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15July2009 11:38

just finished iain m banks' _the player of games_ — great read — lots of interesting ideas and world-building and riveting from start to end

15July2009 10:18

"I am a vampire, I am supposed to be tormented." loving True Blood

15July2009 08:14

sheeple http://xkcd.com/610/ — genius, and I have to admit to thinking it myself sometimes

14July2009 10:03

Ridiculous Life Lessons From New Girl Games — http://bit.ly/8SGYx — a few positive msgs, but mostly scary stuff (via www.wonderlandblog.com)

13July2009 11:55

with a turtleneck and epaulette-d purple sweater, I was looking very star trek today — or perhaps it was just a retro-futurism thing

13July2009 09:14

tax all done for another year, and thanks to the medicare threshold changes, fortunately not as painful this time round (thx @KevinRuddPM)

13July2009 02:56

if it could take a portable, external, full-sized keyboard the iPhone could totally replace my need for a laptop - someone get on that

12July2009 10:08

RT @stephenconroy That Australian Idol TVC is like a Hillsong revival. Compelling viewing. Jesus would be proud.

12July2009 08:16

oh and last week was the first since starting running that I've totalled over 20km for the week — must try keep that up

12July2009 08:12

bought new "sports" headphones just for running — seems excessive, but so much easier not having to push earphones back in every few minutes

11July2009 00:29

full battery death on the iPhone is pretty ugly, but fortunately recharges impressively quickly (also, I love the auto-cap'ing of "iPhone")

10July2009 11:54

dinner at ramen kan in darling harbour — hadn't been there in a while but it's still worth queueing for

10July2009 11:52

[because i haven't done that in too long] RT @jessicasutton #drunkatwork

09July2009 02:17

Tweeting from my iPhone (!)

08July2009 23:54

RT @MarkStanto: "Would someone please give this idea some shebangabangs!” http://bit.ly/L9jA9 - Great post to the Gruden blog from @PipWhite

08July2009 22:38

slightly creepy still, but love that real world people can be introduced by their twitter @username — i never saw that with email/irc/blogs

08July2009 07:42

won't make me drink VB, not identifying with any in their parade, but it's a great ad: http://bit.ly/oFGUx (love the old theme at the end)

05July2009 11:45

had been putting off watching _No Country For Old Men_ — turns out it's really good, though the last quarter slowed down a little too much

03July2009 23:10

ingenious banner ad by pringles — "worth a few dozen clicks" — http://bit.ly/160Sy9

02July2009 21:07

RT @mpesce: Ok, my local is on twitter. @aurorahotel. I'm gobsmacked. Srsly. [Me too; that's a little too weird]

01July2009 07:48

vodafone _really_ don't want my money; unfortunately optus was closed this evening but i'll be there on the weekend (!)

01July2009 03:14

it doesn't quite apply the same way in Aust, but danah boyd (@zephoria) makes some great points about class online — http://bit.ly/dQKQE

30June2009 05:25

someone up there doesn't want me to get an iphone; day 5 trying and now commbank's systems are offline; will try again tomorrow

27June2009 02:23

seals of the US states: http://bit.ly/z5ABD (it's on wikipedia, it must be true — esp love the "walrus of alabama")

26June2009 03:55

smh have been slowly driving me away but the ads these last cpl days are the final straw; have removed them from safari's topsites #smhfail

25June2009 22:38

when i want comics criticism to be robust, this is the sort of thing i'm talking about — http://bit.ly/1iSz47 — brilliant review of batwoman

25June2009 20:34

read cormac mccarthy's The Road over the last cpl days — a great read, v grim but oddly uplifting, like all great post-apocalyptic fiction

24June2009 07:40

optus offer me an "iphone deal ... just for you", but it isn't a deal at all, it's an offer to stand outside their store at midnight; no thx

23June2009 21:49

my (work) windows box has reached time-to-format-and-reinstall — i'm thinking perhaps it's really time-to-get-a-mac

23June2009 09:03

"Nobody’s ever wrecked a freely elected democratic government with a single tweet yet!" #utegate http://bit.ly/3WrcVx

23June2009 07:39

loving mos def's The Ecstatic! great beats and, of course, he's an incredible vocalist

23June2009 06:30

saw lots of great films at #sff but none of the official nor audience winners! (even of the top 5s i only saw coraline) http://bit.ly/1608XY

22June2009 06:03

went for a run while recovering from the flu; painful during but feel so much better after; think i burnt out the virus

21June2009 00:47

watched @hodgman's speech re a geek president & new beginnings, to the radio & tv correspondents' dinner w/ the pres http://bit.ly/KjUD2

18June2009 11:00

it's a shame it's only back to die a slow death, but _Kings_ is some incredible television — amped up melodrama, and looks gorgeous

17June2009 22:53

the amount of metadata the iphone 3gs is including in photos is incredible (gps, compass) — @gruber links http://bit.ly/19rgId — yes please

17June2009 01:25

+1 RT @Interdome: As upsetting as it is, I'm not convinced Iran is currently fighting for democracy. http://trunc.it/g8kr

15June2009 10:56

my twitter/chatter script for http://wintermute.com.au/ got hit by the #twitpocalypse — not critical tho, just needed a DB field change

15June2009 01:01

while i love the idea of being a vagabond, tim bray & commenters capture much of what bothers me about the 4-hr workweek http://bit.ly/Qz8oP

15June2009 00:59

"If ur not happy with your job, instead of re-organizing ur life so u can b a vagabond, consider looking 4 a more interesting line of work"