Posts tagged as:

Internet

Ten Stupid Things This Decade Will be Remembered For

September 3, 2009

This decade will be shuddering to an end in no time. We don’t have long to set in concrete what to wear at future noughties-themed costume parties… Here’s my pick of ten things which will be remembered as stupid remnants of the decade. 1. Reality TV This genre of “real life” television echoed far into [...]

7 comments Read the full post →

Five Examples of Why You Should Complain to Companies About Bad Products

June 18, 2009

Update: I recently appeared on Channel 7′s The Morning Show to talk about this post. Watch me embarrass myself! You like free stuff, right? Then next time something goes wrong with something you’ve bought from the supermarket, I demand you let the manufacturer know. After a recent messy packaging explosion, I was so irked by [...]

9 comments Read the full post →

There’s a Bloody Good Reason Why CDs were Limited to 74 Minutes in Length

May 16, 2009

Now that MP3 downloads are about to supersede CDs completely, there’s an unexpected threat on the horizon. To date, artists have been forced to limit their albums to 74 minutes or less, to fit within the maximum length of a CD. Albums in MP3 format terrifyingly remove this time restriction. Did you think the recent [...]

1 comment Read the full post →

My Drunk Boyfriend Explains the Internet in 2015

April 10, 2009

Last night: Me: That national broadband network announcement is brilliant, hey? Adam: Huh? I didn’t see anything. Me: The government’s installing a fibre-to-the-home network across the country. Adam: Oh, what a load of rubbish. Me: What are you talking about? That’s the best outcome we could have hoped for! Adam: You watch, it’ll all be [...]

3 comments Read the full post →

AussieMan.net: Definitely Not “HOT ENOUGH”

February 21, 2005

From the current issue of DNA, Australia’s gay mag: Are You Ready for Aussie Man? …how many times have you rocked up to a hot sex date only to find that your fuck buddy looks nothing like his online picture or has lied about his age? …The next generation of on-line man hunting could change [...]

0 comments Read the full post →

Microsoft Jeb

January 31, 2003

I just checked my site on Adam’s computer using Apple’s iAutofellatioBrowser (well, Christ, that’s what you’d think it’d be called based on Apple devotee’s reactions)… it seems this site looks like Jeannie Little without her makeup on in everything but Internet Explorer. Text is purple all over the shop where it shouldn’t be. My soul [...]

0 comments Read the full post →

There’s a Party at Shawn Fanning’s House, and Everyone’s Invited

December 13, 2001

To celebrate the ‘success’ of Napster, Shawn Fanning is having a party at his apartment for the (disgruntled, but never turning down free alcohol) music industry. 7.30pm Shawn warns the party attendees that no bots are permitted at his party – if anyone is found running one, they will be permanently banned from his apartment. [...]

0 comments Read the full post →

Dot Com: The Musical

August 8, 2001

(Curtain rises. An open plan office filled with flat-screen monitors and workers – average age 23 – clad mostly in grunge band t-shirts buzz around the stage. Lights dim and spotlights shine on a group of four business development workers in a meeting room, clad in suits. Gloomy music from the strings section of the [...]

0 comments Read the full post →

Just Hello

November 29, 2000

Today’s entry is brought to you by: Finally, we’ve figured out how to beat Coke: by adding alcohol to our drinks! ***** When our group at work goes outside for a cigarette break, I usually trundle along behind them. They’re not rude enough to exclude me from the cigarette crew, but everyone knows I don’t [...]

0 comments Read the full post →

Battered Turd Syndrome

June 15, 2000

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:48:23PM (GMT +10:00) Subject: The Colonel To: webmaster@kfc.com Hi. In Australia, I notice you sell a burger named ‘The Colonel’s Choice Chicken Fillet Burger’. How can the Colonel personally choose what chicken he uses when he’s dead? Is there’s something you’re not telling us all? Er… there WAS only one [...]

0 comments Read the full post →
Page 1 of 212