2008

Jul

World Draconian-legislation Day

I just realised I have a ready supply of: blank t-shirts, printable iron-on shirt transfers,...

szymon: Will Self Genius! I’d feel like a total hack...

Is there any better way of teaching kids about the...

As per my earlier post, these signs have been going up over...

“You need a broader narrative. The Liberal Party does not...”
— Alexander Downer. The Liberal...

Thou shalt not annoy on Youth Day

Jun

Dodgy Telstra sales practices

“I remember when I used to be really into nostalgia”
— Demetri Martin (via travors)...

And then the Crazytown ferry hove into view…. The...

szymon: 3D Wall Paintings My flat so urgently needs this....

szymon: Fair Share Cake Plate

The Sola Panel: Virtues we dislike.

Strangers are easy to hate.

fro: I really really wanted to reblog elderdave’s entry, but it’s hard to do so without including...

xkcd: Internet Argument. Also applies to a lesser extent to...

System of a read.

I read very randomly - usually multiple books at once - and I have a stack of to-be-read books a...

“Cold is just God’s way of telling us to burn more...”
— Lady Whiteadder. (Blackadder...

Sola Bootstrapsis. Ha!

Ohhhh yeah, that’s the stuff…. Via Auntie Deb,...

Storm's a-comin'.

Question: what do you get when you mix elements of Nathan Tasker, Bill Dembski, TISM, Status Quo,...

Losing your car? How?

Last night a friend demonstrated the “find my car” button on the key a new Nissan Micra....

Mazda bioplastic

Mazda bioplastic

Unremarkable-looking Ikea chair, made from wood-plastic...

IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER MORONIC CHAIN EMAIL TO...

SciFi art can be excruciatingly bad, or...

Five Secrets of Succesful Negotiation. Via email from Uncle Bummers. No idea where he found...

Huzzah! I finished something I started. Kill the fattened...

My burritos were described as “homocidal” today. I’m clearly doing something...

Women, eh….. can’t live with ‘em…………….....

“I just had my brain sitting on a shelf when I wrote that!”
— Via email. One of the more...

Paddock bashing = No

fro: Paddock bashing is for goons. You say that like it’s a bad thing…. <snip>...

I’m wondering whether I should enliven the evening (church) service a bit by taking a TISM...

My daughter is composed entirely of Cute.

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

Hey Fro,

fro: elderdave: Fourth-to-second compressive lockup handbrake turn, without the handbrake. Can it...

Readin'

Currently churning my way through the Westminster Confession of Faith. In the interests of making it...

Indiana Jones 4 was fun

Stupid, but fun. Not quite up there with the original movies, but definitely not the disappointment...

Hey Fro,

thatguyben: elderdave: Fourth-to-second compressive lockup handbrake turn, without the handbrake....

“You’re getting good at volunteering people”
— I have recently increased my...

Hey Fro,

Fourth-to-second compressive lockup handbrake turn, without the handbrake. Can it be done? Or more...

May

“but prysbeterian is an anagram of britney...”
— facebook comment, friend of a...

“I’ve got a PLAN, and it’s as HOT as my PANTS!”
— Lord Flashheart.

Micro self-management and Toby's Estate

I finally yielded to the Toby’s Estate coffee shop on the way to work, and got more useful...

szymon: eco cars? ;) Ha! I must dig out the similarly...

“…as we learn to avoid one class of distractions, new...”
— Is There a Cure for the...

Internet = Distraction Virus

Contender for the most ridiculous and...

Chronomics, neuroendocrine feedsidewards and the recording and consulting of nowcasts - forecasts of...

HA! I am the second row sleeper. Second row: damn! forgot...

Estonian fairytale, (via szymon). I’m currently...

I now pronounce this day to be: Seaplane...

Horms: but Dave, it’s already Foundation Day It can be two things! 1) Visit flying boat museum...

I'm having a Moist von Lipwig...

enjoying the view from the edge of the void.

a twitter for the long now

thatguyben: dawdlr: I’ve tried to make dawdlr way slower than twitter. I reckon most people I...

Car held together with cable ties

When Australian troops die, they're...

I just discovered pictures for sad children HA!

“I see you’ve scored a new batch of drugs”
— Work colleague, on seeing the...

Probability of this image being used with a PWNED!!! caption...

Thing I most enjoy about my work:

pulling out my Rotring drawing board to thrash out some diagrams for equipment I need made up. I...

Another dose of flying boat goodness: the Curtiss...

With a toddler, at least mornings aren't...

While I was busy feeding morning mush to the (screaming, struggling) baby and my wife was trying out...

Hang the expense, I'm having a second...

WITH the chicken flavouring.

“Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your...”
— via an email forward. My two...

Must. Have. Even better if they have one in Mazda. via

2008 Tokyo Nostalgic Car Show

“On the one hand, vegetarianism is healthy and humane. On the...”
— — Gruber. (via thatguyben) I...

“When young, I used to try making my own coco pops using...”
— A new mother, who shall remain...

“Whose idea was it to be a penpal with Saint Paul anyway??”
— The Corinthians (according to...

Bamboo frame mountain bike by BME.

Wingsuit BASE flying is freaking nuts. I want in.

Open letter to Me of 32 hours ago

Dear Dave of approximately 9:15am yesterday, I just wanted to say thanks a bunch for picking up that...

Right... no coffee, and definitely no...

My dream last night included me “bringing back” the fashion of underpants worn over the...

Excel update: 2008 Rally of Canberra...

fro: [snip] We snapped the bolt that holds the alternator tensioning bracket to the block...

Too many children dying in crashes

“Emo is just a way to be mopey with your friends. So, 15,...”
— Dr Ben. Funny. True.

“kids… they just like life sideways.”
— Geoffers.

Flax fibre racing bike

It's OK, the Golden Compass is crap.

We hired out “The Golden Compass” on the weekend and just to reassure anyone who was...

Reposting picture to add context to exchange below…

Her: Daddy, do sideways!
Me: We're on a straight road, we can't slide sideways on a straight road, can we?
Her: No-ooo
.......
......
Her: Daddy, we want to go on the sideways roads.

1920s aeroplane-engined G.N. JAP custom racer. Note wooden...

“How many times do you have to cycle through your very...”
— tremble.com : worst of...

Museum of Sydney, here I come...

It’s a mildly concerning feature of my growing anorakism that every time I read a news article...

“They call it the White House, but that’s just a...”
— News is saying senator Obama...

What with me reblogging thatguyben about hemp and spanish broom and him quoting and reblogging me...

“Boy, Spanish Broom sure is awesome! You really should get...”
— — Dr Dave. Spanish Broom. (via...

Unsurprising quotes #847: “Hemp advocates foresee a bright future for...

Yep, news is still crap....

I’ve noticed lately that a really popular thing for newspapers to do is find some current...

“…The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi - he...”
— 2 Kings 9:20 (NIV) - used by...

While we’re on the topic of 1930s British Muscle, I...

thatguyben: nevver: Its Electric / Materialicious The...

via Axel Ganz (Seawings forum) Cap’n Tony says:...

Note to self: resist urge to take crappy old...

Well at least one person is working to address the chronic...

Apr

The Black Cat by Kiwi group Lothlorien (sample provided via their website). Playing this track will...

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

“A major feature of this church is the Tasmanian Oak timber...”
— St Brigid’s Catholic...

While we’re on the topic of the mighty Datto, the other thing I love about them is that by...

“Datto-lack. A concept I had not stumbled across earlier, but...”
— - Fro For a very, very loose...

thatguyben: Pity Trophies Congrats, Ben! Also,...

I observed on the weekend that Dubbo is a town that is clearly not suffering from any form of...

An open letter to the Bin Truck Men

Hello Mr Bin Truck Man, I know your job isn’t glamorous and almost never gets the respect or...

Sesame Snaps are The New Black. I will eat some now.

Titanic ticket sells for $70,680

szymon: Folding bicycles I’d buy it, but only if it...

Carcass of an adult albatross with a stomach full of plastic...

Breakthrough

Today, for possibly the first time ever, I stopped midway through considering a fairly huge course...

thatguyben: elderdave: I was walking along the main walkway earlier today and I looked down and...

EXTRA EXTRA! RECYCLING CAUSES HUGE BRAWL AT...

I was walking along the main walkway earlier today and I looked down and I thought “man, I...

via phdcomics.com Firstly, curse you, Jorge Cham for being...

szymon: Sarah Illenberger I’ll resist making any puns...

You may be some kind of yuppie if your 2 year old asks you...

What do supermarkets and the Hotel...

You can check out, but you can never leave… Does anyone else find it immensely irritating that...

Iconic 20th Century images in Lego. Via TimesOnline

Africa Scratchbuilding

“A nice girl in a crap car – it’s the motoring equivalent of...”
— James May (via...

Spotted, parked around the corner from my place. I sincerely...

100 in bloody brawl at Royal Easter Show...

I’d like to dedicate this morning to my old friend V,...

Oops, I was only out by 120 hours....

There’s nothing quite like the relief of discovering that stressful meeting you were dreading...

Reblogged via szymon UUUUUUUUUULLAAA!(OK, if you’re...

“[Dave] also lent me his old Mazda 1300 (whose name is...”
— via Deb. This makes me for the...

Saturday afternoon, cruising with my brother past the heads...

“Mr Maple is charged with assault with a deadly weapon,...”
— via news.com.au Yeah, this...

(via garfieldminusgarfield) Oh man, I really had to reblog...

(via garfieldminusgarfield) I knew of the existence of...

Kids are just, great.

I went to pick up my 2 year old daughter from childcare yesterday arvo. Greeted with a gleeful shout...

Houses will never be affordable

I [heart] Shannons!

Just called Shannon’s Insurance with a brief inquiry about my policy. Ended up talking to the...

Once again, I am Mike Slackenerny…. We’re doing...

Mar

The Conquest of Time by H G Wells

szymon: susanna hertrich: chrono shredder Very cool,...

Don’t know where you’ve gone, little mate....

Time and eternity and Heisenberg's cat...

For the last 11 years I would come home and most days there would be a little black cat waiting to...

Sad.

I’m procrastinating badly and tumbling a lot today in an effort to distract myself from...

Yes. I was escorted along the freeway yesterday by a pair...

The Shimizu Mega Pyramid concept proposed for Tokyo Bay to...

“Fire and ice in your pants!”
— This was the title of a spam...

In which Geoff cracks us up and Ben...

Sideways Dave (me): It was stock as a rock... what modifications can you make to a rock, anyway?
Geoff: Googly eyes?

maririvera: Saw this while getting coffee and all I could...