2008

May

New Ferrari California. Overwrought, but not unlikeable, if...

Mondo Croquet 2005

Too many children dying in crashes

Being google-stalked by your mum

My mum: I was reading your website the other day
Me: Oh? Which one?
My mum: Oh, I don't know. I just look at whatever comes up in google
Me: ...
My mum: You're a very strange boy
Me: Thanks, mum.

Twitter doesn't scale down

Last week I tried twitter, mostly because all the MacBreak Weekly guys are always on about how...

“There’s an old story about the person who wished his...”
— Bjarne Stroustrup (via...

Things Better Than Ironman

scriptie: A Maria Carrey music video I saw last weekend “Zombie Strippers” GTA IV strippers And...

Sydney properties halve in price

“In 1985, the average American had three people to talk to...”
— Richard Watson writes that...

“It has cutesy animal “daemons” and flying witches that turn...”
— Dr Dave didn’t like The...

nevver: Mopar Phat.

And that, kids, is why I love my Peugeot.

A type of whale, upwards of 7 metres in lengh that lives in...

World press photo of the year, 2008. American soldier...

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (via...

elderdave: Unsurprising quotes #847: “Hemp advocates foresee a bright future for hemp.” Gee…you...

“Boy, Spanish Broom sure is awesome! You really should get...”
— Dr Dave. Spanish Broom.

Me: If it was so awesome it'd be everywhere, probably with some DuPont trademarked name to make it more palatable to people and so it doesn't need to carry a seven-leafed logo.
Dr Dave: Yes, I have noticed that we're not all living in hemp cities on the moon yet....

“Companies are big on breaking the car addiction because...”
— Suddenly it’s cool to take...

nevver: Its Electric / Materialicious The interesting...

elderdave: via Axel Ganz (Seawings forum) Cap’n Tony...

“IF you think you’re designing something for idiots,...”
— Paul Graham

“Sounds a lot like what people wrote about the iPod in 2002:...”
— John Gruber on the press’...

Call to increase capacity (2)

scriptie: Sorry dude, my use of the term ‘market demand’ is a bit vague in the original post. I...

Streams by Pensiero. Too busy? Too crowded? I think not....

Musician 'duped' into anti-piracy video

Monthly grocery bill up $139

Call to increase capacity | The Australian

Apr

vasta: If anyone asks you why you spend so much time blogging or doing fun stuff on the web, tell...

“What is the city but the people?”
— William Shakespeare (via...

Australian Music In Tune

“I’m sure that the moment man discovered fire, there...”
— Abort, Retry, or EPIC FAIL -...

The Porsche Design pipe. Rounded contours and a...

I couldn’t do just one Trabi.

Perhaps an early Porsche 911 is more your speed?

Who doesn’t want their own kustom Trabant?

BMW M1 Hommage. Sounds like a cheese. “Yes, I do like...

Kilcoy Road Rally report

Starting at 8am, or thereabouts, Chris and I left Pine Rivers Park and wound our way around the...

Pity Trophies (via me!) On the weekend I entered my first...

lonelysandwich: Radio Lab: Three is a Magic Number When Radio Lab goes musical, the world shifts a...

nevver: Ford GT 99 / Suwaowalog My weekly dose of Gulf...

An open letter to the Bin Truck Men

elderdave: Hello Mr Bin Truck Man, I know your job isn’t glamorous and almost never gets the...

The steps at Paley are so low and easy that one is almost...

“I will pass over the false starts, the dead ends, and the...”
— William H Whyte, in The Social...

start today (via screenloft)

nevver: Einstein on the Beach Great hat.

The Earth Will Be Just Fine, Thank You

Insignia debuts a new design language for Opel – as well...

“In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary...”
— — Robert Bringhurst. He...

There’s something about container ships in...

“High buildings have no genuine advantages, except in...”
— Christopher Alexander -...

I was inspired to post this after reading the delightful...

“The hackers within Microsoft must know in their hearts that...”
— Paul Graham: Be Good

lonelysandwich: Keith Jarrett Trio “Autumn Leaves” Tokyo, 1996 With Jack DeJohnette (d) and Gary...

“Like beer, pants can be the both the cause and solution of...”
— Fro.

When I woke up I was sleeping on the streetI felt the world was dancing, and I was dirt beneath...

Australian government demands universal...

"Why Socialists Don't Believe in Fun," by...

elderdave: I was walking along the main walkway earlier today and I looked down and I thought...

“It epitomizes Microsoft’s culture and institutional bad...”
— Mr Gruber on that awful and...

Go on, feel good about the world. Discovery Channel: I Love the World (via mrmachadochannel) and...

“A supporter once called out, ‘Governor Stevenson, all...”
— Scott Simon, “Music...

Stupid Internal Microsoft Vista SP1 Video. If I was a MicroSoft salesdriod, I know this video would...

“Microsoft’s biggest weakness is that they still...”
— Paul Graham: Microsoft is...

Bjorn Rust’s System 69 modular furniture...

“Imitating paper on a computer screen is like tearing the...”
— Ted Nelson (via simko)

soupsoup: jvincent:peterwknox:rore:busterkeaton:chrisooya: ...

“Particularly good writing is probably going to boost your...”
— An email from a teaching...

bloggedbybjorn: Another addition to the talented friends...

Norman Mailer’s lego City Of The Future. Each Lego...

The Rather Difficult Font Game

Lego Darth Vader Canteen Incident (via PlanetCooper)

vinh: This is a neat Polaroid action for Photoshop that...

1979 Mazda RX-7 ad.

The Australian Prime Minister, Tintin Kevin Rudd, and the...

Zotero is great

toldorknown: Don’t think there’s a Sunday afternoon pastime better than kicking back in the...

marco: (via mdfsmash) Ha!

“Mainstream economists, even those most critical of Kyoto,...”
— John Quiggin: The...

“I feel as if now I can finally relax and let myself go free...”
— Dude on a forum I use, on...

Ensmurfenising

I am one of several moderators on a discussion forum. Like forums everywhere, things can get a...

nevver: Claus Luthe, Designer / Dead at 75

nevver: Perpenduum Of course, this is only a...

stumblng: ok, it’s an advert, but it’s a pretty unusual one; it includes:… film [of] the...

People Commonly Mispronounce Computer Industry Acronyms. Or so I’m told.

travors: via nabizzle & MarcoThis is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in ages. Agreed.

German State Introduces Autobahn Speed Limit

The Powerhouse Museum now has some of their amazing historic...

An Australian Light Horseman collecting anemones near Belah...

And as commuting changes, so do commuters, because...

Carl Jung and the Collective...

…do they tour or just cut records? (shamelessly stolen from the sig of bodieanddoyle on...

'Ashes To Ashes' Season One Review

Jim Davis likes Garfield Minus Garfield

pwned?

Item: someone jokingly uses “pwned” in reply to a reply to a reply to an all-staff...

“She wants to know if I love her. That’s all anyone wants...”
— Jonathan Safran Foer (via...

The new science of crowds

It’s now possible to model, to a reasonable degree of accuracy, crowd behaviour. The way that...

From the Hillclimb again. This is a replica of a 1920s...

Larry Lessig: How creativity is being...

I went to the local Hilclimb on the weekend. The event was...

Consipracy Theory

The sheer, unimaginable, difficulty that is involved in using non-Microsoft non-Office products to...

10 Futuristic Materials

Now, let me say that on principle I despise the...

travors: This strange combination of Hot Wheels, slot car...

“A nice girl in a crap car – it’s the motoring...”
— James May

Yatabe Test Course, now sadly gone. (via Auto Otaku)

Apple on the High Street

Bill Gates’ predictions about speech...

toldorknown: Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Take Five” (1961) This version of the famous anthem of West...

fro: yourmonkeycalled: OK, I’ll ask you directly, Coffee With Milk From 2 Days Ago That I’ve Been...

See this story. (via scriptie)

otis redding-Fa-fa-fa (sad song) (via )

“Kids: try it. You’ll like it”
— Ad Hoc - Kids are just, great....

Still playing the same sad song.

Australian Music industry wants ISPs to...

You Ruined Everything

Steve McQueen drives eight sports cars for...

Steve McQueen’s 1963 Ferrari 250GT Lusso. Yes,...

Kevin Rudd has offered his support to Hillary...

Not for self-indulgent wieners.

“To read much of the breathless prose surrounding the new...”
— Ouch. (via 2009 Nissan GT-R:...

Mar

Watches for Monday

fatmanatee: soupsoup: I have a question, do older Tags hold up style-wise like Rolex do? I’m...

soupsoup: glamorouswhimsy: DVICE: Free electric cars?...

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you...”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (via...

via the 2004 Mt Cotton Historic Hillclimb Gallery at...

nevver: Olivier Trillon / Blanpied Rubini Smokin’.

Smoking tortoise found in China

Back in the 50s and 60s, my grandfather was a serious...

A Rallyists Guide for the Use and Operation...

Obscure Japanese cars on obscure Japanese wheels. WIN. (via...

MINI vs Ford F350. Ri-ight. (via Jalopnik)

Things become more desirable as they appear...

elderdave: Just for K. And all the other cats on the...

Philippe Starck to retire.

More on that stupid London Tower

scriptie: Isn’t it only 100,000 people? And is Popularchitecture even a proper firm? They’re not...

handa: Прикольная фотоподборка (77 фото) » Интересное...

I just picked up a couple of more followers. “Wow, that’s weird”, I thought. Then...

Sideways Dave: It was stock as a rock... what modifications can you make to a rock, anyway?
Geoff: Googly eyes?

inky: One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single...

“Some problems are so complex you have to be highly...”
— Laurence J. Peter

Tumblr is misbehaving for me today.