January 2009
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Weather
The record temperature in Melbourne? 45.6°C. Today’s top temperature? A meagre 42.9°C. So stop your whinging.
Jan 27th
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
Apple Rejects Boob Simulator →
If they had things like this when I was growing up, I suspect it might’ve taken me even longer to get a girlfriend.
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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AFL 2009 iCal Calendar →
I couldn’t find an iCal calendar for the upcoming AFL season, so I’ve created one — subscribe to the AFL 2009 iCal Calendar over here.
Jan 18th
Bad Baby Names
Bad celebrity baby name articles are as commonplace as ham and cheese sandwiches, but after complaining about the name “Brhe” (a girl I saw giving a testimonial on the virtues of microwavable weight-loss food) on Facebook, I was inundated with suggestions of even worse names — a female co-worker named “Bahriye”, a student named “Jhon”, and the friend of a...
Jan 18th
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ListenA fitting celebration of the hirsute, courtesy of...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Dogs Secure Three Year Deal with Major Sponsor →
Suck it, Richmond. We’ve got a sponsor, a top four finish and a Brownlow medalist. All you’ve got is Nathan J. Brown and a junkie. UPDATE: Two Brownlow medallists!
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Dexter Marries his Sister →
Dexter star Michael C Hall has married co-star Jennifer Carpenter, who plays his sister on the television show. Cree-pee.
Jan 17th
Only WA and ACT residents get Anzac Day holiday →
Now this is unaustralian.
Jan 14th
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Glacier tragedy: Kiwi hotel manager demands... →
A New Zealand motel manager charging relatives of two men crushed to death by a glacier for an unused room has said they should have had travel insurance. I found this by typing “define arsehole” into Google.
Jan 13th
CAPTCHA Dictionary →
Damnit. Every time I have an idea for a stupid website, someone beats me to it.
Jan 11th
Bland On Bland →
Archives of Ian Bland’s Bland On Bland segment on JVG’s Radio Method. For those unfamilar: Starting in 2007 Jonnie Von Goes asked me to write a “thematically related self-penned poem” for the JVG Radio Method. “BLAND ON BLAND”, a weekly poetry segment is the result. You can hear the the show on Melbourne’s 3RRR radio station, Sundays between 2 and 4PM. My personal...
Jan 11th
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Jan 7th
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Hayden axed from Twenty20 and one day squads →
In other news, the sun rose this morning and two added to two is four.
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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The Language of Computer Science, part 2
performant fast enough Part one.
Jan 6th
Jan 6th
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ListenAneurysm by Nirvana. Because I’m...
Jan 5th
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What the fuck is it with music these days? Whatever happened to four-four beats, a nice head-bobbing groove and lyrics that don’t have to mean anything. You know … fun. It seems every music review I read these days just bangs on about lyrics and ‘angular’ guitars (which, as far as I can tell, just means that they’ve stolen their guitar sound from the 1980s). While...
Jan 5th
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ListenMy new year’s resolution.
Jan 4th