Archive | October, 2009

Bottle Bank Arcade – The Fun Theory Redux

We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.

via YouTube – Bottle Bank Arcade – TheFunTheory.com – Rolighetsteorin.se.

Right.

I’ll promise I’ll post something a little more… wordy… in a couple of days or so, but for now, here’s a redux of The Fun Theory. It’s probably not as entertaining as the Piano Stairs you saw last time, but it’s still pretty awesome.

Enjoy.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. I think the above post is somewhat related to drinking, which I just totally don’t do – something I do do, though, is a blog post a day – all thanks to Blogtober 2009.

The Exam Period, She Begins!

So for the next couple of weeks, I get to be a hermit.

I’m not sure if this makes me happy or not – what I do know is that I’ll probably be cooped up inside my room, dilligently studying for whatever exam I have, madly cramming stuff into my head in the hope that at least some of it’ll stick.

Heh.

Whether that’ll work or not is anyone’s guess, but I might as well try.

On the flipside, I’ll have plenty of time to sleep. No more early mornings, except to post the damn Mactalk.com.au news on Mondays and Fridays.

Another plus is the fact that I’ll have plenty of time to procrastinate. Which means more awesome blog posts to follow!

This post part of Blogtober 2009. It’s almost funny to think that I’ve blogged something every day of the month – even scarier to think that I’m more than halfway there!

Downfall Parody Redux

Naff fonts are NOT big or clever. Just stop! Leave design to designers!

via YouTube – Hitler Subtitler gets a cheap font CD.

There’s also the fact that memes don’t become memes until there’s a Downfall parody of them – this is in relation to the recent story about a boy in a balloon. You may have heard about it, you may have not, but irrespective of that, the boy in the balloon can now join the hall of meme fame with this particular Downfall parody.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. The real WTF here is that these posts were the spanner in the works of Hitler’s conquest of Europe all those years ago.

One from the Camera Roll…

So I love capturing random things with the camera on my iPhone:

As you can see, there is no “off button” for Stewie – only “on” and “sensor”.

In any case, the iPhone camera works fine for what I need it to do. Sure, it could have a better macro mode. Sure, it could do better in low-light shots.

As any good photographer (or casual blogger) knows, however – it’s the camera that you have on you that counts. Personally, I’d hate to drag around a DSLR everyday, and I’m sure you would too.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. If you live in Adelaide or Perth, this post isn’t late.

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Benny Ling likes this.

So one of the people I follow on Twitter (yes, all 619 of them) pointed out something pretty cool. Being the guy that I am, I had to go check it out.

Pedestrians like this.

Yes. That is exactly what you think it is, if what you think it is is “a Facebook like sticky-taped to the pedestrian crossing button-that-makes-the-green-man-come-on”. (If there’s actually a proper name for that thing, let me know.)

How awesome is that, seriously? Hobartians are so cool. ^_^

It’s funny, because someone went to the trouble of not only printing that in the exact font that Facebook uses, but also the little thumb up icon as well.

In case you’re wondering where you yourself can view this marvel, it’s on the corner of Murray and Collins Streets, directly opposite the green FujiFilm building. Here’s a pic so you don’t get lost:

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Note that the purple pin represents the spot where the center of all awesomness is located.

The post part of Blogtober 2009. A post a day isn’t too hard, especially when people like you like them 🙂

Addendum: late? This post isn’t late. 😉

Facebook. It’s not Web 2.0, it’s Stalking 2.0

Facebook. Your friends are using it. Your workmates are using it. Chances are you’re using it. Facebook is already well known one of the world’s most popular social networking platforms, but it’s also rapidly becoming one of the world’s most popular application platforms too.

The popularity of Facebook applications is unsurprising. They’re easy to write, as well as being easy to share and install. However most users remain unaware of what information can be accessed by their applications, and more surprisingly, by their friend’s applications.

Join researcher Paul Fenwick as he examines just how much information he can extract from friends using only the Facebook API.

via Facebook Privacy: Stalking 2.0.

After watching the (somewhat long [30 minutes], I’ll admit), I’m now extremely miffed that I didn’t turn up to this particular Tech Talk held by TUCS.

As a result of this video, I’ve now removed all extraneous apps from my Facebook profile (like, the ones that I’m not using, or haven’t used in a while), and have now locked-down my Facebook account (at least, to the API).

Scary stuff indeed.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. A post a day keeps the stalkers away! 😀