow morning. What should I do?
Barista: Cancel.

Lonely Planet travel writer says he made up...

Best example ever of web 2.0 reportage's...

Those apples are good and ripe.

topherchris replies to my feature request: Srsly you guys, get out of my head. Srsly. I think...

You know what would be an excellent...

If when you post a question it gets sent to a special public section sort of like the radar where...

“Google’s picture-snapping cars have been cruising...”
—  what a ripper of an idea by...

miss-r wrote: The URL is to Kristen Le Mesurier’s SMH...

“Wow, you hate me! You really, really hate me! I have to say,...”
— Julia Allison in The Internet...

Restaurant using Tumblr as their web site

I need ideas for Australian television awards...

SHHH cards via toolmantim We need these on airlines now....

“Clearly, Web 2.0 popularity doesn’t necessarily equate to...”
— The Drama 2.0 ShowTweet This:...

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“You are the world’s biggest clusterfuck of a human...”
— Me - talking about myself...

via Cheeseburger Gothic

img via kyleshank The President’s final Plushie Party...