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Got Ink? Part 3
Last night I had another sitting with Darren at Diabolik Tattoo & Piercing in Newcastle. We worked at it for about 3 hours to add in the 2 tones of blue you see, it was pretty fiddly work because of all the waves and effects in the water but I’m really stoked with how it’s coming out.
Hopefully we’ll finish it up in the next session at the end of August, after I get back from the honeymoon. Anyone around the Newcastle area, wanting to get tattooed or pierced, I highly recommend Diabolik as apart from being a super clean and cool shop, they’re extremely professional and pretty nice guys as well.
iPhone advice for you
Here’s 2 really great iPhone articles that I think are worth reading, or at least saving to del.icio.us or StumbleUpon for later perusal.
How to Despam Your iPhone Email by Mashable’s Bob Walsh
Finding 300 spam messages on your new Apple iPhone 3G on your first day with your new love is not a pleasant experience.
How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your iPhone Bill by Lifehack’s Joel Falconer
Apple has manufactured the telecom’s dream: a phone that will rack up a massive bill all too easily.
Check out both those articles if you’re suffering from some iPhone issues at the moment, I know I’m wondering what my first bill will look like which is actually due to arrive while I’m away on my honeymoon.
Teriyaki Chicken
Another really quick and simple dish for tonight, and it will totally ‘wow’ anyone you cook it for as it’s so flavourful! It’s not a proper Japanese, just a Matt version that is quite similar to the Teriyaki Chicken at Melbourne’s Edoya Japanese Restaurant on Russell Street, Melbourne.
Viral Marketing, gone ‘adult’
I love a good viral marketing video, and this one from Rubber 55 is one of the best I’ve seen in a while. It’s a total rip off of MTV Cribs, but still pretty funny
Check it out, oh and even though it’s about gimps, dildos, latex, and other random fetish type products it’s completely work safe…..unless of course you work somewhere where they don’t allow those things. errrm. what.
Thanks Commission Junction!
Today I received my first official advertising check / cheque from my blogging efforts, from Commission Junction. Looking back through the reports on my account it seems like there’s a few referral sales for www.GoDaddy.com, some for Skype’s SkypeIn service and a hosting plan from PowWeb. It’s only a $100.00 but it pays for the hosting and all that sort of stuff.
Aperture 2.1.1 Update, what’s it all about?
So today, in the latest round of software updates to come out for Apple, was the Aperture 2.1.1 update. The support notes say this;
About Aperture 2.1.1
This update supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
For more information, see Late-Breaking News in the Aperture Help menu.
Australian Government to censor the Internet
If you’re like me you’ll be furious when you read the latest information the Australia Government has released on the proposed ISP-level filtering of online content.
Duncan Riley has stated his concerns over on his blog. Duncan was also responsible for the Techcrunch article that I linked to in my article back on the 9th of January this year, Big Brother Down Under.
The full report can be downloaded from the ACMA website on pdf.
New portfolio images
Cross post from Mathew Packer Photography
This morning I’ve added a couple more images into my portfolio. The above image was a triptych I put together from one of my ’sideline’ captures from the studio christening.
I didn’t manage to get into the studio over the weekend, however I’m in the process of booking a shoot for this week as well as another next Sunday. Actually next Sunday’s shoot should be a lot of fun, I’ve got the boys from Cigars For The Man coming in for some promotional shots for their upcoming ep release. Hopefully I should get some great images form the shoot so expect some more additions to this portfolio soon.
Getting around WordPress’ 2mb Import Limit
Over at I’m With The Band we’re in the process of moving to our new hosts and as part of the great move we’ve had to relocated all the articles, images, and other assorted bits and pieces.
For the most part the move has gone well, the only BIG issue we’ve had is uploading the WordPress XML exported file from our previous WordPress installation. WordPress, and php, have an issue with uploading files larger than 2mb, but with a little bit of hacking around you can get around it.
Here’s what I did to bypass the WordPress 2mb upload limit.
In my .htaccess file I added the following lines;
php_value upload_max_filesize 20Mphp_value post_max_size 20Mphp_value max_execution_time 200php_value max_input_time 200
If you’ve got access to your php.ini file, which is normally located in your public_html directory, then you could try adding those lines to it which I’ve heard works as well.
Anyway, this weekend should be pretty hectic getting the new website finalised. Fingers crossed there are no dramas!
