tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43333276916909759472024-03-06T02:19:27.716+11:00☞ B L O G U E ☜Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-25979670604988317782009-06-07T00:49:00.001+10:002009-06-07T00:50:12.893+10:00The last postI've decided to take my blogging in two different directions, so this will be my last post on Blogue. The blog still gets great numbers, especially for some of the archival pieces (and the Reddit piece below is still on fire), so I won't delete the blog unless I see that it has faded into history. So, what's next?I have just launched a new blog about Australian artists, designers and thinkers Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-15475098969581677522009-04-19T14:55:00.003+10:002009-05-10T02:56:10.368+10:00Reddit: yeah, I gedditReddit.com’s RSS feed (“what’s new online”) has been in my news reader for a while. As part of a cull of noisy, useless feeds, I’ve just deleted it. A more literate version of 4chan, with significantly less users, it produces the same results over and over. Here’s everything you need to know about Reddit users' worldview.1. McDonald’s is bad.In fact, all multinational corporations are bad, but Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-68351187932490734262009-04-13T00:35:00.002+10:002009-04-13T00:41:25.039+10:00OMG, Mr Darcy!Excerpts from 1-star reviews of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice on Amazon.com.It just goes on and on and on, only to lead this sister ending up with that guy, this sister ending up with that guy, etc. — Adam ApplebyPersonally I am disgusted. I think that they are all pompous and rather annoying. — A CustomerA terrible bore, really sort of a nightmare that never ends. — Laura “witchbaby”I find Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-65929024337229872432009-04-11T23:01:00.002+10:002009-04-11T23:09:33.308+10:00Pile o' linx #1toyA simple audio interface with instant gratification.[link]badFor Easter, a pair of horribly designed Christian sites.[Exhibit A][Exhibit B]usefulIf you find something you want to read online but don’t have time to read it now, use Instapaper.[link]pointlessHow fast can you click your spacebar?[link]videoEvery straight man’s fantasy. A demo ad by Adam Green and Will Barratt.[link]oddHow to makePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-44427965787038166082009-04-04T21:03:00.005+11:002009-04-05T02:03:27.031+11:00Inconspicuous consumptionThe economic downturn and the growing awareness of the consequences of diamond mining have already heralded the death of bling.As the economy worsens, flashing the cash is seen as more and more inappropriate. Formerly logo-smothered fashion and accessories are out; discreet luxury is in.Leading online luxury fashion retailer Net-a-porter is, not surprisingly, embracing the trend. Its standard Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-43415884063871003602009-04-04T15:10:00.000+11:002009-04-04T15:10:59.238+11:00Jeez, Greg. Take the hint
[via Burbia]Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-28703685451980274112009-04-02T20:34:00.002+11:002009-04-02T20:43:24.507+11:00Making sense of the money messI suspect that most people outside the money industries don't really understand why the financial system collapsed and how pervasive it is. That's why all the various elements of it have just been put in one big conceptual box and called the "economic crisis".This video, made by Los Angeles–based designer Jonathan Jarvis, is the best graphic visualisation of how this all came about I have seen, Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-55693550368624453732009-03-22T12:40:00.002+11:002009-04-04T21:14:42.451+11:00Nice to meet you, too: some first impressions of TwitterI’m aware that blogging about Twitter is like dancing about architecture, but I can’t write 140-characters-or-less forever. I also get that I'm late to the party but that's never stopped me before.I started an account for the magazine I work for first. It’s a sign of the times that after 25 years in print, I get a daily report on UBs and PIs for the magazine’s website. “It’s the future!” everyonePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-51795078769868317442009-03-16T23:32:00.001+11:002009-04-05T01:57:38.366+11:00Writing, writing, writingI'm working on several writing projects at once at the moment, including contributing to a book, two other blogs (in another voice!) and my work.I'm also trying out Twitter, so feel free to follow me there. I'm @kollektor.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-28086871025416767602009-02-28T04:30:00.003+11:002009-02-28T23:01:07.241+11:00Why I love 30 Rock. Why I love Tina Fey. Why I love Alec BaldwinJack + Elisa = Jalisa. Because they went here for one second: Jack's pink and blue Jalisa T-shirts.And as Liz and Kenneth came out of the subway: the X train to Zorgonia Avenue and a "coming soon" poster for Jenna's movie, Janie Jimplin.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-42517005182962391612009-02-24T00:10:00.005+11:002009-02-24T10:36:31.936+11:00How'd I do? Hopeless!My Oscar picks were terrible! Only one right: Sean Penn. It's a good thing I didn't have money on them!I should have taken a stab at the Visual Effects award, because the team on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button achieved a real and important technical breakthrough, despite the film's Forrest Gump–backwards plot. For the first third of the film, the Brad Pitt character is completely virtual, Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-74841779065145795092009-02-23T01:44:00.004+11:002009-02-23T15:23:05.253+11:00Yes, I know the way to San JoseI don't know what Dionne Warwick's problem was. If your weeks in LA turn into years – how quick they pass – and it's time to head to San Jose, here's the way.
Driving directions to San Jose, CA
339 mi – about 5 hours 22 mins
Los Angeles, CA
1.Head southeast on E 1st St toward S Los Angeles St
404 ft
2.Turn left at N Los Angeles St
0.4 mi
3.Turn right to merge onto US-101 N Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-57158967091381336252009-02-19T22:42:00.002+11:002009-02-19T22:46:32.255+11:00Just because you can type, it doesn't make you a writer. Or a mathematicianIn a rare moment of restraint, TMZ marked the passing of Mickey Rourke's beloved chihuahua simply:Loki Rourke1991 - 2009"Sometimes when a man's alone, that's all you got ... is your dog."-- Mickey @ the Golden GlobesThe second and third reader comments on the story:2. That dog did not live 28 years. No way.Posted at 11:57PM on Feb 17th 2009 by Stephen3. Umm... a 28 year old dog? Is that a typo?Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-42452873690069139212009-02-17T22:58:00.003+11:002009-02-18T00:41:52.015+11:00Calls for lynching and torture on the evening news: Welcome to Australia 2009On Thursday last week, a man was arrested and charged with starting a fire in Victoria, one that burned through the small town of Churchill, where he lived. That fire killed at least 21 people – the entire town has been declared a crime scene and the final number won’t be known until a forensic investigation is completed – and destroyed about 200 homes.His name is Brendan Sokaluk and he’s 39. He Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-61648849855201905422009-02-17T18:16:00.003+11:002009-02-17T18:29:32.472+11:00No dealIt's been a while but I have a couple of new writing projects on the go so, as always, the blog has to suffer.Anyway, I raced home tonight to beat the big storm that was moving down the coast and flicked the TV on. Deal or No Deal. I have absolutely no idea what the rules are. It seemed to be very complicated, with all sorts of language that only made sense to the host and audience. At least The Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-73823036314018555352009-01-26T00:19:00.007+11:002009-01-26T00:52:50.842+11:00恭喜發財Another new year party! Sydney is going all-out for its Chinese New Year celebrations this year. The festival, which started on Friday, goes for another three weeks, so it overlaps with the Sydney Festival, still in full swing, by a week. Much to be seen and eaten and explored, in that case.Oh – it's Australia Day today, as well, so for me it means there are going to squadrons of warplanes Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-89366822249451897492009-01-24T20:10:00.004+11:002009-01-25T15:35:06.814+11:00Too darn hotIt hit 40.1°C today. That's 104°F. Too much summer all at once for my liking. Then the southerly came through at 6 and the temperature dropped 10 degrees in an hour. Ahhhh.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-28712430873970400482009-01-23T00:55:00.008+11:002009-02-16T20:50:59.036+11:00Picking on OscarThe Oscar nominations were just announced.Yeah, all right. I'll go there. These aren't necessarily my personal favourites, but they're my favourites to win.My picks are, appropriately, in gold.Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire."Actor: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"; Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"; Sean Penn, "Milk"; Brad Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-39597001392941857342009-01-22T06:00:00.002+11:002009-01-25T15:40:11.096+11:00Because balloon animals need love, tooPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-44006535547391793622009-01-21T06:35:00.002+11:002009-01-21T17:24:08.665+11:00Thank you for playing. Now get out.A moment to lift the heart. Bye-bye!Update: Maureen Dowd's op-ed piece in today's New York Times, 'Exit the Boy-King', is excellent.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-45167139142016647962009-01-19T10:32:00.006+11:002009-01-19T13:03:20.757+11:00Black in name onlyIt turns out that black box flight recorders aren't black.This is the flight recorder from the US Airways plane that landed on the river in New York. While it's somewhat blackened around the edges, it's not black. Being bright orange makes it easier to find.In related news, as I was saying in this post, it's not legitimate news unless there's an Aussie onboard. And so, on the front page of the Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-30052181936238679172009-01-19T01:19:00.002+11:002009-01-19T01:29:43.433+11:00The angry manMy local supermarket is open until midnight. At about 11, two guys start to close down the deli section. It’s obviously a big job: they have to put away all that neatly folded ham, coleslaw, fish fillets and mystery meat.I like to shop late when the place is pretty much empty. I shop fast and don't need obstacles like people hunting though the 50 different mouthwashes to get in my way. It’s just Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-76307652635254286032009-01-18T16:33:00.003+11:002009-01-18T17:26:56.881+11:00Now arriving at MC Escher AirportThere something strange going on in this picture on CNN . . .Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-76673118026877708442009-01-13T07:41:00.000+11:002009-01-13T17:47:26.223+11:00Goodbye to all thatThe "Dick Cheney Lie Count" from last night's Letterman.In related news, I got a press release today from the Lyndon LaRouche Political Action Committee – I have no idea why I'm on this list – saying that in the final week of Bushdom, Cheney will push Israel into a multi-front offensive with Lebanon and Syria that will give him the excuse to start a war with Iran that Obama will be forced to dealPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14703197219364638962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333327691690975947.post-3990638945398104742009-01-07T07:00:00.000+11:002009-01-07T07:00:01.426+11:00There's cutting edge and there's just getting it wrongI'm not an apostrophe Nazi unless it's work-related. I recognise that English is complicated and that punctuation can be tricky, so I'm fairly forgiving – by which I mean I wince but I get over it – when I see things like "CD's" as the plural of "CD". However, this job ad caught my eye. They really need to fill this position.
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