January 2010
87 posts
Wired nails it, Jobs should be worried about HTML5. http://bit.ly/cQi8Gm
Ergh. New Idea’s Bjork-styled ad just made me vomit a little in my mouth.
So I see everyone’s really furious about the iPad not supporting Silverlight. Oh, wait…
RT @ChasLicc: CIA source: “Remember all that evidence I gave you of torture working?Well,that was all bullshit. Sorry!” http://bit.ly/d8UD91
Evidence that Americans really don’t give a crap about the rest of the world http://ifglobalwarmingisrealthenwhyisitcold.blogspot.com/
I don’t know how telcos can advertise free mobile access to Twitter like it’s a massively generous feature… shameless.
RT @julie_posetti: RT @1petermarrin Rupert to the rescue - his little-known role in the creation of ABC 24/7: http://bit.ly/cKEXD2
I used to love Paul Merton until I saw his China series and realised he’s xenophobic almost to the point of racism
iPad question: when you’re signing up for the latest hottest new social media site and want to upload an image of yourself, wtf do you do?
yep, Charlie Brooker is a legend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4
this is the iPad I had 5 years ago, exact same resolution and screen size, and it ran a full multitasking OS http://bit.ly/any2E3
This “inside the great magazines” doco series is pretty weak, no “inside” info, just simplistic connections from mags to cultural movements
Triple J are looking for a freelance web developer with XSLT skills http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/about/jobs/webdeveloper.htm
interesting that there’s a ‘file sharing’ option visible in the iPad settings screen (skip to 1:06 in video) http://bit.ly/9rq07K
NB big brands, your attempts to co-opt flash mobs as a marketing tool are worse than lame. Case in point: http://bit.ly/9ps5zU
RT @Neekatron: Heh.. RT @ayleighk: No more iPad jokes, period.
no mention of tethering in apple’s presentation today.. AT&T is the elephant in the room over there
It’s a bigger, better iPod touch, with 3G. I feel sheepish for momentarily hoping for something way better than that.
engadget is saying no multi-tasking. I can totally handle that in a phone but in a ‘work’ device that’s ridiculous
“iPad”? Really?
nifty, but this thing won’t have anywhere near the same impact as the iPhone did
as the tablet hour approaches seeing talk of “next generation print” and Farmville. Both these ideas are LAME
we really are in the worst time zone for these big Apple announcements. sigh.
Sorry, but 24 is right up on my list of tv shows I thought people would be done with by the year 2010. Stargate too.
Spent a small fortune on a Massive Attack ticket. I hope they’re as good as I remember. It has been 12 years. I’m so old!
austraya day sponge cake http://yfrog.com/3g7gmj
too many dicks on the dance floor!! #hottest99
wonder who’s going to win the #hottest100
Why Firefox doesn’t support H264 http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2010/01/video_freedom_a.html
RT @dunk: This is just unbelievable. The man selling them needs to go to prison for a long long time: http://tinyurl.com/ycfzvb6
360 degree panoramic video from Haiti- http://bit.ly/7lvQdd #cnn
Impromptu dance party happening in Hyde Park fountain http://yfrog.com/3nauyij
Some “reclaim the lanes” guys with a wheeliebin hifi just created a doof in Hyde Park. Cops are circling. http://yfrog.com/1evofcj
Hermitude rocking the Spiegeltent http://yfrog.com/4ib75lj
Interval at Spiegeltent. Smoke & Mirrors are melting my head with circusy goodness.
Clare o’clock on the Play School clock
RT @wolfcat: Triple J accidentally announces winner of hottest 100 http://bit.ly/7DdJu2
Found another building in Sydney that appears to only have a facade http://yfrog.com/3g7cgoj
Stuck in a Haitian earthquake and need first aid? There’s an app for that… http://bit.ly/7EwJoF
Massive Attack are touring?!!! wooooot! http://bit.ly/77uI4r
back in 2004 Jay Leno openly discussed his succession plan to Conan and avoiding a messy handover http://bit.ly/5OkA8Y
RT @wolfcat: ABC to launch 24-hour news channel http://bit.ly/8LkRnz (c/o @abcnews)
Leno agreed to retire and then baulked, so really Leno<Conan = Howard<Costello = Hawke<Keating
looks like @amyward needs a new web server
just discovered how clean & simple it is to install user scripts in Google Chrome… very nice
Conan vs Leno as explained by those zany Chinese news 3D animators http://bit.ly/77MhRK
RT @abcunleashed: Why Prince William is no president http://bit.ly/5Jm3aq #unleashed
aaargh! the person at Fairfax Digital responsible for videos auto-playing on every news page deserves a strong kick in the nuts
OK Go - “it’s now far harder for bands to make videos accessible online than it was four years ago” http://bit.ly/87Uuzv
God prefers atheists http://www.irreligion.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Atheist-Humour-01.jpg