Posts tagged in ‘random thoughts’

Back up your stats, SMHPosted on September 29, 2008

The SMH had an article today on how gamers aren’t the sloppy, podgy nerds they have been stereotyped as.
It’s all a bit of a fluff piece but I take issue with this line -

Gamers also took part in vigorous exercise once or twice a week, more than most people.
Once or twice a week? [...]

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I got off lightlyPosted on September 21, 2008

So I was just complaining about the crap help at Youmenow.com (serves me right for using such a teenybopping site) but after reading their terms and conditions, I think I got off lightly.
Things we don’t promise
13.2 We do not promise you any of the following:
13.2.2 That death, personal injury or property damage [...]

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Amazing stop motionPosted on September 18, 2008

I’ve been getting really into Stop Motion films lately, I really love them as a medium.
I’ve just seen an amazing stopmotion video - a guy in LA took 2 photos of himself (front and back) every day for 17 years.

That’s dedication!
I love watching him get fat then thin, hair get long then [...]

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Build your own Power bar (as long as you like sugar)Posted on September 17, 2008

Element Bars have just launched a site where you can make your own protein/power/nutrition bars by picking your ingredients from the website and buying them in packs of 36.
It’s a great idea as I don’t like the commercial nutrition bars available - they are always too sweet and make me feel sick as I [...]

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Best job ad everPosted on September 16, 2008

I am in total awe of this job ad from Murder Burger in NZ, as photographed by Flickr user Noface2.

The full sized image is here.
I wish that 1) I could write like that, and 2) that I worked there. They sound like fun.

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Stick with what you knowPosted on

When we made the t-shirts, we decided we wanted a funky little label sewn on, not anything screen-printed. So we ordered some funky little labels, and the label company asked if we’d like them sewn into the shirts for an extra 95c each.

Photos by Flickr user Passenger57.
Being a start-up, we decided to save costs [...]

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Take that DovePosted on September 10, 2008

This video of a Photoshop genius making a fat (err… Rubenesque) girl thin is a really cool example of the capabilities of Photoshop.

I would have liked to have seen it in reverse, so taking a thin model and making her look naturally fat, but it’s another great reminder of why I don’t buy magazines. [...]

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Lloyds is pantsPosted on August 28, 2008

In one of the funniest articles I’ve read today, a man in the UK changed his banking password to be “lloyds is pants” and found the bank changed it to “no it’s not”.
Mr Jetley said he first realised his security password had been changed when a call centre staff member told him his code word [...]

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They don’t let me drive late at night…Posted on August 19, 2008

The NYT has an incredibly patronising article today about advertising to women, by women.
The gist of it - women can now read and write and some of them can blog. But women only read blogs written by other women because we only like talking about motherhood, shopping and celebrities. (I’m paraphrasing here).
There are [...]

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My experience with Apple’s Genius BarPosted on August 18, 2008

My laptop’s airport card died the other day - I just couldn’t get a wireless connection, and it said I had no airport card installed.
So I made an appointment to see a genius at the Genius Bar at the new Apple shop in Sydney. It couldn’t be easier to book an appointment, it was [...]

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