July 31, 2007: July 31, 2007
links for 2007-07-31
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create your own downloadable games
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cool interface for the macromedia RSS channel
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gun nuts blog. lots of comments
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cool pixel pysics game
Ze German Homer
Check out this funny Buger King commercial for the Simpsons that featured a German Homer. He kinda sounds like Shaggy from Scooby Doo. I feel like learning another language and trying out for the voice of Homer in some far away country.
Here's the American voice we know and love.
July 29, 2007: July 29, 2007
The Reason I like Sepultura and Heavy Metal
It was this music montage at the beginning of Akira and other Manga videos back in the early 90's that had me rocking out. I asked friends at school what the band was "Seputurian?" and it all started from there.
I had to do all my research at HMV as I had no idea what the web was. My only experience with the web in high school was the 5 minutes I used it when at a computer fair.
I had no music taste before this, I didn't listen to the radio and I didn't own any CD's. I just played video games. (Sega Mega Drive if you're wondering)
Seeing this clip made me want to seek out the band and more music like it. And this only happened one other times when I saw the Stinkfist film clip by Tool and Loser by Beck.
I remember peopel saying owe then you'll like Metallica but their songs and sound seemed so old school and weak as did their album covers. I ventured into Pantera, Fear Factory and Machine Head and those kept me bopping as I went through highschool. I still have my very worn Seputura shirt I used to wear everywhere.
My Top Music Artists
If someone asked me what my fav band was I usually just mention what Ive been listening to last. Beck and Tool usaully spring to mind.
Note I have my itunes on random most of the time and the random is pretty shit. It seems to want to create a playlist for me so I end up hearing the same songs all the time.
That said I did overplay the latest Justice album for almost a week. It still rocks.
Last.FM is perfect for showing my music taste is more of a mess than my beard.
July 28, 2007: July 28, 2007
links for 2007-07-28
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show stre that gives a pair of shoes to charity for every pair you buy. great idea
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butterfingers viral site
Worst Costumes Ever Archive
Remember when your work makes you do fancy dress for the Xmas party and everyone puts in a lame effort and its just more annoying than fun.
Well take a look at WTFcostumes which has a collection of some of the worst (or best if you want to think about it that way) Halloween costumes Ive ever seen. The one above is particulary tasteless.
10 Year Reunion
My 10 year Merrimac State High school reunion is in November.
I have a feeling there wont be enough people as tracking down people from my high school seems pretty tough. A lot don't seem to online that much ie a handful have myspace and less have a facebook account.
I'm probably one of the easiest to find as my name is all over the interweb where as many of my friends don't really use the web that much.
Im excited about the reunion as not only am I not a dip shit living at home, I actually didn't have many beefs with people at high school. While I wasn't friends with everyone I certainly didn't have many enemies.
July 27, 2007: July 27, 2007
links for 2007-07-27
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do some artwork on a package and send it to this dude and he will show it on his blog
July 26, 2007: July 26, 2007
links for 2007-07-26
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photography tutorials
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nike + back in the 80s could be a viral for puma
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viral site for macedonia
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luxury house boat
July 25, 2007: July 25, 2007
links for 2007-07-25
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retro gaming underpants
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guy makes animal sculptures by combining real animal body parts and toys pieces. awesome..
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awesome custome guitar makign app flash
July 24, 2007: July 24, 2007
July 23, 2007: July 23, 2007
Aussie Dollar Kicking ASS
We're almost at 90c USD for the humble Aussie dollar. It's like Amazon is having a 15% off sale just for Australians. Everything is so cheap now especially camera gear and DVD's which you can pick up at discounted prizes now.
Rob reminds me of when he visited the US back in 2001 and our dollar was worth 49c USD. It was half price Australia.
Facebook Friendwheel
The new API for Facebook allows interesting tools like this Friendwheel app. Here you can see the connections all your friends have with other people. Mine are so disparate its quite funny. Although I'm trying to be a little more selective with my Facebook friends as opposes to my LinkedIn account. Neither I use regularly.
There is a whole Flickr Group (pretty small right now) for showing off your Friendwheel and some people have insane looking Friendwheels. I can't imagine knowing that meany people with the ratio of "knobs to normal people" being so high these days.
July 22, 2007: July 22, 2007
The Simpsons Movie Premiere Tickets
I've managed to get 6 tickets to the Yellow Carpet screening for The Simpsons Movie on the 23rd of July. Yes I'll be wearing my Nachos Hat, keep an eye out for me.
And you might be wondering why I have six tickets. Well I don't want some big football player in front or behind me to ruin the experience so I've booked out an empty zone around my seat.
If you think this is a waste then you sound like someone who either has only one ticket or no tickets.
Spiderpig!!!!! Spiderpig!!!!! I'm awaiting the Limited Edition Donut Packaging for The Simpsons Movie soundtrack. Now trust me when I say that you will be singing the Spiderpig theme when you leave the cinemas.
July 21, 2007: July 21, 2007
The Problem with Blogs
One problem with having a blog that your friends and family read (even if occasionally) is you are unable to complain about them. You almost need to start an anonomyous blog just to vent your frustrations and complaints.
Same goes for anything personal. I can hardly blog about a my sex life, fantasies, silly ambitions, bowel problems or anything of a personal nature without both my friends saying "TOO MUCH INFO" or getting in trouble by my girlfriend (hey Ervi).
You end up self censoring yourself and just linking to funny Youtube videos.
I wonder if the more celeb bloggers have their own "secret blog" as you never saw Doogie Howser talking about that wet dream he had or that he cracked a boner at the wrong time as he knew the camera was behind me. Once people know who you are it all becomes this G rated boring world.
July 20, 2007: July 20, 2007
July 19, 2007: July 19, 2007
July 18, 2007: July 18, 2007
links for 2007-07-18
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great collection of photos from London with a creative twist.
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article on online camapoigns from kraft USA perspective. seems pretty obvious
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long exposure set of photos with pictures drawn in with an LED light
July 17, 2007: July 17, 2007
links for 2007-07-17
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Cool sculptures of characters, nice, colourful and funny
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beat up a women game. its OK as you're a women too
July 16, 2007: July 16, 2007
Kayne West at the MTV awards
This is a PR persons nightmare. After losing out best Film clip to Justice Kayne storms the stage and makes a total ass of himself.
Compare the two clips for yourself. The Justice clip certainly kicks ass.
Justice: We Are Your Friends
Kanye West Touch the Sky:
Nigga my shit costs a million dollars!!! haha oh man what an ego.
links for 2007-07-16
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great mini site for scania from Dayy.se paint the truck and save as bitmap. Simple idea but executed so well
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design and ID company sitting under DADDY.sw. great work and case studies
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telco's services explained with interpretive dance.
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nice simple campaign site for carlsberg
July 15, 2007: July 15, 2007
July 14, 2007: July 14, 2007
400,000 Videe Views
Over 400,000 people have watch my Lost Fart video. I'm amazed farts are that popular but it's also the rabid Lost fans (of which I am part of) that propelled the video.
While 400,000 seems pretty high, the Dramatic Chipmunk (prairie dog) got that in a few days so in Youtube standards its quite small. If I had of put the video on Metacafe like here I would have made a $2,000 for my time. Ahh hindsight it's cruel.
Lost Fart - Click here for more home videos
My Deadwood cocksucker video got 9,000 views in its first day before HBO made me take it down. My Youtube account could be canceled if I get one more violation of their T&C's because of this.
Which is weird as there are plenty of Deadwood videos on Youtube but mine was singled out.
The next highest videos on my Youtube channel are another fart video this time for Heroes and a video of the Sex Museum in Amsterdam. So all high brow stuff.
July 13, 2007: July 13, 2007
July 12, 2007: July 12, 2007
Seek the Signs for The Dark is Rising
We have just launched the first part for the official site of The Dark is Rising movie called Seek the Signs. It's the latest from 20th Century Fox and Walden.
This is the first time I've been able to read a script for a film that hasn't been shot yet. It's great fun. It makes brainstorming ideas for sites a lot easier when you know the movie back to front. Rather than just going off a trailer.
The movie is out October 5 and is based off a famous series of books written in the 1940's.
Also check out the MTV intern promo they are running with So You Want to be a Movie Intern. It's quite interesting and I'm jealous as I'd love to work on the set of a film.
Unkle War Stories
Mike posted a great feature on Unkle's new album War Stories. The limited edition artwork and packaging looks sexy as.
links for 2007-07-12
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sprite database form video games. huge selection
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set of lego photos done like video games
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terrorist organisation logos
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nice jeans fit guide site. great use of video
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funny agency site
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guy makes awerid avatar interface for VR.
July 11, 2007: July 11, 2007
links for 2007-07-11
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use your normal ear bud headphones with this to amplify the music
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TANDEM GAME with 2 players you have to control at once. very hard
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webcam game for kids. very fun
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cool site for kids TV show with collectibles and games
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stock footage fof flames. really nice. heaps of samples and cheap
July 10, 2007: July 10, 2007
links for 2007-07-10
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cool hidden cursor game
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top 10 downloadable games swards. great games
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jeeps new social media hub. flickr, youtube and myspace in one place
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cool artists site with experiments both digital and physical
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experimental designer's portfolio and list of projects
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one guys obbsessive WOW setup. 40 machines!!!!
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iphone designing documents
July 09, 2007: July 9, 2007
links for 2007-07-09
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cool game from Cartoon Network. Very simple and addicitive. Must be orisinal.
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Scooby Doo Adventure game. Very tough for kids and us!
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flash game where you have to connect the nodes. Simple and addictive. oh and original
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simple farming game. lock the sheep in
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simple game where you throw the candy to the attacking aliens
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smash em up derby game for cartoon network
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fun little poptarst game
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3 on 3 ball game from Cartoon network
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pixel artist and game designer. awesome stuff
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pixel artist portfolio very cool games and sprites
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new ARG game for JJ abrams new movie
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another part of the ARG for JJ abrams new movie
July 08, 2007: July 8, 2007
Worst Album Cover in a while
It's been a while since Ive seen an album cover this bad. Check it out here on Amazon
I found this while looking for more info on nice covers for our new CD coverart blog Sleevage. It's still in early BETA release but getting there.
July 06, 2007: July 6, 2007
links for 2007-07-06
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funyn cartoon about the guy who invented comic sans
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funny videos for TLC channel.
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cool golf promo where you ring up and answer the quiz over the phone. LIVE!
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good introduction on how to do the upload your face promos. Saves you having to read the text
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cool little flash game lots of levels
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montly experimental games blog. very cool
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nice microsoft video site for powerpoint
July 05, 2007: July 5, 2007
Spiderpig Song
One song you'll be hearing a lot of in August will be the Spiderpig theme. It's catchy, its easy to remember and when The Simpsons movie is released on July 26th everyone will have heard it.
Here's what you get of Spiderpig from the trailer. Download the MP3 here but there's a full orchestral version coming soon from Fox.
Oh and here's my avatar from the Simpsons Create your own Avatar. I wish you could scale a few things but alas there are heaps of options
July 04, 2007: July 4, 2007
links for 2007-07-04
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simpsons vans shoes. Kick ass
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cool stop motion animator toy for kids. great idea
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cool art prints
July 03, 2007: July 3, 2007
Flash for Small Digital Cameras
This is a great idea for people who want to take better photos at parties or events. Bouncing the flash of a wall is hard with most digital cameras (i use a napkin but it's never easy). Sow you can just carry around this small wireless flash and make your photos look kick ass.
2700 Simpsons Characters
Freeze frame it and you find some interesting characters. A few look like the people in our office.
links for 2007-07-03
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cool as light designs.
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modest mouse video comp. with green screen video assets. Great entries
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simpsons promotion they built a real Kwic E mart. great photos
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flash block game
July 02, 2007: July 2, 2007
Mr.Potatomash is here
I finally got around to making a site for my custom potatoheads. While it's all very rough around the edges it's up and it'll do until I can spend more time on it. It also needs a logo which is in the works but it'll just be the MPH logo with mash instead of head.
So visit MrPotatoMash.com or as a friend told me to grab a few extra URL's try starwarspotatoheads.com, custompotatoheads.com, moviepotatoheads.com
I wish now I had of watermarked all my images with the URL but alas there are just many to update. A lesson learnt.
links for 2007-07-02
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promotion for Xbox and dorritos to get peopel to submit games ideas. Sounds like BK games but they want to steal the ideas
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pepsi latest promotion . The design is as always for pepsi utter shite
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physical based interactve toys
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to read later
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flash physics engine
July 01, 2007: July 1, 2007
Movie Ratings
I went through my Rotten Tomatoes account and updated it with the latest movies Ive seen.
Check it out here. I wish RT would make this feature better.
Psyco-Grams from Liquid TV
Liquid TV was the compilation show on MTV that screened here on SBS late at night. While Aeon Flux was the most popular my fav were these Dear Mum postcard clips. Someone has put them all on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. Note: These are not on the Liquid TV DVD which is a shame.
I can't believe this format hasn't been ripped off yet.It's classic and so simple. I love the lazer guided French loves one.
I still remember Dog Boy and The Maxx. and Winter Steele which used to scare me for some reason, I had to change the channel when this was on. I also hated mannequins too when I was young.