October 2009
12 posts
Holiday house
Mum: We're at Blairgowrie having breakfast by the sea. You left lots of beer here dear - planning a party?
Me: We thought it would be nice for the next guests! Drink up mum
When I grow up, I want to be warm.
Michelle: Meanwhile.. I have a presentation to do at class tonight and I haven't even finished WRITING it let along practicing. arg.
Me: what's it on?
Michelle: oh that's what took me so long to figure out. It could be on anything. so I have done it on Public Speaking.
Me: just don't say pubic speaking.
Michelle: hahah what. too late.
Me: two nights ago, the chapter of my book was RAUNCHY and I went to sleep a bit disturbed. last night, the chapter of my book was about pubic lice and I went to sleep quite disturbed.
Michelle: You're not reading Designing for the Digital Age, are you.
Rudd tweets biscuit eating escapade →
Dude, this is news. (That’s the Australian Prime Minister. Right there.)
I have two smart playlists on my iPhone. Boombox Babies is set to 2GB of the newest music, unless it’s been rated 1-3 stars. Boombox is set to 10GB of random music, unless it’s been rated 1-3 stars.
Then I try to rate everything when I listen to it. With 60GB of music, this setup ensures I’m either listening to something I like, or something I haven’t heard in a...
Sometimes you just wanna freeze in time.
The conference hashtag for Web Directions South in Sydney is #wds09. Why’s the 09 useful? Twitter’s all about the now, so it’s unlikely someone would reminisce about #wds87 or anticipate #wds26. And if you wanted to search for what people said in 2008, a date range search would achieve that. I don’t get it.
Two things that annoy me in stories:
Boy falls for girl, or vice versa. You are given no information about why on earth they would fall for that person. They are not interesting, witty, clever, funny, original, kind, or anything stand-out. They are a nothing. Go away, story. Go away.
One partner (romantic or otherwise) warns another partner about something. They are urgent. They shout at the...
Tumblr doesn’t wanna let me reblog. So: music and music.
One of my roomies bought a ticket to SXSW 2010 but now he can’t go. So if anyone hasn’t bought their ticket - and wants one for $400 (they’re $450 at the moment) - let me know. kthxbye?
Robots for Google Wave
Zero - gives you a treat when you have inbox zero
Filer - files your waves for you based on senders, context, content
Bug (for web dev) - if you get a wave that’s talking about a bug or a problem on a website, Bug chases up more details about when it occurred, where, how, why, when, what browser & OS
Worker - hides all waves from you except certain ones e.g. marked urgent, so you...
September 2009
21 posts
It seems like cigarettes should be relics of the past.