Archive for February, 2006



Most Australian states have changed the end date for Daylight Savings for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. This Windows fix will reset your clock on the right date.

The Amen Break

This video reproduction of Nate Harrison’s installation, Can I Get An Amen? is a fascinating listen if you’re at all interested in music, copyright or the cultural aspects of creativity. The project charts the life so far of a six-second drum beat known as the Amen Break, which originated in the 1969 soul song Amen […]

Poor thing. But to whom were they mailing it?
Probably couldn't pay his Internet bills. (via Digg)

Metrosexual Failure

For a number of years, I have gotten used to people assigning me the badge of metrosexual. I’ve even come to take some small amount of pride in the label—if only because they didn’t think I was gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that!).
As of today, I have admitted defeat in my metrosexual career. […]

The Fridge Door

I can feel my brain being reprogrammed every time I open the fridge door.
No, this isn’t some kind of rant against EM radiation from home appliances or garishly promotional food packaging. We have simply reconfigured our fridge door from right-hand opening to left-hand opening, and I swear it’s giving me brain tumours!
Though you may not […]