Jun 24, 2006

Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children (now on DVD at any self-respecting video store) is not telling a story. It’s not a demonstration of Square Enix’s CG movie capabilities. And it’s not about closure. It’s an open letter to Generation Y: Hey youngins, THIS IS WHAT NOSTALGIA FEELS LIKE!! YOU’LL BE FEELING THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Jun 10, 2006

23.5 - Kilometres walked 1 - Hawaiian pizzas eaten 1 - Cups of coffee drunk 216 - Photos shot 136 - Photos inexplicably unrecoverable 4 - Letters in the word I used Update: Got ‘em! The camera and card reader don’t cope well when a single photo is corrupted… deleted it and the problem went away. 216 - Photos shot 128 - Photos deleted straight away 88 - Photos remaining, of which… 45 - Photos marked for upload I love shooting digital.

May 21, 2006

And submitted to Overheard In New York: “See, the rule is that a guy can’t have both hands full. A guy’s gotta have one hand free so he can punch people.”

May 15, 2006

I’m in San Francisco! I think I’ll start a Web 2.0 flipmeat company and make ten million dollars before they call my flight. Wish me luck. Update: If this page is to be believed, Telstra postpaid customers get unlimited global roaming access to T-Mobile’s hotspots… and all it costs is a dollar or so per session for an international SMS. Bargain of the century! (Especially when you consider that T-Mobile’s rates are nearly as usurious as Telstra’s.

Mar 12, 2006

Found this one in Penn and Teller’s How To Play With Your Food. Ingredients 1 egg 1⁄2 cup buttermilk (apparently 1⁄4 cup milk and 1⁄4 cup vinegar also works. Don’t ask me how…) 5 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup lemon juice (fresh is best) 1 1⁄4 cups white sugar 1 cup flour 8 tbsp melted butter Method Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius (or 375 Fahrenheit)