Having forgotten about makeoutclub.com long ago, today I received an e-mail about my long-dead zine from someone who must have just signed up to it. I decided to look and see who from Adelaide was still on there and spent about the next 10 minutes laughing my head off. Props to James for the following gem ( Read more... )

In october 2004, I was on a hunger strike and had no energy. Thus, I missed the fundraiser I had meant to go to, where I would have watched The Corporation. It had been a long time coming, but I finally sat down and watched it tonight. I was not disappointed in the slightest ( Read more... )

I feel like devoting some time to devising a method of making chocolate that doesn't require cocoa butter.

Someone was once astounded at the fact that I didn't know which keys to press, and how many times, in order to get each letter when typing out an SMS (a "text" for those that use the hip terminology). Yes, I looked at the keypad when I was thumbing away. I would have thought that not having memorised the key patterns by spending hours crammed over ( Read more... )

There are few books that have excited me as much as The China Study. The depth of scientific knowledge contained in this book, the sheer volume of research that has been incorporated into it, and the profundity of the conclusions that become so clearly apparent upon reading it, are all utterly astounding ( Read more... )

The simplest way to encourage your neighbours to turn down their horrible doof doof music is to play Converge (the first few songs from Jane Doe) at a similar volume. It worked wonderfully for me the other day - within 30 seconds, there was complete silence.

I was impressed by the last few pages of David Suzuki's autobiography (apologies for any copying errors):
( A fairy tale, by David Suzuki )

I went to a wedding on saturday, and they had karaoke, which made for an awesome time. This gave me a crazy idea of going into the karaoke business, writing midi and making cruddy videos for, say, Pedro The Lion, or Youth of Today. That's the second crazy idea I've had in the last week. The previous one was to make a community driven online gig ( Read more... )

I strongly urge all Australians to read, if they have not already done so, "Blood on the wattle: massacres and maltreatment of Australian Aborigines since 1788" by Bruce Elder ( Read more... )

Things I like about World of Warcraft ( Read more... )