Saturday, 22 December, 2007

MPAA Bans This Poster

"The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has rejected Taxi On the Dark Side’s poster as being ‘not suitable for all audiences.’ … What’s offensive about this image? The detainee in the hood. Well, actually just the hood. An MPAA spokesman said: ‘We treat all films the same. Ads will be seen by all audiences, including children. If the advertising is not suitable for all audiences it will not be approved by the advertising administration.’ Welcome to the new age of censorship kids, it makes McCarthyism seem almost quaint." (Via Monoscope.) 22/12/07; 9:16 AM  Category: InterestingTidbits    Permalink: #

   Sunday, 18 November, 2007

OMG! "It's Lulu" by The Boo Radleys!

Not one, but TWO videos! Video 1 Video 2 This is too weird. Fantastic to find in the middle of the night, but darn weird!! 18/11/07; 12:29 AM  Category: InterestingTidbits    Permalink: #

   Friday, 16 November, 2007

The Nerd Handbook

The Nerd Handbook: "http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html">Rands In Repose: ‘He sees the world as a system which, given enough time and effort, is completely knowable. This is a fragile illusion that your nerd has adopted, but it’s a pleasant one that gets your nerd through the day.’" (Via ranchero.com.) 16/11/07; 11:03 PM  Category: InterestingTidbits    Permalink: #

   Thursday, 6 September, 2007

Auction

Well, it looks like we're going to auction early, plus more people are coming to look tomorrow. All signs are good for now. 6/9/07; 5:31 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Wednesday, 5 September, 2007

Interest

Wow. It's our second day on the market, and open day is this Saturday. But already we've had three unscheduled inspections and 6 couples through to see the house! Can't wait to see what the weekend will bring :-) 5/9/07; 6:13 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Tuesday, 4 September, 2007

My fireplace

It was a saga... See the photos - read the captions - feel the struggle :-) http://gallery.mac.com/robert.therefor/100028 4/9/07; 10:34 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

House

Our house is for sale! 4/9/07; 10:31 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Friday, 6 July, 2007

Traffic

11:41am 19/6/2007 on the Tasman Bridge that bisects Hobart, being driven from the airport by my mum. A normal Tuesday workday, nothing special. Mt Wellington in the background. See why I'm always complaining about the traffic in Melbourne!! 6/7/07; 6:40 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Tuesday, 29 May, 2007

Magic Hats

It's notable how icon designs can follow trends. Someone else pointed out the rash of circle-based icons that were appearing in some people's OS X docks. Could the magician's hat be a new trend - if my own dock is anything to go by, perhaps... Three applications, from left to right: MsgFiler Remote Buddy FotoMagico My guess is that it actually serves as an example that different designers can have the same idea, expressed differently, spontaneously and separately without there being any need to invoke the 'p' word. 29/5/07; 1:20 PM  Category: InterestingTidbits    Permalink: #

   Tuesday, 15 May, 2007

Boo and Lulu

Boo and Lulu are on the front page of today's local paper! 15/5/07; 2:26 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Sunday, 25 March, 2007

IKEA Hell - Never again

Rules to apply henceforth... Never go to IKEA during a weekend, holiday or late-night shopping. And probably December. Always phone ahead to see if the item I want is in stock: (03) 8416 5000 Always check store hours first Always go straight through the checkouts to the pick-up area, and use the customer service terminals to directly find the aisle and shelf my product is on. Bonus note: if my car park ticket fails, the car park's office is on the Green level, 1 below ground level. North-West quadrant. 25/3/07; 12:59 PM  Category: InterestingTidbits    Permalink: #

   Monday, 19 March, 2007

Grrr

OK. An update. Business is brisk, life's pleasant. Lot's happening. I've been reconsidering the future of this site, and it's role in the world. Early on it served as my test-bed of the blogging phenomenon, well before it hit the mainstream. It's been fun, and I've learnt a lot about writing to/for the web, but the easy lessons have been learnt - what's next? Give it up, or try for something more challenging? I haven't decided yet. Oh, yeah, it doesn't help that I consider the site's template design a personal eye-sore, for many reasons. A visual overhaul needs to be considered. 19/3/07; 12:03 AM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Monday, 18 September, 2006

WOW! This has to be the coolest Bluetooth gadget for a mobile phone ever

18/9/06; 6:36 PM  Category: Technology    Permalink: #

   Monday, 11 September, 2006

A new website for ic06

At ThereFor I've just completed a branding campaign for Innovate / Collaborate 06 that included: design and construction of a website payment gateway registration database online and PDF registration forms event logotype HTML emails registration reports print collateral 11/9/06; 6:38 PM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

   Monday, 7 August, 2006

New website design for TGCCC

I completed a new website design today, for the Terminals Geelong Community Consultative Committee. 7/8/06; 5:33 AM  Category: MyNews    Permalink: #

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