Blink, and you miss the future

Because the future becomes the present:

This is Halloween

Yes, Yes. I know. It's a very American thing. But this guy lives in America, so I'm allowed to post it, ok?

Rescue Chopper at Lake Placid

The EMQ Rescue Helicopter has been buzzing Lake Placid and Barron Gorge last night and early today, does anyone know what's going on?

Completely Distasteful

...I mean, he used Comic Sans for goodness sake! Has he no respect for my eyes!





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How to tell your toddler is going to be a metal fan.

Sleep Talking

Have a look at the Sleep Talking Man blog. Here are a selection:

• If that shark thinks it's coming to bed for a cuddle, it's got another thing coming. God, it's all me me me with that fucker.


• It's all lumpy. Hmm. Lumpy. Let's make it smooth. Lumpy lumpy lumpy lumpy lumpy lumpy lump— Bugger! Bollocks and dammit! We're gonna have it lumpy. I can't be arsed.


• Sounds like you need an escape goat. With ropes on its horns and a headlight. And no fear of tunnels.


• Today couldn't have been any more perfect. Knowing you were on a slow train in hell, oh, that would be the cherry.

Fair Dinkum Election

The Drum on the ABC site has a great piece of satire.



Tell it like it is: the fair-dinkum election



This is my personal favorite:

No, I didn't get married and have kids. And if I had, you wouldn't be seeing me standing here, would you? I mean, how many married-with-children ladies do you see running the country? By the way, I just love that I keep getting asked, in incredulous tones, whether I am actually going to move Tim into The Lodge if I win. Jesus wept. What else am I going to do? Hit up the BER fund to construct a Covered Outdoor De Facto Area in the back yard where he can hang out? You'll notice I am keeping my temper when I get asked about this every day. But hot damn, do I feel like clunking your skulls together.

Radiation: Fun for the entire family....

...at least if you live in Berlin.



Remember kids, not all radiation is dangerous and we are living in the stuff every day.

Reverse Phone Number Lookup

Put in a mobile or landline phone number; get a name, address, etc.



Years ago I had one of these on CD, and I was pretty sure they were illegal now... Apparently not.



And now, for your stalking pleasure:



www.reversephones.com.au



And if you want to be truly scared:



pipl.com

Parking in the 21st Century.

Parking in Budapest:

Ask yourself: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

An interesting Quiz is available on News.com.au



It would appear I most resemble Clint Eastwood in my political alignment of Libertarian.

Police: Now Available in Lime Flavour

BE WARNED there's a new highway pursuit car in Cairns, and it's green!






Taken outside the Cop-Shop on Sheridan Street today.

1RXS J160929.1-210524 b

1RXS J160929.1-210524 b you say? Sounds like some obscure tax form.




Infact it's not. The small orange blob at the top of the above image is the first direct imaging of a planet orbiting around another star, which is about 470 lightyears away. The star's name is "1RXS J160929.1-210524". The planet is a little overweight at 8 times the mass of jupiter and very creatively known as "b".



via Space.com

One is not amused

The Queen has been watching the football, and she is not at all amused:

Find out where that referee is from. And get MI6 on the phone.

From her unofficial / fake Twitter Account

Football vs Football

No Day in Court for You.

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What the hell is with labor and censorship??? Our good old Captain Bligh just goes from strength to strength - suggesting police have the power to slap people with on-the-spot fines of $100 per hit for swearing. This is my favorite part of the article:

Ms Bligh said the move would increase efficiency, save time and fast-track more important matters in the courts by stopping minor public nuisance offenders from clogging the justice system.

Yes indeed, we wouldn't want people frivolously having their day in court for a frivolous offence do we?


So where is an exhaustive list of "Swear Words"? Will I be charged for sitting at a restaurant and saying "that was a bloody good meal"?


Well Frak that.

Surrealistic

An awesome collection of surrealistic art by suicidal Japanese artist Tetsuya Ishida can be found here.

Censorship 102

Welcome back students to your second censorship subject: Censorship 102 - What they really think about you.

You will find this subject draws heavily on matters covered in Censorship 101 - Controlling what they see, especially from chapters:

• 1. Convincing your people you need Internet Filter


• 3. Introducing your Internet Filter


• 6. Dealing with the backlash - The 'Child Porn' Excuse


• 7. Dealing with the backlash - The 'Bloody Pirates' Excuse


• 13. Expanding the filter to retain your power

The semester, we will be exploring how to monitor your citizens online and verifying that they are complying with Certified State Good-Think.

Best Licence Plate Ever.

I saw a car parked across the road from the Court House in Cairns today:





Incase anyone is confused about what WTF means (No, it does not mean "Weird True Freaky"), here's the proper definition.

Tastes like burning

Whats worse than hundred's of thousands of liters of Oil spilling into the sea?


Hundreds of thousands of liters of Oil spilling onto the sea On Fire:





*EDIT: Turns out it is actually just a ribbon that has recently moved into the camera's view*

Live BP Stream

It's Going To Ruin Us

The Android phone is for...

There are white folks, and then there are ignorant Mofos like you.

In 2006 Barack Obama won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word for his memoir Dreams From My Father.

One of the characters, Ray, had a bit of a potty mouth. The result?, well... who hasn't wanted to hear Barack Obama say "You ain't my bitch nigga, buy your own damn fries"?

Enjoy.

Reflexes of a Mongoose

iPad Printing Procedure

This is why I just love apple products, so simple and intuitive to use:

Sin Explained

No, Not that. This:







I wish someone had shown me that about 10 years ago.

Woolworths bans Visa Debit

Incase you missed it, Woolworths, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to ban the use of Visa Debit Cards from April 15, 2010.

This means that if you would normally use a Visa Debit Card, you will have to use the saving (spendings?) or cheque option at the checkout.

Or, as I plan to do - Fill up a nice big trolly, rock up to the checkout, attempt to pay with visa debit. When they decline, chastise the store manager and walk out.

For the sake of your other customers, don't do this during peak our. Or arrange a flashmob of 20 people to do it at the same time...

Ascii QR

In my spare time, I work on little projects. Here's one of them.



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It creates QR Codes in text, instead of images. The Source is available.

Shiny Suds: Shine-Tastic!

An Interview: Encyclopedia Dramatica moderator

After the Censorship affair earlier this year, Nine MSN contacted a moderator from Encyclopedia Dramatica (the "Evil Twin" of Wikipedia).



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What follows is a demonstration of well thought out, logical, calm and convincing discussion on the merits of absolute free speech.

A special note for the Stoners

Avoid watching while High*



*High on life of course

Readability

If you are a like me, it pains you to have to read articles that look like this or this. All that fluff and clutter.



Thankfully, there are solutions to these problems, like Readability.







Drag and drop it to your browser's bookmark bar (assuming you have a *proper* browser, like Opera, Chrome, Safari or Firefox) and click it for clean reading.

Sheridan Street, now with moar Big Brother

Looks like Sheridan Street is getting a Big Brother treatment:




I presume they will be used to watch for heavy vehicles running up and down Sheridan Street, because even The Nanny State has said that CCTV for Crime prevention is useless.

BitTorrent, How does it Work?

I'm sure you've all heard of BitTorrent, the tool of pirates, free software users, World of Warcraft Players and Universities. But how does it actually work?







Here is a great visualization on how the data gets shared around "Seeds" and "Peers". (You'll need to use a proper browser, Like Opera, Chrome, Firefox or Safari to view it, because Internet Explorer sucks)


Via TorrentFreak

Cubestormer

You are snowed in with nothing but a box of lego and a rubik's cube.


What do you do? Play with the rubik's cube until your hands get tired? Well you could do that, but because it's not just any lego, it's a box of Lego Mindstorm, you could be creative:





Via Gizmodo

Keep your foil, I'll take the Gel

On the back of the Foil Fiasco, which turns out to be another case of politicians not listening to experts, we have this little nugget: Aerogel the space age "frozen smoke" is now cheap enough to use as insulation.






So rip out your foil, and stick in some gel.

The Z-Car is officially Old!

Oh noes, my precious Z-Car is now 40! What to do!



Well, clearly make a 40th anniversary model!

The 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition starts out as a 370Z Coupe Touring model equipped with manual transmission and Sport Package (including SynchroRev Match, front chin spoiler, rear spoiler, Nissan Sport Brakes, 19-inch Rays forged aluminum-alloy wheels and viscous limited-slip differential) and adds a premium “40th Graphite” exterior color and red leather-appointed interior.

Now if you excuse me, I'll be in my bunk...

Big Pharm, Little Direction

Apparently, "Queensland Health has released figures revealing the disappointing uptake of the H1N1 vaccine".



Wait... lets read that again:

15 per cent of Far Northern residents have been vaccinated against swine flu... 2 per cent more than the state average.

So, we have another sensationalistic and complete false headline from the Cairns Post. I'm shocked.




Would it come as a surprise to you to find out that even some governments (funnily enough, not ours) are starting to question the severity of Swine Flu? I know, it is hard to believe, but just occasionally they wake up from their drunken binges on public money long enough to realize they've been had by the pharmaceutical companies.



Sigh... would someone please tell the sheep that it's all been one big scam?

And we're back, live here on the BBC

Well, maybe not on the BBC... But we are on the internets again. I'll try to keep the updates rolling this time, so stay tuned in.




But for now, here's a Google Buzz parody: