Coincendence

Considered for a long time getting pasta from Dominoes tonight be resisted only to find an email from Dominos in my inbox?!?! MMM pasta from a pizza chain.

Also spoke about someone tonight who just tagged a photo of me (that wasn't me) on Facebook.

Freaky.

Donations

Since starting Adsense and earning revenue from Bannerblog I stated I would donate 25% of all proceeds to charity. Well I did this last year in spades and donated a hefty chunk to charity. I actually donated all of my first 6 months of adsense cash to charity which was a sizeable amount. I just realised today that the 25% payment hasn't been done by myself and now I've got pangs of guilt for not living up to a simple promise.

I recently upped my regular donations to the charities I support. I think I secretly feel guilty about when I was a kid I stole donation money from the MS Read A Thon (didn't hand in all the money I collected. Sorry Michael J Fox) and have ever since felt the need to make donations.

I currently support the following charities with regular donations but only for $50-$100 a month which isn't that much at all in the grand scheme of things.

Oxfam
MSF
UNHCR (after seeing a great doco on Darfur)
and recently the WWF

I am finding it hard to add new charities to the list as many of them are all tied up with religions. This CAF page isn't exactly a very good search engine for them either.

World Vision used to get plenty of cash from me a few years back but after finding out it's Christian relief organisation. "Just look at their logo" I was told. I rang them after hearing this and asked them "do you use any of my donation money for bibles or other religious paraphernalia" and the response was "if that's what is needed in that area then yes" "to which I replied "since when is a bible ever needed for a person who lives in a war torn or starving nation! you can't eat a bible" and then politely ended the call.

I'm also getting heaps of paper junk from these charities. This annoys me as they could have just called or emails and saved themselves money and paper. I rang them to ask not to be sent paper crap so hopefully this will cease.

I guess the easiest way to do something nice for a charity is to donate your time or skills to help them out. But I think logistically this would be more hassle than it's worth to them. I can easily ask others to pick something that earns them extra income like Adsense or selling craft on Etsy or Ebay and donate 25% of that to a charity. If everyone did that I think we'd all feel better.

Charities have embraced the web and made donating much easier than it has ever been but they haven't really latched onto the social media side of things. I remember seeing a widget that you could add to your blog which let people donate money and you coudl track how much your blog has contributed but I saw this at Cannes while judging. Also the system was down and I was judging a "award page" for something that looked like it had failed to get any traction.

I guess Tap Project and Earth Hour are good examples but both are limited when it comes to "social media" and both of these have been led/instigated by advertising agencies not the actual charities themselves. Are the only people with good ideas the ones who are out to self promote themselves?. Or do charities just hire people with limited creativity but a big heart.

With Fame comes a price

As it gets closer to Halloween by cool halloween costume blog is starting to get much more traffic. I'm also starting to get emails from people in the photos (damn small world) asking to be removed. Damn!

3 Songs That Played before getting on a plane

Since I Left You: Avalanches
I Will Survive: Cake
F.E.A.R: Ian Brown

Had me spooked that they all played in that order.

Life To Do from January 2003

After having a chat with Mike after work about the book Getting Things Done and how lists are important, he mentioned a friend told him to list 130 things to do before you die.

It reminded me of my Life to Do list I did back in 2003. I thought I had 50 or so but I only had 24. I've had this list in a Filo Fax in a box under my desk at home. I thought I'd post these online and also add them to my organiser digitally to keep them more top of mind. I was able to tick off a couple of these just in the last 18 months, namely #3 and #6 and#16.

Here's my list in the order I wrote back in 2003.

1: Travel to Japan
2: Feature on Boingboing.net (the recent Sleevage link doesn't count)
3: Write an article for a magazine
4: Write an article for an online mag (Smashing Mag)
5: Speak at a conference in a foreign country IG Digital Day Sao Paulo
6: Do the Bridge climb
7: Bungee Jump
8: Sky Dive
9: Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef (I snorkelled in Bunaken Indonesia but doesn't count)
10: Shoot a gun
11: Write an article in a newspaper
12: Have a photo of mine published in print (The lady with helmet backwards in Who doesnt count as it was uncreditted)
13: Design a CD cover that's sold in stores
14: A credit in a Hollywood film
15: Compete in a fun run
16: Own a house/unit
17: Surf a wave on a surfboard
18: Visit Easter Island
19: Visit Antarctica
20: Go bobsledding in a foreign country (ice)
21: Ski in snow
22: See a sumo match in Japan
23: Become a Muslim (what we do for love hey)
24: Learn Indonesian fluently

I'll be knocking over #5 next month when I speak in Brazil.

That's a pretty conservative list when I think that other people have lists of 130. So I've done a quick search for other people's list to be inspired and will add these to the list

25: Be an extra in a film (this would knock off #14 too)
26: Swim with a dolphin
27: Learn to juggle
28: Visit Great Wall of China
29: Visit the Pyramids
30: Do a high dive (10mtrs will do)
31: Attend a Comic Festival in costume
32: Attend a Superbowl
33: Buy something at a big auction. One that requires me to hold one of those big numbers
34: Go white water rafting
35: Have a book published
36: Produce a TV show
37: Go water skiing
38: Ride an elephant (came very close to this one)
39: Make a baby
40: Finish one of the GTA's
41: See a UFC fight live
42: Attend a Wrestling Match live. WWF, WWC any will do
43: Get married. I better add that one in case Ervi is reading :)
44: Visit Chernobyl

Other items like see a Broadway show, see an event at an Olympics, learn an instrument, win a webby, win a Cannes lion, visit Eiffel tower, attend a big outdoor concert, volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate money anonymously, steel a road sign, started a business etc etc I have done already. I felt like adding them in and crossing them out so it doesn’t look like I’m not ambitious but I guess the list is for me more than anyone who reads it.

This also jogged my memory about a book I got for Rob's birthday a few years ago 101 Things to do Before you Die. It had stickers and all these really well put together pages. I've gotta add that to my list of potential gifts for people it's hard to buy gifts for. I love the fact the book has just been updated as of July 2008. Great reader support.

I am MrTruffle

Mr Truffle is my web name I've been using for a while (I started with Salvador Ghandi in 1998) but that become too much of a mouthful. (and yes I was a Marilyn Manson fan)

A quick search for Google for Mrtruffle reveals social networks, forums, accounts that I had totally forgot about. It also makes it easy for someone to stalk me as I've got my MrTruffle fingerprint everywhere.

Myspace is the only site that some idiot in the UK beat me to the punch. (If I ever meet you Pat you're going to get an earful.

I had to settle for DrTruffle which is OK but I Am MrTruffle not this imposter. Also it's myspace which I only use to test stuff when clients force us to use it.

Gift Guru

Lately I've been on a good strike rate when giving gifts. Admitadly I've just been choosing gifts for people that I actually want myself (or in the latest case already had) but that doesnt count.

Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour Review

I just saw Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour (info here and here and can't really say I was impressed.

I'll keep this brief but I should have known the "Variety Hour" meant just that. An hour. I expected more than 65 minutes from the show.

The routine was musically jam packed and at many times I could hardly understand what they were saying. The jokes felt stale or laboured and the few times they did anything enlightening were few and far between. The best part of the Chaser's show was when they ambushed people and did stunts. This was lacking from the stage show for obvious reasons. There was a good routine about online dating and one about powerpoint but hardly side splitting stuff or even explored in depth.

I went to a spoken word by Henry Rollins and that was a 3hr (OK 3 hrs was a touch too long) but I laughed more at that and he had more interesting things to say about politics (even Aussie politics).

So all I'd say is that if you are planning on seeing the show save your cash and buy their DVD set. If you already have that then don't worry. You're not missing much and go out and buy the Venture Bros DVD set. That's worth every cent.

News Years To Do List

Here's a few things I'd like to do in the new year.

1: Learn to type better
1a: learn to spell better
2: Learn to cook one good dish
3: Be part of a Trop Fest film (in any way)
4: Collaborate with an artist on my RSS feed
5: Get something linked up on Boingboing
(B3TA, Notcot, Cracked, Kottke successful in 2006)
6: Become a Muslim
7: Start the whole married thing
8: Join a sporting team of some kind (Super Disc (frisbee) might be my thing)
9: Start regular squash games again

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.

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.

Official Home Owner

I now officially own the apartment I live in, having settled on Thursday. I had no idea it took that long to get all the paperwork and what not done. The 6 weeks flew by though.

Backstage at the ARIAs

Im now backstage at the ARIAs waiting for the photos of the red carpet to upload.

I'm also eating the majority of the biscuits left out for all the media people. I think they'll run out in about 15 minutes and have to order more.

The only thing between me and every muscial artist being interviewed is a thin red curtain which sadly I cannot see through. Although I can hear Andrew Gee interviewing Youth Group right now.

You can check out all the official photos on the ARIA Awards Flickr account.

Sponsor my Moe

This year I've remembered to register for Movember so I can raise money for my moe.

So click the image above and fork over some of your cash.

If you need any proof that your money will be going towards a quality moe then check my effort from 2004

And my others from 2005.

So if you must sponsor just one moe make sure you're getting your money's worth and sponsor me.

Affilliate Payments

I got a payment from HMV/Sanity this month for $63.58 in commisions for sales I sent to their site.

I remember setting up the affilliate account almost 3 years ago and doing nothing with it. Then suddenly I've referred over $1,500 worth of sales.

I can only hope these phantom sales continue to roll in. I can't even log into my account to check where they are coming from but the payment they sent me said last month (September) i referred $151 so they are still coming through. I don't even know the format on how to link to the site so even if I wanted to link to it to enhance these payments I couldn't.

To top this week off I also found $20 in a pair of jeans I washed!

No Toboggoning

Look how I flaunt on the wrong side of snow law at Threadbo.

Happy Birthday Mum

This is the first year in quite a while that I've remembered my mum's birthday on the actual day.

Next year I hope to do this and get a present. One funny note about my mum is that last time I went to visit her I sat down to wacth TV and everything was green. The tube had blown somewhere and all the colours were shades of green.

I asked mum and my little sister. WTF is with the TV? It's all green!

They replied "Is it??.... looks normal to me" I was lost for words. So I switched off Green CSI and waited till the next day when we bought a new TV. I made sure to get a 5 year warrenty as well.

Note: never let your mum but electrical equipment. She will always buy the worst one. It's lucky I was on hand or mum would have walked home with a Beta Max player instead of a TV.

MT3.3

Ive started upgrading this blog to use some of thenew features of MT 3.3. Tags being the most obvious one.

Bridge Climb

I did the Bridge Climb yesterday (as you may have guessed form the photo) at 3.35 and it was a great experience. We had the last bit of the sunset, good weather and a full moon.

It was easier than I thought to get through it although my legs hurt today. The whole experience takes about 3.5 hrs from getting briefed, changed thewn going up and back.

Worst part is they hit you up for a $25 fee for every photo you want on a CD! Or $15 if you want it printed there.

My White PSP

My effort to not buy anything till 2006 failed miserably with the purchase of a White PSP form Japan. A friend just came back with my new little baby. I even saved money buy going through Japan with the SP costing just $300 instead of $399. 25% off and I get a white one. Not bad?

I have no games, videos or anything yet and will have to go shopping on Sunday as tomorrow is the second day of Rpresent. Day 1 was quite interesting in both the speakers and the fuck ups. Also doing the Math 1500 people x $100 average + sponsors cash = BF$

I'll also be calling in everyone else who owns a PSP to grab the videos and crap they have already downloaded for their PSP's.

Back from Indo

After four sweat filled, wedding days, 1000 photos, three costume changes (just for me!) and some slight sun burn I'm back from Indonesia.

After getting back to Aus I was reminded of the worst part of flying: The Baggage Claim. On the plane you can avoid all the other idiots (passengers) with ease but put them all in the one area with the same agenda and you have chaos. They really need a public education system for how to claim your bag.

My system is simple: Stay back with your trolley even further back and move in for the kill once you see your bag. Don't stand in front of people who are already waiting them attack them with your oversized suitcase filled with clothes you didn't even wear.

Oh and if you fly Singapore Airlines in economy like me then make sure to steal a pair or headphones from business class. They fit better and have active noise reduction. Sure beats the $4 pair they give you normally. Business class never fills up so no one will notice.

Movies I cought n the flights were: Snatch, Madagascar, XXX2, Oceans Twelve, Dreamship Surprise Period 1 , Hostage and some others. The plane is a great way to watch all those movies you didn't really want to see in the cinema or could be bothered renting.

My last travel tip is to order a special meal. I go for the Muslim meal but just choose anything like low carb, Jewish, vegetarian or just make something up like allergic to pepper or something. The reason being is you get served first which means you've finished eating before the rest of the flight.

Off to Indo Again

After we just give birth to KKash (which seems to be going of with over 3000 users registered in 2 days) on Monday I'm off to Indonesia for Ervi's older brothers wedding. I've been told to expect 1500 people. Not 150 but 1500!!!!!

The eldest brothers wedding, the first in the immediate family, had 3000 people.

The wedding goes for 4 days (ill be in Indo for 5) although each day only has 3-4 hrs of wedding stuff. There is a spiritual (prayer) day, a ceremony day, then a day for the bride and a day for the groom.

There is meant to be a big celebration with a big drum that requires a special healer to be there in case anyone becomes "hypnotised/possessed" by the drumming. Can't wait for that one.

Hopefully I can get some dodgy DVD's from "Happy" but if everyone is busy with wedding stuff this might be tough. Sin City , Wedding Crashers and War of the Worlds will be top of my list.

It feels shit leaving work when there's so much to do as it's hard to take you mind off the work but these things have to be done.

PSP Launched

After moving units again (this is my 8th place in 7 years since moving to Sydney) I vowed not to buy any non-consumable items until 2006. This means no new books, games, clothes and a PSP. The reason not to buy was all the smurfing clutter I accumulate every time I stay in one place longer than 6 months.

So far so good. I came close to buying Pulp Fiction on DVD and the visit to Outre gallery in Melbourne was a good test of willpower. Luckily if I really need something I can buy it for Soap and use that loop hole to continue my quest to buy less smurfing crap in my life.

My Tips for keeping the clutter down:
1: Read a book then give it away to a friend. Design reference books can be kept only if used more than once a year.
2: Magazines older than 3 months must be thrown away
3: After you copy a CD to your Ipod put the disc in a CD book holder then throw the case away. If you really like the cover scan it in and set it as your desktop.
4: Don't buy "collectable" toys
5: Men need only 3 pairs of shoes max! (Italian men and models are allowed 6)
5a: Women need no more than 8 pairs of shoes. And that's already being generous. The boxes for those shoes must be thrown away.
6: Keep the boxes for items of high value > $1000 or fragile items. The boxes for your toaster can be disposed of with ease.

The first thing I'm buying in 2006 is a PSP and maybe some shoes

Lack of updates

It's been over a month since i last posted. Too busy with work and just forgot out little ol' truffle.

Work wise we just launched the Pinicchio Music Mixer for the Shrek 2 DVD site for Aus.

Updated our site with 80's personas as a member of the team left and 2 new people joined.

I went to the snow for the first time. I suck at skiing. I haven't even posted any photos of the trip!

Still playing squash although it seems our Wednesday games are no longer as it's officially "Gay Squash night" and you can't book courts unless you prebook months in advance.

But not that anyone will care about whats happeing with me.

All my good links and interesting stuff is posted on the Soap's Weekly 6. I think in doing this i no longer have an urge to blog.

Sign up as it's 6 links a week with no fluff.

The F Word

I used the work fuck all the time in conversation and it's become so common place now I don't even notice it. It becomes a habit.

Ie: friend: "Wanna go to the shops?" me: "nah, fuck it"

To combat this constant state of cuss, i have been replacing swear words with fruit and vegetables. Not only has this made me more aware of my swearing but has stopped me from swearing in most instances.

For instance, instead of saying "fuck that" i say "fruit that" and instead of "what a dumb shit or "dumb cunt" i say "silly potato". "Wholly fruit, did you see that dogs balls?", "I don't know squash about it"

When you substitute these words, you feel like an idiot and it makes you want to swear less. Also, no one gets offended being called a "apple licker"

Of course there's always times the F and C word's work best, it's trying to stop the constant swearing in general conversation that this fruit and veges solution is best at. Try it for yourself.

Note: Cumquat doesn't count, it's already rude.

Quick Reviews

Red Dead Revolver: Ps2 : Great game, stupid AI but fun game play and interesting varied levels. Rockstar can do no wrong. Also 1-4 player modes increases longevity. GTA, Wild West style.
8.5/10

Sexy Beast: DVD: I thought this was a foreign film for some reason?!?! Funny, clever and the word cunt like 100 times. No DVD extras though which sucks.
7/10

Family Guy Season 1 & 2: DVD: My new fav show. Lack of extras on DVDs sucks as Futurama had commentary over Every episode which was great. Family Guy makes the Simpsons seem like Play School. Now we just need Duckman on DVD
Season 1: 7.5/10 Season 2: 9/10

Spellbound: DVD: Fantastic documentary that shows you a world you never knew existed. The National Spelling Bee companionships. No DVD extras again!! but one of the best doco's I've seen.
8.5/10

Freaking Cold

I feel like a prisoner trapped in my apartment. Since last night the weather has been freezing and the wind like something out of a disaster movie, well no cars flipping over but you get the idea. Luckily I rented Red Dead Revolver from Blockbuster on Friday!!! Or this weekend would have sucked.

The wind was hard today it cracked my kitchen window. Lucking it didn't break or my place would be even colder (APOX on you tiled floor!!!)

The major new sites have covered the weather as I'm too scared to go to the 7-11 and get a paper. SMH | NEWS

This is officially the coldest day of 2004 and the crappest.

Filofax Inventor 2

Continuing my series of inventions concepted while on the train home I present..

The USB2.0 Knuckle Duster

While researching my Knuckle Duster I cam across this scary site with heaps of Ninja Turtle like weapons.

This one reminds me of that knife found by Australian customs. Nice pink table cloth.

Better than tennis

I think I've discovered a sport I not only like to play but I'm not totally crap at.

Squash!!!

Here's a few reasons why Squash is better than tennis.
1: You don't need to spend half your time running after the ball as the court is enclosed.
2: You also get the smash the ball as hard as you want and most if the time it'll still be a good shot.
3: And it's indoors so you don't have to worry about getting sunburnt (I be fair skinned)
4: You could also practice by yourself if need be.
5: The racquet is smaller so it's easier to travel with
6: You don't need to buy 8 balls at a time. Just one is enough
7: You can serve underarm and not look like a tool.

That's about it. If I ever become a CEO of some big ass company, I'll be all cool to play squash with the other CEO's at some function for big wigs. Just gotta learn how to smoke cigars by then.

DVD Rentals

The way in which you rent DVD's in Australia is changing dramatically.

Since the release of Telstra's Fetch my Movies and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and more players in the DVD rental market consumers have had the choice and the option of never visiting a DVD store again. You just select from a list of movies you want to see online and receive the DVD's in the mail. Then when finished you post them back and receive the next lot. All for a monthly fee of around $30.

No longer do you just rent 1-2 movies on the weekend or when you chuck a sickie.

But Blockbuster, Video Ezy and Civic Video have all followed suit and are offering similar concepts. The only difference is you have to walk to the store instead of the PO box. These traditional video stores also offer game rentals as well, which the other websites don't.

I'd much prefer to go to my Blockbuster and select a DVD from the shelve, than tick a few check boxes on a web form. A video store encourages you to browse and find new things. Where as online you really just find what your looking for. Also if you live near the video store you have a greater chance of getting more vids for your money and posting and receiving videos takes 1-3 days between DVD's, where as a video store is instant. Also if you are like me with a tiny letterbox to receive any video in the mail means a trip to the post office and waiting in line for 20 minutes. I don't see the time saving in that.

It will be interesting to see who remains and what happens to the rental market. All this just makes it harder for the independent video stores of Australia to survive. I haven't seen one in quite a while but i bet they still exist.

Trasitom

Trasitom: To find the file you were looking for in your computers Trash.

Trasitom's occur mostly right after you try to clean off your desktop in an effort to create some order. Resisting the urge to empty your trash is the hardest part.

Folio Fax Inventor

While on the train I decided to put pen to paper and work out the roughs of my new invention..... "The Personal Bubble" ª¨©

Here's the result of my first draft which shows the basics of the unit and also some features which should make it into the beta version in 2006.

Dawn of the Dead

I saw Dawn of the Dead last night. I'm glad I have also seen the original as for me this 2004 remake is a lot better. Not as satirically funny but a more entertaining film. And not 2.5 hrs like the original.

The titles and flow of the movie was really good. The original was not scary at all but more a Zombie comedy and a "What would you do" kinda movie. This is the same but with some genuine scares. The faster moving zombies help make your heart pump a little more too.

Even if you are not a horror fan you will like this movie.

Headphone Heaven

I finally found some decent headphones that not only look good but don't cook your ears like little muffins. And for the nice price of $110. Down from the $130 that HMV are charging.

I got these Sennheiser PX200 'Retro Chrome' Cans from Wicked Digital. Which not only has a great website but a nice little store in Neutral bay.

If you own an IPOD and still use the headphones that come with them, then you are a FOOL (Mr.T voice) Now I don't care if I'm surrounded by loud old people or idiots who sing on the train. I can't hear them anymore :) Also the music sound better than it ever did.

Oh and even better is these cans fold up into a pocket sized space, complete with . When it says fits in your pocket it does (just). See below.

Dodgey DVD's

DB lent me a whole heap of dodgy DVD's from Bali and what I have realised is that my tolerance for shit quality sound and video is quiet high.

Rob, on the other hand, demands VHS quality of better or he won't watch it. I on the other hand, in an effort to see movies earlier and also save money, will site through almost anything.

Dodgy DVD's have saved me the money and hassle of seeing XXX and Eight Legged Freaks in the cinema. These DVD's are better than the old VCD's and don't require you to swap discs half way through. Ahh the good old days.

I think the only movies I would not see on a Dodgy DVD are movies like LOTR. Where the cinema experience adds a lot to the movie. Movies like First 50 Dates don't need a 12 Foot screen or 5:1 sound.

Movies Seen: Hellboy, Starsky and Hutch, Sex and the City Final Season
Movies still to watch: Elephant, Mystic River, Kill Bill 2, Dawn of the Dead, Ninja Scroll 2 and many more

Council Pickup Day

It was a huge day for junk in Ashfield. I went through 124 photos before i even left my street. Nearly everyone decided to throw their junk out today. So many old heaters, couches, chairs, an ancient laptop to name a few.

We actually took a box of high-heels, the laptop and a single bed mattress home. A flat mate was using a $50 foam mattress so this one on the side of the road is a huge upgrade. And no pee or poo stains!! A real bonus.

I could have spent all day photographing all the crap left on the side of the road but we had to go to the city.

Movies for April/May

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
While not the mind blowing experience i was expecting, however it was still an enjoyable experience. Great performances by everyone and the effects were well done too. The idea of someone trying to hide in suppressed memories is classic. Jim Carrey only hams it up once as a little kid.

Movie: 8/10

Treasure Planet
It's Treasure Island in Space! Must have sounded great when they pitched it to Disney, sadly this movie flopped. Rented as part of a 5 DVD pack ($10 for 5 DVD's, you can't pass up a deal like that) this was a lot better than I expected. The animation and 3D effects were top notch. Not to the level of a Pixar Movie but more enjoyable than 80% of the Disney movies out there.

Movie: 7/10
Extras: NP

Tron DVD
The DVD was packed with extras, with the 1.5 hrs "Making of Tron" a standout feature. The movie itself is still fun whist looking very dated. The bike racing and Frisbee sequences still get you excited.

Movie: 6.5/10
Extras: 9/10

2001: A Space Odyssey
A movie that required the FFWD button to get through it. Amazing effects for it's time and it still looks convincing even today. The HAL9000 part was very enjoyable, while the rest of the movie (which is broken up into 4 parts) were boring and drawn out. Some scenes like the phone call home to the daughter were pointless and just inserted to show how cool the future is.

Movie: 5/10
DVD Extras: 0/10

Class of Life Experience

I think at highschool there should be a new class called 'Life Experiences' which basically is a compulsory class they prepares kids for the real world.

Yeah Ancient History is great but what good is it when you are living by yourself trying to pay rent and study. Jack all!

So here's a rough draft of the class breakdown & suggested lessons. Feel free to suggest more.

1: Cooking
Which includes lessons such as; Microwave Cookery 101, Jaffle Iron Wonders and Reheating Rules for Takeout.

2: Food:
Lessons include: Keeping a clean fridge, Vegetable & Fruit Selection Guide (with pocket handbook), Grocery Shopping for a weeks worth of Meals

3: Money:
Which includes: How to Budget, Getting a Job, Bank Loans 101, how to haggle for a bargin, paying bills , toilet paper (cost per roll) formula and Credits Cards.

4: Clothing Maintenence:
Which includes: How to iron, how to fold like a store clerk, clean towel rotation roster, washing machine basics,

5: Home Life:
Lesons Include: Renting The Complete Guide, Share house Rules, connecting a phone, Neighbours, Everything you needed to know about the Garbage Bin, Changing those scented toilet things and vacuuming (the Neccesary Evil)

6: Everything Else:
Includes:

• - A list of Kitchen, bathroom and bedroom supplies that you probably don't own but will need too.


• - Guide to making friends in key positions for free stuff, ie The Supermarket Deli Friend & The Video Shop Attendant Friend. Includes mountable wall chart.

Ps2 is Back

After nearly a month my PS2 is back and working, although it smells funny now?!?.

They even replaced my controller and cords, and also sent it back in a plain brown box. Great.

paintball

I am going to paintball tomorrow with the biggest group ever. Something like 30 + people. This should make things a lot more fun. As when you go with a small group (<20) you get sectioned off in a small area. But with 30+ you are pretty much guaranteed to be the dominate group and take up the biggest area.

Ahh paintball. If only I had a paint-ball gun to shoot the idiots on the trains with. That would be awesome.

"Hey lady with the fucked up loud ringtone. Bamn Bamn. Splat Splat"

MMM went all columbine there. maybe it wouldn't be a good idea. My Airooka will have to do.

PS2 Dead

My PS2 died yesterday.

It just decided to show corrupt images on the screen for no reason, sound is fine the screen just comes up with polygons and flat coloured squares.

Great that this happened on the 4 day weekend we are currently having.

Easter Egg House of Horrors

Today i tried to make my own Easter eggs, and pretty much failed to make anything that resembled an egg. I also remembered that I don't like dark chocolate.

I also found that white chocolate (or maybe the one i bought) didn't set very hard. So my white/dark eggs just flopped when out of the mold.

So now I know why Easter eggs are so expensive as they a really annoying to make. I ended up with a pile of chocolate bits and easter bunny ears, bunny heads etc etc. This will be the last time I try to make Easter eggs but at least I had a go.

work

its been very busy at work lately but we are getting a lot done. there's nothing worse than being busy and no jobs are getting finished or you feel you haven't achieved anything.

Hopefully tomorrow we would have finished 2 or the 3 bigger jobs. and most of the way through the 3rd (well kinda)

we've (soap creative) have also got an exciting ecard system we will launch soon which is probably one of the things i am most proud of. Both in terms of the flash coding behind it and its wide appeal and usefulness and commercial viability.

I also will be talking at Digit again this year. While not exactly the biggest or best conference it's still nice to get up and ramble on about stuff.

and i finally got my Jamungo posters so more artwork for the Ashehym museum!!!

Butterfly Effect

I saw The Butterfly Effect last night. I hadn't seen any review of this movie and in the end i thought it was pretty good. A combination of Johnny Darko and Bedazzled (either version). (ie teenage, grungy, time travel with unsuspected results from good intentions)

Aston Kutcher wasn't as bad as I though he would be. This movie is worth a movie rental at least. Aston Kutcher discovers he can enter a past version of himself by reading his journals. Kept to try and help his memory blackouts. When changes he makes in the past in an effort to fix the future he gets into hot water.

Three cheers for giving a obese goth some screen time.

Rating: 7
See Again: At friends on video
Rent-worthy: Yes
See in cinema: If nothing else good on

Genuine Leathertte

Today we got an office couch. We bought it in an online auction so we actually didn't see it before we bought it. The action description said "Leather" yet when we picked it up the box (it came in a box, classy i know) said "BUF/PVC". Then the invoice said "leather/leatherette". It even has that fake leather smell!. I can't help but feel ripped off.

Either way I was worried, being the one who started this by saying "hey check these cheap couches out", that no one would like the couch and I'd be blamed for getting it. Silly i know. Yet the couch seems OK and will serve it's purpose.

We also had to hire a van and head out to Lakemba to pick it up. PICK UP ONLY it said. Which for some reason the text seemed bigger after the auction had closed. Lakemba is hard to find with no street directory. We got lost in Campsie.

Luckily we also used the van as an excuse to get rid of the 4 other crap chairs we have lying around the office. But just as we had them in the van someone offered to take them off our hands. That saved us dumping them in Lakemba in some back street.

No Brief

We know this copywriter who is good at what he does. He writes ads. For print and web. He does a good job too.

But give him an open brief to write about what ever he wants and it becomes complete try hard humorless dribble. Maybe it's the fact there is no client to please but himself. Or that as it's for free it's done the night before on the train home.

Either way I'll just use this small platform I have hear to let everyone know that his column is poo. And that sometimes in trying to be funny less is more.

(in saying this I by no means claim to be a good writer, funny or able to spell above a grade 7 level)

Movies 2

I've seen quite a few movies lately (again) so here's some quick reviews. Watch Again means that if your friend has it on DVD later and says "do you want to see it?"

DVD:

1: Buffalo Soldiers
I expected more from the movie and the ending was a little to happy but the movie was entertaining. The tank scene with the petrol station was great. A great look into wartime during peace. Wait til this baby is cheaper and rent it with a few weekly's
Rating: 7.5
DVD Extras: .5 (just a trailer jeez)
Buy on DVD: No
Watch Again: With friends

2: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
No way near as bad as I expected. I surprisingly found myself watching it again for the commentary to find out what the actors say about working in such a panned movie. Compared to 2 Fast 2 Furious, this is a masterpiece. The effects looked good and i rented it free as i found a coupon. Currently Australias top rental DVD (?!?)
Rating: 5.5
DVD Extras: .5 (commentary was interesting)
Buy on DVD: No
Watch Again: With friends for a laugh

3: Edward Scissorhands
We are trying to watch the full set of Tim Burton films. Sadly beetle Juice is not at our Blockbuster so we can only watch Edward Scissorhands.
I had forgotten most of this movie which is good as I discovered it again. Even 14 years on it still looks good. Great story for the family and great acting by everyone. (except the crazy lady) Not much in the way of extras which is a shame.
Rating: 8.5
DVD Extras: 1 (a few video clips of the cast talking and thats it!!!)
Buy on DVD: Yes
Watch Again: Yes

TV:
4: 3000 Miles to Gracela
This was on TV last night and between trying to cook I watched 90% of it. I had no idea there were so many stars in this pile o poop. The movie starts ok and then dribbles off into crap. I kept thing it was the Nicolas Cage movie Honeymoon in Lasvegas

Kevin Costner is not an action hero, he's a loser. They followed this movie with "The Postman" which I couldn't handle after my full serve of Costner.
Kurt Russel, c'mon go back to LA. That little kid just made the movie more annoying. Courney Cox's ass was sexy, but that stuff is only good for commercials. I'd say only watch this movie if there is a Kevin Costner trivia night at your local pub, and the prize is a meat tray.
Rating: 2
Watch Again: No

Nathan J Artwork Arrives

Our Nathan J originals arrived today. We really need to get a drill to put all this at up on the walls of our office.

Demon Lovers Diary

I watched this great documentary on ABC last week called Demon Lovers Diary.

It's a behind the scenes documentary of the making of a B Grade horror movie, made in 1976 called "The Demon Lover". The movie is similar to "American Movie" and I find it a coincidence that Demon Lover also went under the title "Coven". If you liked Amercian Movie you will like this too.

When you watch one of these doco's you always want to know what happens later. Diary ends with the filmmakers driving away while being shot at from Ted Nugents house.

Well it seems the idiotic director Donald went onto to have a long career in movies all the way till 2003. With movie titles like Lingerie Kickboxer, Ghost Taxi and The Devils Pet.

Movies

I've seen quite a few movies lately so here's some quick reviews. Watch Again means that if your friend has it on DVD later and says "do you want to see it?"

Cinema:

1: The Last Samurai:
The movie looked good and Tom Cruise played the role well. The strategy of the Samuari's battles seemed blatantly stupid but I guess that is why there is no more left.
Rating: 7.5
Watch Again: Yes
Buy on DVD: No

2: Big Fish:
A great movie for the whole family. The stories were good and Ewen McGreggor was great. One that the kids and parents will enjoy.
Rating: 8.5
Watch Again: Yes
Buy on DVD: No

3: Welcome to the Jungle
I enjoyed this movie as an adventure action getaway. Good mix of humour and action. And it's mixed up well ith no repeating the same stuff over and over. The Rock is great and there is no better action hero right now. He will be the next Arnie.
Rating: 8.5
Watch Again: Yes
Buy on DVD: No

DVD:

4: The Italian Job:
We rented this last night. The movie doesn't really have that much action to get you excited and the baddie isn't that bad. I don't know why they just didn't kill him and steal the gold. Lot's of famous actors, BS gagets and and ending you don't care for. The mini's are cool but then they don't really do that much.
Rating: 5
DVD Extras: 5.5
Buy on DVD: No
Watch Again: No

5: Chicago:
I'm not a musical fan and Richard Gere singing was nearly as annoying as Rene Zellwegger. The songs tied into the story line well and the movie looked good.
Rating: 6.5
DVD Extras: 4
Buy on DVD: No
Watch Again: No

6: 2 Fast 2 Furious:
I didn't see the first movie and for that I'm glad. This movie has cool cars and a sexy chic. That's about it. Again the bad guy is lame and the story is worse. The hard things about a movie about cars is making it fresh. You can only hit the Nitro boost and change gears so many times before it all becomes boring.
Rating: 3
DVD Extras: 2
Buy on DVD: Maybe your little brother will like it
Watch Again: no

7: City of God
An amazing movie which shows you a side of Brazil you here about on in documentaries. The acting is great especially from such a young cast and the colour and sound of the movie is amazing. Definitely worth seeing.
Rating: 9
DVD Extras: I had Video :(
Buy on DVD: Yes
Watch Again: Yes

7: Cocoon:
An old movie that it was on at 10.30 at night but I still sat and watched it as i've heard about it but never saw it. All this movie did was make me angry at how the old people stuffed up the alien's pods, then got offered to go to space for eternal life. Steve Guttenburg gets a wad of cash for his boat but no trip into space. And that annoying kid makes a last minute dash to gif the movie some action. I still would watch the sequel on TV
Rating: 4
Watch Again: No

Moving

Over the weekend we began to pack our stuff into boxes. It's about this time I curse the day I bought my big ass stereo.

I also throw out the 10-15KG of design junk (postcards, flyers, magazines) i have collected since the last move.

I also went through the 100 or so CD's I had burnt while working at Kinkos and tried to see what I could throw out. All be 4 survived. I also realised I lost my copy of the Pam and Tommy MPEG. Damn. We now have a huge pile of Cd's and and even bigger pile of CD cases.

Haunted Harddrives

Check out these great icons for your HD.

Getty Images People

If you used Getty images as a social indicator, then it clearly shows that 1 in every 3 people in America wear headset phones.

Also this guy is considered normal.

This is how you turn off your computer in Getty Land. What the hell is she wearing?

What ever happend to Yahoo Serious

Seeing the disaster of a movie that was Mr Accident on TV last night. It got me thinking as to what the man behind it was actually doing right now.

His website doesn't seem to have been updated since 2000.

A quick check on ASIC.gov.au and his production company is still active with the head office in Palm Beach NSW. They didn't post a Annual Return for 2003 however so maybe hit hard times?. So he is still around in some form or another but not making a good living off royalties from Young Einstein.

Maybe he is in hiding as the films Reckless Kelly and Mr Accident may have been funded with Mob money. And when the movies flopped like a sumo wrestler in a kiddy pool he must have found it hard to repay the money?

A quick search of google finds that many other people are also asking What happened to Yahoo Serious

He'd be older now, maybe changed his name again or working in at a cafe somewhere. I guess we'll only find out when he dies and it makes the news. That is of course if he dies in some comical fashion. Ie bludgeoned to death with a badminton racquet.

Sneeze

Ever sneezed in a department store, like Kmart, and then wiped your wet hand on the nearest piece of hanging clothing?

Me neither

Looking for an Apartment

Well it's been 13 mths and we have to look for an apartment again. This is the longest I have lived in the one place while in Sydney. I still remember moving 3 times in 2002.

Without a car you have limited options when looking for an apartment. Not just in the places you can look, ie needs to be close to public transport and shops, but the physical effort involved to get to all the apartments on Saturday. You have to plan it like a SWAT team going for a raid on the Drug Den.

Here was todays movements:

11.15 do the rounds of Real Estate Agents: Ashfield has 8-10
11.30 Liverpool Rd
12 Norten St
12.45 Tintern Rd
1 Lapish Ave
2pm Newtown
2.15 Lunch
4 pm Tintern again

Bonus points for me for forgetting my wallet, watch and hat. And wearing a dark green shirt in 34 degree heat. My first batch of sunburn for 2004. We lingered in the frozen section of the supermarket a little longer while we got a drink.

We decided to make an offer on the same place we looked at 14 mths ago. Let hope the owner forgot how we accepted the other unit instead and left him hanging.

My feet hurt and now i have to box all my crap again and move 15 min to the other side of Ashfield. At least I'll be closer to Blockbuster now.

Fontify

Fontify.com is an amazing web tool that converts your hand writing to a True Type font. The process takes minutes form download to scan then upload. All online. The results are excellent. All for free!

Here's a sample of the ones we did today. Dave did the third one.

I'll trade you hot for cold

I'd much rather be cold than hot. I'd much rather the weather be more cold days than hot days. A nice 20-22c would be ideal.
No need to sweat all the time, sleeping under the sheets does not result in waking up in a pile of sweat.
People don't stink on the train/bus.
You can eat proper meals (I hate eating big hot meals when it's really hot)
If you get really cold you can pop on some more clothes. When it's hot you can only get so naked.

It seems everyone else in the office here would rather be hot than cold so I am alone in this want for a swap.

3 ply

I'd like to take this moment to put public my views on an important issue. That 3 play toilet paper and facial tissues are not only a wasteful by-product of mans quests for a softer wipe but less user friendly than the industry standard of 2 ply.

1 ply you don't have enough paper and there is constant risk of tear. But with 2 ply everyone is safe. You go that extra step and have 3 layer of paper and it's overdoing it.

So so no to 3 ply. And lets hope we never go further down the track with 4 ply. Cause all I have to say to the people in the R&D labs around the world is... fold.

Police Auctions Online

When you think of police auctions you think Hotrods, Jet Boats, iron gates from drug barrons homes.

The reality is it's something like this site. Why the police would confiscate these in a bust is beyond me. I guess the cops keep all the good stuff for themselves and sell this crap online. Think of the poor kid who had his toys taken by the police because of their crack dealing parents.

GTA

Rockstar games have a lawsuit on them from a Haatian community about their depiction in Grand Theft Auto Vice City. I'm currently playing this game and all I can say is all communities in the game are portrayed badly. I'm surprised more people haven't complained about the game.

It is fun though.

Updates

I have taken the time between PS2 sessions (yes that's me asleep on the bean bag looking like a slob, thanks Ervi for taking the photo) to update my happy snaps and also collect all the desktops done over the previous few years.

I have now taken around 15,000+ photos in the past 3 years. (590 of which are on Happy Snaps) I took 9,500 the first year. Sadly I've taken about 1,000 in the last 5 months. A pretty sad effort. I don't take the camera out as much. Might be that I don't go anywhere interesting or different.

I was thinking that of the 15,000 or so I reakon I could identify the majority of photos I have taken. Even more so the ones on Happy Snaps. Give me say 100 photos from my collection and other peoples and I reakon I'd get about 90-95 right. Not trying to blow my own horn I think most people who take alot of digital photos would be able to do this aswell.

And seeing as i'm crapping on I'd just like to say that I would not have enjoyed taking the photos as much without I-View Media (or Photo Relay as it was called) and my Sony Camera

Robotech

Check out these cool Robotech Bookends

They are also releasing a remsatered Robotech DVD series. So if you just forked out $300 + for the other DVD's nows the time to start complaining. The aussie dollar is so string no it makes everything on Amazon seem like on sale.

Nip Tuck

The surprise this summer on TV for me has been Nip Tuck. Julian McMacmahn has left Charmed behind for a show with more bite.

It hasn't toppled Six Feet Under or Sapranos but for the first series it's doing pretty well. Is it just me or does the son look like Michael Jackson. After a quick search on google it seems i'm not alone. Quite funny really.

Nip Tuck also has a well put together website. Check the "free consultation" section. Nice idea

Fireworks

We went to see the fireworks at Sydney Harbour last night. Me and another 100,000 or so people. By 12.15 it stunk so bad, I was glad to leave and get some non BO tainted air. If i was short i think I would have suffocated in someones armpit. There was rubbish everywhere and the smell of Chiko rolls and Pluto Pups filled the air with a meaty/oil odour.

After 5 minutes of watching fireworks you get FW Fatigue. Esspecially when you can't actually see the bridge as you arrived 15 minutes before the show and have a shitty viewing area.

I don't think there has been much development in fireworks over the years as they look no different than the ones you see on the end titles of "It's a Knockout". I had to fein interest until the display had finished so i could rush out for fresh air.

Things I notcied while at the fireworks:

Everyone with a camera had a digital one. Be it phone cameras or little digital ones but it seems standard cameras for everyday people is a thing of the past.

The guy in front of me with the waavy mullet had a FORD logo on his mobile phone and his wife/partner was quite ugly. He did has a nice smile though.

I saw no one get arrested which was wierd for this time of year and no fights. Even more wierd. Also on the train home we were able to sit in a train that wasn't packed to the max.

While there was ment to be a taxi strike i saw plenty of empty taxis drive past.

The guy who i saw carrying a plastic rubbish bin also lives in Ashfield.

Standing on a port-a-loo is the coolest thing ever. According to the 5 guys who managed to climb up. "Hey these fireworks smell like shit"

LOTR TROTK

I saw the last LOTR movie and was really impressed. I was also glad i didn't drink much before i went in as i saw many people take toilet breaks at important moments. The guy infront of me missed half a battle due to a pee break.

Having not read the books made the movies even better as i had no idea what was going to happen and also had no way of picking what was left out or altered.

We saw the movie at the 4.30 session on a monday and you still had to line up. The 3.30 session sold out. At $14.80 a ticket it's getting so expensive to visit the movies. But for LOTR you don't mind. If however you paid that money to see one of the many shit movies out there then you'd fell ripped off.

For Peter Jackson who must have spent nearly 6 years making these movies it would be a wierd transition fr him to go back to a relaxing routine. To keep that level of commitment for so long then to go back to just making one movie at a time will feel wierd i bet.

Bean Bag Beans

How do they make beanbag beans? Also does a company just make them alone or do they make other products?

Today i did my bi-annual refill of the beanbag. You forget how comforatble they are when properly filled. Now my PS2 sessions will be more comfortable.

If you want to make your place seem more festive just tip the beanbag beans all over the floor. It's like dry snow in your living room.

Happy Holidays

We did this for our Soap Xmas card. Hope you enjoy. I had alot of fun searching Ebay for some of these wonderful items.

Have a great christmas (spoken as if anyone is still visiting this site, even after 2 mths of inactivity)

Default

As my revious design broke in Safari and didnt work very well I decided I woudl redesign. This will be done during the Xmas break. In the meantime enjoy the default template that comes with the blog system.

I will also be adding more happy snaps and other crap

MOBLOGS

It's mobile phone blogs that will take over from lomo soon as people take even crappier photos. At least lomo's have really nice colour.

Check out my fav moblogs so far Pots or the Beer blog

this one sticks out like dog's balls

here's an Apple one thats bound to take off. Just read that description. Book mark this baby

lastly news as it happens GIRL WONDERS WTF

Won't be lone before we see
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http://clubsluts.textamerica.com/
http://mysack.textamerica.com/
http://morningdump.textamerica.com/

Three

The three look and feel has some nice elements to it, im not sure if Moon design did all of it only only adapted part from the UK but it's still nice.

Those copic marker drawings are terrible, the store at ashfiel looks like it's still waiting for the real artwork to arrive. Yuck.

The TVC's are nice too and i love the Amelie tune at the end but the phone handsets are the worst pieces of industrial design ive seen. No one will want any of them as they are huge and look shit too

They are now offering 50% handsets so i don't think they doing so well in the sale department.

Every other major telco has a 2.5G offering and now one really wants to video talk. Well not pay for it as it's too gimmiky. Phone sex is the only thing that would be better i think.

Game TV

There is a TV show about games on Aus TV now. Called Control Freaks it's on Sunday Mornings. With a huge game industry in Australia it's a wonder there isn't more shows like this.

The show was pretty light on info and soem reviews were pretty "promo" like but it's refreshing to see a report from E3 and not another "Bright Idea" on how to save on Retirement Plans.

Why don't the guys at Hyperactive make a TV show? Can anyone remember Generation X or what ever that TV was back in the late 90's. Or was that the same people and i just answered my own question.

Busted

I found out today a client who owed us money has gone bust. Weird they didnt seem to answer their phones for the last week.

Then I'm told they got busted for drugs!!! ahh no biggy until they said it was on the news.

this article explains a little more.

Damn. The company went into liquidation and they must have thought it was common knowledge so didnt tell us in the last 2 phone conversations. Oh well. Could be worse

DVD Player

I now own a DVD player. YAY As with any purchase above $100 i go through a week of tossing and turning whether or not to buy. It's the first thing I have bought for myself in nearly 12 mths. Digital Camera the last one before that.

For the last year i have been self employed with a friend at our web deisgn company Soap Creative. During the first few months (may 2002) we were getting paid nothing and i had to pay the rent, food etc etc from my savings account. 14 mths later we are finally paying ourselves regulary but my mind is still in Ultra Scrooge Mode. Anyone that knows me will realise that this is not far from Scrooge Mode which I normally function in. Being a scrooge did mean i could leave my full time job and take a risk with Soap.

Watching DVD's on a 15" screen is not fun and the prices of players has come down heaps. The one i got plays MP3's, VCD's, WMV and DVD's all region.

Also if i chuck a CD of jpeg's in there it also does a nifty slide show. VERY cool. it was handling my 2MB files fine. This is a really cool feature. It's like the old school slide nights your parents (well not mine but at least in the movies) used to have.

and with the new Playstation 2 pretty much doign all this and more it seems any product that has just one function is obsolete

Here's a few suggestions for new inventions that would be cool to have around the house

A couch that coverts crumbs to new edible food snacks and also have a coin dispenser for trips to the corner store
A vacuum/mp3 player that uses the suction to play music
Bed/pool table

Updates

I have a serious amount of updates to do on this site so hopefully I will get to them soon. I have a whoel heap of photos to add and some new desktops etc etc.

Also the CSS of the site could use a shake up as i stuffed alot of it up and it's all wonky now

If anywone has any thoughts on what they would liek to see more off let me know. I oculd do a few more sketch book pages aswell? And Nude Dude hasn't dont anything for a year

On another note I just cleaned the bath. This will help me remember tha last time i cleaned it. I know now it has to be done every month not quarterly as previuosly thought.

Liff

I updated my Liff page only because if your mind was a room were doing their own definitions and i had a few new ones.

If you sent me one recently please snd again as i was really slack with updating this page.

Present

You get so much crap from companies you tend to throw it out without even looking but today we got a free 6mth subscription to a choice of magazines form Optus.

Yay free with no obligation for anything.

Telstra never gave us shit

71k

you know when you visit the ATM and you see left over receipts that peopel have left and you see what people have left in their accounts or they they didnt have the availiable funds to with draw $20.

On Friday in the city i saw one that caught my eye and it was a left over receipt for $71,001.46 left in their savings account. $71 grand in cash. Who has that much money lying around in a savings account? This person also felt no need to hide the receipt but to just drop it on the floor. La de da. Im guessing drug dealer, heir to a countries fortune or rich international student from Saudi Arabia.

Either way seems wierd that this person feels the need to have $71,000 on hand. Maybe in case of emergency boat pruchases :)

SPAM Filter

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Thats the biggest Spam score yet for me. Now I want to see the emails to see how high and also what flags them as spam. So if you email me with Ashley it will probably get filtered. Although if you do have free sex porn lose wieght program i woudl be interested in hearing about it.

Jeremy says it even learns what Spam is as it goes. It beomes smarter

Breakfast , Brunch and Brekinner

I am the last to eat healthy but in an effort to try and at least eat more fruit I have tried to stay away from eating snack foods.

the hardest thing is snack foods fill you up and sit there like a lump. Where as fruit seems to never fill me. i ate 4 apples and still needed more!!

i have decided to eat breakfast insteading of snacking. As breakfast would be the healthiest meal i have. no meat, lots of fruit and and nuts and museli. So over the wekeend (milk supply permitting) i think ill have breakfast about 5 times.

I had soem cereal or museli on the plane to Melbourne and now i cant find a similar one at Coles!!! It's liek hearing a catchy song on the radio and then never being able to find it anywhere!!! Damn you. I don't even know who to ask at Qantas.

Speaking of Apples I hate when you buy a good batch, which taste great, then next time you go back to the fruit place they just have shitty red and granny smiths. Try describing an apple you had 3 days ago. I guess I shoudl use my digital camera more for these situations.

Melbourne

I spent a whole 3 days in Melbourne and had alot of fun. I only realised half way through that you must trams everywhere. (its pretty cheap) as my feet were killing me.

I also forgot my camera cord ($40) and missed the first flight down to VIC ($110). Flight 2!!!! ive heard of bus 2, dock 2, table 2 but never flight 2. It's always flight 577 or soemthing like that. So we went to go on flight 744. which was the plane number. Why the plane number was on my ticket i have no idea. Why we had to go to international terminal, when we were only going on a 1 hr flight is also beyond me.

A few points i noticed at Melbourne
1: its cold
2: people are nicer
3: there are many great buildings but none famous like the Sydney harbour or Bridge
4: The Melbourne Comedy Festival is popular
5: They have a free tram!!!
6: Public transport is cheaper (5.70 for a day pass compared to 13.40 in Sydney)
7: Melbourne also have a Luna Park!!?!?!
8: Not many places sell Potato Wedges but many sell Potato skins!!??
9: It's a lot cleaner with more bins in the city that arent over flowing
10: The airport is far form the city in the middle of nowhere

Thats all. I enjoyed my stay

Pro Recycling Rally

With all this anti war protest it just makes me wish these people were as passionate with issues that they can really make a difference with.

Instead of chanting "NO MORE WAR" why not walk through the city singing "REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE"

I mean no matter what some unwashed hippie says we are not backing out of the war that is well underway. However the protest could have made a big difference by picking up the rubbish on their walk around the city.

The mini protest i saw today at 5pm looked more disorganised than a teacher organising tunnel ball at school camp. In fact at leat tunnel ball would have been fun. The police coudl also join in.

Boring Start to War

I guess we have to wait for the images of the missiles point of view befor eit hits Iraq to see some real action cause the first day was pretty sutble.

Iraw didn't seem to reallt retaliate except for firing a coupel of rockets in the Kuwait. Maybe they wernt ready. It was ready set and then US firect before the unpire said go. Luckily in war there are no rules.

People wanna see tanks shotitng shit up and people getting maimed. building on fire and POW's getting kicked in the back. But today even Palestienian kids put up a better fight.

If the war in Iraq is swift and fast what does that say to the other poepel on the hit list. Nth Korean, iran, syria. Id say it's better fo the USA to take out Iran and Syria before tackling Nth Korea as

1: they already in the bighbourhood
2: They muslim and thats flavour of the month. Nth Koreans are......... COMMIES
3: Puts the scare on China for a bit longer
4: Iran and Syria are definely weaker than Nth Korea so will be quicker to dispatch them
5: More oil i guess

So if the USA tackles Nth korea next then has to come all the way back to the middle east it seems like the long way round creating a new world order.

Anyway i bet CNN are hoping for a better day 2 of war cause an A Team episode had more firepower.

Sixties 9

Here's the low down from Rob on how the new flavours of Magnum stack up

Wood Choc
6/10

Cherry Guevara
4/5
the imitation cherry is dirty

Candy Warhol
7/10

Peace Man Go
9/10
mmmm mango

Jami Hendrix
8/10

Cinnaman on the Moon
4/10

From me

Chock Work Orange
6/10
very strong chocolate orange flavour

Guava Lava
8/10
A bit small

The concept is quite good and its better than just adding one new flavour every 6 mths like Paddle pops do. Also the packaging on the Chock Work Orange has little deliquents putting the rubbish in the bin. Little deatils like that are nice.

Search Field

Macromedia.com has redesigned and it certainly looks alot nicer. Im still baffled why they allow you to his search with an empty field. I mean it's pretty easy to put a check in on the field to say "hey dickhead, enter something to search for"

but then it may be the user friendly way to direct the user to the full search page?? if so then again the search button would see that they searched for nothing and direct them to the full search page without querying the server????

It's like flushing with no poo. useless and a waste of resources. Imagine the toilets of the future. (note: everything in my future dreams talks)
"i suggest a half flush Ash, or even better just walk around a bit and come back as it usually doesn't all come out in one stitting" ---- "you missed a spot" ----- "corn again i see, you cant help yourself can you" --- " i need cleaning!!"

It would also play music while you go to hide any embarressing splash sounds.

I also hate when sites that send your details to the server, only 3-5 seconds later to be told that your password didn't match the second password field. Or that you forgot to fill out your gender. Again it would so much easier for the user to be told straight away using javascript.

The piece of grass

Merrimac Moment that im too lazy to properly upload

I remember at highschool when we had football training (i was in the lower of the two C teams)and the coach was having us tackle bags which he was holding.

So I run up and for once try to put some effort into a tackle. He moves it at the last second and I fly striaght into the ground and skid.

I pick myself up and spit out some grass and go back in line to do it all again. (this time more cautious)

Then about a week later I blew my nose and out came a 10cm + piece of grass from my nose. It was until later that day I realised it was from the footy practice.

It's like finding those albino hairs on your arm/back/chest that have grown 30x the normal length. You pluck it out and lose it before being able to show anybody. (i hope im not the only one who gets them)

Mushroom City

We had quite a mushroom crop happening in the back yard (side garden thing) due to the amount of rain we have been having. I'm not sure whether they are slugs or snails but they ate everyone of them last night. I get these photos just in time. There was like 20 of them.

I now no longer have to water the lawn every night in fear of killing off the grass. I was afriad of being hit with a huge turf bill when the owners of the unit find out how bad I am at keeping the garden neat. The bald spot in the grass is also gone. The combover on the long grass didnt really work

Also actually having a garden is a new experience in Sydney. As soon as it rains the first thing I think of is "mmm this will be good for the garden"

Gangs of New York

I saw GONY last night. We decided against jackass as we were going to eat in the cinema and wasn't sure if there would be 15 min of vommit to try and eat too.

Well GONY is like an American version of Braveheart. Only shitty.

Sure there's lots of violence but it's all just fillers for the rest of the shit they throw at you. The violence is also a combination of wacks and blood spurting.

It made sense for the priest to die at the start as he wouldn't have to try and act throught he rest of the movie. Lucky guy

So i suggest getting GONY on DVD. At least with Jackass I'd have something to talk about at work on Monday. Now with GONY i have nothing.

What did other people think of the film?

Singapore Trip

I was asked to speak at Singapore this week at a Flash Games confrence!!!!! With my airfare paid for !!!!!!!!

Only problem is i never got the email that was sent 3 weeks ago. Instead I got phoned 2 days before as the person (Serene) though I wasnt interested.

No worries i'll book a flight for tomorrow and you can fly out, she says.

Ahhhh ummmm shit. I have a job we are working on and it's due this week. And I can't afford to miss the deadline. Ummm ahhhhh shit mmmmmmmmm shit

If ever there was a good case for cloning humans!!!

So it seems I will not be enjoying statay sticks in a snazzy hotel room :( Just lucky Serene doesn;t take offence easily.

But there should be one in KL later in the year and i'm kinda booked for that. Yay. At least there's no language barrier.

Circus OZ

I went and saw Circus Oz last night and it was great. A very cool production and, judging by the way the little kid in front of me was going ballastic, great for kids too.

The main guy with the Midi Juggling pads was really cool. I didn't realise till the end that the Boy Scout guy, the BMX dude and him were all new to circus OZ. They were the best of the show.

So if your in Melbourne you should check them out.

Art

Whiles the old pinballs may have been crap (before Adams Family) the artwork wasn't bad. Why not get some Pinball art on your office walls. With the lightbox would be cool as.

Check it out here at . Also make a great present.

Also if you are in Sydney check out the Ron Mueck show on now at MCA. The pieces are very powerful. The detail is amazing. There is also a video playing showing you how he went about makign some of the works which is great. Try to go on during the week to avoid the lines on the weekend. Oh and he's also Australian.

Bloghum

Bloghum: The defining moment at which the author of a blog realises that no one reads his/her blog.

Oxfam Challenge

I have decided to participate in the Oxfam Challenge and attempt the raise $4500 for Oxfam in 2 mths.

In doing so I will also get a trip to China and trek through the three Gorges right before it is flooded for the new Damn project.

So to raise the cash, which will be hard to do, I am trying to think of a few ways I can raise the dosh.

I thought I could sell prints of some of the Happy Snaps or even sell the some of the 15 CD's of photos I have taken in the last 2 years.

If anyone is interested in purchasing a photographic print form any of the Happy Snaps then let me know which one and what size. You'd be looking at less than $5 for a standard photo print. All money will go stright to the Oxfam Challenge. I can set up a paypal shop so purchases can me made with Credit Cards or direct money transfers.

HOT

It was so hot yesterday your eyes hurt when the wind blew on them. Everyone was hot and cranky and it just made you wish for an icecream in your underpants.

We went to a 7-11 and ate the slushie in the store. To hot to venture outside again. Eventually we had to leave and made a dash for the shopping centre

Spirited Away

Spiritied Away is well worth seeing int he cinema. It's an animation that really transports you into the world of the spirits. Japanese anime is different from western animation as it doesnt full explain every little detail and also deals with issues differently.

The scene with the Stink blob and the bycycle is not fully explained but most people would undertand the message sent with that scene.

The main character is great and the little comic relief rat and bird were very funny.

This and Cowboy Beebop were highlights of my cinema experince in the last 6 mths. If only Anime got a more mainstream release here.

2002 Favs

Here's a few of my favourite things in 2002

TV Show: The Amazing race
TV Programming: The Amazing Race on twice a week!!
Vegtable: Capsicum
Fruit: Banana
Drink: Berry Smoothie
Movie: LOTR 2
Book: Fast Food Nation
Gadget: Digital Camera (or TIVO if I could have one)
Restuarant Dish: Panang Chicken
Website: boingboing.net
DVD: LOTR: Extended Edition

And the Worst of 2002

Movie: 40 days and 40 Nights
Politics: Isreal (USA close second)
Song: La Spagghetti
TV Show: Gilmore Girls, Becker and Marshel Law all are shithouse :)
TV programming: Channel 7 repeating Sapronos Series 3
Drink: Beer (they call is 'piss' for a reason)

Gold Coast

Having not lived on the Gold Coast for nearly 5 years now, you forget certain things or you start to realise things you never knew before.

The gold coast has so many home made ads on TV it's not funny. It's quite embarressing sometimes.

You never realised that everyone who serves you at store is actually quite nice (compared to Sydney standards) I guess it's the tourist thing.

You also don't realise that even if the Gold Coast has nice looking restuarants the food still sucks. Although they seem to know how to charge Sydney prices.

Also there is heaps of old ladies with big blonde hair and very thick Versche sunglasses. I guess it's the fashion.

Quote of the day, so far "I love Chinese food, my favourite is anything 'Sweet and Sour' or Teriaki Beef". hehe

The public transport system sucks.

Thats it for me this year

Xmas

I found that if you give your Xmas presents early it feel alot better as the person gets to use the present for a week or so before it becomes half prioce in a Boxing Day sale.

Also it makes Xmas less commerical as its not abouth the presents (you have already given them out)

Xmas is also good as all the big ass movies come out. LOTR for big kids and Harry Pooper for the little kids.

Also TV tries somethign different and you get to sample good and bad shows. America must pump out alot of crap on TV to fill up all the channels. We've got 4 commerical ones and there enough crap already.

Beetles

Late at night we are now being invaded by beetles. This is what people with no fly screens have to live with.

They are just boring brown beetles and die pretty easily with the whack of some, within reach, wrapping paper.

I tried to flcik them outside but after the 5 th beetle I decided that killing was easier. Also it sent a message out to all the other bugs to go away.

So here's a tip for any apartment or home buyer. Get fly screens. Old places with no fly screens suck dogs balls.

The time to give

I think World Visions Smiles campaign is a great idea.

Instead of just donating $20 you can actually pick what that money will do for needy people. There's even bigger items for the companies such as the water pump.

So instead of buying your relatives lame presents just because you have to, why not donate to World Vision then send the relative the christmas card to say that they have made someone else happy.

Mail Redirection

I have two mail redirections going at once now as I have moved so much in the last 6 mths. With Soap moving next week it'll be my third. After moving so much and now having to move office it's kinda funny. Luckily Soap doesn't own much crap so it's nice and easy.

What woudl happen if you had your mail redirected to one place then redirected back to the other. Would the letter just stay in this continous loop?

Also can you ask for letters to be delivered on certain dates far into the future. Like in Back to the Futre 2? If so do they charge extra? You could use the post office to hold onto stuff while you go overseas then get it delivered when you get back.

Note: that Back to the Future 2 was the only movie I owned as a youngn' and thus the movie I have seen more times than any other movie. It wasn't even a legit version. Justa dodgey copy from a family friend who had an illegal video copying shop in her spare room.

Book Shelf

I bought a bookself on the weekend and only had two arguments putting it together with my GF. Thats a record for a big fiddly piece of furniture.

If only everything was inflatable it woudl be so much easier.

The bookself which cost $250 means I now have easy access to the $5k+ worth of books I have bought over the years. With a huge total of 2 novels. Add this with the 280 CD holder I bought, I have never been in a positon to access all my crap so easily.

I can now flick through all my CD's in one easy CD holder book. Ive boxed and put away the silly cases that I never organised.

Throwing out Crap

The best bit about moving is throwing out all the crap you collect.

Its the never ending quest to have the perfect amount of stuff. Not too much crap, just enough.

I must have had 30KG of useless postacards, paper and other stuff lying about. Now it's all hopefully been recycled. Every move you throw more and more out. I've moved three times in 12 mths so im getting close to the optimum level of crap.

Moving also makes you apprieciate the things you own that were good purchaces (fridge, TV, couch, microwave, bed) and regret the ones that were bad (table tennis table, extra large TV display unit)

The more shit you buy and collect the more that shit owns you. The more you will never use any of it. I'd say having a house fire and losing just your possesions is a good thing. Stuff the photo album too. Starting from stratch (with a nice insurance payout) would be great. Which reminds me I better get insurance.

Moving

Once again I have to move. Once again it is due to an owner wanting to move back in. makes buying a place even more appealing. If only I had a solid income :)

The good news is that good old ashfield has hit crital mass with rental apertments and there is a wide selection to choose from. Even better is that if you wait a week the price goes down $15. It's even better when you are the only one looking. I didnt see anyone at the two great places we looked at.

I also found out you can "make and offer" if the ad says $280, you offer $270, and see what happens. Top that with being the only ones to view the apartment and you have yourself and great barganing position. We also had the added bonus of wanting a 12mth lease which kind of sweetens the deal for the owner.

Hardest part is that if you work in your own business you can't really show accurate records of a steady income. But if you can pay the rent than it doesnt matter.

What do dole blugging drug dealers do in this situation?

Anime Top 20

Thinking about how I was dissapointed with Patlabor 3 as Dendy on Sunday I started to think about my Top 10 Anime films.

I had nearly 40 of the movies in highschool. I think they are in mums garage.

Here is my Top 20 Anime Films: (10 wasnt enough)

1: Ninja Scroll
2: Akira
3: Ghost in the Shell
4: Cyber City OEDO 808 Series
5: Battle Angel Alita
6: Cowboy Beebop
7: Space Adventure Cobra
8: Macross Plus Series
9: 3x3 Eyes Series
10: Castle of Cagliostro
11: Blood
12: GOLGO 13 - THE PROFESSIONAL
13:
14: Devil Man Series
15: Wicked City
16: Wings of Honneamise
17: Goku Midnight Eye
18: Princess Monouke
19: Patlabor
20:Fist of the North Star

Honurable Mentions:
Angel Cop
Domination Tank Police

Venus Wars
Street Fighter 2 The Movie (no van damme)
Mad Bull
Guyver

Anime to avoid:
Appleseed
Roujin Z
Legend of the 4 Kings Series
Project AKO

Cartoon Series:
Robotech (all 3 series)
Dragon Ball Z

Japanime

I saw Cowboy Beebop at the Japanime festival last night and it was great. The cimena crowd had a good vibe. The final ending was a little lame but the rest was highly enjoyable. The animation standard was pretty high and the comedy was just enough. Edo is Japans answer to Olive Oil :)

It along with Spirited Away are the only sold out sessions and you can see why. They are probably the most appealing of the titles. I just wish I had of gotten tickets to Spirited Away :(

If you are in Melbounre I would ord3er tickets now. Brisbane is already sold out. Ouch.

Robot Kid

Kid Robot has the coolest collection of toys i've seen anywhere.

If I had lots of cash I'd buy some. The photos of the figures are great and the site layout is nice and simple. I love these robots

Fruit and Veges

If was a fruit I would like to be an apple.

And if was to be a vegetable i'd like to be a snow pea.

I rented Kung Pow with my movie rental vouchers and it was pretty funny. I'm glad I get it at the video store and didn't see it in the cinemas.

Whoops

I updated the splash screen and removed the link. Doh

All is well.

Meat Pies

Why is it that Americans dont eat meat Pies. You'd think a country of excess would have thought of putting meat in pastry.

It might just be an Australian thing but i think there is a huge untapped market. Meat pies use the crappy pieces of meat, so the American Beef Companies have a great way of sellign the off cuts.

Also its a proven hit in meat eating countries like Australia. Do Americans eat Sausage rolls?. I mean it's not a far step from Hotdog to Sausage roll.

This is like my idea to take a slushie machine around Indonesia. Slushies are cheap here and every Indonesian person I've met like Slushies.

Anyway any Americans out there that want to make it big, try introducing meat pies to the USA. If anyone knows of failed attempts to do so please tell me.

Laptop Cinema

I rented Mulholland Drive on DVD and went to watch it on my laptop but didnt have my power pack. So I had to turn the screen down the darkest, and fast forward throguh bits that didnt have much speaking. I made it with 10 min to spare. The DVD had no select chapters which was annoying. Actually I didnt notice much difference having the screen down so dark.

The movie looks beaitiful but is a little more confusing than I expected. It's one of those movies you had to find a site that explains it for you to undertsand it.

Surprise Chef = Me

Warning: If you think a story about some loser cooking dinner is boring then don't read any further. That's right. Look to your bottom left.

Last night i opted for the toasted cheese sandwich dinner. Which but all means is a great meal.

But today I threw a curve ball by having toasted cheese for lunch. As much as I love the little jaffles I can't stomach two cheese based meals in a row.

So i decided to use as many things from the fridge as possible. After removing everything and finding a hidden cache of Hokien Noodles I decided it was stir fry time. If I didnÕt find those noodles I have no idea what it would have been.

Just by chance there was also some old coconut cream, in an open carton. Expiry dates are for wimps I say.

I also found some Stay Sauce in a bottle from a long forgotten BBQ earlier this year. Again, expiry dates mean nothing. (mental note: clean out fridge)

I chopped all available vegetables. And even threw in some long green chillies (crazy stuff) And while reading vaguely what to do on the packet of noodles, I proceeded to cook.

I wont bore you with the details :) but I ended up with a solid meal for 4. Seeing its just me there's a fair amount of breakfast stir fry for tomorrow :)

This topped with my Paul Newman's sauce, just 3 days ago, goes way above my previous best when I made Salmon kebabs.

My Mojo

Losing your mojo is bad but finding it again after a short period of losing it is like a sunny day in a rainy week.

Not only do a i feel very inspired right now but I took a Paul Newmans sauce added a heap of veges and amde myself one great tasting and very chunky pasta sauce.

I had to reword this story that as DB said "adding veges to a ready made sauce is like saying you baked a cake when all you did was put icing on it"

Either way, I wont be eating biscuits again for dinner :)

My Year Book Photo

This goes back to 1997. Ahh the memories. If I had of played sport, debated, won anything or rescued a drowning man, I may have been in other photos.

Oh i'm the guy who's goal was "To meet Micheal Jackson". You can thank the library lady for editing that one.

Good Days

There nothing like having a good day. And it's good when people around you too have a good day.

There's nothing like having good sushi either.

Also, Rob saved himself $10 on a Game Cube game by chance as the people labled the game wrong. Ahhh yeah.

Olympic Park

I am within walking distance to Olympis park and yesterday walked there in an effort to get fresh air.

The place was almost deserted. I happened to find myself getting sprayed with water thanks to some little kids and the water fountains. Their father found it funny to see me drenched. I only wish he could understand what I was saying to his kids.

Fun was had by all :)

There is no shops there at all except for a McDonalds. It must be the most remote McDonalds in Sydney.

Gelatine

What! you can't even eat jelly babies??

That's the question i huess most vegetarians get when they start to tell people about Gelatine

I was always told it was the jelly from cow hooves but now i know it's the bones, skin, tendons and all the other bits we cant eat is boiled down to make gelatine. MMMM yummy.

But it seems gelatine is also used in alcoholic drinks aswell and the only thing they use for photographic film. So all you vegans out there better buy a digital camera.

I don't even want to read again where rennet in cheese comes from.

Trying to be a vegetarian must be hard without being a hyopocrite almost everyday.

Movies

I went crazy at Blockbuster and did the 4 movies for 9.95 deal

American Movie: 8.5/10. Not a movie you would watch with a girlfriend or in a party situation but a very close look at one mans absession to make a film. The dialoge is classic.

Swordfish: 6/10. Hale berry does have an amazing set but the movie was lame. John travolta's hair irks me in this.

Vannila Sky: 5.5/10. Different than what I thought it would be and worse. Ideas stolen from Philip Dicks Total Recal (We can remember that for you wholesale)
Oh and it's long too

I havent watched The Mexiacan yet. Not holding my breath for this one

Blackcurrent Milk

I accidently poured milk thinking it was water, into blackcurrent mix. Not one to waste an opportunity I tried it to see if it tasted nice.

And it doesnt. The initial blackcurrent flavour was nice however the off milk aftertatse was not.

Full Time Grind

I just spent the last week getting up at 7.15 am and draggin my ass to the city to complete a job. It's by about the 3rd day why I like working from home so much.

I like having a great view of Sydney but hate having a todo list that never budges.

I like having airconditioning but hate having to find clean underwear.

Nice not having to type something just to talk to someone but getting up before 10.30am just sucks.

What tipped it over was the fast internet connection I didnt have to pay for.

SpaceStation 3D

I saw SpaceStation 3D at the Imax tonight. This was reconmended to me by 3 people.

But after seeing it all i could think was that I wanted to see the Circus De Solai one instead. And also why did Tom Cruise narrate the Space movie??

SpaceStation 3D is still good, I just was hyped up too much to fully enjoy it

I hate Spiders

Nothing give me the jeepers more than spiders. Even harmless huntsmen

Big thanks to Noel who took the photo. He shate himself when the flash popped up but the spider didn't nudge.

That's Noels bathroom and the brown blob is a half eaten cockroach.

Even just looking at this photo makes me shiver. Or is it cause it's so cold here??

I have been known to jump out if bed, scream and throw the bed sheets everywhere under the impression a spider was in the bed. This was however only a dream. I also talk alot in my sleep, (80% of the time) so i'm like one step away from sleep walking.

I once picked up my belt buckle when the phone rang and tried to talk to it :)

TV on Monday

Channel 10 has put 'The Osbournes' on at 9.30 on Mondays. Putting it right up against 'Sex and the City'

Why put what could be the best rating show for 10 up against what is one of the highest rating shows on another network?? I guess they are trying to steal the thunder off Nine? It might proove to be a good move just like Six Feet Under went up against the bankable Buffy and seemed to come out ontop. But still why not put on a different night and grab every viewer you can rather than the ones who don't liek Sex and the City.

Monday is like the only night where I watch TV and it's jam packed with good shows form 7.30 - 11.30.

4 solid hours of pleasurable viewing. Even more now that the channels have doubled up.

We dont have TIVO in Australia so until DVD's allow you to tape directly form the TV onto them, the VCR will still be commonplace .

Speakign of TV, with Big Brother 2 doing so badly for channel Ten, i wonder if there will be a third series? All I can say is that I would not be buying shares in Gretyle right now.

I still think they should have played some psychological tricks on the house mates to try and break them. Instead of just getting them to dress up and get drunk. Imagine pumping whale noises into the house at high volume for 24hrs straight, spiking the food with LSD and watching them all go crazy. Make them work for the money.

Winter

When you work from home during winter, PJ's become a permant piece of clothing. Winter is also the time where doing the washing up is a great excuss to warm your hands in the water.

It's also a time when you feet are covered by socks almost 23hrs a day. Only removed for that extra long hot shower.

Camera Shy

Having not used a camera in a few months I have yet again become camera shy. It feels weird to whip out the camera ont he train and happily take photos of your shoes.

As you can see by the front page my camera can now take photos in zero light. Which is great. I remember in Indo one time i couldnt get any in focus shots becoase there was no light. Only candles.

It will take time for my hand to get used to the button placement. As my muscle memory is still in tune with the 505v.

I now have a higher resolution camera so i should be able to extract better crops form photos i take. I can't wait to travel again!!!

NEW CAMERA

After waiting a fair while I finally got my new camera!!!! The Sony 707. Before I had the Sony 505V so this new one is 202 bigger. Although I missed out on a V.

The delivery guy dropped the box right in front of me!!!

I also finally got my key to the letter box after 2 weeks of waiting. Opening the letterbox was like christmas had come early.

After moving from a unit on the top level to one on the lower level you never realise how loud the echo is when someone pee's.

Anyway Happy Snaps should be getting updated soon.

The Sneeze

Nothign worse than sneezing on the train and having a massive goober land on your shirt. I was late so quickly picked it off and walked though the station and had to walk a further 10 min with a clump of mucas webbed in my fingers.

I considered pocketing it, but luckily I found a pamphlet to pick and wipe onto in the shopping centre.

The onkly positive side I could see was that I actully found where it landed on my shirt and didnt spend the whole night unaware that I had a booger on my shirt

Award Winning

A site i worked on, at my previuos employer, just won a major advertising award.

Not working at the company any more makes winning the award feel kinda useless, but good all the same.

It feels bad to not even get an email to say thanks for all the hard work you put in, but maybe i'm expecting too much from a company that has nothing to do with me anymore.

My Fav Companies

There are so many companies that deal in design solutions online but if I had to pick my favourite only two come to mind instantly.

X-Plane and 37Signals both are small companies and both have a great philosophy. They seem down to earth and honest.

Anyone else suggest some companies that they think are great too??

Moving 2

When ever I buy something now I am going to base the decision also on movability:

Other purchases I am now regreting are:

1: Lava Lamp: I actually saved up for one while working at McDonalds?!?!. I now just put it in cuboard
2: Recently purchased coffee table: If I only waited 2 weeks.
3: Egg Lamp: The lava lamp is shaking his head in disgust.
4: 17 Monitor: I pity people with 21" Screens and have to move them
5: So many cups: I threw out all the paper yesterday now I have to buy a news paper to wrap the glasses :(
6: The really big cool Sony stereo: I spent 4 mths paying of on layby with speakers nearly as big as me. (well they were 6 years ago) The speaker and the unit both won't fit in a car at one time :(

Moving

Moving is not fun but its a great way to get rid of all the junk you collect over the years.

It's also a time you regret buying a table tennis table. WTF was i thinking.

I've kept glue, tracing paper, pens and paper for 3 years in the thought that I would use it again but never have.

I've got about 10KG of just paper crap (postcards, pamplets, flyers, biz cards) and it all goes in the recylcing bin.

I also like keeping the original boxes to things but somtimes its almost impossible to get it all back in the box. The box to my vacuum is like Dr Who's Tardis. It all came out of there but fuck knows how it all goes back in. I got it all in there except the hose and extra nosel.

Forget rubiks cube try and tackle this baby.

Anyway I'm moving even more west from the city :( But aty least I'll be near a train line instead of the bus. And i'll no longer face beautiful Parramatta Rd and the flashing Kebab sign.

New Found Banana's

Im 22 years old and only just tonight while making a mixed berry smoothie that I realised I like bananas.

All this time I had told myself that banana's are bad and only fake banana's are good.

This is different to carrots which I like now. I had eaten carrots all my life, thanks to mums meat and 4 veg rule, but only recently grew to like the taste.

This has got me thinking that if I really like Passiona soft drink then chances are I like passionfruit even though I have never tried it.

Has anyone else found that a food they thought they hates actually really appealed to them (no pun intended)? Please comment below

Scary babies

Don't worry I don't have many baby images left. If you would like to see an animated version (who wouldn't!!) then check out this 340k gif

This is what happens when you work graveyard shift at Kinkos :)
I did these nearly 3 years ago

Russias Underground

No it's not the hottest night clun in Moscow but an amazing artical from 1997 about exporers of Russia's Underground

I would love to see this TV series they have produced. Stories of lost trasure, secret underground terrorism, monks, KGB, hidden library's. It's like an Indian Jones Movie with all the trimmings.

UPDATE:
A quick search on google brought up a whole heap of articles.

Heres a interesting bit form this article dated the same year 1997.

"Last year, Mikhailov and the Diggers stumbled upon 250 kilograms of radioactive material under Moscow State University, a discovery that seemed to shed light on the long anecdotal history of illness, hair loss, and infertility among the university's students and faculty."

Rain Kid

There were two kids on the bus today playing chess in their heads.

Knight to D4, Queen to C6 etc etc

I was thinking these little kids are really smart. Then they started going through plans to open a internet cafe

30 computers x $2 x 10 hrs a day = $600 a day profit
$600 x 7 = $4300 a week!!!! (they were pretty excited by this time)

We'll get your family to run it!!!!

hahah, it's just like rain man.

I wonder why they don't let 14 yr olds run companies??
I mean i've seen grown up mean make stupid business decisions and lose lots of money a kids can;t be much worse.

Amazing Race 2

It's back on!!!!!!

Amazing Race 2 is on in Australia. If there was ever a reality TV show that i'd love to go on. This is it. A close second is The Mole.

No starving to death, eating fish heads falling into fires.
No having cameras watch me poo
No being temped by some playboy bunny on a tropical island (mmmmmmm pine apples)

It's on Friday nights, i think Channel 7. Yay

Spidey Man

I am currently weighing up my opetions to steal a spiderman poster. I am also stuck on the second leve of Sipderman 2 the game on PSX. I had all the damn coloured keys but nothing happened. That shits me :)

Star Wars 2

I finally got to see the second episode.

And yeah the yoda fight scene is great. In fact the CGI for him was very well done.

The clone army of New Zealand accented fighters kinda scares me too. The Clones would have an awesome rugby team

Well hardly any Jar Jar Binks in this sp but a whole heap of loves scenes that seemed unnecessary. I mean one would have been enough. Still I didn't mind seeing the stiffy nipples of Natalie Portman

Why is it called attack of the clones when the clones actually save the day. I guess it's hinting at what happens in Ep3.

Also right now everything is robots and clones. Yet in Ep4 it's all star troopers and manned units. Again I'd say all will be conveniently revealed in Ep3

sixfeetunder

Channel 9 have done the smart thing and slipped in Season 2 of Six Feet Under while keeping the strong viewership.

The show has been a late bloomer. I think with the them song re-mix making Triple J and word spreading about this kookey show, the ratings have been going up and up. Channel 9 would have lost them all and potential fans by ending the first season and then waiting to buy the 2nd.

Australia is now into the second series with no mention of the chnage. This is in stark contrast to how they treat viewers of friends and Sex and the City who have established fans and can sit through 6 mths of re-runs.

Still it's nothing like Channel 10 and the Simpsons, who believe that we will continue to sit through re-runs with the odd new spisode here and there.

Channel 10 you dirty bastards. Give us Futurama!!!!!

New Camera!!!!

I have sent off the money for my new camera. It's only been 1 month without a camera and I feel I haven't documented so much. I went to the back part of the Harbour Bridge and felt so bad not being able to take photos.

Missing the Bus

There's nothing worse than missing your bus late at night. You know the next one wont arrive for another hour and it's very cold.

Seeing someone run in vein to catch the bus, only to have it pull out just as the reach the back isn't as funny as I would have thought. I actually felt kinda sorry for the guy. More empathy really.

If only I fumbled with my bus ticket for 10 seconds, he would have got on.

Which brings me to another thought. What happened to Beaded Seat Covers. They were everywhere 6 years ago and now you can't find them anywhere. Well a few die hard taxi drivers may still have them. I can't even remember the appeal. My mum had one and I always took it off.

I think they went out of style with Masseuse sandals.

Moving Again

I have been told to move out as the owner of my unit wants in.

Having only moved Sept 11th last year, it's kind of annoying having to move again so quickly.

What's worse is I just replaced the battery in the firealarm and now the owner won't have to do this for another 3 years. I think I'm gonna change it back.

Garuda

I'm addicted to the Garuda Chilli covered peanuts. Pringles haven't got anything on these little babies.

Shib is also addicted, but i'm sorry I'm currently eating the packet I set aside for you.

Another thing that is a staple for my diet is Berry Smoothies. There's now no debate whether to buy a 3L milk, it's a necessity.

Ingredients for those interested as this is probably the only thing I make that taste nice in the kitchen

300 ML Full Cream Milk
4 Table Spoons of Full Fat Vanilla Yoghurt
2 Scoops of Full Fat Ice-cream
2 Scoops of Vitari No Fat Berry thing
1 ripe banana
2 Table spoons of Wheat Germ
100g of frozen Mixed Berries
Generous Squeeze of Honey

Chuck in blender (milk last) and mix well.

Makes around 1.25 L of Purple Goo
Best consumed ASAP as it goes brown.

A Fresh Start

I have changed Blog provioders to Movabletype

Which now means you can once again add comments to posts. It also allows me to archive blah blah.

WIDK is nice, clean, interesting

WIDK is nice, clean, interesting and i wish my vocabulary could go further.

I am slowly freezing here in Sydney winter I'm finding it hard to type as my hands are numb. I think I better put socks on

Senior Hamburger hahahahah classic stuff.

Senior Hamburger

hahahahah classic stuff. I ofund the link off yipyop which is great. Check the biscuit theatre. Very funny

Australia has a policy of

Australia has a policy of SKilled Migration. Basically it means that if you have a skill that Australia requires you can apply for a visa using your trade. They award points for every trade and ones needed mroe are awarded higher points.

So im thinking Dentist, doctor, nurse etc etc would all be high. And yes they are. But it realyl gets wierd on this page

What this means is that australia is in dire need for piano tuners, hair dressers, picture framers, Buttermaker or Cheesemakers, to name a few.

It seems we also need gunsmiths and black smiths.

So if you are student wishing to live in Australia i wouldn't worry about anything web/design related as there's no way you are getting in.

You should put the hard yards in and become a Cheese Maker or hairdresser as that's what this country really needs.

One of the best games

One of the best games I have played. Well worth the 1MB even if you are on 56k like me.

Well built, illustrated and designed. With nice sound too.

I made a tribute to

I made a tribute to The Deeper Meaning of Liff today and will try to update it regulary. If you want to contribute that would be great.

ive eaten 5 No Frills

ive eaten 5 No Frills Muesli Bars and feel kinda sick.

UPDATE: Make that 6 and there are none left :(

Yay the truffle has moved

Yay the truffle has moved to a new server and it fully functioning. Now I can finally update sections.

Also we have launched our new design company Soap Creative

Should be fun

Ok so i made it

Ok so i made it to the Shag exhibition and it was alot smaller than i thought. Well it takes up one wall.
How ever iut was great seeing the original works up close. There is alot of texture you never see in prints. Every piece of work was sold out which is amazing as it's a low key event and it's been open for 3 days. Prices ranged form $4000 to $10400 AUD. Very resonable for such an artist.

I was lucky enough to purchase prints of these two cars. Car 1 - Car 2. I can't wait to hang them on my walls.

Prints at the Opera House Gallery are priced form $375-600 framed. Take off $150 for unframed. Outre is handling this exhibition and you can order from them. Switched on is for amercia only

Now i just have to get my books signed on Saturday then I can settle down

Shag is in Syndey and

Shag is in Syndey and Melbourne for an exhibition and book signing.

I urge (URGE!!!) you all to head on down to The Studio at The Opera House to see the artworks up close. And maybe buy a few prints. (or originals if you happen to have money to spare)

He is also doing a book singing at Arial in Paddington on the 10th.

I haven't been this excited for ages about an art show.

Get all the good stuff

Get all the good stuff from Big Brother 2 wothout having to pay or sign up here

The housemates really don't like Turkan do they.

MMM also found this collection

MMM also found this collection of crappy DVD designs

The poster generally do look better. It's a shame they have to relay on "star power" when it comes to DVD/video covers

Kottke pointed to this photo

Kottke pointed to this photo

Dirty :)

Yes that's exactly what I

Yes that's exactly what I thought a splot was.

And in true internet form Splot.com The Splot portal.

Check back tomorrow for more exciting word fun :)

I love the soundtrack to

I love the soundtrack to requiem for a dream. Very powerful in a powerful movie.

And if you are like me and didnt know what requiem means. Or even how to spell it, why not visit Dictionary.com

The DVD version of the film has alot of great extras, yet no subtitles for english.

Oh yes and seeing as

Oh yes and seeing as most know Happy Birthday to me.

22 today

I asked Rob the other

I asked Rob the other day why he had his stereo on "demo mode" and hasn't turned it off. (Demo mode is used when it's for sale and all the light flash and text scrolls on the display to make the stereo look more attractive.)

Rob said "Nah, thats how it is"

It took me a little while but I found the demo button and finally turned the Las Vegas style lights off.

The stereo was 5 years old

Star Wars Ep2 is

Star Wars Ep2 is filmed entirly in Digital Film and this allows the distributors to send the movies via satellite. Meaning that the quality of the image will never fade, and that cinemas will not need 12 different copies of the reel they just download it.

The cost savings alone will mean it should be taken up quickly, i wonder how long until the satellite feed will be hacked??

I took a trip all

I took a trip all the way out to Moore Park Supa Centre to get a desk. I got there and there wasn't any good ones so we bought a frypan from Ikea?!?

That store is insane. The have a broshure and it says

"Q: Why do I have trouble getting service at Ikea?

A: We like our customers to be left alone and get lost in our store so they discover more that way"

hahaha never thought of it that way. I thought it was annoying

www.bit-101.com/ has probably the best

www.bit-101.com/ has probably the best flash experiments around today. The design looks like poo but the code in there is very sweet. No source files but thats ok.

Most of the files I see I just think how cool they would look in a game.

Microsoft have reduced the price

Microsoft have reduced the price of the Xbox to $399. Not only that they are giving people who bought the machine before this price reduction a chance to get 2 games and a controller free.

So if you bought an Xbox call the shop ASAP cause the 2 free games offer ends mid May.

Nintendo have reduced the price of their Gamecube to $329, before it's release here on May17.

Loss leaders indeed. It seems the game industry is willing to lose out hardocre to gain market share. This just means cheaper consoles for everyone :)

Legoangitis: The painful sensation at

Legoangitis: The painful sensation at the back of the throat caused by half choking on a small piece of lego. 1x1 Legoangitis is the most common variety. Pain may last up to 24hrs depending if the piece actually got lodged into the throat.

Legoangitis is common amoung younger children and professional lego builders.

Collectors Junt: The time in

Collectors Junt: The time in a collectors life when he/she realises that the collection he has been carting around for 12 years and spent half his savings on isn't worth shit.

Well it seems I have

Well it seems I have spelt Sketchbook wrong in the bottom nav. Thanks Christian for pointing out my stupidity :)

I will try to fix soon

FTPedofile: Someone who has to

FTPedofile: Someone who has to sit and watch every file upload even when the estimated time is <1hr.

It is not uncommon for a FTPedofile to still be using 56k modem (by choice), in a effort to prolong the sensation of transfering files.

Some like to download, others like to upload.

I have added 6 new

I have added 6 new pages to the Sketchbook area. Some are pages I forgot to scan other I just forgot to upload.

Look out for the imfamous "Penis Dick man" in page 23 :)

what is it with americans

what is it with americans and the mishandling of dead people??
First they had that cremetorium with the 200+ bodies laying about and now a morgue where Rats have infested.

Can't it all be nice like on Six Feet Under??
That horny russian is funny.

My new bag Wearing a

My new bag

Wearing a backpack brings back school yard memories. And sweaty backs

It's Big Brother 2 time.

It's Big Brother 2 time.

They are using the same beds as me in the house. Good old Freedom furniture.

It's always a confusing time

It's always a confusing time when it comes to superannuation.

I have had numerous jobs and am still in numerous funds.

My old McDonalds superannuation is sitting on a petty $34 which i'm hoping to buy a CD with when I retire.

My largest amount of super changed hands 4 times in the last 2 years (all from the same employer) and all you seem to get is letters telling you that, not only has your super lost you money (ie -$194 earnings) but you are also being charged for the management of this. I aksed to be put into the highrisk areas yet they stuck me in the most conservative (maybe i could have lost more)

Superannuation seems like this magical fund that you will depend on when old. The only people getting real benifit of these funds are the people managing them

Thanks Ben for sending me

Thanks Ben for sending me this gem

UBD

Catchy tune

I downloaded a 3 MB

I downloaded a 3 MB file on my 56k at an average of 7.5k per second.

It was at 12k p/sec for like 30 seconds and I cheered it home to the 7.5k average.

I have neve been so excited to download something and even took a snaphot to commemorate the moment.

Jean Mark make some of

Jean Mark make some of the best cakes and tastiest pastries.

I had a almond and chocolate croissant and couldn't eat dinner that night it was so rich :) So if you are passing by on Broadway, why not stop in. Or if you wanty a birtyhday cake that is gonne impress the party then go have a look at what they can do.

Nothing more relaxing than sitting

Nothing more relaxing than sitting in front of two women choosing ringtones on their mobile phones. I guess she felt it was time for a change and a busy bus the best place.

(*(#*&(#*( "mmmm too quiet"

&&&(#*#((((#&&&&*(# "mmmm to much like Rachael's"

%%%%##@@@%%%%@@@@ "mmmm too quiet"

&&

The site Rob and myself

The site Rob and myself made to house the games we built at Hyro has won the games category at Flash Forward San Fran

Both of us no longer work there (HYRO) but it's still feels good to win.

Note: there were many people involved in the making of the games for the site. Sales people, illustrators, database dudes etc etc. If it wasn't for those people the games would not have been made.

The bad thing about being

The bad thing about being lazy with your looks and clothes, is that when you have to meet someone important you only have one "outfit" to wear.

This becomes hard when you have to meet 2 important people, 2 days in a row.

Whats even worse is when you are lazy about doing your washing. And when you meet that same important person, a week or so later, you are not only wearing the same clothes but they haven't been washed since your last meeting. They start to remember you as "the guy in the green shirt who stinks"

Luckily I can divert their attention from the familar, stinky shirt, with a mess of bed hair. Usually by the time I have finished my morning Milo, my hair is dry and moulded into what ever shape the towel left it in.

I'm so glad I bought an extra shirt for 2002

It was my friends 30th

It was my friends 30th birthday today. Yet he looks so young he still gets asked ID at nightclubs/bars. He can't even get proof of age card as he's to old for that. haha

So he is going for his learners permit so he has photo ID other than his passport.

Why am I telling you this?? The same reason you are reading it. No reason

WORK FROM HOME It seems

WORK FROM HOME

It seems that Australia is not the only country hit by the Work form Home scams.

Herbalife has alot to answer for

Nokia Admits their 8210 range

Nokia Admits their 8210 range of phones are prone to dodgey screens.

If your 8210 is stuffed then get it fixed, see info here

Derek has 4 skecthbooks of

Derek has 4 skecthbooks of his too look at on his site.

They look great but I wonder if his initial intentions were to display them online from the start. Most people keep skecthbooks to house their ideas but if you think from the start that you'll scan every page and show them to people then you will fill it differently. It wouldn't be as personal, even if you try and make it personal.

It's refreshing to see hand made art. Cut and paste etc etc, stuff thats round around the edges.

I threw up today. Not

I threw up today. Not from easting to many easter eggs just because I was sick. One part was really orange?!?!?!

Also my firealarm is beeping every minute since yesterday. Ive tried to rip the battery out but the thing is stuck. Every minute on the minute it beeps once very loudly.

Ahhh

(I timed the beeoping. It's actually every 30 seconds) so the for the last 12 hrs, there has been a loud, suddent beep every 30 seconds)

Although there is nothing funnier

Although there is nothing funnier than seeing a angry dwarf on Jerry Springer i think this daytime TV is making me dumber

McDonalds Australia is now selling

McDonalds Australia is now selling Fish and Chips.

What's next.

Mc Hotdogs??
Mc Pide??
Mc Pretx=zels??
Mc Sushi??

This is a nice site

This is a nice site explaining of what the web is for kids. I got the link from Kottke.

I read Time Management for

I read Time Management for Dummies and saved heaps time by not reading the last half of it. I also saved money by going to the library and not wasting my cash on it. Now I realise why they emphasis the "Dummies" part.

I will however put more effort into my to do list and clean up the utter mess that is my filing system.

I decided, for lunch, not

I decided, for lunch, not to eat the fattening Indian food I like and get a healthy sandwich. So I ordered a tandoori chicken sandwich which had stale bread :(

Thanks Dave for helping me spell sandwich!!!!!

I saw From Hell last

I saw From Hell last night which was good.

Which promted me to read up on the Jack the ripper mystery

I doubt whether From Hell shows the correct version of events but it definetly displays the most entertaining and sensational story.

For those wanting to get

For those wanting to get all the info on Flash MX visit Flashguru's page. He is now unemployed (like me) so has more free time to find the links that you can be stuffed looking for :)

Flash MX samples

Ahh we all have to learn again.

MMmmm yes no matter what

MMmmm yes no matter what I'm doing I have to search for POO

Just as fun as finding

Just as fun as finding funny URL's. Search ASIC's business name registry

I had no idea there were so many truffle orientated companies.
TASMANIAN TRUFFLE ENTERPRISES LTD.
TRUFFLE HUNTER

Or ones about POO

Mr POO

hehe

Spin and Say This is

Spin and Say

This is nice and fun. So is this Talkie thing

You have to guess the secret message in the talky thing.

"Making out with marzipan is toally awesome" is the first one

Looking for DVD's TOTAL DVD

Looking for DVD's

TOTAL DVD is local Australian DVD place.

I went to paintball on

I went to paintball on the weekend and had a great time. I didn't realise I had so many bruises until I went home and had a shower.

Now my legs hurt like hell as I didnt stretch before running around like a girly Rambo. I'm glad to say that I didn't receive any bollocks shots.

Bus Strike today and tomorrow.

Bus Strike today and tomorrow. Even though I told 4 people on my long walk today, no one (except the old lady) cared.

I also sold my digital camera today and will hopfully get an upgrade soon!!!!!!!!!!!

Yahoooooo. 5MP here I come

I had the plumber in

I had the plumber in today to fix my loud toilet. (it made a trombone sound with the pipes when I flushed)

All was fixed in 5 min. It was then I remembred I have having trouble with the sink disposal unit. "It makes a metal sound like a forks in there, even though I've checked and nothing is inside"

He fixed it by removing the dirty dishes in the sink next to it. It seems a fork was making a noise against a plate from the vibration.

hehe That has puzzled me for 3 days now :)

Please vote for the Hyro

Please vote for the Hyro Games Arcade that Rob and myself made Flash Film Voting Page

I doubt whether the vote will help much as the other sites gets alot more hits. But hey worth a shot.

We are happy to be nominated and become finalists as this is the first NON advertising award we are up for :)

I rang a wrong mobile

I rang a wrong mobile number today and hung up.

The guy rang back an hour later and asked who is this.

I said it's ash.

I said who is this he said Brad.

I told him I rang about something else then he asked how old I was.

I said what difference does it make. But he was pretty persistant. I answered 21 then he asked what area do I live in.
I answered Sydney and then he said "Hey I'm in Adelaide" kinda excited

WTF is wrong with Brad. Maybe his dad is in Market Research

I saw MADE yesterday and

I saw MADE yesterday and boy is that movie shit!!!

I was all excited after a week of watching Sapranos on DVD and was so angry about this movie. Then I get home and "Analyse This" is on. And that movie wa lame too

Oh well. I want to see From Hell unless someone tells me that it is shit also

Why buy and Xbox when

Why buy and Xbox when you can pick up one of these babies on Ebay. This one comes with games!!!!

Interesting site about Customs struggle

Interesting site about Customs struggle on drugs. Interesting bacause there are so many great photos.

Here they show a bear being used to smuggle drug money

Thanks DB for the link

This is not as funny

This is not as funny Telstra leaves East Timor

Tawian Obsessed with Lottery Numbers

Tawian Obsessed with Lottery Numbers

Ervi told me that this also happened in Indonesia before they banned lotto. When you have so many people living in near poverty, i guess it will happen.

For any Tawianese reading this. My birtyday is 01.05.1980

Woo hoo my new machine

Woo hoo my new machine is speced and ready to order

Wanting to buy laptop as

Wanting to buy laptop as I really hate not having one now

Just did a market research group cause i had nothing better to do. And it ended up being for my fav drink Blankcurrent juice.

The body corporate at my units is getting hot and heavy with fines threats cause I put mywashing on my balcony. Not on the rail but on my personal clothes line. I'm not sure if they singled me out but many people do this. I'm pissed as I hate using a dryer on a hot day. Waste of time and power and the enviroment.

FREE MONEY FOR NEW YORK

FREE MONEY FOR NEW YORK

Who would have thought that people in New York wouldn't need the money. I stubbed my toe cause of the taliban can i have $3k

http://www.safestuff.com/atariart.htm http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/01/29/carollloyd.DTL

http://www.safestuff.com/atariart.htm

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/01/29/carollloyd.DTL

I took a stroll down

I took a stroll down (or up) to five Dock today to see what the pasta Plus Food Fair would be like.

Only one place was selling pasta and it was of questionable quality. There is always a sausage sizzle no matter what the occasion.

Speaking of pasta does anyone know what cheese I can melt down for a gnocchi sauce. Besides Blue Vein. Please email me

I made the horrible mistake of thinking mozerella would be ok and ended up with just one large clup of cheese on the end of my wooden spoon.

It seems I won a

It seems I won a greenday CD pack. YAY. Not that i'm into Greenday but now i have all 5 of their CD's

Three cheers for cheating!!!!!!!

While bored I decided to

While bored I decided to write down all the places I have lived in my 22 years.

I came up with
18 different residence

7 houses (one of which was hosing commision)
2 caravan parks (one was only for 3 weeks)
4 different states (yes it seems I loived in Melbourne when I was a little kid)
and
9 different units.
6 of which I can still remember the address too. Well not the postcode of everyone though

18 places meant I also went to
5 different primary schools

Thinking of this reminds me off my first ever job. I was asked by the guy who owned the store at Sunshine Caravan Park to fill a paper bag, to the top, with the ciggerette butts that littered the park. If I did I was given an ice cream. I still remember there was one tent that I found that pretty much filled a paper bag by it's self.

Quensy: The feeling that no

Quensy: The feeling that no matter how hard or how long you blow your nose during a cold, there will be a ready supply of mucas 5 min later.

Squant: The wet patch left on a chair by your genitals, on a hot day

Clonk: Looking at your wristwatch and then forgetting the time straight after. Clonking 3 times in a row is very annoying

Squalery: Having to decide which of the clothes in your dirty wash basket is the least dirty and ready to wear for today. The art of Squalery is common amoung young home leavers and web designers.

Nadsticle: Sitting in such a way that your scrotum is visible from the leg of your shorts

Grunty: Watching a boring TV show because you can't find the remote only to realise you missed out on an awesome film, you've been wanting to see but your local video shops doesn't have, on the other channel. Grunty's can also occour when you also decide to read a book instead of watching TV.

Ringroserner: The habit of smelling ones fingers after a private scratch :) Even though disgusted, someone who commits a ringroserner will most likey do it again.

Adflip You are going to

Adflip

You are going to see these ad's everywhere from now on. They are classic. I wish I had the old National Geographic from my highscool as they were filled with them.

I spent today talking to

I spent today talking to design students at my old college, KVB.

It was fun but my throat is killing me.

I hope they gained something from my talk. If not then at least they seemed attentive :)

If you havent allready seen

If you havent allready seen altoids.com then spend some time in the site.

Quality all the way through.

Oh I have updated the

Oh I have updated the little flash thing in the lower right corner. I thought what the hell am i going to do with all these shoes photos.

Well this is my answer. MMMM circles

I sprayed too much when

I sprayed too much when I saw a cockroach now I have a massive headache. Nothing I hate more than a roach flying at you when you are just wearing boxer shorts.

I'm using the mac puck

I'm using the mac puck and I hate it. Also these tiny G3 keyboards suck. I miss my Microsoft mouse :(

Big thanks to Adrian for

Big thanks to Adrian for getting me The Deeper Meaning of Liff

The dictionary of words that don't exsist but should.

I have come up with these ones today while in the shower. Note: I'm better at the description than the word.

Spruck: The size of soap that is too big to fit down the drain hole, yet too small to use properly

Pubnad: The distance at which pubic hairs become visible on the bathroom floor

If Chins Could Kill is

If Chins Could Kill is one of the best books I've read. Well i'm only half way.

An insight into the B grade movie industry but more importantly a book but a down to earth actor.

Found on boingboing.net is another

Found on boingboing.net is another piece to the Indian WTC sand castle.

see the sand castle in the background of the photo in the right nav It is the imfamous WTC sandcastle This a slightly cropped version.

Wonder if they will do an Enron sandcastle. As the collaspse of that company fucked just as many people over. Except this time George Bush is in the thick of it.

While on the topic of Enron. You gotta love the US justice system that allows US army to interrogate injured Afagans but can't even make someone go to court to testify. What a crock of shite.

If I were an American I'd be buying weapons manufacturing shares like crazy and getting out of major cities.

Nikon Coolpix 5000 Digital Camera

Nikon Coolpix 5000 Digital Camera Me want really bad (link fixed)

You would think that Amazon could cross refernce my address with their prmotions.

ie If I live in Australia then don't send me promotions that only apply to people in the USA.

Had to walk today to

Had to walk today to work with a pink umbrella. And I also had a cream about being inside a flash file and picking up the movie clips, seeing the code etc etc. NERD!!!!!

How I cam to leave

How I cam to leave a carton of custard in the fridge for over a month is beyond me. I only noticed it tonight and thought "great I'll have some custard" but then saw the expiry date for Dec 24 01 and realised it had somehow slipped past my radar.

Damn I was all Gee'd up for custard too. I would have been more angry if it was Yogo.

MR FRIDGE: HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Too late fatty

Nikewomen is officially launched and

Nikewomen is officially launched and it's on time!!!!! Hyro's first site for 2002.

Ashadi took the role of Creative Director while

Rob did the design and Rob and Tu (Hyro's inturn) did the fantasic outlines.

I did the flash and the animations.

And Dave did the estensive database/tracking.

Note the animations were already drawn, I just had to take the exisiting sketch and animate them.

Sorry for mac users or people on slow modems. The main nav is CPU hungry. Or as Dave said "It stops my MP3 player"

Also if the basketball chick is outhere we'd love to have lunch with you :)

Simplethings is a very nice

Simplethings is a very nice mini photo site.

It's amazing the colour of

It's amazing the colour of mould you get depends on where you leave something. I can't remember the last time I finished a loaf of bread as they always goes mouldy. Black mould from the cuboard, green mould from the bench and white/pastel mould from the fridge. Rice takes the longest to go moudly and pasta holds out pretty long aswell.

I need one of those intelligent fridges that help me make decisions.

MR FRIDGE: The fried rice you made 3 weeks ago is moudly, please dispose of it. And next time don't make so much.
MR FRIDGE: Those potatoes you bought last year have now started to grow new potatoes. Please dispose of them. You should have used them when you cooked that steak.
MR FRIDGE: I don't think you should put the biscutes in the fridge!!
MR FRIDGE: Geez you drink alot of blackcurrent juice. That can't be good for you!!!!
MR FRIDGE: Why don't you clean me!!!!!!!!
MR FRIDGE: I think you've left the door open too long!!!!!!!!!!!!
MR FRIDGE: Stop opening the door every time. Decide first, then open it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MMmmmm on seconds thoughts, the intelligent fridge would get annoying with its constant complaining.

MR FRIDGE: What are you doing with that hammer????????

Another wekend at work. It

Another wekend at work. It feels wierd sitting on the bus on Saturday reading a book when everyone else is in weekend mode.

Wait a sec it doesn't feel weird, it feels fucked :)

Nikewomen will launch in 2 days. I have grown to love the wacom tablet and will endevor to buy one and make some stupid animations. Look out Joe Cartoon :)

We have a inturn here

We have a inturn here at Hyro and he is always looking at cool sites. Due to the amount of work that's piled up, I keep looking over my shoulder and ask him to send me the link on ICQ!!!. He laughs it off but I know it's annoying :)

Rob's happy, as I used to do that to him. He'd be looking at something and I'd be behind him saying "oh click that" "mmm no drag it" "yeah, ok go back".

I'm a back seat websurfer :)

Robo Bombo has to be

Robo Bombo has to be the coolest game I've seen in ages. So well polished.

If someone PC saavy could

If someone PC saavy could fix the JS errors. And the fact that this little news window doesnt have a border that would be great.

This site looks best on MAC IE 5. No errors, nice dotted lines and properly sized fonts.

Not only have I finally

Not only have I finally updated Happy Snaps for January. I have also finshed before 11pm. Yaaa hooo. I can sleep now

JT Illustration is nice. Read

JT Illustration is nice. Read the awards part :)

Thanks Rob

Happy Snaps Jan would be

Happy Snaps Jan would be up but I saved over my index file with flatterned layers.

Grrrrrr fuck kerplunk

I have updated the methos

I have updated the methos used to create the happy snaps pages. Instead of using variables in frames I have got it all to work of a query string in the url. I stole (borrowed) the code from Podlob.com

So now if I want to link directly to a photo I can

As seen in this example Rob

Or this one Leaf

Or this one Scary Clown

This will make it alot easier for me. As it now doesnt rely on a frameset to work

Mental Notes: 1: Eat the

Mental Notes:

1: Eat the chicken before the expiry date

2: Pizza toppings should not be stacked more than an inch high

3: Pizza is hot when stright from the oven

4: Food scraps generate heat while in the bin

5: Empty the bin at least twice a week

I found a version of

I found a version of Simple Text on my Mac that let's me undo and use a find feature.

All this time I was using a early version that didn't even have an undo.

My life is so much easier now :)

Happy Snaps Jan are complete.

Happy Snaps Jan are complete. I just have to crete the index page and upload. This will be done tonight.

As you can see from previous post I'm tired. On second thought I'd rather be a Brociflower.

If I was a vegetable

If I was a vegetable I think I'd be a Mushroom.

If I had to date another vegetable i think I'd choose a Snow Pea.

However if marrige was on the books then I'd rather marry a Carrot

While everyone is screaming for

While everyone is screaming for work in the web design industry, I have decided to leave my comfortable postion at Hyro and take it easy this year.

I'm only 21 and don't feel like spending another year working my ass off while not enjoying any spare time.

MrTruffle is this week guest

MrTruffle is this week guest photographer on WOPISOMO

This had inspired me to do the next Happy Snaps in large format. As the photos look really nice big.

Thanks Kevin for putting my photos up.

Someone has hijacked my olf

Someone has hijacked my olf URL and redirects it to a porno site.

Google search reveal my old site at te top of the list. If you click then you get those annoying pop ups.

This blows hard

The Truffle Group :)

The Truffle Group :)

China's Presidential plane Bugged China

China's Presidential plane Bugged

China 2 - USA 0

The spy plane incident I think is a win for China too.

This has to be the

This has to be the sexiest lookinghosting company ever.

By sexy I mean well designed.

In aneffort to avert attention

In aneffort to avert attention away from the previous post I give to you some interesting links

Ad Guy

Goth Celebs

Cereal Characters through the ages

I got a phone call

I got a phone call today on my house phone. This is wierd as I get a call about one a month. Most is on my mobile. It was my next door neighbour saying that he has received mail of mine. I said I'm just across the hall and opend my door. He said opened his door and passed me my mail. Now because it's so hot here and that i'm home alone I just sit around wearing brightly coloured boxer shorts (the $7.95 K-Mart type). And this time the little button at the front was not done up. I pray to some god that my knob wasn't poking out like a hairy turtle head when I grabbed the mail.

School Friends is a nice

School Friends is a nice idea. Not many people from my year at highschool have registered but I guess it's a matter of time.

What about Schoolcunts.com.au where the dickheads at your highschool are added to a database. Then groups of nerds are organised to track them down to the specific dole queue and dish out some sweet, pent up, revenge.
Ahhh 6 years later, and it's better than any therapy.

Or schoolsluts.com.au where the girls that did the rounds at your highschool can be searched like a am i hot or not. Instead it's a "does she put out or not". You rate her fom 1-5 but also add stories about how you rooted her at school camp and she had a smelly muff etc etc.

And lastly crazyteacher.com.au where all the teachers that had during school are in there. You search the databse, find out where they live and egg them going to work. You then trade stories about them, like the teacher who used to pick his nose and eat it :)

Seeing as everyone has gone to school in some form there is big potential for this to boom.

~~Disclaimer~~Just when i think the level of posting has reached a certain level I slam it stright back int he gutter. Sorry :)

Shit sorry Rob I seem

Shit sorry Rob I seem to have forgotten to credit Rob for doing the eye chart dots. All I did was change it to say ST.

Sorry Rob

Whoops

Whoops

MrTruffle is tired

MrTruffle is tired

HAHAHA

HAHAHA

http://www.boochakanan.com/ has some great photography.

http://www.boochakanan.com/ has some great photography.

Orisinal creates another game The

Orisinal creates another game

The guy is unstopable. This game is a little slower but still very nice

If you would like to

If you would like to see my WOPISOMO submissions a little earlier than when they go live on the site, then click here

Doh I spelt wopisomo wrong. I'm not sure if I'm ment to post the images before they go onto Kevins site?? Guess I better ask in the morning.

Warning: Photos are of a large file size There are no photos there that haven't been in a happysnaps.

Also Happy snaps Jan (the first for 2002 and the first in 4 months) are but just 2 days away.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH At least our Prime

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH

At least our Prime Minister can chew his food.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Re Invent is an awesome

Re Invent is an awesome NZ design portal. The amount of quality work on there is amazing.

Here are some nice links I pilfered off the site

http://www.nippongraphica.jp/

http://www.porte-voix.com/

All shook up looks cool.

All shook up looks cool. I heard this on triple J it's a man-made earth quake. Worth a visit anyway

I learned two things today:

I learned two things today:

1: Cascade Black Current Syrup is better than Ribena. And it's Tasmainian Made!!!!
2: If you buy 2 lots of vacuum cleaner bags you get one free. Looks liek I won't be buying vacuum cleaner bags for the next few years. Either that or I should vacuum more :)

Scott David Wow nice style

Scott David

Wow nice style

Bens last photo of January

Bens last photo of January got me thinking.

Yes it is bad to see a syringe so close to a childresn playground, but is it bad to just take a photo and walk away??
~~Update~~ Ben informed me that disposing of a needle in a normal bin would endanger the garbage men and also those who rummage though them. Shit there is nothing you can do~~

I am more guilty of this as there was a dirty nappy in the paper side of the recyling bin at our units. I was disgusted but did nothing to solve the problem And all I had to do was move it from one bin to ther other. It's not my fault but am I just as guilty for ignoring the problem I could have fixed.

I don't really expect Ben to pick it up with his hands but it seems usless to do nothing.

Would you step in to help someone who was getting beaten up on the street. And risk getting hurt.
Would you pick rubbish up that wasn't yours while waiting for a bus.

From now on I will try to be more active with these issues. Oh and also not drink softdrink :)

Pakistan & India :( Isreal

Pakistan & India :(

Isreal & Palistien :(

World news is very depressing :(

Sweet Sweet Motion Graphics 64.9

Sweet Sweet Motion Graphics 64.9 MB but it's well worth it.

MK12 is so much better than the losers of MK11 :)

Man I was thinking of

Man I was thinking of doing the same thing As I always seems to have large amounts of belly button lint. This may be due to the large size of my belly button.

Link from Wierd People 4

Ahhhhh yes, the internet.

If you have a spare

If you have a spare 10 min or so you shoudl read this

Top 10 Bad Companies

Funny no banks :)
It's like Fast Food Nation and No Logo Rolled into one

It's the kind of weather

It's the kind of weather that makes your apple go brown before you finish it here in Syndey.

My head is sunburnt and my arms haven't looked this brown ever and all I want is nice overcast weather.

It is the clearest it

It is the clearest it has been since Christmas Day here in Sydney. I can see the city from my kitchen (only if I lean to one side and poke my head out the window) and the air feels clean (if bloody hot)

Hopefully we have seen the worse of the bushfires and luckily no one has died (to my knowledge) (im not sure why I use brackets so much) (sorry)

So I shave my head

So I shave my head and forget to put on sunscreen and get a burnt noggin'.

It hurts to raise my eyebrows.

an old personal fav redesigns.

an old personal fav redesigns. He always has good links.

Like this lot of links i just stole from him

New Transformer cover art.

New NIN DVD

Photo Genetic WOWIE WOW WOW

3 new merrimac moments added.

3 new merrimac moments added. My trip back to QLD has brought alot of memories flooding back. I also found my old year book and had some friend suggest stories.

Just in case people forgot

Just in case people forgot this dude he is still going strong. Still makes me feel sick and I wonder if he'll stay that size forever now

I had a look at

I had a look at an Apple Ipod firsthand the other day and it looked pretty cool. However the one I saw was running very hot. Kinda like a power pack for a laptop. The shop owner said it was just charging, but if it runs at that temperature then I'd hate to have one in my pocket.

Be like having a hot meat pie in your pocket.

Back in Smokey Sydney. My

Back in Smokey Sydney.

My tiny collection of plants (it's a sad collection) survived the 5 days without watering, hidden away in the bathroom. However my balcony was over run by pigeons, who have turned it into a toilet. Ahhhhh and I just moped it before I left. I bet I look like and crazy old lady, waving a tennis racquet around scaring them off.

If anyone knows a good pigeon repelent I'd love to know. (i hate cats) (oh and don't think I can buy a BB Gun)

Funkworks I love these colours.

Funkworks I love these colours. As reported in AIF the PDF downloadable magazine if popular now.

Can't see why they couldn't do this online??

I'd love to see more mini mags printed and distributed around Sydney's book shops. I'd definetly buy a few if they were relatively cheap. ie $5-$10

Bank fees a big money

Bank fees a big money earner for the banks.

The entire population of Australia is getting royally screwed.

Who loves pixel art. Burned

Who loves pixel art.

Burned FX is full of great little animations and interesting projects.

I loved the Polaroids Classic

LOTR is an aweosme experience.

LOTR is an aweosme experience. I think i'll have to see it again as I was too far up the front to really enjoy it. (still packing out cinemas)

Having not read the book, and fallen asleep near the end watching the cartoon, I guess they stayed pretty close to the original story from what I know of it.

I heard someone on Triple J refering to it as the most boring movie this year and that they shouldn't just make movies for fans. I guess people just like to feel cool by knocking what everyone is raving about

Yacco Waferbaby He did change

Yacco
Waferbaby

He did change the colour to pink.

Note: I have ripped off waferbaby as well by using some of his css for my own pleasure.

You know its the Christmas

You know its the Christmas when shows like
Farscape
Beast Master
A Rude Awakening
are on TV all one the same night.

What's worse is I'm so bored and can't sleep that I actually watched them all.

I think is anything will

I think is anything will stop me working in the near future it will be the pain in my right arm.

RSI is killing my arm. I think I need a year break from computers

I'm off to sunny Gold

I'm off to sunny Gold Coast in the morning for a few days to visit mum and little sis.

Again don't feel shy emailing me with comments on the new look truffle. ie some one please email me...... please :)

Kung Fu Chess I have

Kung Fu Chess

I have never seen a better spin on the game of chess ever

The new truffle V4 is

The new truffle V4 is up.

Please email me with feedback, bugs etc etc. I hope this version prooves alot more user friendly. I tried to give each page it's own url instead of just having the frameset do all the work.

This version uses i frames and wont work in Netscape. And you will also need the flash 5 plugin to view some iof the content.

Mental Note: Buy Lord of

Mental Note: Buy Lord of the Rings tickets the day before not 15 min before.

The only session I could find tickets for yesterday (the opening day) was at 12.20 am the nest morning.

Doh!!

I think some of the

I think some of the fires have been started by guys named Darren. If you know of anyone named Darren be careful. They are ready consired dangerous and rude

The entire city of Sydney

The entire city of Sydney is covered in smoke. Yesterday one side of the horizon was blanketed with smoke and now I can't see the city from my place due to smoke.

Check out these awesome photos SMH and when you consider where the fires are that smoke is travelling pretty far

I visited a friend in Liverpool (way out west) and everything was orange.

To top off all these bushfired circling Syndey the national raod toll reached 23 today. What better way to celebrate christmas than to kill yourself and others by drink driving or speeding. Ahhh the festivities.

As for my christmas day I had alot of fun up at Surry Hills helping out at the Wesly Mission. Although in the kitchen I was demoted to just putting the parsley on the plate :) as I was too slow on the gravey.

I need sunglasses to enter

I need sunglasses to enter my room right now. I hate having thin curtains.

Interior design by Darren

I am Jack's sweaty balls

I am Jack's sweaty balls

It's so hot here in Sydney my entire room smells like scrotum

Scrotum... the new fragrance by Calvin Klien

What is it with people

What is it with people named Darren !!

Maybe people named Darren were all made fun of at school or have a really hard life.

MAC MAME .56 is released!!!!!!

MAC MAME .56 is released!!!!!!

After 2 months of being behind the mac version is equal with the others

And just in time for the holidays. Guess I'll make a trip to work just for the fast modem :)

WOW It's always the disturbing

WOW

It's always the disturbing art that looks good

In fact the entire Infourm site is quality

I tried to think up

I tried to think up some nice social commentry or a hard hitting political message, to go will all the photos I have of Sydneys homeless. I thought showing the homless people in Christmas hats would make people think hard about the issue and realise that durong christmas these poeple are even more alone.

If you feel sad from seeing these images, good, then maybe do something about it. Give some food (not the tinned sardines in the cuboard) to one of the missions around your city. Or ring The Smith Family and make a generous donation.

You will see myself and Shibu at the Wesly Mission feeding the homeless on Christmas Day.

So before you send me a nasty email, do something nice.

Nathan J Shirts are available

Nathan J Shirts are available only until 3rd January, so get in quick

I can't wait until Nathan can market his stuff like Crusty the clown. Cause I'd buy the bed sheets, ceese in a can and the home pregnancy test

www.luca.com.au/ nice

www.luca.com.au/ nice

Hey ladies!!!!!!! Get... funky.....

Hey ladies!!!!!!!

Get... funky.....

8legged.com is the first animated

8legged.com is the first animated cooking show.

A great idea which has been polished off well. The game episode is bloody hard.

Seasons Greetings from Hyro. For

Seasons Greetings from Hyro.

For those that don't know I am Ash in the game. And Ash in real life too :)

The new truffle is neigh!!!!!!

The new truffle is neigh!!!!!!

Template Central has so many

Template Central has so many great templates I don't know which to choose from. Harder than trying to find the right yogurt.

Why get an expensive designer to create a logo for you when you can bung your name under something already deisigned. Insert swoosh here
Why have a website designed when the only thing that makes sites different is colour and a picture.

At least it's australian :)

With christmas fast approaching it

With christmas fast approaching it reminds me that I still have't sent my mum her birthday present from September.

Doh

Q: Whats brown, meaty and

Q: Whats brown, meaty and smells like soy sauce??

A: The terrible dinner I cooked last night

6 months of Home Economics in highschool for nothing.

Also it seems even if you buy the expensive, high quality meat you still get tumours. But I guess they are high quality tumours :(

He looks like a Porn

He looks like a Porn Star and has a right wing page to rival mine.

Banning smoking in the street would be good though.

I went to the Planet

I went to the Planet X games at Homebush Stadium on Saturday night and had a great time. Even though we missed the motor cross I saw all the BMX and Seth Enslow's jump. Well Seth was an anti-climax.

Things learnt from the Planet X games:

Don't interview BMX riders. They are stupider than Pro Surfers.
eg: Hey man how was the jump??
Rider: yeah

People will fight for a T-shirt if it is thrown into a crowd.

Throwing your bike and helmet must be done on your final ride of the night.

Showing your ass crack at the top of your jeans is cool

Chicks dig guys with metal plates in their head

Don't turn left when exiting the car park

Doesn't matter what the occasion people love yelling "AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE"

Punching your chest must be done on regular intervals

Attempting a huge move in the air and landing on your face is a crowd pleaser. hehehe

Make your way down to

Make your way down to the UNSW graduate show at the Rocks. It right before where the markets are, next to the Ken Done Gallery.

There is some awesoem work on display by some very talented people.

Here are some amazing links I got from biz cards.

Project Leo

Story of an Idea

I was surprised at the number of people with hotmail address's on their cards even when they had websites??

Anyway try and make it down by the 9th of this month, you wont be dissapointed.

The Smith Family have a

The Smith Family have a wonderful christmas site up where you can donate money and decorate a flash tree.

The Smith Family help families that have no money, right here in Australia and at Christmas there is no better time to give.

So instead of donating to New York why not give to people in Australia.

Mundine eats the floor for

Mundine eats the floor for the first time

Hopefully it will knock some sense into him :)

Tekken Torture Tournanment Play Tekken

Tekken Torture Tournanment

Play Tekken and recieve electric shocks when you take damage. hehehe.

They had one last year but a guy gave you a wedgie :)

A bunch of people cheering

A bunch of people cheering in a fast food parking lot at 9pm??

A circle of people laughing at whats seems to be nothing??

Christians???

That's what I thought. Until I realised it was the Nova car giving out prizes and free Cd's. We raced down but were too late, they had already packed up.

Doh

it's a crazy world and

it's a crazy world and we all get a little excited and annoyed at small things now and then. We also question our friends without thinking it through.

I'm not one to talk to someone I don't like. I don't do fake laughs (well not that often) and I don't make friends with people I don't like, just because it will help me.

What is it with Syndey

What is it with Syndey and flies. I have never considered wearing one of those occa hats with the corks, until yesterday. Everyone you look at has 3-4 flies on their back and you have to contend with constant attacks the entire day.

I prefered it when it was cold. People aren't as cranky and you balls don't sweat. And most importantly there are no flies!!!

You can only get so naked in an effort to cool down. But when you are cold there is always another blanket to chuck on.

Robot Duck is a great

Robot Duck is a great little website with some really fund games.

Vampire Boy is a real gem

I stared teaching Flash again

I stared teaching Flash again at Metro Screen

7 hr class. Ahhh... My throat is killing me :)

It's amazing how hard it is to convey a simple message. I'm just glad the class is small, 5 people and that they are willing to learn. I have alot more respect for my lecturers now, as we were bastards and there was 20 of us.

I have had no less

I have had no less than 5 friends get retrenched in the last 2 months.

2 from Kinkos and 2 from web design jobs and 1 from a print design job.

I hope this actually turns out for the better, as it did for Noel.

But anyway you look at it, it's a bad time to lose your job.

What could have been a

What could have been a very dry site has been turned into something special.

Nice clear text, clean design and with the flashturbation turned down to a minimum. (the dragable info box is the only exception)

Patternbook is a great example of a well planned and executed flash site.

Graphic Headlines is a small

Graphic Headlines is a small design based on a new headline. I love the idea.

I guess this is what the SBS design team do every day.

ok, enough old people. All

ok, enough old people.

All look same ask's you to challenge the notion that all Asians look the same.

I considered myself a shoe in, as I have many Korean, Chinese and Indonesian friends. But I scored a terrible 5/18.

I hang my head in shame.

A practicle example of why

A practicle example of why old poeple have designated seats on buses: It takes at least 3 minutes for an elderly woman with 3 shopping bags and a cart to get of the bus from right at the back. After shouting out wait at least 12 times she finally got off. The entire bus groans as she waddles from the back to the side door.

Note: She was way out of my proposed curfew for old people. (see Right Wing) After waiting 55 minutes fior the bus I am still subject to decrepid people making it slower to get home.

I did offer my seat to an elderly lady yet got a rude look and mumbled some words. Then after 2 stops she sites down in front on me in another seat ???!?!?!?!

Put your hand up if

Put your hand up if you love the Lifebook commercials. Yeah me too. What a great concept and well polished set of commericals.

I love how it runs over 2 ads. The copy is so tight. Just the right mix of technology and buzz, to wet your wistle for the laptop.

I see many awards and many clones to come. It has set the standard for advertising in the future

Neo Tokyo at MCA is

Neo Tokyo at MCA is awesome. Some great Japanese conceptual art. The neon signs really inspried me. This is a must see and it's free. If you happen to find youself in the city, then take a stroll down to Circular Quay and spend an hour at MCA.

Too bad you can't take photos.

Have you found the cheese

Have you found the cheese to make you happy??

Type in diarrhea.com and you

Type in diarrhea.com and you get a Pepto-Bismal site.

cough.com = Vicks.

Ingrownhair.com = legole.com.au

dandruff.com = Proctor Gamble

Here are some more descriptive URL's that companies might want to pick up

runnynose.com
sorefinger.com
stubbedtoe.com
itchyeye.com
smellybellybutton.com
somethingcaughtinmyteeth.com

Phillip Morris to change it's

Phillip Morris to change it's name to Altria Group.

They were considering 'The Coughing Up Blood Group' but it was too long

Black Belt Jones was in

Black Belt Jones was in my recently viewed list even though I can't remeber it???

Big thanks to Ant from

Big thanks to Ant from bigbluewobbly for the awesome splash screen.

If anyone is looking for a freelance illustrator who's knows his stuff, contact Ant.

Ask him about the piggy :)

mmm doesn't matter what i'm

mmm doesn't matter what i'm doing I always try to find the bad points about it.

Wether it be movies, work, outings, friends I never seem happy enough.

I hope to snap out of it soon

Some people are just fucked

Some people are just fucked up

but not as much as others

Don't miss the Japanese animation

Don't miss the Japanese animation on SBS 9.55 on Saturday. Looks great

Thanks Damo for this link

Thanks Damo for this link casarramona.ch

I saw a guy on

I saw a guy on the bus yesterday with one dred that was the size of a baggette. I'm so glad I wasn't sitting behind him with this huge lump of hair in my face.

And today I saw an older man with all his hair brushed foward to hide his bald spot. But what was most wierd was that the iris of his hair (that part where all the hari twirls out of) started below his ear. Not at the tp of his head like most people. Freaked me out.

Well that enough follicle talk for a while. Except if a see that young woman with a bald spot again. Ehhhh

It seems I've also lost

It seems I've also lost PHP support with the server upgrade, so the add your comments part does not work. YAY

I've also waited over 3 months for a cheque for design work I did. I finally got it on Thursday. For half what I was expecting!!!!. I went to the bank and they didn't accept the cheque as it had a correction on it and hadn't fully been signed off.

So I wait again and now have to struggle to get paid the full amount I am owed.

Remember kiddies always get a contract and 50% upfront. Cause even your friends will fuck you over.

I'm back!!!!!! wow they upgrade

I'm back!!!!!!

wow they upgrade the server and I lose not only the DNS delegation and ftp access. Yay. I will update like mad now.

Also a redesign is in the books.

Check out DVTS.net as Ben has some nice photos going on.

Some of the latest searchs

Some of the latest searchs that tickle my funny bone. What;s even funneir that my sites come up so high on the list is that people actually search for these phrases

Cunt Org #2 on Yahoo

Any+cheese # 1 on Google

Polaroid files for Bankruptcy It's

Polaroid files for Bankruptcy

It's the new thing for companies to do it seems. Rob brought up the fact that digital cameras have replaced the need for instant polaroid photos. I guess polaroid have other products out there it's just they have lost out big time with the advent of digital photography

Here are some awesome Apollo

Here are some awesome Apollo diagrams

Thanks Chris

And here is a patent search engine that also serves as a great place to find wacky diagrams. One of my all time fav sites

Here are some people talking

Here are some people talking about the Surf Game Rob and myself just did, at a Ski Forum

Note: We did not start this but found it very interesting from a user feedback perspective. You could not ask for better responses.

And just a call out who is Emporer

What a catchy URL :)

What a catchy URL :) unachinaenmizapato

Oh and Bogan Surf is

Oh and Bogan Surf is back up. Now with the top 200 scores being recorded. Who is Assman???

I have to say this is my favourite game so far. But bearing in mind it is not an original creation as California Games did it long ago.

October Happy Snaps are finished.

October Happy Snaps are finished. They started badly but I think there are some nice ones in there.

Why not post a comment telling me which photo you like best from this month. The again why bother :)

Japanese Toilet Guide There is

Japanese Toilet Guide

There is also a great guide to good and bad toilets of Tokyo. I have been developing an idea like this for Sydney too

Twice now I wish I

Twice now I wish I lived in Melbourne.

Game On by the ABC will choose 5 games to be made for thier website and oay $25k for each game to be made. That's fucking awesome.

Anyone living in Melbourne wanna colaborate???

Style Sheet Tutorial I thought

Style Sheet Tutorial I thought style sheets were just to make the fone size nice. How little I know.

Glish has some nice templates to grab

Here are some links I

Here are some links I have found interesting and refreshing

TinTin.com

RasPage

Gui Galaxy

Happy Snaps is in a

Happy Snaps is in a new format.

October snaps are coming.

Today is Ashfields Carnival of

Today is Ashfields Carnival of Cultures.

Free tree giveaway and pony rides to name just some of the attractions. Special musical guest the Star Girls !?!?!!?

PUDDING IS COMING

PUDDING IS COMING

I saw the Corrs last

I saw the Corrs last night at the entertainment centre with Ervi. The support act before them would have been good in a hotel lobby or resturant but in a big area they were drowned out. They were also a little bit to mellow for the Corrs crowd.

I didn't check the tickets before we actually walked in and when I looked I noticed were were seated in Row U. A being at the front Z waaaaaaay down the back. If I had of liked the Corrs it would have been good. This was the first concert I wished they wouldn't do an encore. They played only one new song (their new single) and the rest were old ones.

No covers, no nudity, no much talking and songs played exactly liked they are on the CD's. The only difference being the thouhsands of people clapping and singling along. I was glad to go out and eat.

One thing I did notice was their new film clip plays on the idea that some new stylists are tryijng to give the Corrs a new look. ie heavy metal, punk, diva's etc etc. This is just like Blink 182's "All things" film clip, Suger Rays latest film clip and 5ive's new clip. Each one funny, but c'mon how many more bands are going to make film clips using the same idea.

Just when you think you

Just when you think you reach the pinnicle of skill and technique you oush yourself a little harder and realise greatness yet again.

10pins x 10 frames = 166

Printouts were made :)

Womens Pudding Wrestling seems like

Womens Pudding Wrestling seems like a great way to spend the weekend.

Who's this geek It seems

Who's this geek

It seems Noise is going off. I wish I had of check earlier. Lots of great content all by young australians with heaps of telent.

Big thanks to Ervi for making the graphic thats is featured on Noise works and the cover right now

Passionflower make great waffles and

Passionflower make great waffles and seems to be doing great business in Sydney.

Seeing as most asians don't go out to pubs and get pissed, Passionflower is the next best thing. No one gets drunk, angry, violent. No one gets thrown out.

I'd much rather have waffles and ice cream than 2 beers. Yet waffles cost less ??!?!?! But hey that's just me

Note: Excess consumtion of waffles will cause nausea and sometimes vomiting

We just received 10 boxes

We just received 10 boxes of Samboy chips today. As did 2 other of my friends. Which makes a total of 300 packets or 30KG of Pizza Punch chips.

Who said cheaters never prosper :) I really hope the next online game has better prizes :)

Note: I hope to have most of the chips donated to Sydney Food Drives for the homeless.

What happens when two young

What happens when two young nuns get drunk and decide to throw all caution to the wind and go on a wild sex orgy??

I dunno..... please if anyone knows or even has pictures please tell me :)

Fuel Industries What a nice

Fuel Industries What a nice site. The unlocking of the 4 games is an excellent idea.

I didn't read a word of the site just played the games :)

Here is me celebrating with

Here is me celebrating with the awards

We just found out we

We just found out we won 2 major awards for the Dietcoke site that Rob and myself worked on. Best of Show and Best Online Stragety or something in the Yahoo Awwwards.

We also cleaned up a few minor awards such as

"Best use of half naked men in a website"
"Best animated heart on a ladder"
"Worst downloadable ringtone"
"Most bubbles used in a website"

We now have 2 more wierd ass looking statues on our front desk

I just saw Theft of

I just saw Theft of the Sita last night and it was awesome. It used the traditional Indonesian style of puppets with video sections and a great live soundtrack. It's funny in parts and other parts touches on alot of topics about Indonesian politics and tourism. There is even a scence designed by Mambo artist and Australian icon Reg Mombassa

Ervi rated it many times on the walk back from the Sydney Opera House, some comments include:

10/10
Whyang Millienium (excuse my spelling)
The best Indonesian puppet show ever

It heads off to New York and London soon so for all you international viewers (mmmm all 3 of you) then why not see it.

Sexorigami Where's the one of

Sexorigami

Where's the one of a man touching up a girl on the subway??

Toilet Map the latest gay

Toilet Map

the latest gay portal site ??? I'm sorry for that terrible gay joke

This rivals my idea which would locate all toilets available to the public, yet are not classified as public toilets. My idea also rated them on cleanliness, number of stalls, location, softness of TP and general decor.

Why the government spend money of stuff like this is beyond me.

This is sick I mean

This is sick

I mean that it makes you feel sick. A seven year old body builder. The kid has a six pack the rival Peter AndrŽ.

The poor kid.

ok, so it's sad that

ok, so it's sad that im posting about the fresh conference right after getting home, but hey the computer was alreay on and connected so hey.

Praystation was funny
DIK was a waste of time (read: complete shite)
Tree Axis read their talk but were ok
Tomato was interesting. I'm glad he mentioned John Maeda
Andy Polaine started well then annoyed everyone with the cartoons
Attik was a good talker
Yugop was interesting

Remeber Andrew if you are going to talk about "Communtiy" then talk about it. And if you are not going to stick around for the other speakers then you probably won't realise how shit you really were. If I was Jade I would have snapped your fat neck.

Why these people (read:design wankers) feel that when they are asked to talk that it means you can just crap on about yourself the whole time. The other talkers were thoughtful enough to cover the topic they were asked to speak on. Andrew could have been talking about any topic and it would have sounded the same. I just hope other people (ie people with some respect) will tell him that he was shit also. Please do otherwise he'll never learn.

Hyro workplace we found a

Hyro workplace

we found a web cam

IDN Fresh is on friday.

IDN Fresh is on friday.

If you see me there please be sure to say hi. Seeing as the only people that visit this site are my friends then I will be pissed if you don't say hi.

Mmmmmmm how to spot me.

1: Shaved head (number 4 now I guess)
2: Badly dressed . Wearing one of two pairs of Jay Jays pants
3: Unshaven (it's not that time of month)
4: Pasty white skin with lightly brown fore arms
5: Glasses
6: Digital camera in hand
7: Blue bowling like shoes
8: Swears and mumbles too much
9: Asks the people to explain it in "normal" mode (flashkit joke)

I have worn only 2

I have worn only 2 ties in my life. One was the ever handy, green McDonalds clip on tie the other was my graduation tie (still done up in the cupboard just in case). Everything in life should be clip on. It save's so much time. Just like wearing mix matching socks does.

PODLOB is one of the

PODLOB is one of the few flashturbation sites that has original and useful stuff.

I wish mine did

Crazy Shuttle They may be

Crazy Shuttle They may be violent but they are also some of the best made games around.

Oh and for no reason

Oh and for no reason Jelly Pistol

What URL am I seeing

What URL am I seeing more than any right now thanks to aggressive bus advertising. Why it's As Simple As Salmon

Right up there with "Give me a mandy mum", "Ba Na Na Na Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah", "Mushrooms, Meat for vegetarians", "New fashioned Pork" and the classic "It's crunch time for apples"

Check out the salmon links section WOW

Mmmmmmmm...... salmon

They had the "highest decorated

They had the "highest decorated soldier" from the US army on 60 Minutes tonight. He served in Korea and Nam. He talked about the the US's "War on Terrorism"

Now to me terrorism encompasses many groups. Yet this former soldier insisted on adding that the terrorist should be killed with "12x the force at which they use. There mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, kids, cousins (he added a few more i forgot), should all be killed and then they should all be wrapped in pork so they can't go to the holy land"

Mmmm, why would the IRA worry about being wrapped in pork. Oh yeah thats right the IRA haven't done anything to the US and thus won't be targetted by this "War on Terrorism". Let's hope this war on terrorism is actually that a war on all forms of terrorism world wide and not just in the US's best interests.

I really hope the KKK fall under the wide blanket that is the term "Terrorism"

I have finnaly unpacked the

I have finnaly unpacked the majority of boxes in the new apartment. It seems now I need a bookshelf as I have run out of space to put stuff.

Note: If you buy crappy cheap furniture and stack heavy books on it, then chances are that the wood is cheap also and will buckle.

On a side note: I have listened to both the new Bjork and New order CD and I'm not impressed. Every song on Bjorks CD sounds the same and New Orders (they were before my time) new CD has lyrics that wouldn't rival a junior high peotry comp for substance.

Doop deee doop dum dum

Doop deee doop dum dum dum dah dah dee

Seems that some people feel

Seems that some people feel that games are "uesless" and "in the end will amount to nothing"

I personally find making games more rewarding than splash screens. If someone can't see the art in a nice game, even the reworking of a classic game, then I can't help them.

You look at a piece of design and say cool. Then you will want something new. A game, as long as it's fun, will get you coming back again and again.

netbabyworld is the best online games pertal I have seen. Great games, great design, fun and a good sense of community. The bowling game takes the cake.

Info on the event at

Info on the event at Hiroshima

Why the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Damage Statistics

I know as much about WW2 as I do about Vietnam. ie not much

I sold a small part

I sold a small part of my MAD magazine collection today.

A whopping $8 awesome.

The more you collect things the more you hate them. A used to buy Manga (anime) videos all the time now I wish I never did. I have like 40 sitting at my mums 's place doing nothing.

I collected MAD magazines and now have this huge pile that I lug around. And will never read another.
I have pens, pencils, art pastels, oil paints, guache and heaps of other shit and all I use is a 0.1 black pen.

I collect too much crap.

Surf Game Can someone please

Surf Game

Can someone please topple Rob's highscore :)

Game nearly finished

One last WTC comment. OJ

One last WTC comment.

OJ Simpson was as guilty as they come. Yet after months of trail was found not guilty.

The US government seem so sure that Bin Laden was behind these attacks that they are willing to bomb a country without gathering evidence first.

Innocent until proven guilty???

A week after moving and

A week after moving and I still haven't even constructed my bed. It's still a mattress on the floor.

We have had a major

We have had a major telco go bust owing millions, a huge insurance company go bust owing even more.

Now it looks as if 1 of our 2 major airlines has gone down too, after months of trouble. Taking down with them an airline catering company and a travel company. And leaving the major advertising agencies angry after they spent millions in recent pitches.

It's not just the .coms that are getting their ass kicked finacially.

Australian news sites : News.com.au -- SMH.com.au

I hope you all picked

I hope you all picked up your Daily Telegraph American Flag poster.

I grabbed 10 and have them in every room of my place. I also will be getting my car bonnet decaled.

What are the Daily Telegraph (Australian newspaper) thinking??

Wouldn't it be nice to find out that Iraq contracted Bin Laden to do these terrible things. The the US can kill to birds with one sanction. Um yeah Iraq, Bin Landen and David Koresh. That would make the US govt very happy.

Mmmm instead of donating money

Mmmm instead of donating money to help the WTC people why not use that money and donate to Community Aid Abroad or some other charity.

I still feel bad for the US but some of the blame goes the the US government.

Think of all the innocent people dying around the world and that America sells the arms that kill them for profit??

Don't hate me but I'd like to see people thinking instead of reacting.

Oh and no I wont

Oh and no I wont ne making a saveonetel.cjb.net re-design for this event.

And now the suiciding suits in the game seem really sad :(

Can't really say much on

Can't really say much on the recent events as it's still too shocking.

Pearl Harobour was at least during a war. This is just disguusting.

It's also wierd people are making splash screens for this?? Maybe good intentions but it all seems a bit morbid.

Seems there might be a

Seems there might be a sequal to the always cool TRON

Why not? Anything that was cool in the 70's-80's will will have a head start in the popularity stakes.

TRON, Goonies, Indiana Jones, Adams Family, Flintstones, Transformers, Scooby Doo, Batman etc etc

Just cash in on all the fond memories. As i read on some site "Raiders of my lost Youth"

Info from this FAQ Subject

Info from this FAQ

Subject 3.14: How is "GIF" pronounced?

"GIF" is an acronymn for "Graphics Interchange Format." Despite the
hard "G" in "Graphics," GIF is pronounced "JIF." Although we don't
have a direct quote from the official CompuServe specification
released June 1987, here is a quote from related CompuServe documentation,
for CompuShow, a DOS-based image viewer used shortly thereafter:
"The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), pronounced "JIF", was
designed by CompuServe ..."
We also have a report that the principal author of the GIF spec,
Bob Berry, pronounced it "JIF."

Wow, this fantastic site is

Wow, this fantastic site is a must for anyone developing games with some degree of AI in them Steering Behaviours

It has certainly opened my eyes to new ideas

Review of Akira DVD Auston

Review of Akira DVD

Auston Powers 3

Does your Gang have an Intranet

Continuing my Sunday of stupid

Continuing my Sunday of stupid links.
Here Jason argues for He-Man against the ever popular Transformers. He-Man Vs Transformers

Yes some of the names were really bad.

IGN Toys has enough content to suit any Transformers fan. I can't help but feel that were are seriously missing out on some cool cartoons by living in Australia.

It seems Stargate SG1 is

It seems Stargate SG1 is nearing it's 100th episode in America. Here is a great Stargate portal Mmmm get your Mum the Stargate soundtrack for Christmas she'll love you more for it

Stargate is still very far behind the immortal Walker Texas Ranger with 203 episodes under it's belt. And with episode titles like One Riot, One Ranger and Mr. Justice it's no wonder it went on so long.

Is there a 10th season for Chuck ?? Here's a great review of Walker Texas Ranger which any NON-Walker fan should read. It may be crap but it's the good kind of crap.

Excert from article: "On NASH BRIDGES, for example, the body count is close to as high as WALKER's. The cops on both shows kill people every week and don't really seem to care. But on NASH, there aren't routine trips to churches and attempts to get people from all racial backgrounds to get along, there's just a lot of Nash trying to get it on."

If Chuck Norris went up against McGuyver is a bout of fist-a-cuffs who would win?? (Note: Chuck has rumbled with Bruce Lee, McGuyver is really old)

Would Dark Angel accept the offer of a sex sandwhich between the two??

This sentence has been generated

This sentence has been generated using a random alphanumeric engine that creates word magnets. Each word magnet then splits into 30 different, smaller word magnets thus creating a larger magnetic field.

Engine = Math.complicated((Chaos theory + evaporative cooling / (photo synthesis * wheather patterns) + 2 eggs) * human interaction and a big load of bullshit)

Sorry Damein I can't help myself :)

Thanks Damien for this link

Thanks Damien for this link you bastard :)

Note: Do not click on the above link

The line at the matrix

The line at the matrix casting was huge. It seems you had to be 6ft 2". There were people about 5ft trying their luck. A lady at the door was just saying too short , to wide, too short, too short , to wide, not even close.

We decided to go eat than wait in the heat :)

They are casting for extra's

They are casting for extra's tomorrow for The Matrix 2 in Newtown. Criteria: For males have to be over 6ft and under 6ft 2" ?? I guess I'm 6ft so I might go along.

They also happen to be filming at Fox Studios where I work.
We (all fox staff) have all been asked to keep distance and don't annoy the film people.

Word Freak looks interesting. Competitive

Word Freak looks interesting. Competitive scrabble has nothing on the cut throat world of cheese :)

Have to say that Amazon's reconmendations are spot on. Nothing worse than going to a site and it has why not buy this gardening book. Amazon knows my details and uses them to full potential.

Still trying for the number

Still trying for the number one spot but flashturbation is proud to be number 3 in the search for Shitty Flash

Look out for the latest

Look out for the latest issue of STU which should be in all good places of business. The cover photo was by good friend Noel and there is a page with some stuff from me.

STU is the A5 mag that you see in General Pants etc etc with a photo of a face on the cover. Only STU and Large can keep my interest on a train trip

It seems very popular for

It seems very popular for people to stand outside Central Station and hand out food. I had pizza chips a few days ago. 3 up and go's last week, and instant porrige the week before.

Ervi for two days in a row has recieved a can of Edgells Red Kidney Beans. heheheh Just the thing to snack on while working to work :)

my sketch book has added

my sketch book has added another page making 5 now i think

Congratulations to Ben who got

Congratulations to Ben who got a new job!!!

I hope now this will stop his almost daily "I hate stupid clients" ICQ messages :)

If only he'd now stop telling me how much he like Stargate SG1

:)

Oh i take it back.

Oh i take it back. It's a close call between Robotech - The Macross Saga and Akira.

I used to remember being late everyday to school just so I could watch Robotech at 8.30 in the morning.

Funny I'm late to work everyday but don't have a reason :)

While it wont be released

While it wont be released in Australia for a little while you can buy Akira (Special Edition) on Amazon. Though its region one. Out of all the anime this one would be the best as they have redubbed the entire cast of voices (and retranslated) and cleaned up the animation.

candycrisis is an addictive and

candycrisis is an addictive and fun game. DOwnload now if you are on Mac.

If you happen to one of those few using a PC try Graal Online as that looks awesome.

http://www.vgmuseum.com I have found my

http://www.vgmuseum.com

I have found my nirvana. This is exactly what I was looking for and more.

Does anyone have any good

Does anyone have any good links to where I can find artwork from video games.

I'm talking like the animations from old arcade games and that.

Sorry for that cheesy interuption.

Sorry for that cheesy interuption.

You think if you had a magic carpet you'd want one with a personality like in Aladdin??
I'd get the carpet to make me drinks, find the remote, make my bed and stuff.

You'd feel you got ripped off if all you got was the bog standard carpet with foward and reverse.

Just watch out you don't come home early and find the carpet doing rude stuff to your pets :)

Competition was as fierce as

Competition was as fierce as ever at the 18th annual conference of the American Cheese Society held in Louisville, Kentucky. This year preceedings went well, following last years horric accident which saw 15 cheese delegates churned to death in Kentucky's largest better churner.

Cheese Society Winners

Congratulations Mike and Carol and to Uplands Cheese Inc. for taking out Best of Show.

The Slippery Truffle supports Project

The Slippery Truffle supports Project Truffle

Where else can you buy such high quality cheese online??

energysmart.com.au livingthing.com.au greenpower.com.au Change a

energysmart.com.au

livingthing.com.au

greenpower.com.au

Change a light bulb not your life. Good resources for info on saving the enviroment and money at the same time.

Brought up at lunch and

Brought up at lunch and still dont have the answer.

If you gamble with stolen money and win. Do you get to keep the winnings if you are caught??

And also, if you cheat to win something, then give the winnings to charity, is that still bad??

Happy Snaps August is done.

Happy Snaps August is done.

Well I got bored at 21 and stopped.

Sorry Ben.......

There comes a time in

There comes a time in a persons life when they realise greatness.

They rise above to claim victory with skill and grace.

My time was last night when I destroyed my PB of 133 and brought it to the new level of 150, in the second game of 3, last night and Ranwick Bowling.

It may help that my Campers resemble bowling shoes and that when I put on bowling shoes they fell no different.

StarGate = Lame Dark Angel

StarGate = Lame
Dark Angel = bootylisous

Oh yeah speaking of filofax,

Oh yeah speaking of filofax, i found my old to do list (dated 03.09.00) from over a year ago. And after going through the 20 or so left on the list I was able to cross off 6. One of them being to make this site :)

Does anyone else make to do lists and totaly ignore them??

I bought a refill for

I bought a refill for my filofax today (last entry 21 July 2000) and they tried to charge me 8.99 when it said 4.99 on the packet. After 5 min or double checking they said yes you can have it at the ticket price. Like she was doing me a favour or something.

Geez i was expecting to get it for free :)

I have been very lazy

I have been very lazy when it comes to updating truffle and in the last week have updated nothng here. I have nowever started to convert my sketch book into flash.

See the start at Flashturbation It's funny looking at my sketches and using them as a guide as to how i was feeling on a certain period. It's also fun seeing my style go from totaly shithouse to kinda cute.

Note: file sizes are only 100-200k not 8MB as specified :)

I will try to finish happy snaps this week...........

And one more thing Velish

And one more thing Velish range of pre-made soups are very nice. Even if their ad is very silly the soups are great.

Oh, and the big news

Oh, and the big news of the week is that I will be moving to another apartment in 2 weeks. Which I hope will solve my neighbour problem.

Here's a small insight into 354 Liverpool Rd life, if you are not allready familar.
Episode 34: The Wheelie Bins

I walk down to the bins and place my paper rubbish in the paper part and my bottles in another. But I can't help realise someone has checked a dirty nappy in the paper section of the bin next to it.

Angry I check the next bin and find a plastic bag containing newspapers. They put the effort to collect the paper but decided a plastic bag also needed to go in.

It can't be that hard to work the bins. They have plain as day diagrams to go off. Oh well this will all end in 14 days

I will be in the

I will be in the next issue of Stu crapping on about something. I only had a night to write it and my bad literacy skills didn't help. I hope I don't bring the issue down too much

Look out for up and coming photographer Noel who photographed half the issue. Mabye soon he'll be able to afford underwear :)

MrTruffle loves Spoonworld

MrTruffle loves Spoonworld

Sounds like Shibu is having

Sounds like Shibu is having fun. By the time he gets back from his round world trip he will have forgotten us all :)

3 tacos for a dollar...... I hope you took photos Shibu :)

After what seems like ages

After what seems like ages Brett has launched ThaHub.com

The only place you need to shop for your vinyl online.

Just wait till you see the Shockwave version it will blow you away.

X Plane has to be

X Plane has to be one of the coolest companies in the world.

There is some awesome illustration work in there

http://popupsponsor.com/ This is the website

http://popupsponsor.com/

This is the website of the assholes that make the annoying banner popup window that you have to close all your windows just to close. It sits in the back ground looping until it feels its time to open another window.

If left there it will open 4 windows or more a minute. And you cannot close it. What a dogey way to earn money

I reformated the machine I

I reformated the machine I am using and have only just now copied the Truffle folder and installed photoshop. So expect happy snaps to be finished of soon and more right wing antics.

Seeing as I spend most

Seeing as I spend most of my time playing games or making them i think it would be a good idea to start a definitive list of links to games on websites or gaming portals.

If anyone would like to submit a link to a page where there is an online game (flash, java, shockwave, or downloaded) thats would be great. I would avaoid linking to sites that talk about N64 etc etc these will be games that you play in the browser or can easily download.

There are so many little games out there that I think the list will be quite big and usefull.

Pretty much what Tommy is doing with his free porn bookmarks, execpt for games :)

I went mountain biking on

I went mountain biking on the weekend and my ass cheeks hurts like hell. I have never been so tired yet so excited.

Note: breakfast is a good idea before doing any exercise.

And if you reading this Jim, get well soon :) I hope it was your left hand you fell on.

A new version of MacMame

A new version of MacMame is finally available at Mame Dk which means the list of games to download has increased dramatically and it means i can finally play Golden Axe 2. Ahhhhh yeah

The PC versions have been available for a week or so.

My all time favourite site. How could somthing so fun have such a functional and user friendly site??

I feel like going into work just to download all those 12MB roms:)

The smoke alarm at my

The smoke alarm at my place goes off every morning at 5.00-5.30. It's not the actual alarm but a secondary one. The real alarm is bloody loud.

I was under the impression that it was a low battery indication but after removing the battery for the last 3 days with no result im getting very confused.

i think alot of the

i think alot of the times i over react to small things that in the end were my own fault

like a dad that leaves alcohol in the house and gets angry when his kids drink

the guy who doesn't vote then is angry that the person he didn't like is elected

the guy that doesn't lock up their bike and is angry that his bike is stolen

i should sleep on things before i make decisions

Looby Lu is awesome. Check

Looby Lu is awesome.

Check it out and don't leave without grabbing a desktop pattern, and look at her illustrations in the street corner area.

I love this stuff

Happy Snaps August have begun!!!!

Happy Snaps August have begun!!!!
I changed the theme of this months photos today, so Ben has to send me new photos all over again.

Sorry Ben.

Where's happy snaps???? I'm sorry

Where's happy snaps???? I'm sorry I got distracted and spent 3 hrs making an animation for flashturbation.
Inspired by presstube

This is alot harder to do with a mouse

Vector Park What a great

Vector Park What a great way to spend 30 min exploring. Don't miss going inside the tree in the B/W one

And the little egg dude on wheels is awesome. I would love a screen saver like that

Whoop Whoop Whoop--- Web wanky

Whoop Whoop Whoop--- Web wanky rant below

if the web was what everyone wanted it to be then what will we complain about. There has never been an easier place to find inspirational work from all around the world yet everyone seems to be unimpressed. "Oh i don't like anything", "everything looks the same", "web is boring"

What do these people want???!!!? Don't sit there in your designer clothing complaining that everything looks the same when all you surf is design sites that are linked from other design sites.

I dunno but it seems people are getting harder to impress and more elite everyday.

A new set of happy

A new set of happy snaps are coming and this one will be a colaboration between myself and Ben from DVTS

Expect it to go up soon i'm just having a mental block :)

Does nayone even look at the damn photos????? :)

My homemade sandwhiches looked pretty

My homemade sandwhiches looked pretty lame when everyone had Subway for lunch :(

Also DB and myself will be getting our fake add into the noise festival. Yay. Here's for them extending the deadlines by 1 day.

And finnaly try and eat more chesse tomorrow and when you do think of me :)

I made my own sandwhiches

I made my own sandwhiches today and saved $10+ of food.

Top that with getting to work within half and hour of when I'm meant to start, it,s been a good day :)

Hover Havoc is finished. Choose

Hover Havoc is finished.

Choose game 10 in the menu. Robert and I had a lot of fun making it and Adrian and Damien were right behind us with ideas and testing :)

My favourite project so far

2 new desktops from the

2 new desktops from the splash screen artist Ervi :)

Make your choice either cowboy or cowgirl

Todays Ten Pin bowling effort

Todays Ten Pin bowling effort

Game 1 = 115
Game 2 = 131
Game 3 = 131

Only to be beaten by Adrian in the Game 3 with 138

Damien bought a pin from the alley for $3, which will be the office trophey. Expect a feirce competition to have it sit on our desk :)
Noel probably doesn't want his effort mentioned ever again :)

The splash page or cover

The splash page or cover was done by Ervi :)

Thanks Erv.

Look out for the 2 desktops she designed. I'll be putting them up soon :)

USA Postcards Not content with

USA Postcards

Not content with just posting these cool retro postcards. The author has his own funny comments.

Maria Carrey goes crazy...... You

Maria Carrey goes crazy......

You can't help but fell a little sorry for her but you also really couldn't give a shit either.

If she did kill herself and her managment was found to have pushed her over the edge could they be up for Manslaughter??

Only in America

Orisinal would have to one

Orisinal would have to one of my favourite sites. The guy makes great games and they are all so nicely polished.

A definite bookmark :)

There are public toilets and

There are public toilets and then there are toilets that you can access if you look hard enough.

It's always good to keep a mental list of where it's good to take a leak no matter where you are in the city. Small resturants, old places you used to work, fancey hotels, friends houses etc etc are a wealth of clean bowls

Kinda like you find good places to eat, you also have to find good places to pee.

Why didn't anyone tell me

Why didn't anyone tell me earlier that tomato soup is so tasty. I have been missing out bigtime. Although I have to eat it with bread rolls :)

It was only in the last 3 years I have discovered lasagne, foccacia bread, vanilla yougurt, thai, indonesian, laksa's, sushi, korean and heaps of other food I never touched as I deemed it "too scary".

I was brought up on cheese sandwhiches for lunch and meat and 3 veges at home. With a roast every 2 weeks like clockwork. Mmmm roast chicken.

Now Nutri Grain is considered dinner for me :) as did wheetbix, 3 years ago, when mum went on holidays.

July Happy Snaps are finshed.

July Happy Snaps are finshed. Yay I did 20 photos last night and I'm stuffed.

There is a heap in there from my trip to Hunter Valley.

Anyone want to suggest a topic or theme for next month?? And what are your favourite photos??

I had alot of fun

I had alot of fun presenting at Flashkit (FK01) and i think Patrick did aswell. I made a major foot in mouth by mentioning "Shindlers List" but everyone took it with good humour, especially Patrick :)

Here's a rather nice review of the day...Shucks

For those that have tracked me down as I didn't have much info on screen here are some things you might want to look at

Hyro games arcade and the Onetel game

Hope i didn't swear to much :)

I speak at the Flashkit.com

I speak at the Flashkit.com conference tommorow afternoon, on Flash and Gaming

I am really nervous as, in true form, I have left everything to the last minute :)

I am speaking with a german fellow who made the amazing Gigablast game. I hope i'm not overshadowed.

Shit and I'l only be talking to 50-200 people not the 3000-5000 people they have in america at flash conferences.

mmm better get back to it. Wish me luck or get fucked :)

Ninjai is f%cking great. The

Ninjai is f%cking great.

The nutty inventor (ep 2) is classic.

Went and saw Squarepusher on

Went and saw Squarepusher on Friday. Wow I was I could say I liked it but I'd rather just push a cotten bud too far into my ear. At least that way I don't have to pay $35. I also was told not to bring my camera (which i should have) and havent held my fongers to my ears more than when I saw Moulin Rouge. I think Mouling Rouge has actually made my ears more sensitive.

Then spent the weekend at the Hunter Valley. 80km speed limits on tiny, dirt roads?? crazy stuff. Maybe more time spent on buying road signs and less giving out awards to the best bread and cheeses.

People are so friendly there.

"When Stunts go Wrong" and

"When Stunts go Wrong" and everyone said Big Brother lowered the quality of television.

Oh that and "Funniest Home Videos"

Chiko Man has been released

Chiko Man has been released after what seems like an eternity.

Just click on game in the top menu.

i spelt dictionary wrong i

i spelt dictionary wrong

i have hit an all time low :)

tim K's new site is

tim K's new site is stunning. Very nice and clean.

zip ba de do dah

zip ba de do dah

zip bah de day

still smiling :)

rob on the other hand has been Mr Angry. I think i'll punch him in the nuts tommorow :)

Big Kev Oh dear. Big

Big Kev Oh dear.

Big Kev is asking mum and dads to get behind him (hehe not hard) and buy shares in his cleaning products when he floats.

Lets hope he doesn't have a heart attack just after it floats as alot of people may lose their money.

The site is a shocker I think Big Kev did it himself :)

I'll try to be happier

I'll try to be happier this week.

Sunshine, lillipops and rainbows :)

Even and old man tossing a bag of vomit at me on the train didn't get me down much

I'm walking on sunshine

All those cartoon babes and

All those cartoon babes and TinTin misses out on some action. Mmmmmm

Top 12 cartoon babes They

Top 12 cartoon babes

They missed:
The Jenie in the opening titles for I dream a Jenie
The witch from the titles to BeWitched
Dafney from Scooby Doo
Thelma from Scooby Doo (smarts chicks are hot too)
The girl from Squidly Diddly
Battle Angel Alita
Spider woman from Wicked City (Manga)
Poison Ivy from Batman
Harliquin from Batman
Catwomen from Batman
Girl Ninja from Ninja Scroll (Manga)
Mindy from Simpsons
Leela from Futurama
The girl Gummie Bear

Ok i'm out of babes but please feel free to add some i have missed.
Note I am not a sexual pervert I mean for this to be funny.

It seems my spelling is

It seems my spelling is very bad. Sometimes even disgusting. I blame ICQ and email for this.

Apox on you, the evil tools of laziness

Here are some photos of

Here are some photos of the designer meeting in Sydney.

See if you can spot me.

Next time I may even say hi to people I don't know, as I left the place and only met 2 new people.

Do you visit this site

Do you visit this site regulary??

Have you been here more than once in the past month??

Do you like "Food in Goo"??

If yes to any of these why not leave a comment on this post saying whatpart you like or hate the most.

I would love to know how many people actually read this site rather than are tricked here thinking it's a really great flash site

Please do me this small favour Thanks

Nothing I hate more than

Nothing I hate more than a Chinese resturant that serves you food in goo.

MMMMM chicken in goo
MMMM veges in goo
MMM store bought spring rolls
MM Duck skin
M Honey coated beef

$6.50 food in goo tastes just like $14.95 food in goo

I watched Titan AE and

I watched Titan AE and it wasn't bad. I wonder why it didn't get a chance in the cinemas??

Also saw Tomb Raider (a week ago) which was also watchable. Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf) makes an appearance as Lara's butler.

Tital AE 7/10
Tomb Raider 6/10
Lord of the Rings Trailer 9/10 :)

Beer now has guerana in

Beer now has guerana in it
We have the new MaXimum low fat beer
Banana flavoured baby headache tablets
Guerana in chocolate bars
Smart drinks
Dietry supplement drinks
Tofu peaking duck

I don't mind any of these except banana flavoured baby headache tablets. I always thought that medicine should taste bad to deter kids from eating them (in excess)
So parents now will give their kid a pill to dull the pain when mabye all it needs is to change a nappy

Opps dropped the baby. It's cool, take two of these and tell no one.

I survived without these tablets for 20 years and so can a small child.

Robotech.com is everything a fan

Robotech.com is everything a fan could ask for.

The split screens of the new DVD box set coming out look great. To think this was all don't way before Harmony Gold ever touched it in 1985. And still today most cartoons can't touch it.

Patrick Rafter is playing right

Patrick Rafter is playing right now and I don't think I have seen more pirde in Australian sport than today.

Rafter could fart and the crowd would cheer it's pungent odour.

Go Aussie :)

It's amazing what you find

It's amazing what you find in the cuboard when you are really hungry. Even more amazing is what you will eat.

Engrish Thanks Damien this is

Engrish

Thanks Damien this is gold.

I think text this big

I think text this big is really easy to read

Rob was right about Modular

Rob was right about Modular they do have a nice site. Alot of great info on each band they represent.

The usual blog here has

The usual blog here has been interupted due to unforseen difficulties of a human kind

I have a new green

I have a new green friend called "Lewa" from the new Lego range of BIONICLE

He has a big ass axe and looks cool. I'm a sucker for techy toys. Also it's green :)

Check out the site as it seems Lego are not only sponsoring a Pro Skateboarder but also releasing music CD's for the next 3 years BIONICLE MUSIC

Hi I'm a Pro Skater. Sponsered by Lego........ Don't laugh......... or

a: What are you listening to??
b: Lego's latest release.......
c: WTF

Whack the weasel

Whack the weasel

Funny how you meet people

Funny how you meet people and they are exactly like people you knew in the past.

Well not exactly but mannerisms, attitude, persona etc etc are very similar.

Geez I'm a pretty boring

Geez I'm a pretty boring guy.

Great feture on women and

Great feture on women and design. Although it solely concentrate on web design it still is good to see this stuff rather than guys talking about Transformers. Which funnily enough is on the same site :)

Women in Design

One bad thing about airing

One bad thing about airing all your opinions is that it makes it so easy to be a hypocrite.

Oh well. I'm trying at least

Sorry Rob I'll do your

Sorry Rob I'll do your nav now

Sorry Kane :)

Those latest IBM ads are

Those latest IBM ads are great.

The "cool" guy has an evil son thing going on and the "dorky" guys play the role well.

Nice and simple with a fresh delivery. It gives a more personal feel to a company that many may feel is only targeted at the corporate world.

Love thr PJ's too

Mmmm they changed a few

Mmmm they changed a few words here and there on me and I also didn't answer the questions properly but here's my first ever interview.

Flashkit interview

And no I don't wear briefs all the time. I'm a boxers guy

Mac your day!!!

Mac your day!!!

I like a gun as

I like a gun as much as the next guy and this one looks cool

CL Custom FN P90 AEG

and this one is just so darn cute

Hello Kitty Hi Capacity .45

Awwwwww..... BANG!

Does anyone in Australia watch

Does anyone in Australia watch Becker?? I think not.

Please channel 10 put Ted Danson out of his misery and ours.

Happy Snaps are back for

Happy Snaps are back for another month. Yay !!!!!

New Happy Snap index graphic, as I can't find the old one to update. I think it looks better now anyway. Very Designgrafik inspired.

This months topic is photos and useless facts so I will try to include something interesting along with the photo wether it be on topic or totally left field.

Here's some facts I needed a calculator for:
Total shots taken = 6733
Shots displayed here = 261
Which is 3.87%
Average cost per photo = 29.83cents
Days I have had the camera = 265
Average shots per day = 25.40
Average shots I need to make 10 000 in one year = 27.39
Shots need to hit 10 000 = 3267
Days left till 1 year is up = 100
Shots per day needed to hit 10k in 100 days = 32.67

Ingredient list for post mix

Ingredient list for post mix Diet Coke

Note:
"Use of saccharin in this product may be hazardous to your health. This ingredient has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals."

Thanks McDonalds for being so open with your findings. Why isn't this put on the plastic cups as I think it's a pretty important piece of information.

Also thanks Ashadi for pointing out that HiC don't sound that appealing also when you read the ingredients.

McDonalds: Taking advantage of kids and slowly killing people with shitty food and cancer causing drinks.

Life tastes good

As discuessed at lunch today

As discuessed at lunch today here are our sure fire methods of spicing up Bigbrother to make it more interesting

1: Make the walls close in slowly while they are all locked in a room (ala Star Wars)
2: Release wild animals or even better killer bees
3: Have a mock military raid in the middle of the night, making sure to rough them up a bit
4: Remove a member for an entire day with no explaination
5: Spike the food with magic mushrooms or laxatives
6: Fill the house with helium
7: Booby trap half the house
8: Let them overhear by accident that the show is a hoax and they are all being experiemented on then killed to hide the evidence once evicted
9: Have a sniper take pot shots from near by. "Hey look out......... BANG!...... Ahhh shit, he shot my scrote off. I need that."
10: Get rid of that desperate, horn bag host.

Please note that all ideas are copyright 1997-2001

MMM linked and nothing to

MMM linked and nothing to show.

Justin posted me in the news of AIF and all I have done lately is talk shit :)

Sorry no 45 angles, super dooper design and stuff. No huge ego's either.

Check out the Happy Snaps and Desktops if you want to see anything visual.

A shock finding that people

A shock finding that people actually look at banner ads.

Wow, and to think it comes from a site (or group of sites) that seem to put banner ads everywhere. This new finding would really help these sites sell space for the ads or at least make the companies paying for those banners a little happier about the decision.

This would be the same as a tobacco company releasing reports that smoking is not harmful. Oh wait they have.

Ok, the wine industry releasing info that wine is good for the blood and help prolong long life. Ahh shit they already did

Allright, the police releasing reports showing no corruption.

Macromedia showing that 97% of people have the flash plugin.

I could go on for ages here

Why are there so many

Why are there so many award things.

Wether it be internet, advertising, design or gardening. It seems there is an award competition nearly every month.

Oh yeah it costs up to $3000 to enter. Ahhh money now I understand.

Look out for next months 'Truffle Award of Excellence In the Use of Green'

Send in your entries to ilikeitgreen@theslipperytruffle.com along with your $900 entry fee.

The winner will get an ugly glass thing to put on their desk and the runners up get a Taco Bell voucher.

I wish I could get

I wish I could get a Buffy Sex bot :(

But alas I don't even have a PS2

I removed the Stale Popcorn

I removed the Stale Popcorn (movie ratings) section as it looked terrible and I don't think it was being looked at.

Shrek was alot funnier than I thought it would be. 8/10 Mabye if I watch it again it won't get such a high rating but I enjoyed wathing it on Friday night

Online Jam is an interesting

Online Jam is an interesting way to display lots of work from different artists.

Housten is one of those places I would love to visit but never will. Much like Easter Island. This is the coolest art gallery ever.

I think after photography, hard rendered art would have to be my second favourite thing to look at on the web. Followed closely by cartoons like Nathan J and Jotto

The general perception of me

The general perception of me from this site seems to be one of total and complete nerdness.

Oh that and being a complete wacko when it comes to neighbours :)

If you live in an

If you live in an apartment block you have to realise that there are other people living within the block.

If you come home after 2am you shut the fuck up while entering your unit.
If you come home with no key and your house mat ewon't ake up after 5 min of buzzing then fuck off. Count your losses and spend the noght at the pub or something. Don't buzz every other unit hoping someone will help you
You may like Ricky Martin but not everyone else does.
It is your duty to understand what the 2 different wheelie bins are used for. Mmm, one is for recycling, the other your general waste. If you can't read then at least the diagrams should be legible.
Don't leave empty condom wrappers out side the door????? Dirty fuckers
Guest parking is just that, for guests

Fuck it

It's the far little corners

It's the far little corners of web design that you find the most interesting people little monkey is a classic

Peepshow is another project by him and again it's awesome.

Just imagine how many great sites we are all missing out on because the creators are not ego driven assholes. They just continue along happy to be expressing themselves, while others feel the need to be linked by every design site they see even if they stuff looks like everyones else's. The most original sites I have seen I have happened upon purely by chance.

Animal Logic have made a

Animal Logic have made a small ezine for the movie industry. Don't look at this unless on fast connection as it os mostly quicktimes. Trailer

I like the retro trailer they have very funky.

You wacky americans....

You wacky americans....

Seems onetel expect me to

Seems onetel expect me to pay my phone bill even when the company is in administration.

Let me get this right. Companies expect you to pay them but they don't have to pay people they owe money too??

Hehehe and the company doing the administration is, in part, the same company that owes me $10k and a good friend another $10k

So I say fuck that!

Today was D day for

Today was D day for my wisdom teeth. I had the right hand side set out.

While it didn't hurt, thanks to drugs, I was still able to hear them crack my tooth in half to get it out.

I got to keep them so I'll post photos soon. Mmmmm chucky bits and all

I am so hungry as it's hard to eat and my shirt is covered in dribbled blood.

Hehe I'm not good at being sick

I posted 2 new images

I posted 2 new images on photographica So those wanting a happy snap fix should check them out.

Our very own Rob is featured in one photo, I hope he doesn't mind. Even if he does, he can only punch so hard.

noah takes awesome photos. He

noah takes awesome photos.

He does a shit load of other stuff but I just looked at his photos. I am looking at his greysoft software and I think I may use it. What does that mean to you?? Jack shit :)

Save the Onetel employees game

Save the Onetel employees game

I'm sending this around everywhere as we spent alot of time on it and I want to see people playing it.

Can we get in trouble for this??

We just purchased an orgasmatron

We just purchased an orgasmatron and I have to say I'm addicted to using it.

The perfect gift for the person with everything or even for someone with very little.

I'll bring it into work as a stress reliever, conversation starter & egg wisk.

And hey it's an Aussie invention. Better put that in my book of grouse aussie facts I'm compiling

If you opened an account

If you opened an account in 1980 with a $1000 and deposited just 56k per week you'd have over $32 million right now

Join theSlipperyTruffle Trust managment account and you too can reap the awards of diversified investing.

Dawsons Creek is fucked. Just

Dawsons Creek is fucked.

Just in case you didn't already realise

oh yeah, Malcolm in the Middle rocks

I posted my second photo

I posted my second photo to photographica.org

Instead of Happy Snaps this month photographica will do just fine. Also it lets me throw up big images for a change.

Visit and if you take photos and have a site join up.

I saw a man urinating

I saw a man urinating at QVB tonight. This is a major shopping centre and he was pissing on a firedoor right on the main walkway.

What made me most feel that people just didn't give a shit was this guy wasn't a bum, junkie or what ever he was talking on a mobile phone while pissing.

Not that a mobile phone instantly take you up a status level it's just I wouldn't even imagine anyone pissing so close to other people, in such a public spot, at peak hour.

I still remember pissing from a foot bridge onto parked cars but that was late at night, I was young and it's more funny to your pissed mates than pissing in a shopping centre.

I posted my first photo

I posted my first photo to photographica.org

I thought I better start with a fav of mine

oh I'm MrTruffle

What do people think of

What do people think of the new desktops. Or for that matter any of the desktops. I know this isn't a design site or anything but I still like to feel as if I can still swing it a little.

Note there are no Attik inspired 600MB photoshop desktops at 1600x1200 that are over 1MB an still look to compressed as I like my desktops to be small. 15k desktop are the best.

Less is more unless you are Thomas from Surfsation then you can do what ever you want.
Use the comment system to post comments. Good, bad, indifferent or plain stupid I don't care just comment please.

Let me help you to

Let me help you to do what I said I would do anyway.

As Shibu says I have

As Shibu says I have way to much time on my hands

I had these illustrations sitting there for over 6 months. So instead of doing important stuff I waste my time on this

3 new desktops to look

3 new desktops to look at and ignore (at bottom)

spelling fixed on desktops

BMW films is one of

BMW films is one of the best ideas I have seen. I would not dare go near it without a broadband connection. As 70MB quicktimes are no fun at home on a 56k.

Even the player you need to download is 7MB but if you do then you are in for a treat. World famous directors (Ang Lee, Guy Ricthie, John Frankensomone) all making short films featuring BMW cars.

Original concept and great execution. The whole thing oozes class. A shit load better than a choose your colour thing on a car website.

My last "Flash Beyond the

My last "Flash Beyond the Basics" class is over.

We made a simple game of dodge the asteroids.
I am phsically drained after each class it amazing how just talking can wear you out.

Next week I won't be teaching I'll be drooling over myself after I get my wisdom tooth out on friday :(

What worse is I have a birthday to go to on Saturday and all i'll be doing is sitting in the corner, goofed up on pain killers.

Nothing beats a great meal

Nothing beats a great meal at one of your favourite resturants.

Rambutan Bush on King St in Newtown, has to be the best Indonesian resturant in Sydney.
Ayam Satay to die for and Beef rendang that'll give you a hard on

Can anyone else recommend good (not expensive) place to eat in Sydney.

My top recomendations are:
Fish and chip shop in Lane Cove = awesome fish
Noodi at The Spot in Ranwick = great hokkien noodles
Newtown Beach in Newtown = kick ass seafood platters
Y2K Cafe China Town = nice pearl sago
Mexican Cocina in Newtown = Mexican delights
Pu Thai in Ashfield = the place to eat thai
Japanese/Korean (B3) at Dixon House food court China Town = great BBQ beef
Sushi place under Avillion hotel = awesome sushi but they over charge
Sushi train at Burwood = nice sushi train
New Orleans cafe at Crows Nest = great cajun food and nachos
Biaagi on Oxford St = the best chicken an avacodo pizze i have tasted
Enricys at Surry Hills = Turkish pizza gods

60% of 0 = 0

60% of 0 = 0

shit

Two NZ guys board the

Two NZ guys board the wrong plane and end up in China when they were destined for Aukland. New article here

Reminds me of the time a friend mentioned what it would be like for a fly if they flew into a plane.
The fly buzzes in thinking everythings cool and then 3 hrs later ends up in a totally different country.
The fly's thinking damn I just bought a pile of feaces. The wife can't make the repayments without me. What about the maggots who's gonne teach them to kick a footy.

Do fly's need visa's or more seriuosly could a fly adapt in a new country or would it die.??
Can a chinese fly communicate with an australian fly??
Do chinese flys have different tastes to australian ones.
And lastly is an african fly hung??

I fixed the link and

I fixed the link and it only took me 4 days.

Everyday Ben tells me to check his latest photos.

I might aswell let everyone else check them. Also he has just added photos from last nights designer piss up.

It seems I forgot to

It seems I forgot to upload the last 5 days of May Happy Snaps. I kept looking at my version of the hard drive and thought yep all is cool then I check the site live and.... shit what's that.
So check now and I have all 26 images.

The only questions is: Why haven't I started Happy Snaps for June??
A: I'm having a break to tidy up the site and do more flashturbation

I can't belive the same

I can't belive the same country that makes the 'Sapranos' also makes 'Seventh Heaven'

One is a classy italian meal you enjoy everytime
The other is a dodgy hotdog that gives you diarrhea

One is on at 10.30pm Wednesday night
The other at 6.30pm on Saturday night

One has involving characters, with real personalities
The other, 15 year old kids who talk like they are on 'Dawsons Creek'

And finally,
One shows tits nearly every episode
The other doesn't :)

renewal.org.au - a trever trove

renewal.org.au - a trever trove lies within

object is amazing and I think the guy who desined this designed the entire renewal site which I think looks great. No small type, no 45 degrees, just nice clean layouts.

And its Australian which is always a good thing

The ultimate crowd puller =

The ultimate crowd puller = Britney Spears and a T-Rex live on stage

one genetically engeneered....... the other brought back from extinction

Who would you rather see

Who would you rather see if it came down to one or the other??

A T-Rex or Jesus christ

Note: there is no doubt dinosaurs exsisted and we just have to 'imagine' that Jesus Christ did too.
Additional Note: T-rex would not harm you and you would have a 1 on 1 encounter with either indivdual
Note3: You only have to the chance to meet one and you get an all expenses paid trip to meet it or him.

Now I would go see any old dinosaur over JC anyday.

Watching the T-Rex run around breaking shit or breaking bread with some bearded dude??
T-Rex rides or carpentry talk??
Jurrasic Park or Morman Adventure World ™??

Please post your comments on this discussion below.
Good, bad or stupid

How do you say to

How do you say to a friend that the company you work for will not be paying the $10k that they owe him
How do you stay with a company that also owes you $10k
How do you sit there and watch other people get paid for shitty work while you still wait.
What would the interest be on $10k over 1 year
When do you realise there is nothing you can do and just leave
Why should you get paid when there are around 50 others all in the same boat

Guess I put this down as an expensive lesson in life.

LOMO supersampler Cool, I hope

LOMO supersampler Cool, I hope MCA are stocking it as $60 USD is a bit rich. And it takes regular film which makes it even more user friendly.

Here are some qoutes you

Here are some qoutes you can use in general conversation.

Makes more sense than gravey

His kill ratio is way down from last year

I use less because I fold

It's edible if you close your eyes

tighter than a envelope

i never use my aura for knitting

it has duck feet for a reason

go you big red firetruck (i didn't write that one)

its only upside down because its a spoon

oh, you mean semen

12x the shine

socks on the inside

no i think it smells like seaweed

what your a designer..... fuck off then wanker

we got it!!!!!! ........... ok no wait we didn't

they are never digested properly

touch it!!!

looks like we be have'n a good old fashined witch burning

who else can solve a rubiks cube in their rectum??

yeah but does she hand code??

ok i feel alot better now I purged the stupid thoughts. Now back to the regular program.

Rove is not only one

Rove is not only one of the funniets shows on TV right now, it is actully a quite jam packed website.

Pete's section is a pisser

For all those interested here

For all those interested here is my entry to win the "Life Size Ash sculture from Blockbuster"

I think the carcass one may be pushing it, but hey how else am I going to use a photo of a prize beef carcass??

Happy Snaps for May is

Happy Snaps for May is over. I only did 26 as thats all I could fit in the thumbnail gallery part.

Next month will be back to normal. Please comment on this post and tell me your favourite image for May or if you think May's concept was stupid.

Commenting is easier than emailing, which no one seems to do :(

It's official The Tree of

It's official The Tree of the Year Committee has chosen the Common Ash as "Tree of the Year 2001"

With myself being a comman Ash it is a great year for us.

I'm glad I checked Stihl's Encyclopedia of Trees Still no desktop pictures or screensavers :(

Remember those old PC games

Remember those old PC games you used to play and love?? Monkey Island, Lemmings, Colonisation.....

They didn't need a P4 to run and you didn't need a 54 button, force-feedback, joystick to enjoy it. They were simple and fun.

freeoldies and reservatory.org are dedicated to those old games.
And what's best is they have links to download them. No mac though, but when I think of it when I played these games I didn't even know what a Mac was.

On top of having chicken

On top of having chicken pox this little house hold had a mouse.

A tiny little one. Don't be fooled though it was a little smart ass.

It is now gone and I won't go into the details of its demise as I feel bad for it. I will say that the mouse trap companies can't build shit. If they did their job the mouse would have died relativly pain free. Not in agony like it is right now in the bin.

Things learnt from experience:
1: I'm a complete girl when it come to mice.
2: Mice don't like honey (mouse trap 3 ignored)
3: Mouse traps are shit
4: Use rat poison. Napisan doesn't cut it
5: Make a deal with other house mates. He who removes the mouse does no cleaning.

It seems Bruce Campbell (Evil

It seems Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead fame) also has a right wing section on his website. See babblings nd read Don't get me started.

Also he has a new Bibliography titled "If chins could kill" hahahaha, Classic!

I have added the feature

I have added the feature where you can add comments to any post. Thanks to Dotcomments

Use this method to disagree or agree with what I say or add more information where I am usually vague.

Thanks to my french connection

Thanks to my french connection I was giving this interesting french link.

Thanks François

Well a solid day of

Well a solid day of video games can't hide the fact I'm stuck at home. i can't go out as I look shit and I'm afraid I will give this to other people.

Oh well hopefully TV will be kind.

Mmmm better go to sleep as I've told everyone I'm resting not playing games

I have chicken pox :(

I have chicken pox :( Which explains why my headache from Moulin Rouge wont go away.

Right now my face looks like Woggie from Something About Mary. Even my sac is itchy :(

Thank god I downloaded some Mame games otherwise I will go mad.

I will now spend the rest of today trying to finish Dungeons and Dragons

Went and saw Moulin Rouge

Went and saw Moulin Rouge last night.....

Mabye I'm just not the target market (ie I don't get caught up in all the bullshit and like anything people throw in front of my eyes) but I thought it was terrible. It looked great, I really enjoyed the visuals, just I didn't enjoy the way the movie flowed.

Too many characters that didn't add to the story but confused it.
Gratuitus use of song
Rehashing of camera effects from R & J

Baz Luman must have thought "ahh shit what can I do here, oh yeah I'll just use the cool camera effects I used in Romeo & Juliet that will fix it"

I also got a nasty headache from sitting near a speaker in the cinema. I was not the only one near me covering my ears from the noise.

I go to a rock concert to hear loud music that shakes my gonads not the movies.

For those interested in how

For those interested in how Big Brother is going here in Australia, why not check out the official website.

Website done by Massive who just recently joined the long list of web developer companies to cut staff.

The web industry is pretty much like Big Brother / Survivor. Every week another contender is gone and there is heaps of gossip and bullshit being flung around. Oh and the nice guys don't always win.

Seems I have been talking

Seems I have been talking loudly in my sleep asking people to make graphics and movieclips. (ie Flash talk)

This was just like when I worked at Kinkos full time and kept yelling to customers about B/W printers in my sleep.

The second of 4 Flash

The second of 4 Flash 5 class's went well. I have a lot more respect for teachers/lectures as it's so hard to transfer the knowledge in easily digestable segments. Esspecially with my lack of wordmanship.

But seeing as it's only the second time I have taught I think I'm going pretty good.

It's also interesting that al my students are older than me :)

The dentist was great and

The dentist was great and in 3 weeks i'll have that nasty wisdom tooth out. It sitting in there on a right angle. I took a photo of the xray and will post it.

Today I'm not only photographing computers but also chairs. The fun never stops.

:( Spent the entire day

:(

Spent the entire day photographing computers and writing down serial numbers.
My hands smell like I just fingered a dust ball.

Go to the dentist tommorow in a hope to get closer to getting rid of my impacted wisdom tooth.

Ow for my head. Ow for my wallet

:(

It seems I don't know

It seems I don't know how to spell desktop.

Nearly every desktop has the word "dektops" on it

me = lame

:(

:(

Mmmmm Blogger error 210

Mmmmm Blogger error 210

Blogger gives people the ability

Blogger gives people the ability to post sentences that have no purpose or meaning.

One more thing beofre I

One more thing beofre I go the the 20% of all books sale at Angus & Robertson in the city.

Blockbuster have a competition where you can win a Life Size Ash sculpture from Evil Dead All I can say is awesome.

It will go great with my Alf sculpture :)

Oh yeah May's Happy Snaps

Oh yeah May's Happy Snaps are up.

I've done something a little different this month as you will see.

The first Flash class went

The first Flash class went well.

Seeing as I only had the night before to prepare I think I did pretty good. Having only 5 students also helped as there was less people to worry about.

Hopefull next week we'll do some interesting stuff rather than just learning the formalities.

Seems I will be teaching

Seems I will be teaching a Flash class tommorow. And every Saturday for the next 4 weeks.
This is my first foray into teaching and I'm excited but also scared.

I hope I can give them homework. Hahaha suckers

I purchased a Tanagram book

I purchased a Tanagram book on the weekend (another wild weekend as usual) and I'm progressing through it slowly.

Here's a detailed account of last nights activities;

9pm: start first tanagram in book
9.30: look in back of book in frustration

9.35: start another tanagram
10pm: look in back and throw book across lounge
10.01: go to bed frustrated

I wonder if anyone has

I wonder if anyone has HTML source tattoed on them??

Or if your really smart C++??

That would impress the ladies no end.

var cool = true

telesthetic.org contains some interesting experiments.

telesthetic.org contains some interesting experiments.

I like "Sun" "Pissoir" and "Woven"

Excellent use of technology.

I don't get many emails

I don't get many emails and this latest one I like:

"Hey Slippery Truffle,
Hope you can take critisism as well as dish it out, you stupid fuck. What the fuck do you think you are doing?, and who really cares about your personal fucked up opinions.

I suppose this is what happens after you get bored wanking over photos of fat women and transexuals on the net too long. Keep your fucking third rate web site from blocking up the internet and we would all be better for it. I suppose that would displease a few of your fucked up fans, but WHO GIVES A FUCK small brained, unimaginative, opinionated cockroach.

your most loyal fan, NOT"

Almost brought a tear to my eye.
Either he/she is a:

1: old aged, formula one racing car driver
2: britsh designer who likes Barbra Striesand
3: my posite
4: or the Dickhead on bench at Burwood station

Whoever he is he made me laugh
Send more hate mail to: ghandi@start.com.au

It seems green is the

It seems green is the new flavour of the month. Check out WhereIs after there new redesign. Looks nice

Thanks DB

I think I've got a

I think I've got a cold :(

Mental note: Black shirt requires

Mental note: Black shirt requires constant attention to remove excess dandruff from shoulder area

Fashion week starts at Fox

Fashion week starts at Fox Studios soon, so look out for my unqiue brand of trackie dacks and t-shirts with holes in them on the catwalk.
Modled by myself and pudgy Rob :)

The Truffle is now on

The Truffle is now on a new server. Hense the reason for that short hiatis.

I'll also start rolling out the new changes and the stuff I should have allready done.

Ie you will start to see less and less insert image here and actually seeing images.

Lastly if you are on a 800x600 monitor sorry but it seems i'm a shitty designer and have no idea about navigation or that fact not everyone has a big monitor. I'll try and adress this

Ever post something that reveled

Ever post something that reveled a little too much information??

MMmmmmm, me neither

Ever scratch your balls (or

Ever scratch your balls (or gender specific genitalia) and then smell your fingers??

Yeah, me neither

I have fixed the obvious

I have fixed the obvious Javascript errors on the main page and a small one in the Happy Snaps. Everything should now work. Funny enough it works fine on Mac IE5 which I thought would be a hard browser to please.

One problem I can't fix easily is the fact this site isn't 800x600 friendly. So consider this an apology to all those people with shitty monitors.

I cooked my first real

I cooked my first real meal since my highschool Home Economics class in year 11. Which I failed then changed to sport and recreation, which I just barely passed.

The final analysis of the meal by me was that it sucked. I didn't even save the leftovers, of which there was quite a bit.

I did discover how lemon grass got its name, that I don't like chestnuts and that fish sauce is easy to get out of your hair.

It seems working at Fox

It seems working at Fox Studios here at Moore Park has its perks.

Fox the company decided to do spring cleaning and throw out 2 bins full of posters, movie stands, DVD box proofs and awards for sales.

So now our office is filled with Star Wars everything. Spinal Tap posters, display things and heaps of other shit.

There's nothing like the rush of srting through a giant bin full of goodies while everyone looks at you like you.

And it's all going to happen again on Monday as the bins are full now. Ahhh can't wait :)

Updated Happy Snaps Also does

Updated Happy Snaps

Also does anyway have any Duckman Episodes or Futurama Series 2 on Mpg or Video that I could get hold of??

Judging by the amount of traffic to this site (average 21 per day), I'd say I have a slim chance of finding them, but hey you never know

Coop A man like Coop

Coop

A man like Coop only needs one name, just like Shag.

It's surprising his work is not more mainstream. I could see half his sketchbook on T-Shirts in a blink.

The nipples on his women are so detailed ;)

Big Brother starts here in

Big Brother starts here in a week. I'm not sure if I want to watch as I know I'll get obsessed.

It must be more interesting than the secret cameras I have set up in my next door neighbours place.

Just got my new 80GB

Just got my new 80GB hard drive which funny enough is 76GB.

It's fun just to copy CD's across for the fun of it. And for some reason I feel compelled to watch every MB copy over.

It seems awsome is actually

It seems awsome is actually spelt awesome. Fancy that

"By the power of spell check !" yell it like Heman at Grey Skull

How many movies Keanu Reeves

How many movies Keanu Reeves movies are there out now??

Geez, I wish that bus in speed really did blow up.

i like green :)

i like green :)

The redesign is up. MMMMmm

The redesign is up.

MMMMmm no going back now. Please send feedback as even I'm not 100% sold on this design. I hope now it's easier to get to the content. ie back and foward within sections and it's also alot nicer to look at??

No new section besides the links section which I haven't finished. I have removed other section too.

Goodbye :: Mr cactushead, Wobbly Wheel (being moved to own address soon), pillow talk and nameRankSerial #.

So that's it. I hope you all like it or at least can still enjoy the site.

I love Pinball Machines. And

I love Pinball Machines. And my favourite is The Adams Family. It seems this is one of the most popular pinball machines of all time. They even made a gold edition, with gold trims??

Here is a complete walkthrough for the Adams Family pinball machine. There is alot of work in this txt doc.

While on the topic check out the Internet Pinball Databse

One day I will own a mchine in my own house.

Happy Easter Everyone. For those

Happy Easter Everyone.

For those that don't celebrate Easter.

Happy Chocolate Egg Public Holiday !!

It's also Friday the 13th. Unless my watch is wrong again??

Mental Note: Reply to emails

Mental Note:
Reply to emails as so as you get them. I went through my start.com.au email and I had around 25-30 unanswered emails. I hate to come across like an asshole.

Some were from as far back and Feb and I'm to scared to look into Jan.

If you have sent me and email (no one emails from this site just Flashturbation) and I haven't replied then email me again.

I'm sorry

ash (the email cunt)

I saw Dude Where's My

I saw Dude Where's My Car last night.

It was so bad I think it needs mention here.

Take a Police Acadamy Movie. Remove the sound effect dude and Animal and you are left with a good comparison to DWMC.

The jokes went on for too long. If you hate seeing that tattoo scene on TV, watch out as there are worse (and longer) jokes in the movie that are even worse.

It wasn't just me that thought it lacked that certain quality know as "Watchabilty" the entire cinema audience was very silent.

"Dude Where's the Exit" was my cry last night.

Don't you love it when

Don't you love it when you send a link to someone in email , then 3 days later that person sends you the same link back. And they have no recolection of you sending it to them.

That goes out to you DB he he :)

Scalemetrics 1: Build a track

Scalemetrics

1: Build a track
2: Race the cars
3: Repeat steps 1-2 until tired

Awsome (and I don't use that word much) (well mabye I do but this one is Fucking Awsome)

If a program, lets use

If a program, lets use Flash 5 for example, crashed and in the process of crashing corrupts the file. Leaving you with nothing. Can you sue the maker of that program for creating a fucked program. And if not why not??

If I made cars for a living and my cars had a major bug in them that killed people, I would expect to be sued over the deaths of the motorist's. I would also recall those cars until the bug was fixed.

So far Flash 4 has corrupted, I'd say about 6 files of mine and Flash 5 only 1. That one file did mean I had to redo a days work and lose track of where I was at. This is not to mention the fact that Flash 5 (or Crash 5 as it has been called by many people) crash's constantly. Even on simple things.

If Macromedia were to be held responsible for major fuck-ups wouldn't that give us some guarantee that when they release a product they bug check it first??

Whatever the case Macromedia can get fucked. Photoshop runs like a dream and has done from day one. I have seen no continuous crash's.

Yet Flash can't hold it's pants up.

I hope to shove a spoon up the sphinxster of every team member of the Flash 5 dev team.

The redesign is coming along

The redesign is coming along well. I have the basics down in HTML now and i'm just doing the nav.

The hardest thing I see will be the conversion of all the happy snaps. The other sections should be fine as they are small.

Hopefully I'll have it up in about 4 days.

This sentence contains 33 characters.

This sentence contains 33 characters.

You can now get bottles

You can now get bottles of drink from Coke machines at Central Station and pay for them by using your mobile phone. You ring the number on the machine and follow the instructions and presto, the drink is charged to your next bill.

This is great although it's currently only available for Telstra customers :(

They are planning to expand to parking meters and food shopping. I say they shouldn't stop there and I wanna pay for train tickets, bus tickets, buskers, muggers, video rental, pizza man and lap dance's from my phone.

Tonight I visted my mate,

Tonight I visted my mate, Andrew, teaching Flash at my old college. He also studied there. I came away with a feeling the I also want to teach.

Karate or Flash I don't care although I don't know Karate, so that may put a dampner of that idea.

To shape young minds. To be thought of as smart. To use a white board. These are things I want :)
MMM I also a Mini Minor but that will have to wait.

I think her name is

I think her name is Carmen although I'm not sure. She has an interesting Blogger page in which she lists what she has done for the day. Seems she purused my site.

Yay... I may have a fan

Note: Either she is reading small books or reads really fast. 3 days for one book?? Takes me that long to get through the paper

Why does my 64MB Memory

Why does my 64MB Memory Stick have only 60MB of space??
My Zip100 is for some reason 94.2MB??

If other industries worked like the computer accesories industry we would have 410ML cans of drink. Be driving V9 cars. Sleeping in Ultra King size beds and wearing SPF 380+. Yet nothing would be different.

Only CD's that say they are 650MB actually are. Is it just me or are we all being conned.

Happy Snaps have been updated

Happy Snaps have been updated till the 7th. That way I'll have more time to do other stuff than upadating the images everynight. :)

Nathan J If Jotto, Shag

Nathan J

If Jotto, Shag and Tim Burton had a threesome this guy would be the love child

And he's an Aussie

Speaking of ideas to save

Speaking of ideas to save the enviroment.

In the olden days we used large records to listen to music and now we listen to CD's.
A CD used to only contain 650MB now with DVD we can hold 6 GIG a side.

So why don't we grow tiny cows with compressed meat. I'd say dog size cows, that you can grow in your backyard that feed a school, would be a great idea.

Don't grow bigger, just grow compressed.

"Don't think of it as

"Don't think of it as Atomic Energy.... Think of it as a terrible destructive force."

Cold Cut

Can't wait till me kids have to live in 50 degree heat in winter because today's people couldn't be fucked turning off a light or assed to recycle. Is it that hard to separate your rubbish??

So in other words. Dont be a cunt, recycle.

Every morning when I'm rushing

Every morning when I'm rushing to get out to work I make small desisions that will save me valuable minutes and seconds.

1: Today instead of turning my socks the right way out I just left them thus saving a good 15 seconds.
2: I didn't eat breakfast (I never do) and thus saved a huge 5 min.
3: Having short hair gives me the option of using the finger brush instead of a comb. This is also influenced by the fact I don't own a comb or brush. Time saved 30 secs
4: Everything I take to work fits into the one big pocket on my bag. This creates a tangle of cords and power plugs at work but I have time to spare once I'm there. Time saved by not organising cords = 1 min.
5: The classic jeans and T-short combo saves time in the fashion dept. As long as they are not the same colour I don't care. Time saved by being a complete fashion mistake = 3 min.

All these small decisions equate to about 9-10 min of extra sleep which I think is well worth it.

It seems my digestive system

It seems my digestive system considers one packet in 10 min not excessive consumption.

Lucky for me i guess

"Excess consumption may have a

"Excess consumption may have a laxative effect"

I wish they would also put on the packet what their definition of "excess" is.

Does one packet of mints in 10 min come under excess or just too fast?? And why doesn't licorice come with the same warning?? If it wasn't for an over informative Mum I wouldn't have known.

Energy drinks like "Red Bull" and "V" now come with warnings of a 5 can limit per day, but sugar free mints don't??

Or is it they didn't expect some fool to eat a packet of their mints that fast, or 5 packets while watching TV one night and so never put the warning on there??

Either way I'm bored and looking into this way too much.

I smell the Onion in

I smell the Onion in here as we find out Microsoft attampts to patent Ones and Zeros the building blocks for all code.

Ok March Happy Snaps are

Ok March Happy Snaps are now complete. I'm glad to get rid of B/W and go back to wonderful colour.

Note:
1: 95% of images are not cropped. This is exactly what come out of the camera.
2: I always take every photo into Photoshop to reduce it's size to 320x240
3: I take between 10 - 120 photos per day, then cataloge them in PhotoRelay
4: Every photo is mine except when indicated. ie Ashadis Toy Porn photo
5: I try to make comments on every photo for a bit of humour
6: I don't update them everyday as i'm lazy
7:Happy Snaps is my favourite section

If I wasn't standing so

If I wasn't standing so close to the TV the time this ad went on I wouldn't have been able to read the URL for Australian Apples' new game
its crunch time for apples game

That has to be the worst URL is advertising history. I'll let you make up your mind on the game yourself

Here's a page with some

Here's a page with some interesting facts about computers and some wide eye'd dreams from 1994.

Computer Almanac

Here's an interesting fact

Robert Harks, "Hot Shots", Interactions, Nov+Dec 1999. p. 53.

"Around the world, more than 2,700 photographs are taken every second.... Vacation pictures take up 80 percent."

Again BoingBoing.net comes through with

Again BoingBoing.net comes through with the goods.

Here is a site about a buy who writes fake letters to companies and wait for them to reply.
Hey, even our own PM fell victum to my prank email.

Also anyone for one handed food. mmmm pasta on a stick.

Blenders should come with a

Blenders should come with a warning saying that they should only be operated by people with a brain. Today's chocolate milk was my first sucessful blend.

Not counting my previous "breakfast in a cup" disasters.
Note: Wheatbix, Nutella and yogurt don't blend that well.

Voxus.org is inspirational. Everything I

Voxus.org is inspirational.

Everything I want my photos to be

ie: good

Seems my entry for the

Seems my entry for the Channel V homepage graphic comp was named "Fuck Me"?? I really should write this stuff down as I forgot what it was.

As a runner up I won a T-Shirt and Backpack and the real winner wins a car!!!! Shit.

Oh, well a T-Shirt is cool :(

Ben from DVTS completed a

Ben from DVTS completed a Trolley desktop for me this week. And seeing as it's better then any of my other desktops, he will not be asked again to do anything for me :)

There are now 16 desktops to choose from in a variety of monchromatic colours.

I apologise in advance for the Devil Porn desktop.

I'm thinking of getting David

I'm thinking of getting David for my birtyday party.

:)

Wow, have your site review

Wow, have your site review within 5 working day for only $20. And then get more hits.

RAPID = RIPOFF

I can't imagine how many stupid people will pay, just to see their site on there and how many people will pay and then get rejected because CHP didn't think it was "Cool" enough.
I'll stick with Linkdup.com

From the mailing list email...
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days. We'll send you a note to let you know if your site will be
added to CHP, and if added, it'll be posted within 14 biz days. Just
$19.95 to accelerate your submission and start getting that jolt of
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You don't realise how unfit

You don't realise how unfit you are until you are put to the test. I tried a measly 1 chin-up today and failed.

Sad = me

And thus starts my new fitness mentality.

My submission for the Channel

My submission for the Channel V home page graphic is now in rotation.

Just keep refreshing the page until the nude guy on the seat comes up.

I'm not sure why they didn't email me??

It may not be the

It may not be the best solution for a image gallery but my Javascript version of Happy Snaps is now up and running. So from March onwards it will use this system. Please email me if it doesn't work at all. In fact just email me and tell me what is your fav photo (if any)

ghandi@start.com.au

Happy Snaps is being updated

Happy Snaps is being updated I'm just making a Javascripty thing to automate it as best I can. (ie with my very limited knowledge of javascript)

So give me 2 days and it will be ready.

And then it won't work??

Come to Daddy. I don't

Come to Daddy. I don't think I can ever get tired of this film clip.
Same goes for Window Licker. Michael Jackson references, booty and swearing. You can't go wrong.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was,

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was, as everyone else has allready said, very enjoyable.

I saw it at the Roxy cinema in Parramatta. I just wish it was in the huge, and very atmosheric, cinema one rather than the wooden floored cinema two. Oh well still good.

Note: The Roxy has to be the coolest building in Parramatta. Pink on the outside, QVB like on the inside. Cinema one has to be seen to be believed.

untitledmagazine is another photography site

untitledmagazine is another photography site that I will link too. Why because it rocks. And it just goes to show me I have so much to learn and I love that.

I've asked to do a trolley series and either way I'm gonna do it. Follow that with the "sad taps" of Sydney.

Note: 4 more photos till 4000, i'm excited (Big kev style)

Robots, clones, sexx and drugs

Robots, clones, sexx and drugs = ktron.t2u.com

Not to be confused with
ktron.com Feeding solutions for bulk materials and liquids in the process industries

Don't you hate it when

Don't you hate it when you fall asleep on the bean bag and have to make it up to go to bed.

19 more photos and I've reached the 4000 mark. Yay !!

Will from 10k photos
"I'm not a professional photographer so don't expect anything good, it's just that I've taken so many pictures the bell curve dictates a few will be pretty."
I think this is my mantra

I picked up a cop

I picked up a cop of Juxtapoz and was struck by SHAG

I can't wait to get his books and mabye splurge on a print. From the hip cafe scenes to the Tiki filled lounge's I can't get enough.

In fact the entire issue of Juxtapose was filled with interesting links and fantastic, surreal art. If you see it have a flick through it's worth it.

Version 2 of the most

Version 2 of the most highly antisipated site in Hyro's history is up. Shibu has been crapping on about his new site design for months now and finally we get to see the fruits of his long torturous labour.

Visit Machproperties V2 now.

Make sure to check out the "me" section as that photo is classic.

He apologises about the bugs on Mac's and Netscape but at 4.30 in the morning you just don't care about web standards and Mac users.

I have redesigned Flashturbation and

I have redesigned Flashturbation and also moved it to the .org address I got further back.

Look out for Truffles redesign soon (soon meaning a long time)

10kphotos Wow, The guy not

10kphotos

Wow,

The guy not only take a shitload of photos but he's got a great attitude. Can't wait to sit down for an hour and try to make it through a few sections.

Mmmm 3 photo links in a row wonder what my passion is right now??

I'm not sure when they

I'm not sure when they redesigned but fortunecookie500 is back giving out those free photos whch I enjoyed so much last year.

This is open source digital photography.

Loves those butterflies

He's aussie, he's talented and

He's aussie, he's talented and he takes great photos.

His site main is DOTPSD and his other site is Transit which I linked to earlier.

He also got to go to Hong Kong the lucky bastard.

March Happy Snaps have begun.

March Happy Snaps have begun. Presented in Noir Style B/W. This way I don't have to worry about the colour shift from my laptop screen to PC monitors.

Note: There are larger versions of the images if you click the second image. This will pop up a new window with a 640x480 image.

And thus ends my 6

And thus ends my 6 days off in a row.

Achievements include:
Not showering for 3 days
Not shaving
Completing 3 levels of Crash Bash on Playstation
1 game of unenthusiastic tennis
Spending half that time wearing just boxers

None of the above were on my to do list (well except the boxers thing)

Good to see another Sandra

Good to see another Sandra Bullock movie at the cinema's. Keeping people regular since Speed 2

Why are banks charging for

Why are banks charging for internet transactions??
They are even charging for a transaction history.

We are the tight, virgin ass to be fucked over and over again by these huge companies that make billions.

I am Jack's enflamed colon.

SWEATYSCROTUM.COM sorry Domain surfer.com again

SWEATYSCROTUM.COM sorry Domain surfer.com again I can't help myself

Wondering how long until my

Wondering how long until my birthday?? Trying to work out how long before I am bored at my secret birthday party Mum is organising at the local bowls club in Broadbeach??

Well use threeOh's May 1st countdown machine

Ohhh, how I hate my birthdays.

I bought a cable to

I bought a cable to connect my stereo to my TV.
Now I can enjoy Walker Texas Ranger in full stereo. Ahhhh bliss :)
Best $12.95 I've ever spent.

New desktops, right wing and

New desktops, right wing and movie ratings.

A new series of Wobbly Wheel is coming soon.

Australian TV is in the

Australian TV is in the grips of Cash Fever.
First we had Sale of the Century (people win prizes and then after a week and a half of questions they can win the cash jackpot)

Name of show followed but top cash prize

Now we have Greed = 1,070,000
Who Wants to be a Millionare = 1,000,000
The Weakest Link = 100,000 (painful to watch)
Cash Bonanza (Larry Emdure I missed you) = 250,000

Now there are no prizes, just cash. Add these to the amount of Reality TV we have on now and thats 60% of prime time programming (exageratted estimate)

I picked up TRM (probably

I picked up TRM (probably the best designed street press) and found this link to planetmg.

Those squished circles in the logo look cool but that's where it ends. Why do people just hack sites together like this. A bit of a shocker. Not that I can really talk

Just a quick update that

Just a quick update that all 65 staff will get a full redundency package and be able to keep their share options.

It seems theslipperytruffle.com will be

It seems theslipperytruffle.com will be cutting 65 jobs from its staff of 1,245

I will release a more detailed statement once the legal issues have been sorted out.

This have been an announcement from the CEO Ghandi

It seems to me that

It seems to me that its easier to keep a steady job in porn than in a web design company. But then again the porn industry don't hire loads of people that do nothing.

You either fuck or you get fucked.

With a web design company there are limp dicks all around.

Here's an interesting search result

Here's an interesting search result for Flashturbation.

Ok, I can understand why people search for double penetration but as to why they thought my site worthy of a click is beyond me. The title may be misleading but the description isn't.

puppetryofthepenis - they are taking

puppetryofthepenis - they are taking auditions soon it seems.

URL Counts from Domain surfer:

URL Counts from Domain surfer:
Design = 156,863
Sex = 134,192
Fuck = 17,515
Australia = 16,615
Flash = 13,933
Nerd = 5,699
Anus = 4,446
Chicken = 3,804
Microsoft = 3,566
Pokemon = 3,240
Fart = 2,831
Cunt =2,321
Ashley = 2,127
Pork = 1,786
Coke = 1,712
Jelly = 1,485
Turd = 1,424
Pepsi = 982
Oink = 696
Trolley = 618
McDonalds = 596
Truffle = 380
Spork = 203
Boing = 171
Crumpet = 38
Ok, according to this there is; more design on the web than sex. More chicken than Microsoft. More pork than coke. It's easier to find a truffle than a crumpet. And there are more cunts than there are Ashley's.

It seems the Sporks can

It seems the Sporks can hold their own when it comes to funny URL's.
Here is a few that tickled my fancy from DomainSurfer

http://www.lordspork.com - he he
http://www.anti-spork.com
http://www.death-by-spork.com
http://www.sporkandfoon.com - Kitchen Stuff for Curious Minds??
http://www.sporkgasm.com
http://www.yesilyurtsporkulubu.com - ok doesn't really count

I must admit I like

I must admit I like the word "Spork".
It just rolls off the toungue. The melding of spoon and fork.
The utensil for those with not enough room for 2 pieces of cutlery.

Not to be mistaken for the less popular "Splade". Which sounds no way near as funny.

I just bought John Maeda's

I just bought John Maeda's book Maeda @ Media. I paid $65 AUD, so I think that $60 US on Amazon is a bit of a rip off.
Note: In no way will I profit from anything you buy on Amazon.

Little did I know the guy was such a pioneer in mathmatical design (design by numbers). He could be the only person to lay claim to inventing flying letters. When he did it back in 1997 it was cool. Now it's just annoying :)

His work is still amazing to day and to think he was doing all this crazy stuff back in the early 1990's.
Check out his site, Maedastudio which contains a good back cataloge of his work and also quicktimes of his 4 previous books. Tap, type and write is amazing.

What an inspiring person. I just wish I had more words in my vocabulary, as I;m getting bored refering to everthing as amazing, cool and sweet.

A design collective of ultra

A design collective of ultra cool kids. Sounds like someones been waving the wank wand over their site.
Then on closer inspection there is actually some nice stuff in there and some sweet photography.

feelingsinister

Great name, sweet site

yewknee.com redesigns.

yewknee.com redesigns.

Hey, this is the first

Hey, this is the first time some one has copied one of my designs. Funny they even thought it kind enough to link back to one of my sites.

Check out mypocketpc he he fools. This site looks like shit.

Note: I am refering to my site looking like shit. Why would someone want to copy??

MacMame rocks. I'm in pixel

MacMame rocks. I'm in pixel heaven. Why buy games when there is just a wealth (2770+) of games available for free!!

Yay!!! Happy Snaps for Febuary

Yay!!! Happy Snaps for Febuary 100 JPEGS of Indonesia are up. Please remember to click on the larger image after you read the comment as they look so much better at 640x480

Who needs programming skills, or funky javascript when you can just spend a week doing something.
Who needs sleep for that matter.

Note:
It rained 10 of the 13 days I was there (it's raining season)
I spent alot of time travelling in car (most photos shot through glass)
I have no photography training (well 2 weeks in year 12 but I'm not counting that)
I will be going through javascript books to make this photo process a whole lot easier for me
All photos are copyright © me. If you would like to use any email me and I'll send you the full resolution copy.

aáreáoála (-r-l) also aráeáole (‰r-l).

aáreáoála (-r-l) also aráeáole (‰r-l).
n., pl. aáreáoálae (-l) or aáreáoálas also aráeáoles (-lz).

1. areole
a. Biology. A small space or interstice in a tissue or part, such as the area bounded by small veins in a leaf or the wing of an insect.
b. A small, specialized, cushionlike area on a cactus from which hairs, glochids, spines, branches, or flowers may arise.
2. Anatomy. A small ring of color around a center portion, as about the nipple of the breast or the part of the iris surrounding the pupil of the eye.

Why is she pushing a truffle into her eye?? Doesn't that hurt

Here is a lady who

Here is a lady who seems quite excited about slippery truffles. If only I knew what a areolae was.

Note: Kiddies don't read past the 4th paragraph as it gets a bit raunchy. :P

Truffle Fantasy

I have neglected visiting BoingBoing.net

I have neglected visiting BoingBoing.net and I realise now this is a site you must visit daily.

The Nike ID emails are classic

I have no idea why

I have no idea why I bought a fancy microwave last year with all these extra settings and buttons when all I do is push 123 and START everytime.

Even if I know its going to take longer than 1 minute & 23 seconds I just keep repeating the process, while poking it with a fork or spoon, until its hot enough.

I have a defrost function but 123 START does the same thing. It defrosts.

Hey my profile is up

Hey my profile is up on Australianinfront.com.au

insert ego here >>

Mmmm some of my answers are a bit dodgey as is my photo. Trolley porn gotta love it.

3 am... and I have

3 am... and I have completed all 100 small and large Indo happy snaps. Also completed the contact sheet.

Now all thats left to do is place them in html pages and link them all up.

Adu.... sakit kepala

I learnt two things about

I learnt two things about my neighbours today.

One has taken up the trumpet
The other enjoys singing along to Annie Lennox on their balcony

They should get together and form a band.

ET's Cover Story for tonight

ET's Cover Story for tonight is Micheal Jacksons love life??

OK 54/100 indo snaps done.

OK 54/100 indo snaps done.

TNUC: No added MSG

TNUC: No added MSG

If all big corporates give

If all big corporates give kickbacks for completing websites for them I'd love to be involved in the following sites:

1: Sony
2: Audi
3: Apple
4: General Pants
5: Singapore Airlines

diet Coke just delivered 3

diet Coke just delivered 3 boxes of Coke products to our office, so now our mini-fridge is overflowing with Pump water, Coke and diet Coke.

I only like Lemon Lift :( but the water is ok.

What have I've been doing

What have I've been doing at work the last 2 weeks??

Who give's a shit??

livealittle.com.au is the website for Diet Coke's new ad campaign

All I did was get all the files to link together and talk to the small .asp database.
The rest was done by all the guru's at Hyro.com

Oh, and lets all give a big hand to IBM for competely fucking up and handling the hosting with the quality of a hotdog salesman.
E-Bussiness solutions my ass.

Ok, I don't think I

Ok, I don't think I realised how long preparing 100 images and 100 pages would take. Therefore I am still getting my Indo Happy Snaps ready. Also with the impending realease of Rob's Jugghead.com I will be removing some sections and moving them to Jugghead.

OK if no new content

OK if no new content goes up tonight you can blame my beanbag for this :)

This happened a few days

This happened a few days ago and has made front pages of the newspapaers and the national news. I too live in Ashfield and would be just as pissed if my stuff was knicked. But then again the best thing in my house is my fridge and washing machine.

Wanted Dead or Alive the best use of webcams I have seen.

It takes just a few

It takes just a few freelancers that look out for themsleves and rip companies off that give all freelancers a bad name.

Also cheap ass freelancers that sell themselves for $30 - 50 per hour sends a bad message to companies as they expect you to know everything yet whore your ass for $50 per hour.

There should be a licence to freelance and there should be regular checks, as I feel like if I ever want to freelance again I will be in bad company.

:(

:(

Hectic stepped up another level

Hectic stepped up another level and I hardly have time to think about wierd ways to hurt my neighbours.

Sorry truffle and flashturbation updated next week. for now check out waferbaby

Wow I love his functionality and simplicity. He's also cheerful recently

It's a bit hectic here

It's a bit hectic here at work so updates will occour in the next week.

Also I want to redesign (just for functionality) and that will come about later.
Sorry for the lack of interesting and crude posts by me.
I'll really try this time

Think for yourself and question

Think for yourself and question aurthority. (Tool)

Eat more cheese

Spelling mistakes are enievitable

Don't let one person make your life less enjoyable

Get nude

Try doing it without drugs

Talk to someone on the train

Donate more money than you ever have to a charity

I'm an idiot

Nothing I hate more than

Nothing I hate more than a bored stiffy in public places.

Today I found a use for those little pillows they give you on flights as I found myself with a morning glory as we prepared for landing in Sydney.

Too much information?? Well I'll save the photo for later :)

I took over 1100 photos

I took over 1100 photos in my 13 days in Indo. I won't bore everyone with them so I'll choose 100 and make up a contact sheet. But right now work beckons allready so there isn't even time for jetlag.

Singapore airport is so expensive

i'm back yay

i'm back yay

In case people were wondering

In case people were wondering (even if you wern't then I'm still gonna tell ya) I'm on holidays in Indonesia.

Malang to be precise a smaller town on the Java island. About 1 hr from Suraybaya (spelt incorectly) (as is incorectly)

All I can say is I wish I has a video camera and 2 more cameras as everything here is amazing. My stomach isn't agreeing with the food so much but my eyes are. I have seen 2 other westerners (in a resturant) since arriving 4 days ago. Crazy stuff.

I'll be back on Feb 2nd.

Until then this will be my only update.

:)

Oh Indonesian driving has to be seen to be believed.

Can anyone top my Saturday

Can anyone top my Saturday night viewing?

Listed here in the order I watched.

1: From Dusk till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
2: Street Fighter: The Movie (the last hr)
3: Mortal Kombat: Conquest (TV series)
4: Thunder In Paradise (Hulk Hogans TV series)

After Thunder In Paradise I was pretty much too tired for anything. Only 22 episodes for this series??

It seems the level of

It seems the level of content in the news here has gone right down in the gutter.
Poo, nakednews etc

I'll make an effort from now to steer clear of highschool humour

The Encyclopedia of Poo is

The Encyclopedia of Poo is a big hard cover book I noticed while walking through a book store at lunch. It's not hard to miss a book witha giant turd on the cover. The back cover is even better.

While I only flicked through briefly it seems its just double page spreads of different animals shit.

The perfect gift for the person who like feaces.

Pitaru.com is a beautiful example

Pitaru.com is a beautiful example of how flash and sound can work together to create something truely immersive.

I'll put my pants back on now :)

I'd like to thank DB

I'd like to thank DB for sending me this link today.

NakedNews.com

Also try GullibleNews.com :)

The internet: 11% stupid 89% porn

I love anime and a

I love anime and a fantasy of mine is to own a hulking big robot amour like in Robotec (Macross) so I can crush my neighbours and old managers from my days at McDonalds (yeah Fiona that means you)

Here is some fine examples of Mecha Design by those crazy Japanese. I'll take a 57PROG in metallic green thanks.

How I found this site is anyones guess.

New desktop, right wing view

New desktop, right wing view and inductee into the H8T list

Not to be taken orally:

Not to be taken orally: TNUC

I like the sound of

I like the sound of a Blogger coffee mug but there is no way I can afford almost $40 AUD for 1 mug.

Thank you Andrew for reminding

Thank you Andrew for reminding me that Buffy is another great show on at 10.30 pm. So was Red Dwarf when it was on.

Some would even say that it is the other prime time.

If I had my way

If I had my way my upstairs neighbours would have their smell sense changed, so that anytime they smell something it smells like freshly cut toe nails. Also the texture of toe nails in thier mouth would also be ever present.

If only............

Blogging has caused me more

Blogging has caused me more late nights than any other pastime.

Well at least ones I can openly talk about without feeling embarressed

My mate Dan lost his

My mate Dan lost his EFTPOS card a week ago during christmas
This caused great hastle as the banks hardly opened
His former room mate washed his passport beyond recognition in the laundry
His licence expired a few weeks back in Qld
He hasn't seen his birt certificate in years
To get a 18+ card he needs someone who has a NSW licence to sign that they have known him for over a year
I don't have a licence (mine expired)
He was trying to get ID while wearing a temp uniform with the name TOM on the pocket
His work needs him to get a sequirty pass & mobile phone to do his job
He needs ID to get this pass and ID to get a phone
He is still looking for a place to live while he stays at my place
His girlfriend, room mate and grandma arrive tommorow morning with all their stuff in a hire car

If there is ever a movie about his life Ben Stiller would definetly have to be the star

For a hard earned thirst:

For a hard earned thirst: TNUC

Recieved my first email from

Recieved my first email from this site yesterday and as he said "My email cherry has been popped"

If you feel like sloppy seconds then email me now ghandi@start.com.au

AshleyWood.com has added content which

AshleyWood.com has added content which means it's actually worth visiting. Before it was just one graphic. (which looked slick by the way)

And to top it off he's Australian !!

As you may notice I

As you may notice I have removed the MIDI background music from this site.

If you feel it added to the site and made it that bit more enjoyable (as id did) then email me

ghandi@start.com.au

TNUC : When pain persists

TNUC : When pain persists

I paid a deposit on

I paid a deposit on my new glasses about a month ago
At the time there was a 10% sale
Well today I went in and there was a 30% sale
It seems my deposit voids me getting the extra 20%

I hate that shite

Happy Snaps for Jan :2001

Happy Snaps for Jan :2001 are up. Now in black

Happy Snaps for Jan:2001 are

Happy Snaps for Jan:2001 are 2 days away. I have guests (Mum) and they have put a dent in development time.

It seems Shockfusion is still

It seems Shockfusion is still going and in the Area challenge they are down to the last two competitors.

All I can say is that Mr.B is one talented individual. His final submission is flawless and very, very slick. I can't believe how much work went into his presentation.

I love his robot nav on his site as well.

Due to the immense traffic

Due to the immense traffic to this site, I have realised I will need a more powerful computer. I have configured my dream machine and only need $ 131998.00 USD to purchase it.

All donations will be tax deductable :)

The hits to this site

The hits to this site have are 25X more than last week but I know my 15 min wont last but hey it's fun to check the hits now

Thanks again Justin

Speaking of Chuck Norris I'd

Speaking of Chuck Norris I'd put my money of him if a duke out with Nash Bridges

But then again Don Johnson hasn't rumbled with Bruce Lee so there is really no competition.

Usually when a TV show

Usually when a TV show is on at 10.30 it means one of three things;

1: It's an info-commercial
2: It's a cheesy series
3: It's insanely good and you wonder why it's on so late (ala Duckman, Denton)

Well one of my favourite shows Firstwave falls into category 2. It is cheesy, lame plots, try hard X-files stuff, but at 10.30 I'm hooked. Upon looking at thier website for the first time it seems it has made it too series 3 which surprised and secretly thrilled me.

This is the first time i have outed my liking for the show, so there is no going back now.

I also like to watch Walker Texas Ranger but for different reasons. (i know Rob has admitted to this aswell) Who can resist seeing Chuck Norris kicking ass in demin jeans and solving crimes. I can't believe they have made 190 episodes.

Just a reminder that it

Just a reminder that it was Big Brother not BigMommas to sign up for at scape.com

Big thanks to Justin Fox

Big thanks to Justin Fox of Australianinfront for spamming my url's across three design sites

The Slippery Truffle as advertised in Australianinfront.com.au, kiiroi.nu and digital-web.com

I love photography and at

I love photography and at Transit there are some fine examples of the Lomo style, which is so sexy.

I hope he feels like updating soon as there is no better way to get a feel for a city than to see other peoples candid photos.

Why not sign up for

Why not sign up for Australia's version of Big Brother for your chance to win $250,000 and a chance to be a celebrity. 85 days of being filmed doing everything from picking your nose to shagging the other contestants.

All sign-up are done through Scape.com which is Asutralia's new, heavily advertised portal for youth. From Village Roadshow and Channel 10.

Blogger are asking people to

Blogger are asking people to give money to help pay for an upgrade.
Find out more details here

If donating $5 means that Blogger, the website that runs the news of this section, will be faster and continue to be free, then sign me up.

Non-US citizens have to go through a bit more hastle but you only have to do it once.
So do your bit and donate.

What's $1 dollar gonna matter?? That will provide a Blogger employee with food for a week.

Happy Snaps are now updated

Happy Snaps are now updated for 2000. From 20 December onwards it's all Queensland photos.

Enjoy :)

January Happy Snaps will start very soon I just have to clean my apartment first :(

Back in wonderful Sydney after

Back in wonderful Sydney after 12 long hrs in car.

I have never wanted a V6 or V8, any other time than when driving from Gold Coast to Sydney.

It seems Prate.com also had

It seems Prate.com also had the idea to use a command line system of navigation.

Flashturbation V2 used this and I don't think the general public like typing in just to navigate. If that "design concept" stays there for more than a month i'll be surprised.

There was also another Australian site that used the same method and it came out with it ages ago but i forget the URL.

Revolt something??

Snyopsis: People like buttons. People want everything as easy as can be so why complicate it. Just to be anti-web or cool. Mmmm leave that for jodi.org and turox.org

OK Dan had to check

OK Dan had to check into an internet cafe so I'm here for one last blog.

Designiskinky.net is a great Australian design site. Andrew can be a rude bastard but lets leave that alone.

DIK.net is a whole different story

I'm off for a swim

I'm off for a swim as its very hot. Also this may be my last bolg for 2000 so here's my new years message;

Just remember that when celebrating New Years, no one likes the smell of vomit, girls don't enjoy being groeped by drunk men and there is nothing you can do with a mailbox once you steal it.

Have a fun and safe New Year.

Also interested in getting your

Also interested in getting your own Truffle URL and don't know where to start

Well Domainsurfer.com can help you narrow down your selection

Some stand-out Truffle URL's that I would not have know about are

WINES-VINO-GOURMET-FOOD-TRUFFLES-SAFFRON-OLIVE-OIL.COM
SINFULLYRICHHANDMADETRUFFLES.COM
THETRUFFLECLUB.COM
The Truffle Club is Glasgow 's Premier tableside dancing club. The club offers luxurious and opulent surroundings in which to enjoy some of the most beautiful girls from around the world.

WE-HAVE-TRUFFLES.COM
TRUFFLESCOFFEESTEASCOCOASANDMORE.COM

And as always my favourite ProjectTruffle.com

Now is the perfect time

Now is the perfect time to be part of Wank.tv

They are looking for talented people to produce content in the areas of jokes, graffiti, animations and other non-wank related stuff.

Wank.tv the future in portals

Here's the perfect gift for

Here's the perfect gift for the friend who has everything. Well mabye not the perfect gift or even a usefull one. Why not buy your parents a colour each to say thanks.

adoptacolor.com lets you select and name an unique colour.

There are over 5,825 colours allready registered, so get in quick. Luckily no one has "Poo Brown" but it can't stay like that for long.

If anyone has a spare $70 USD then why not buy me "Truffle Blue" and "Poo Brown" as seen here

Rang my friend at work

Rang my friend at work yesterday and had to pretend to be his brother just so I could contact him. And just before he was handed the phone he was told no persoanl calls?!?

No, he doesn't work at a Nazi weapons factory from 1940's or a Nike shoe factory, he works at McDonalds of which comparisons can be drawn.

1: Shitty pay
2: No benefits
3: Motto's: Nike "Ignorence is bliss" & McDonalds: "Get them young, fuck them young"
4: Poor product, mass appeal
5: Exploits people, while making billions
6: Sponsors everything from sport to hospitals
7: Has a logo that is more recognisable than the christian cross

Mmmm got a bit carried away and off topic.
For Australia's largest employer of casual staff I feel they should treat their staff with a bit more respect than that.

If only the owner of

If only the owner of Jesus.com had a "Bowling with Jesus" section as I'd be into that.

Sadly, it seems Jesus is only interested in bathing with people. So far it seems Jesus has had only one person take him up on the offer of a bath

Link from www.BoingBoing.net

First time I felt drunk

First time I felt drunk for over 3 years. Still have no idea what the big thrill is so I'll stick to my OJ's

I think this is the

I think this is the first time something I have done has been called clever.
Here's what Hausmeista from Ston3d Pixel Offensive had to say.

flashturbation - lots of very clever flash experiments for you to look at and download, definitely worth a visit.

So far 0 emails for

So far 0 emails for Danny.

He's not picky ladies and I know I said Qld but long distance is also an option :)

Don't you hate it when

Don't you hate it when the second-hand CD store you used to go to is replaced with an "Adult Concepts" store.

What's so conceptual about a glow-in-the-dark rubber dick?? Or edible undies???

Mabye it's like advertising where you have to be in the industry to really understand it fully.

Blogging is becoming such a

Blogging is becoming such a part of my life that I find myself saying "Nothing to blog about" instead of "Nothing to write home about"

Sad = me

I will have to say

I will have to say that I am very happy that the word "boing" is being used so well here at boingboing.net

More interesting links than you can poke a grapefruit at.

Here is just 2 of many found in just 2 min at boingboing.net

whowouldbuythat.com
:If only I found this before christmas shopping

NASA photo of Earth at night
:Fascinating image but they cut Australia out?!?

Oh yeah forgot to add

Oh yeah forgot to add that Danny is hung like a wild Brumby :)

Sorry about the lack of

Sorry about the lack of happy snaps being uploaded. Im trying to take as many photos as I can while in Qld and will upload all at the end.

Got bored, so I redesigned Flashturbation

Yay! christmas with really small

Yay! christmas with really small families.

Number of presents I had to buy = 3
Number of presents I'm expecting to recieve = 2 (little sister is excused)
Time spent thinking about the real meaning of christmas = 1min
Time spent stuffing face with food = 3 hrs
Number of times I have heard "Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer" thanks to next doors christmas lights = 536

This year I saved time on cards by just sending SMS cards.

Public Service Announcement: Ladies looking

Public Service Announcement:

Ladies looking for love in Gold Coast?

My mate Danny is looking for that special lady. His last girlfriend deflated in a horrific puncture accident and he is now ready to move on.

He's 23, a pilot for Qantas, which means duty free booze all year round, has an extensive porn collection, can cook over 5 different micowave meals and is also looking for someone special to spend the nights with.

Email me on Ghandi@start.com.au and I'll foward on the email to him

No need to thank me Danny :)

Well here I am in

Well here I am in the wonderful Gold Coast. The place where I spent most my adolecent life. Well 14 years of it.

I just wish my licence hadn't expired as the public transport here is the worst. Thanks mum for the lift to Pac Fair.

It's also amazing how little has changed and how many people still have the same jobs 3 years after I left for Sydney. Amazing but also sad. A few marriges and a few babies thats about it.

Oh, and if you are reading this "Will Blackie" then thanks for saying hi. I thought we were mates. Sorry I didn't move up the coolness ladder with you, but there's no need for the cold shoulder. I hope Massive Auctions looks after you buddy :)

As for the weather it's 30+ everyday, much like Sydney, but at least here you can go for a swim without having to take a train.

Merry Christmas and a Happy

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all 4 people that visit this site.

If you would like to see what i have been doing at work the last few days then click on these:

Mac Christmas Card
PC Christmas Card

Couple of spelling mistakes but hey thats Robs fault :)

Credit:
Design= Rob "the crazy vegetarian"
Concept= Rob 90% me 10%
Sound= Rob
Game= Me
Presents = Jo

This is a test for

This is a test for the blogger search function and peoples search habits.

sex, nude, horney, xxx, pussy, dick, free, virgin, hooker, cunt

All words used for experimental reason only.

I thought of a website

I thought of a website where you go, enter in the type of restaurant you want to start up, and it will generate a catchy pun for the name.

Example:

Thai= Thai-phoon, Thai-me up, Thai-tanic, Thai-coon, Thai-dye, Shirt & Thai

Ok the last 2 sucked but you get the idea.

I have just confirmed a

I have just confirmed a trip to Indonesia in January of next year. This will be my first trip oversea's so it will be an adventure for me. As of right now I don't even own a passport.

So from January 16 - Feb 03, 2001 there will be few updates (I'll try to blog). But after that, expect a whole new world of Happy Snaps

Moo Sequencer Probably the greatest

Moo Sequencer

Probably the greatest piece of Shockwave (Rampage a close second) I have seen.

I have a cut on

I have a cut on the side of my tongue right at the back.

Just thought I would share that with you all.

Nike is promoting their latest

Nike is promoting their latest shoes with the word "Boing"

There just needs to be an ad using the word "Oink" and all my favourite words will be used up :(

While I have seen Kottke

While I have seen Kottke invent new words I thought I'd try my hand at it.

"Unforghetti" : adj. (un-for-get-ti) Spaghetti that is so good, it earns a place in your memory: "That pasta was Unforghetti"

Inspired by the brilliant piece of advertising I saw on a bus "Make your spaghetti- speedghetti"
And to think the company paid for that??

Just an update on my

Just an update on my Right Wing Rant on "The Comman Sense Police"

Each Comman Sense enforcer can choose to be equiped a :

1) piss filled Super Soaker or
2) Megaphone tuned in to the human bowel to cause instant defecation

We can only hope the funding is approved.

I saw a guy eating

I saw a guy eating a steak sandwhich on the way to work. I enjoy a steak as much as any meat eater, but steak at 9am is a bit much.

What sound does a dog

What sound does a dog make??

What sound does a rooster make??

These are standard questions but you will get drastically different answers depending on who you ask. And the main factor for the differences is the country they grew up in.

I always thought that "Cock-a-doodle-doo" was universal but it seems to be only for english speaking people. So next time you meet someone from another country ask them a simple question like this and have fun learning about another culture.

A rooster in Indonesian, i will sound it out, is:- crooke-koo-die-ou (well that's pretty rough)
I came about this while listening to Old McDonald had a farm in Indonesian.

Happy Snaps is now up

Happy Snaps is now up to date. If you haven't had a look I recommend you do, as it's the only thing I have done that I'm proud of.

I'm nearly at the 2000 photo mark on my camera. (Fascinating huh!?!)

I think by them time

I think by them time i turn 21 i will have the thumbs of a 70 year old, thanks to Playstation and Nintendo 64.

I played mabye 2 hours solid of games on the weekend and my thumbs are blistered and throbbing. I don't know if it's these new controllers but I was a fanatic Mega Drive (Genesis) player and never had this problem??

Sydney has its fair share

Sydney has its fair share of Mormans and there is nothing more exciting than making in through Chatswood Morman free. But you have to wonder about all those guys away from family and friends and the fact it'd be pretty boring in a Morman dorm. Mabye the fact they seem so uptight is the fact they have been following this piece of literature on Morman masturbation (two words you don't wanna see together)

Mabye we should all pitch in and buy them some porno's and a packet of wet-ones and mabye they'll loosen up??

Or if you've just had a brain transplant with a member of the opposite sex (like in a bad 80's movie) and have no idea of how to work the plumming, then get all the info from AskMen.com

There were only 3 listings

There were only 3 listings of site with site about truffles on www.afternic.com

Domain -- Suggested Price
TruffleBox.com Ê $34,166.67
TruffleBox.net ÊÊ $0Ê
truffles-r-us.com Ê $0ÊÊ

He, he Truffles-r-us.com that's great.

Wait here we go www.taebo.com

Wait here we go www.taebo.com

It seems their site is undergoing some changes. I'm guessing puberty.

No matter how many times

No matter how many times I tell myself I'm going to exersise and lose my ever increasing gut, I still find myself plonked infront of this computer.

In saying that my girlfriend has built herself a tidy six pack and muscle definition in just 2.5 months of gym.

If only www.taibo.com wasn't just a graphic.

Well it's just one week

Well it's just one week old in the cinema's here but you can already buy Chicken Run on Amazon.com.

You can also buy Drive By Shootings on Amazon. I got it for $30 AUD (cheap for such a thick hard cover book) and is a fasinating read.

I have never visited New York but by looking at the hundreds of photos this New York cabbie has taken, over a 10 year period, I feel I know the place inside out. Filled with interesting B/W photos of the people, buildings and life style of New York City. It would make a great gift for people interested in photography or fly on the wall books.

Don't worry I will not profit from any sales on Amazon.

Remember nothing says "I Love

Remember nothing says "I Love you" more this christmas than a big box of Slippery Truffles.

Not only great tasting but good for the digestive track too. Available in all gormet food stores.

It's not everyday that giant

It's not everyday that giant inflatable KISS figures are right outside your work. I thought I'd share this photo with you. I'm not a KISS fan I just enjoy things that are three stories high and inflatable.

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Can't go wrong with Transformers

Can't go wrong with Transformers

It would have been good to see a bit less Attik layered style but they look great anyway.

Also check out the Visual response to "Karma" with a whopping 85 entries.

If there is anything that

If there is anything that I hate more than people that will not give to charities, it's people that stop other people from giving to charities.

At Coles (a large supermarket chain in Australia) they have bins (big boxes with Salvation Army written on them) where you put non-perishables in for needy people. Stuff like muesili bars, tin food, biscutes etc etc.

Well I don't mind buying a few extra good when I shop and put them in this bin but it's hard to do that when the bin is full of rubbish. Half eaten ice creams, empty drink cans and stuff like that ruin all the goods in the bin and thus ruining the goods in the bin.

Just makes me angry and sad at the same time.

I was given a free

I was given a free lesson in how to play table tennis yesterday, or as some would say a complete ass whooping by Shibu.

I'm sure he'll blog his triumph on his page on Machproperties

Ant (mr cactushead fame) has

Ant (mr cactushead fame) has a new site called Big Blue Wobbly

I'm not sure what he is going to do with it but I bet it will be funny

I can't get enough Jotto

I can't get enough Jotto art.

I wish I had Jotto bedsheets.

Here's a tip: Next time

Here's a tip: Next time you decide to start fiddling around with the back of someones computer, turn it off.

Within 5 min of walking in today I fried the account managers PC with the flick of a switch. No wonder it felt like it was jammed, and that there was a sticker over it.

V2 of Fruitloops is up.

V2 of Fruitloops is up. Can't get much smaller in size (405 bytes) than that.

It seems everyone is jumping

It seems everyone is jumping on the trolley bandwagon. First Gomez now FameWhore with his DIK T-Shirt??

Ever lose your mums phone

Ever lose your mums phone number and have to wait until she rings you, otherwise there are no christmas celebrations??

Yeah, me neither

Also, not that he needs

Also, not that he needs more praise, Evil Pupil has been updated and I have to say it's very special. This guy doesn't follow any trends he creates them. His use of sound in flash is unmatched.

I just wish he left links to previous versions of his work as they too are fantastic.

OK happy snaps are updated

OK happy snaps are updated until the 8th and a new desktop added to the huge database of desktops.

It seems the server decided

It seems the server decided to have a holiday for a couple of days but all should be cool now. I have been lazy with happy snaps and now have 4 days to catch up on.

Check back later today for new desktops.

Q: Where can you find

Q: Where can you find 2 CD's jam packed with original Australian electronic music??

A:Cognition 3

I thought of a new

I thought of a new game while on the train. What you do is sit in the fron area with all the other people and look at the 3-5 people sitting across from you in the long seat.

Then you imagine them in a TV sitcom and make up episodes.

Great fun and passes the time well

Ever have an old lady

Ever have an old lady staring at your jeans zipper bulge the entire train trip to work??

Yeah, me neither

Flashturbation/Fruitloops is no more. Sorry

Flashturbation/Fruitloops is no more. Sorry to all those that enjoyed it but I felt it was becoming more of an obligation to upload new stuff rather than just for fun (which it was intended to be).

This server is up and

This server is up and down more times than a grannie with a shonky ankle.

Mmmm site was down for

Mmmm site was down for a little while but it gave me time to update some sections which is good.

Desktop Emporium: desktop pictures
mr cactushead: weekly cartoon from Anthony
Stale Popcorn: simple reviews or movies and films

And a new month of happy snaps

I'll try not to

I'll try not to blog tommorow but if I do then forgive me. I think this is a great idea to get the Blogger community together for a cause.

Christmas time is a time for giving, so why not donate money to a charity.

What's $20 out of your weeks pay. Rally everyone at work togetther to donate and then choose a charity. Tight ass people will be forced to give otherwise they look bad. And make sure the bigg cheese give more than everyone else.

The Am i Hot or

The Am i Hot or Not sites are so addictive. You can't stop at just one. The guys here found another site with the same idea but this one lets you post comments. And let me say this there are some real poets out there you post comments.

Here's a sample "WoRsT-NiGhTmArE writes at Mon Nov 27 18:22:49 2000 from 203.96.111.201 (13):
iD r*O*0*t yoU!id PoUnD tHaT tIgHt LiTtlE AusSiE P*u*S*s*Y sO hArD , u
CoUlDnT WaLk "

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Remember you can still vote for me on Am I Hot or Not

Look out for my version, Rate my Fish, coming soon to truffle.

I have a very exciting

I have a very exciting cartoon coming to the Truffle in the next few days from Anthony who I also work with. By the end of the week you can see the exclusive preview of his crazy cartoon.

Ever go round showing off

Ever go round showing off your really long chest hair and get sad when you accidently pluck it out??

Yeah, me neither

Ever find a chest hair

Ever find a chest hair the length of your handspan??

Yeah, me neither

Just in case people don't

Just in case people don't bother to look in my Happy Snaps section, which I take such pride in, I thought I'd expand on a recent photo. Here you can find the official website of the Bondi Surf Seafood where they deep fry Mars Bars.

Not only that but it has been fully approved by Mars I didn't try one when I went to Bondi as I was full from the calimari but i'll try one next time.

If you are thinking of

If you are thinking of shopping on the net try
E-Store.com.au first then try D-Store.com.au

I have found that, although DStore looks alot better, EStore has heaps better prices, I'm talking $200+ cheaper on some things. It's search function works better. There is no rewards points system like DStore but I don't shop that often so it didn't matter.

When I got my camera from EStore it did take 2-3 weeks, as they were out of stock, but I still got it and they have a Freecall 1800 number to follow up your orders on which is good. Frieght was only $15 and I ended in saving $250+ in the end.

Channel V are running an

Channel V are running an interesting competition where you can submit images for their homepage. The good thing about the comp is you can win a car !?! Which is a good prize in anyones book.