Benny Ling’s Bling

via YouTube – I’ll Scream Your Tweets Episode 2.

If anything, at least he’s getting a good bout of exercise hiking up that mountain to scream people’s tweets.

Note that I’m testing posting from iPhone functionality via Posterous.

Fingers crossed this works.

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FAIL!

I’ll just have to use a Posterous, then. Or the official WordPress iPhone app.

• Apple just sent me an email telling me that my warranty for my iPhone is about to expire. If I hadn't registered applecare two weeks ago… #
• Buying Dan Brown's latest. Say what you will, but there's no denying he's an excellent writer. http://twitpic.com/iijr5 #
• Okay, I'll admit it – I own every other Dan Brown book, and they're all great reads, but this had me giggling: http://bit.ly/ecxdS #
• Trying to jam more things into less holes; sounds like the story of my life, actually. #
• First CRUD, now "wang operators".

  Data Management, you never fail to amaze me with your incredible naming schemas. #

• If I liked Skins anymore than I currently do, it would be illegal in 17 countries in the United States of America. #
• I'm now a Windows 7 launch party host! I don't quite know why I"m so excited about this, but w00t! Party package inbound. #
• Worst. Tutorial. Ever.
  Javascript can die in a fire – I wish I had @elliottkember's mad JS skills #
• Incredibly frustrated at @geoDefense Storm Medium 6: Infiniconda. Have tried and failed many times now – any tips appreciated. #
• I just conquered "Infiniconda" in geoDefense Swarm! http://bit.ly/r8ebb #
• Proboscis monkey is proboscis. http://bit.ly/bOUaH #
• #OCAU is dowwwwwnnnnn… This is all part of some plan to get me to stop procrastinating and do some work, isn't it?! #
• RT @joshsharp: There is not enough time to get everything done. #
• Gmail with push now available on the iPhone! Takes up your ActiveSync slot, though. Instructions here: http://bit.ly/3TBU7f #
• I used Shazam to discover Walkie Talkie Man by Steriogram #shazam #
• Enjoying my KFC allstars meal. If there was ever such a thing as a food whore, I'd be it, whatever 'it' is. #
• Ugh. UMAT 2009 results have been released, but I can't bring myself to look at them. Kinda sucks when your future depends on one test… :S #
• Just purchased my 1Password 3.0 upgrade because it's so damn awesome (and because it's on special, and I'm a tightarse). #
• Removing content from this damn iMovie project with extreme prejudice. Damn you YouTube and your farce of a ten-minute limit on videos! #
• Bam. New profile pic. Twitter told me it was a nice picture, but I think they do that for everyone. (Yes, that was sarcasm. Congrats.) #
• Starting off the day with The Knack's "My Shirona". Even this won't lessen how craptacular I feel… Ugh. #
• Home, Jeeves. Home, to fscking MySQL and Javascript. Operating systems pun not intended. #
• Just bought a Power Support anti-glare film http://bit.ly/1cnlff from the Apple online store using the @mactalk link. #
• Modified some things in .bash_profile so that my Terminal in OSX can now output colour. It's the simple things that matter. #
• Telling MySQL to go to hell – I don't want your damn patronising ERROR 1064 to be crimpin' my style no more. #
• Bizzare. iMovie seems to have crapped the bed over this *one* clip – doesn't want to render, will play different clips instead of it. WTF? #
• Now YouTube won't let me upload the file! Kicks me back to "my YouTube" when I click on the Upload button. The internet hates me. #
• Oooh sheeeet. Totally forgot about the Mactalk news tomorrow morning. Let's see what I can knock up in 30 minutes. #
• Ooh, a present from @adam_d's side of the camp? http://twitpic.com/izul8 #
• RT @GamesOnNet: News :: New Releases : Valve appeal Left 4 Dead 2 ban http://twurl.nl/zwcv2t #
• Missing out on my weekly unhealthiness with the lads, but I'm gonna grab a Mighty Angus anyway. #
• NNW 3.2 for Mac is pretty fail overall – it's support for Google Reader is lacking, to say the least.
  Fluid + Helvetireader it is! #
• Oh shit. My own personal NNW hell continues – it just removed half my feeds and then synced to Reader
  FFS. #
• Still missing roughly half my feeds. Have now removed NNW from my computer. #
• There's a rogue MySQL process on this computer that's taking up nearly all of the CPU time. The killing time, she comes! #
• Er, wtf – Reader won't let me upload an OPML file. Freezes Firefox/Fluid/Safari when I hit "Choose File". DIE DIE DIE! #
• Oh wait, it's because Finder has crapped the bed. Stupid external hard drives. http://twitpic.com/j6wj4 #
• Half past twelve? The perfect time to start doing some real work! #
• Professing my extreme dislike for Experts-Exchange. If I wanted to "Try the solution free for 30 days", I'd use Google and/or Aardvark. #
• That looks like a variable name that someone's overlooked, iMovie. http://twitpic.com/jd0pl #
• OH NOES! http://twitpic.com/jd0yp #

Luv Deluxe by Cinnamon Chasers

Album: A Million Miles From Home

**Shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mark II w/ a custom face mounted rig — Canon Lenses used: 14mm (f2.8) & 24mm (f1.4)**

via Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe (Official Music Video) on Vimeo.

Absoloutely incredibly epic.

Far too epic for words.

• Thought about taking the day off today – unfortunately, the perfect weather soon put an end to that! Sigh! #
• After so many months without you, there's no need to blind us Hobartians with your light, Sun. Gotta start wearing sunnies again. #
• Discovering the secrets of Google Reader. Liking (ha, ha) the Like and Share features so far, but need some extra people to do so with… #
• Now that I think about it, hosting a Windows 7 launch party isn't as bad as it sounds. Gaming + copy of Windows 7 is complete win. #
• .@danslatts ZOMG WINDOWS 7 PLAYING CARDS – that's settled it, I'm doing one. in reply to danslatts #
• I should totally grab this Apple II that's going on #OCAU. $20 and it's mine. #
• I should totally grab this Apple II that's going on #OCAU. $20 and it's mine. Need to be registered: http://bit.ly/UDYuR #
• If you're jailbroken and use Google Reader for RSS, check out GRiS. UI is confusing at first, but Instapaper support is epic win. #
• Still continuing my experiments with Google Reader. If only there was a way to add a tag to a feed (so I can selectively sync that feed)… #
• It looks like Reader doesn't know the difference between a tag and a folder. They're not the same, Google. #
• "YO PATRICK SWAYZE I KNOW U JUST DIED & ALL & IMMA LET U FINISH, BUT MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH WAS THE BEST ONE THIS YEAR" -Kanye West #
• Drooling over this enclosure: http://bit.ly/RBVtX
  2 bay + hotswap + DAAP share + FTP + P2P for $200? Awesome. Listening, @AshLaws? #
• Gnashing my teeth (quietly, mind you) at decisions which don't make a lot of sense – especially when experience and others say otherwise. #
• Sitting in this Data Management learning about CRUD. I kid you not. #
• RT @EBGamesAus #RoosterHat' #
• RT @zacislost: how to force Dreamweaver to preview websites in the same/new tab rather than opening a new window every time? @vark #
• Hey awesome, @BeauGiles and I were both beta testers for the Aardvark iPhone app, haha! That's cool! http://twitpic.com/hvxbw #
• You're probably doing programming all wrong if commenting out the offending line(s) of code makes the problem go away. #
• Is something up with @Dropbox? Constantly syncing file lists for no apparent reason, failed uploads via website which can 5xx on me #
• Nooooo! Missed out on buying a signed copy of the XKCD book. DAMN IT! #
• Sitting a mere arms-length from a damn cute blonde, and I'm playing geoDefense Swarm instead of chatting her up.

  Ah, I love the bus. #

• OMFG! RT @ScottRhodie: The Australian Classifications Boards are total numpties they have banned Left 4 Dead 2! Twats! http://bit.ly/cSXRY #
• RT @news_com_au: Tassie cannibal makes audience vomit: A FILM about Tasmania's cannibal convict Alexander Pearce http://bit.ly/a2plM #
• RT @oliyoung: Reason for L4D2 ban? Adrenaline shots … http://bit.ly/16dSmX #
• Reasons why I love Firewire, number 263:
  Daisy-chaining is awesome. Take that, USB! #
• Finally beat geoDefense Storm Medium 1 after at least 15 tries and a little hint or two from Touch Arcade… #
• Present from colleague. Not really helpful when trying to diagnose machines, but thx anyway @joshlegg86. http://twitpic.com/i45xp #
• Today's ponderance: if money doesn't grown on trees, why do banks have branches?
  /mind blown #
• Damn old Mac is damn old. http://twitpic.com/i4olt #
• Internet went down at work with 15 minutes to go. Not @Internode's issue, possible epic router fail. #
• Chillaxing. Are there usually this many attractive young girls out on weekends? Last day of school holidays, maybe? #
• VMWare Fusion is $35 (55% off) today only at MacUpdate. Thanks to @themissionman for the heads up #
• Kristen Bell is the cutest blonde ever. That is all. http://bit.ly/axTNJ #
• Tempted by a 22" Viewsonic LCD off #OCAU. That place is the end of my bank balance, I tell ya. #
• Hot girls with all sorts of weaponry on Las Vegas. THIS is why I love this show. ^_^ #
• Struggling to figure out what's changed on the Apple Online Store. "Maintenance", yeah, sure. #

The abridged series was created by LittleKuriboh The anime Yu-Gi-Oh! was created by Kazuki Takahashi, and censored by 4Kids

via YouTube – Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series episode 21.

Count the memes!

Couple of my personal faves:

1. BSG intro (0:00)
2. Dialup modem sounds (0:51)
3. Beta-testing (3:05)
4. Shampoo – Trouble (3:30)
5. “Their ruler is a transvestite!” (4:12)
6. Ocarina of Time (5:11)
7. “I’m going to right click on it and select Empty recycle bin.” (5:37)
8. Dragon Ball Z reference (6:47)
9. “This loot system sucks!” (7:05)
10. Kiba’s laugh timed to the Gorillaz – Feel Good (7:45)

Just. Plain. Awesome.

Extracts taken from Apple’s Keynote address in September 2009. Note: No cuts are repeated. Done with iMovie09, which is really awesome…

via YouTube – Incredible, amazing, awesome Apple.

I’m no psycho-analyst, but after seeing a couple of similar videos from past Stevenotes one would think that such hint-dropping is all part of the reality-distortion field. Doesn’t it flow that somehow saying all those words subconsciously makes the people watching the video (and indeed, present at the keynote) associate such words with the Apple image, and indeed the brand?

No? Maybe I’m reading too much into this.

• Epic Operating Systems shell-scripting assignment is submitted for your marking pleasure, @dpherbert!
  Feels good man! #
• Chocolate makes lectures yum! Probly not the best thing 2 b eating cos of my cold, but them's the breaks. http://twitpic.com/gtgf4 #
• Bah! JB Hi-Fi wouldn't give me 2x $20 iTunes vouchers for $30 even though the offer doesn't end until the 9th… :cries: #
• Trying to see if I can squish down 50 minutes of video down into 10 minutes or less. This will be challenging. #
• If you've got a part of a clip that has been inserted into your project, click on the orange line to select just that part #imovie09 #protip #
• Roughly halfway through the footage, with 5:11 on the clock so far. Going better than expected, but Skins is gonna be on TV in a sec… #
• Ooh shit. Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad.
  Course I wanted at Adelaide Uni closed last Monday.
  No one to blame but myself. #
• Umbrella was suprisingly too small; pants are now totally soaking from torrential rain.
  Bleurgh. This doesn't help my cold at all… #
• Just realised that one of my recent Facebook friend invites is actually my cousin, not some stalker who's friends with my other cousin. Heh. #
• Flickr iPhone app now in Aussie App Store! iTMS link: http://bit.ly/9Q8tr #
• McDonalds Angus burger for lunch today. I can taste that bastard already! /salivates #
• Presenting, the mighty Grand Angus: http://twitpic.com/h1szs #
• Mouth-watering incredible, tasty, delicious, everything it was hyped up to be. Truly epic, and even a little bit fancy… #grandangus #
• My iPhone 3G is now covered under AppleCare until 16/09/2010. Thanks to eBay for the AU$53 iPhone AppleCare!! Stoked! #
• RT @threadless: Happy 9/9/09! ALL THREADLESS TEES ARE $9! No joke! (Pls RT for the chance to win a $99 gift code) http://thrdl.es #
• Home, Jeeves.
  Home, to Threadless tee buying and PC Case Gear parts ordering! #
• Oh sweet torrents, please never leave me. http://twitpic.com/h2hd2 #
• Listening to the new Muse album. In a word (or less than 140 characters)?

  EARGASM. #

• Just saw this on the interwebs.
  http://bit.ly/1snct
  Mr @urusaipoppu, master of the crazy Japanese stuff, translation please? #
• So iPhone OS 3.1 brings "better iPhone 3G Wi-Fi performance when Bluetooth is turned on"? Seriously? #
• Tentative favourite new song off the new Muse album, The Resistance?
  Undisclosed Desires. It's just that awesome. #
• iTunes 9 is teh snappy. Undecided as to whether the large amounts of UI "gloss" is a better thing – I'm thinking yes for the moment. #
• Oh – this is the screen that greeted me upon starting iTunes 9 for the first time. Nice work, Apple! http://twitpic.com/h686l #
• Everyone's a whinger on the internet today, and I'm sick of it. For further reference, this is NOT whingepool.

  THIS. IS. MACTALK!!!! #

• Trying to figure out how to make photos attach to the TOP of the post in WordPress for iPhone. Failing hard. #
• benny is being a tool #
• Considered buying a 30" alu baseball bat from Amazon, but I looked at the "others also bought" section… http://j.mp/pHJSj (thx @nukolator) #
• Thinking that we've gone a little overboard with the motivational posters today… http://twitpic.com/haedm #
• Will not b using Transdirect for shipping; this is a PowerMac G5 case I shipped 2 WA: http://j.mp/TFGS4 http://j.mp/4s1xY1 http://j.mp/1vyK3 #
• Trying out Facebook Lite. OMGZ YES! http://twitpic.com/hamhs #
• Oi NetNewsWire, hurry up and finish version 3.2 of the Mac client so I can get my Google Reader freak on already! #
• #followfriday: @AshLaws, @SirMidkip, @neg2led, @RLFloyd, @meegsc, @zacislost, @oliyoung, @hostchopper, @urusaipoppu, @Mattro, @ahewitt #
• Ooh, happy birthday to @applesalesman for yesterday.
  Damn, clock just turned 12:00am as I typed. #
• Trying to shake this cold/flu with a generous helping of SLEEP2000. #
• Buying some iTMS credit off #OCAU, because JB Hi-Fi were complete douches. What has the world come to? #
• Purhcased Byline for iPhone. Now pondering how to get stuff from NetNewsWire into Google Reader without having to use the beta. #
• Wow. People must really hate me or something =/ http://twitpic.com/hksat #

#2 You’re in the Windows or Mac camp

There’s no room for indifference when it comes to being a Mac fan or a Windows defendant. To be less biased about it, you need to be in one camp or the other. And this isn’t a battle waged only by die-hard Mac fanbois and girls – both Apple and Microsoft have run million-dollar campaigns based around the meme. (See the YouTube clip above.) It is still possible to be a Windows fan and own an iPhone, just make sure you bitch about its poor battery life. And often.

via How to get along with geeks: A seven-point guide | Article | The Punch.

Copy and Paste – oh the irony. The iPhone now has superb copy and paste support, and it turns out that the Pre’s copy and paste is completely useless – time and time again I need to copy something from an email, web page, or text message. And I can’t! Also, the few times I can, only serves to show how awkward Palms copy and paste command/gestures are.

via Palm Pre: Two Months In « random($foo).

Some would have preferred waiting for a better implementation.

What’s the use of features if they suck incredible amounts of arse, rendering them practically useless?

There’s a space on my second iPhone homescreen, and it’s just waiting for the perfect iPhone RSS reader to come along.

For that to happen, though, two things need to happen:
1. NewsGator (creators of Mac RSS client NewNewsWire), need to finish NNW 3.2, which brings with it support for Google Reader syncing, and
2. I need to decide on exactly which iPhone client to use.

Of course, I have little to no input on how the first is completed. The second choice is all mine, however, and it just so happens that I have a couple of candidates in mind…

There’s Byline, which has already been designed for Google Reader straight out of the box. From what I’ve heard it’s not a bad client, syncing and also caching articles so I can read them without an internet connection (hardly an issue on the iPhone, but a feature nonetheless). Because it’s been built from the ground up with Google Reader compatability in mind, the idea is that I won’t have any issue Starring, Sharing, or Liking items, just like Google intended.

The NetNewsWire client for iPhone, however, doesn’t event support Reader at this stage. Like the client on Mac which shares the same name, NNW on the iPhone is gonna be one of those “hackjobs” which have been “converted” to work with Reader, instead of being built from scratch. Can you feel the cynicism yet?

By all means, I’ll still be using the Mac version of NNW, only because there isn’t a Mac client for Reader outside of the web interface, short of rollling your own via something like Fluid.

Of course, the question now becomes exactly _when_ I’ll be able to migrate to Reader from whatever the hell I’m using at the moment… but that’s for another time (read that as rant), no?

I guess for now I’ll just have to leave that spot empty.