May 2010
I've been designing "And Now It's In Print".
And you know what? It feels great.
See, I hardly ever design any more. I explain things to people to help them design. I talk to people to help them explain what they want designed.
I’m really good at that. I’m so good at it that it’s been suggested I should get out of design and just be another fucking consultant.
But sitting down and actually doing it? Man, I miss this.
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“But as I go through the CDs, I’m noticing something. All the CDs I really loved...”
– Anybody want a peanut?: A thing I miss about physical media.
“Another manifestation of cultural cringe is the “Convict Stain”....”
– Cultural cringe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Yet Senator Conroy said ”blocking material is not considered to be...”
– Sydney Morning Herald Filter goes ahead regardless
Stephen Conroy is a staggering ball-sack stuffed into a suit.
“I don’t want to get into finger pointing about the private lives of...”
– Lisa Pryor How many journos would like a dose of their own medicine?
What demotivates me.
A sneaking suspicion that I am nowhere near as awesome as I think I am and that a ton of the stuff I do is actually the shit that other people rail against.
And this too is why I drink.
"Your women are weak and your whiskey is watered...
inthefade:
We’re just making up insulting dialogue for non existent movies.
Typical Saturday.
A Scottish friend told me once that Australians have a bad reputation because when we go to Scotland we tell them “Your beer’s rubbish and your women are fat”.
“The eHealth scheme is an Australia Card for your embarrassing bowel problem.”
– The Age Privacy pose shows the minister is off his Facebook
“You get to see some interesting things sitting in cafes for half a day taking...”
– Dr Jekyll - Know Your Product | Espresso Melbourne
So proud of my friends’ work on this website.
Someone recently asked what motivates me.
I think I lied.
What motivates me is a burning hatred of everything that is shit and that could be done better.
I rail against the limitations of a short lifespan, and the Law of Comparative Advantage.
Comparative advantage is a real fucko.
This is why I drink.
Rant.
Dear Apple,
I am sick to fucking death of your intransigent and recalcitrant bullshit attitude to making the calendar app on the iPhone and iPad any good.
Give me a simple fucking to-do list on there you metaphoricalfucking hessian sack full of cunt hair. There is no reason in the world to make a calendar app on an electronic device LESS USEFUL than a paper diary.
TO
FUCKING
DO
LIST
you...
Like Coffee? Live in Melbourne? This website is... →
Melbourne cares about its coffee –– maybe a bit too much sometimes –– and we all want to find out the best places for a decent espresso. Well some friends of mind have come together to create a website that tells you about the places, the coffee, and the people.
Are you from the States and want to see what cafe culture is like in Melbourne? Well Brood Box is where Iain, Taiss and I get together...
I guess Mike Monteiro is finding out the moral of “the Boy who played spiteful sarcastic asshole”.
I like his stuff and think he is very funny but he shouldn’t bleat so much when people think this is him.
“The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) now recognised as the world’s first...”
– Ned Kelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“But what happens after you’ve managed to pen your 200,000 word epic on love and...”
– iBookstore now allows individuals to submit their e-books | Macworld
“The Australian government will initiate legal action against Japan early next...”
– Australia takes action on Japanese whaling
An election promise kept?
I’m going to go have a rest. This hurts my brain.
“Before the launch, one of the scientists took Laika home to play with his...”
– Laika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What are cans made from? Seriously?
“When I was a child, I thought I was mentally deficient somehow because I could...”
– About Me | Jasper Schultz
“As of Wednesday, Wall Street valued Apple at $222.12 billion and Microsoft at...”
– New King of Technology - Apple Overtakes Microsoft - NYTimes.com
“People who find the Web distasteful — ugly, uncivilized — have nonetheless been...”
– The Medium - The Death of the Open Web - NYTimes.com
Live video link from the ROV monitoring the... →
Interesting move on BP’s part to stream a live feed. I would like to see something that helped me judge scale.
“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the end of newmatilda.com: the site will...”
– Curtains For Newmatilda.com | newmatilda.com
My theory on why Australian media is perennially doomed: we speak English, and so economies of scale make output from other countries (Esp the US and UK) less expensive (and often higher-quality) than domestic output.
“Because Australia is all about not making a fuss, being polite, not causing...”
– Israel: The Australia Of Our Dreams | newmatilda.com
“I’m not a fan of Sasha Grey’s for many, many reasons (and I am pretty damn...”
– Ah Erin.
Ephemera - Sasha Grey is fucking gross.
Musings of an Inappropriate Woman: Slut shaming:... →
Go read Rachel Hills’ savvy piece. And do follow her, won’t you?
Some brutal honesty from Wolfram Alpha →
(via crazycolours)
From the 'Holy Crap' department.
Stuff My Girlfriend Says just ticked over 10,000 followers on Tumblr. That’s mental.
The New Tame Impala is officially out. Get it. →
“We have unwittingly become members of the guard force that patrols the...”
– How Kim Jong-il blackmails the West into supporting his evil North Korean regime. - By Christopher Hitchens
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
The Velvet Underground (42)
Chris Isaak (25)
Eels (23)
The Beta Band (22)
Dean & Britta (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Yes, a sense of humor about those off-color moments is not too much to expect....”
– Savage Love by Dan Savage
“Less than three weeks before kick-off on 11 June, South Africa’s revamped...”
– World Cup blow for South Africa as foreign fans stay at home
Ouch.
“Ground controllers adjusted Skylab’s orientation for ideal re-entry...”
– Skylab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pissing in your pocket.
I’ve been listening to the You Look Nice Today podcasts over again. I’ve been trying to put my finger on what makes listening to them such a pleasure. Partially, it’s Adam’s voice, which I find totally dreamy and I am not even kidding. But what I think is central to my enjoyment is that there’s a real and honest masculine cruelty to the way they each try to get their...