Current Music: The Aircon

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington, notorious workaholic and apparently one of the five most hated people on the internet, is taking some time off to contemplate his future as a tech blogger after a month under threat of death ended with someone spitting in his face at a conference. Nasty ( Read more... )

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Current Music: TISM -- Garbage

Back in 2007, when I first noticed Hummer advertising in this country, I was incensed. I contemplated launching a "Scratch a Hummer" campaign (or at the very least a scathing LJ entry!) Now it seems GM are likely to dump Hummer. So that's good. (Speaking of junk the Americans send us, apparently the whole US FTA ( Read more... )

Current Music: VNV Nation -- Secluded Spaces
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Current Music: Babylon Zoo -- Spaceman
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Current Music: Revolting Cocks -- Beers, Steers and Queers
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Current Music: Stockbrokers hitting pavement

Just saw the brilliant In Bruges. Currently prolonging the black comedy buzz by watching the DJI collapse. Got tins?

Current Music: In the Nursery -- Motive

Is it possible the Eschatonicans have decided that, with the Olympics fully occupying the Chinese, a little strategic misdirection could tempt the Russians into a border war, opening a giant attention gap through which they might finally attack Iran? After all, with a lame duck candidate, an economy under ( Read more... )

Current Music: Melbourne street sounds

Google news tell me time's up for Scrabulous. Does anyone use effbee for anything else?

And it seems I may get to vote against Jeff Kennett!

Current Music: Underworld -- Crocodile
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