February 2009
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Watch "Shawshank Redemption" next time you're home...
January 2009
16 posts
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My favorite place to hear music: The Metro
It’s a pretty small place, but it reminds me of the old Marquee in London, which closed many years ago. It’s intimate, has a good sound system, and always draws a fun crowd.
The last time I was there was to see The Ting Tings, and it was absolutely brilliant fun. One day, I’ll play on that stage, I hope. Would be so good to see the venue from that angle.
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WatchI never thought I’d see a black president in my lifetime, let alone one with the middle name “Hussein”.
This will live long in my memory.
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Behind the scenes at inauguration
This is a totally amazing video from John Legend, taken behind the scenes at Barack Obama’s inauguration concert yesterday.
John features Beyonce and Queen Latifah, among others, as they are starstruck by the US President Elect.
But it’s Obama’s attitude that is so awesome - he’s down to earth and humble, and looks like being one of the great US presidents of my...
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Mrs Mugabe assaults photographer in Hong Kong →
This is sickening, not so much the attack, but the fact that Grace Mugabe can’t see what’s wrong with spending close to $3000 a day while the nation governed by her husband starves and dies.
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“What an appalling cackhole.”
– Top Gear’s James May puts his own twist on the experience of spending time in Reno.
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When Britney was hot →
franklieu:
Britney Spears in 2003, taken by celebrity photographer Matthew Rolston. Yeah, I did a double or triple take too.
Farewell messages to President Bush →
The Times asked its readers to post farewell messages to President Bush, universally pilloried as the worst president in the relatively short history of United States presidents.
Some of them are surprising, others predictable. One thing is for sure, everybody appears to have an opinion on Dubya.
Mine? Well, I didn’t like the guy, for all the reasons most other people didn’t like him...
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Ten things every journalist should know in 2009 →
Thankfully, I’m already across a lot of this. I want to know what’s going to happen in 2010.
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WatchI think this is so wonderful.
Apple's Revolutionary MacBook Wheel →
This is funny little clip.
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copycats:
“Teardrop” by Newton Faulkner
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Temperature
I wish I was at home - that’s London. It’s been snowing, and it’s freezing cold, and I miss that about home.
Sydney today is way over 30 degrees centigrade, and it”s muggy as all hell. I hate it when it’s like this. I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, I can’t feel comfortable at all.
If I had a bath, I’d fill it with ice, and lie in it all night.
Muslims taken off jet for remarks →
When I read stuff like this I feel asahmed for people that can’t see past colour or creed.
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My 2008 highlights
As my friends and I contemplated 2008 on New Year’s Eve, I realised it’s not been the most active of years. It started with a picnic at Kirribilli with Elle, and ended in drunken chaos at our house two days ago - the good kind of chaos, mind you.
Anyway, I though I’d write a summary of all the things I loved about 2008, so here goes, in no particular order.
Picnics at...
December 2008
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Australia's sporting annus horribilis →
As an Englishman, I have to say watching Australia fail in several sporting contest this year was a delight. I’m looking forward to the Ashes, but until it is won, I’ll say nothing about Australia not being capable.
TF
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Arrgghhh - my ear
Well the good news is my ear appears to have stopped humming. However, it’s now ringing like a mo-fo. It also feels a little blocked up, and I wasn’t feeling too steady on my feet earlier. Two doctors haven’t been able to diagnose anything peculiar in there, and I still have three weeks to wait until I can get a hearing test done.
Watching Band Of Brothers tonight (I’m...
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The 20 best music videos of 2008 →
Spin Magazine has put together a myriad of lists this festive season. Arguably one of its better ones is this, the 20 best music videos of 2008.
Other lists include the 20 best songs, and the 40 best albums, presmuably because they couldn’t cut that down to 20.
Oh, and then there are the 10 best overlooked albums of 2008 - presumably because all the others were overlooked for good reason.
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Kick in the guts for IE →
Google is actively turning people away from Internet Explorer by brazenly recommending Firefox and Chrome as the best browsers to choose if you’re a Gmail user. If you log in to Gmail through Internet Explorer, you’ll see a red link next to your account name in the top right, directing you to this page, which effectively says steer clear of IE.
I don’t know about you, but...
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“You don’t think we’d get into a contract with that mob, do you?...”
– Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says what he really thinks when explaining there is nothing between his club and Spain’s Real Madrid with regard to star player Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Ear aid
I went to the doctor this morning to get an opinion on my right ear, which has been driving me crazy over the past few days, humming and ringing and generally not feeling right. After firing the light of a torch down my ear canal, I was heartened to hear I had no infection and no blockages. However, that was the only good news.
The doctor was completely baffled by my description of the problem,...
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My muse and my work →
Taken by Irena, here I am standing proudly next to an image of the lady that made my photography course possible at all … Ella. It was a great exhibition, with plenty of awesome work and inspiration.
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On display
As you’ll get to realise if you continue to come back here, I like taking photographs. For my last birthday, I was lucky enough to be given a photography course at Sydney’s Australian Centre For Photography, which entailed five weeks of learning all the technical shit I felt I needed to get a hold of to really consider myself a photographer of worth.
Tonight is the culmination of that...
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White House spokeswoman Dana Perino shows off... →
Is this the real victim of the George W. Bush “shoe-icide” attacker?
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“Is it possible for one team to arrive in Mumbai and indulge in mass murder, and...”
– India’s sports minister, MS Gill, not exactly using the best langauge to suggest India should not tour Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
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WatchI’m travelling to India in March 2009, to trace some family footprints and also to see a place I’ve longed to see for many many years. This is a video I found recently that left me completely awestruck, and further increased my insatiable appetite for the place.
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So this is it ...
It should be noted that I’ve tried to create and maintain a blog many times, but have rarely succeeded past about the year mark. I think the main reason for this is that I’ve never found blogging alone is enough for me to maintain a web presence that is engaging enough to push outwards.
This is where I’m hopng Tumblr can help, by allowing me to post all the things I’m...