Dec 20, 2008
Steve Miller’s “The Joker” is an awesome song. [iTunes Link]
Exactly like the old-school classics I’m looking for.
Recently, I’ve been enjoying:
DragonForce – Through the Fire and Flames [iTunes Link] Heh – thanks, Guitar Hero!
John Petrucci – Glasgow Kiss
Thanks to Jim Lowe.
Bowling for Soup – 1985 [iTunes Link] Some old school classic.
ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man [iTunes Link] A good old-school classic.
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold [iTunes Link] Gotta keep up with the new stuff as well, yeah?
Dec 19, 2008
5 Ways to Avoid the Worst Digital Photography Mistakes
It is not uncommon for beginners to make digital photography mistakes when they first venture into this hobby. I used to make those awful photography mistakes and my photos were terrible!
Below are five common photography mistakes. You can learn how to prevent them when you shoot and fix them. If you can avoid these mistakes, I can assure you that the quality of your photos will increase dramatically!
via 34 Essential Tutorials To Get Started With Digital Photography | PXLshots.com Blog.
Tips for n00bs, I guess.
That includes me, so don’t feel alarmed if you’re offended.
Please read if you’re thinking about getting into photography – it’s a good collection of tips for the aspiring photographer.
Dec 18, 2008
This water is enhanced with 6 flower essences handpicked to support focus and concentration. It helps people of all ages deal with the pressures of life, and assists in calming and centring the mind.
Uhuh, I’m sure it is.
I really don’t see the need for any of that “designer bottled” water stuff.
Stuff like Evian water. I mean, srsly?
Come on. You’re better than that.
Dec 18, 2008
Java would be Fundamentalist Christianity – it’s theoretically based on C, but it voids so many of the old laws that it doesn’t feel like the original at all. Instead, it adds its own set of rigid rules, which its followers believe to be far superior to the original. Not only are they certain that it’s the best language in the world, but they’re willing to burn those who disagree at the stake.
via Aegisub: If programming languages were religions….
Epic lulz.
Check it out – there’s C, Java, PHP, C++, C#, Lisp, Haskell, Erlang, Perl, Lua, Ruby, Python, COBOL, APL, LOLCODE, and Visual Basic.
Interesting read, nonetheless!
Dec 18, 2008
Sim City!
iPhone!
Now available!
via Sim City for iPhone – Out Now on Aus App Store – MacTalk Forums.
Well, if this isn’t one of the most highly anticipated iPhone games, I don’t know what is.
Decisions, decisions. Should I buy this?
Just in case the above iTunes Link doesn’t work, try this one.
Dec 17, 2008
Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends’ iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo.
via Featured Download: Download Music from Your Friends’ iTunes Libraries Over the Internet with Mojo.
Arr! I’m a pirate!
Seriously, this gets app of the week. How have I not heard of this before?!
Dec 17, 2008
This cute chick came into work. Wanted to listen to some speakers, so I played “Amazing”, by Alex Lloyd. [iTunes Link]
Oh dear. 
I don’t think she quite got it, but yeah – I figured it was the proper thing to do.
Hahahahaha – just another of the many ways I have fun at work.
Stay tuned, there should be more on the way. 
Dec 15, 2008
Magic pixies divided by pie multiplied by the square root of democracy.
To all those fretting over their marks today I offer a little bit of advice: Your marks will matter for six months. Perhaps 18 if you defer. They’re not the end of the world and they won’t hold you back from doing whatever it is you want to do (although good marks might make things a little easier or less time consuming).
If you got shit marks, don’t worry about it. You can still do whatever you want and be whatever you want. Sometimes there’s unrealistic pressure placed on the kiddies by their parents that this is it and they have to get top marks or else their life will be ruined forever and that’s just not the case.
Good luck everyone.
via VCE Results 08 – MacTalk Forums.
Heh – in reponse to my question: “How is the TER calculated?”.
Note that you’ll need to be a member of MacTalk Forums to be able to view the thread.
I know the title says VCE results, but the TER is the same for both, so there.
Dec 14, 2008
You are pouring over your feeds, viewing a website with an article or story that catches your eye, and you want to share that information with your WordPress site viewers. A quick trick is to use the WordPress Press It feature.
WordPress makes it easy to quickly add links and information to your site through the use of a bookmarklet called Press It. A bookmarklet looks like a link in your Favorites, Bookmarks, or Links list but it is much more powerful. It adds the capability to quickly create WordPress post entries on the fly while working on the Internet.
If you find something of interest on the Internet, you can click the Press It link and a window with your site’s Administration Write Post panel will popup with the page you are viewing listed as a link. You can then write about the page, assign a category, and add any other information and then press Save and it will be immediately posted on your WordPress site.
via Press It « WordPress Codex.
Almost ironic, no?
(For those of you who are a little slow, this blog post was brought to you by Press This.)
Dec 12, 2008
Tis quite awesome indeed – I love it, and if you’re running a WordPress-powered blog, you should too.
Watch the video after the break to see it in action.
Dec 7, 2008
Long story short: My week this week consisted of a trip up to Devonport to stay at Rob’s place.
On Saturday, we went to the aXon Ube|2gasm LAN – a LAN party of epic proportions.
Some highlights:
It was unfortunate that the NoSpoon clan got pwned in the CS:S tourney at aXon -we got really, really pwned. It was embarrassing.
Anyway, Rob will have photos up soonish – so I’ll just link him here: www.jawapro.com