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Putting the twit into Twitter
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You know gang, if something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing stupidly. And so, whenever I have two and a half minutes to spare (insert your favourite “too much time on hands” joke here), I like to take this photo of me serving wussy milky drinks *on a boat* and make a new Twitter avatar. I’m…
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Mad, man
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You, too, can Mad Men yourself
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Brisbane and the Gold Coast
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Queenslanders are nice, goddammit. Walking around Brisbane during the day with my son in his stroller, I couldn’t so much as approach a set of stairs without someone immediately stopping what they were doing and helping me out. People in cafes and shops were breezy and interested, in a way that only people with the…
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It’s good to be back, hello hello, etc
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I left richardirvine.com in a bit of a undead limbo for a while there, thought I was going to do This Kind Of Thing at Chartered Trips, my tumblelog for a while. Turns out tumblelogs are great, but they are no blog. I will continue to post shiny pictures over at CT, and blog sporadically…
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Thereafter, TV One revisited, like a dog returning to its vomit, the Michael Jackson circus every night, for significant periods, for the next 11 nights. Ian Bayly, I love your work.
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On the road again
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Here’s me on my way out of Telecom Wholesale – a wicked, wicked place to work. No, my photoshopping skills are no better at work than at play 🙂
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Quote
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From an interview with Derek Powazek (who designed the WordPress theme for this site): In many ways, I’m a member of the generation of writers that the web has created. Without the web, I’m not sure I would have ever written what I’ve written, or told the stories I’ve told. This is true.
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The new weapon
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Canon G9. Seems weird taking a photo of a camera on your phone to upload to Flickr to put n your blog. Our grandparents fought in a WAR so we could do this, team. Anyway. Keep your eyes on my Flickr for improved quality soon.
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Film personality test
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Via this guy, via Kottke: I will propose a new personality test where you reblog your favorite movie from each of these directors: Joel Coen: No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, Miller’s Crossing, Raising Arizona, etc Wes Anderson: The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal…
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Clickity clack, proper typing’s back
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Apple’s Extended II Keyboards and their ‘proper’ clicking keystrokes are back, thanks to Griffin’s iMate ABD – USB converter. Coveted by the likes of Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber, they feel very different to mushy, modern keyboards. Think more electric typewriter. Good examples go on Ebay for big money, but I got one of the coveted…