An ode to Kevin Rudd (apologies for the nudity, it’s probably less than he looked at, or felt 🙂 )
Blog
-
Australia’s Next Prime Minister Got Shitfaced And Touched Up Strippers In New York
Golden: from the same party that delivered a Prime Minister that held the world record for beer drinking comes Kevin Rudd, potentially (likely) the next Prime Minister of Australia who whilst representing Australia at the UN in 2003 allegedly got so maggoted he visited a strip club and “was warned against touching the dancers” by the management of Scores “Gentleman’s Club”.
Even more hysterical is Rudd’s denial:
“After dinner, Mr Allan suggested to Mr Snowdon and I that we all go on for a drink. Mr Snowdon and I agreed,” he said.
“By that stage, I had had too much to drink.
“With the benefit of hindsight, I should not have gone on for a further drink.
“Not withstanding the fact that I had had too much to drink, I have no recollection (nor does Mr Snowdon) of any incident occurring at the nightclub – or of being asked to leave.
“It is our recollection that we left within about an hour.”
Short story: he was too pissed to remember. In some ways it actually makes me more likely to vote for him, but I get the feeling some Australian’s wont see it this way. I wonder if this was the big secret story Crikey was alluding to a couple of months back.
Spot reference: Rudds New York trip cost taxpayers $18k. I wonder if he claimed for the money he placed in the strippers g-strings? 🙂
-
Chartreuse is Back
The second post in roughly 24 hours from Prince Campbell. I didn’t post on the first one because I’ve see the stray post before. Chartreuse is back in the house and welcomed from me. Lets hope the issues of last year are left behind and we see some great blogging once again. Prince is a great bloke who I had the opportunity of spending a bit of time with last year.
It must of been something subliminal from me as despite having a big Google Reader purge about 5 weeks ago I left Chartreuse in my reading.
-
Are We All Living in a Computer Simulation?
Makes sense, at least at the same level that religion as a whole does.
Spot question courtesy of Richard Dawkins: if there is a supernatural creator, who created the creator? 🙂
-
On The Pod Is Live
Introducing On The Pod: my weekly podcast on what ever takes my fancy at the time. It will be mostly tech but not strictly so, it will depend on the guest. The aim is to talk to folks who might not otherwise have a voice, people who are interesting. I’ll also be aiming to interview most of Australia’s Web 2.0 crowd, so be warned. 🙂
My first show is with David Krug. We cover blogs, blog networks, user generated content and unionised blogging. It’s a little longer than I’d planned it to be (I’m aiming for 30mins per show) but it was worth it. A great conversation and for those with the time to listen I hope you enjoy it, audio issues aside (I’m a little quiet). Great fodder for your next car commute or plane trip 🙂
-
Snow
A short note that I’ll be offline for a week, heading to Melbourne and then the snow for a break (also the golden child’s 5th birthday). Limited or no internet access at this time.
Back on the 15th. I’d appreciate it if no one burgled the house in my absence 🙂
-
The Problem With Religion
Warning: anyone religious will find this offensive.
(via Larvatusprofeo)
-
Making The MT Switch
I’m doing some research on switching back to MovableType, in part so I can support the MT Open Source initiative.
WordPress isn’t what it use to be, both from a development and security perspective, as well as having a leadership that seems more focused on commercial interests than the open source side.
If anyone has any advice/ tips/ recommended MT plugins let me know. I’ve noticed that a lot of extra functionality comes standard in MT 4 so I’m not seeing the need for a large number of plugins, but there must be some that come well recommended.
Next stop: relearning the MT template tag structure. 🙂
-
Are Apple Stores a Waste of Space?
One of the last things I did in San Francisco before leaving Wednesday local time was go shopping. It’s not New York but they have a Macys so the golden child has some great polo tops for summer (how is it that I can buy 3 Polo Ralph Loren tops in the US for less than 1 in Australia…go figure).
I visited the Apple store twice.
First time I thought this is mad, I’ll come back later. Second time it was just as mad.
Was it bad though?
Well for starters they don’t stock a firewire webcam…I know they’ve discontinued the iSight but surely they could stock a third party firewire cam. No such luck, and yet half (maybe more) of USB cams don’t work with a Mac (ie: mine…well at least properly anyway).
Here’s my thing, strictly from a customer perspective. Fighting to see computers and iPhones and others things isn’t a pleasant shopping experience. Not being able to get help isn’t a pleasant shopping experience. Having to put my name on a list and wait to be called for further advice isn’t a pleasant shopping experience.
OK, so it wasn’t as retarded as the AT&T store I visited the day I got there. That was awful; rude staff and being yelled at that to get served you had to put your name on the waiting list. It made you’re average Telstra Shop feel like a Gucci Store.
Overall: after having visited an Apple store you come to understand why buying online has that much more appeal. They need to either make bigger stores + hire more staff, or get out of shop front retail. Cool products don’t stay cool forever if the retail purchasing experience is 3rd rate.
-
San Francisco
Still recovering today from a bike ride from Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge then back again. About 15 miles, what ever that is in Km I have no idea, but the trip up the hill, wearing RM Williams Moleskins nearly killed me. Amazing the climatic differences in the Bay Area, in the Valley it can be a full 10 degrees warmer than San Francisco, then the bridge is colder again, and there seems to be a never ending amount of fog hogging the coastline. Leaving Wednesday then home Friday.
