Jun 21, 2007

Roy Morgan Research has just completed a comprehensive survey of AFL supporters, and found a few little gems. Compared to other AFL supporters: Carlton fans are 30% more likely to agree that “I sometimes use force to get things done”; Collingwood fans are 12% more likely to agree that “None of this stuff about the information super-highway makes sense to me”; Essendon fans are nearly twice as likely to have consumed Red Bull in the last seven days;

May 19, 2007

It’s almost done. Three weeks, five sets of going-away drinks, two eBay auctions, twelve boxes, and six articles of checked baggage later, I’m sitting in Melbourne airport waiting for my flight. Here is an appropriate picture of a cat, with a grammatically incorrect caption. Apparently it’s what all the cool kids are doing these days. If you thought that was interesting, here’s an academic deconstruction of the above, with the funniest caption you’ll see all day.

Apr 18, 2007

In 576 A.D., Japanese temple-building company Kongo Gumi was founded. In 2006 A.D, burdened by an unserviceable debt load and suffering from a downturn in demand for temples, Kongo Gumi sold itself to another Japanese construction firm, ending the company’s run as Oldest Company in the World. (The current winner is also Japanese: the Hoshi Ryokan (hotel) in Komatsu was founded in 718 A.D., making it 1,289 years old this year.

Feb 19, 2007

I like Safari. And I like Safari’s inbuilt RSS reader. But… I’m switching to (allegedly beta) Google Reader. Mostly, I wanted a web-accessible RSS reader - or, at least, one I could read from my phone and have it synchronise to my desktop. But Google Reader is also pretty cool - it’s all AJAX-a-riffic, has lots of keyboard shortcuts for speedy browsing, and all the cool kids use it. And here’s one of Google Reader’s neatest tricks: you can share your favourite items and have them automagically included in a little webclip on your site.

Dec 17, 2006

Time has announced their Person of the Year. And the winner is… Me! And you, and you, and you, and you, and anyone who’s ever uploaded a video to Youtube, or played in Second Life, or blogged, or… basically anyone with a ‘net connection, in what can only be described as an enormous cop-out. Quoth the article: …for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, TIME’s Person of the Year for 2006 is you.