By now you know I love a bit of a rant, some of them come easily and others I spend a lot more time on them. Well today’s one has come very easily! I arrived home this afternoon and found a lovely letter in the mail from American Express, the gist of the letter is that I’ve been offered an American Express Gold Card with a “low”... (more...)
Recently, and I don’t know why it didn’t click earlier, but I’ve been noticing a lot of website design credits in footers of websites, ie. Website Design by Freelance Matt. To me this seems a little strange as you’ve hired a builder to build you something, when you get a house built you don’t have a permanent ‘This... (more...)
I’m pretty flat out at the moment, so things may be quiet around here for a couple of days. We have a couple of huge projects in the works at my 9-5 job, as well as all the issues with the Aussie Dollar and share market collapse making day to day business a little harder but hey that’s how life goes and you’ve just got to ride... (more...)
October 10 is World Mental Health or Blue Day! A day when the tech and social media community in Australia can work together to raise the awareness of anxiety and depression. One of my favourite Australian bloggers Kristarella has a brilliant entry on her blog, it’s a short interview with Alison Beeston who has suffered from depression in the... (more...)
Two days ago the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered the borrowing rate 100 points, ie. 1% to try and stave off the burden of the world wide financial crisis. A number of banks quickly reacted by lowering their home loan rates up to 80 points, ie. 0.8%. People across Australia cheered at the step taken by the RBA, and jeered the banks for... (more...)
Let’s file this under bizarre. A PG rated porn movie brought to you by the guys behind, pun intended, movies like Tromeo & Juliet, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Bring It On Again, and even Serenity. You’ve got to watch this to believe it, pretty funny actually. Oh and it’s got Aria Giovanni in it as well. Let me know what... (more...)
Check out what turned up today. Mmmmm one very very nice LG 107cm (42 inch) LCD television, aka Scarlet. And you know what, I don’t want it…..that’s right I don’t want it so I’m going to be giving it away. Some time in the next couple of days I’ll be announcing a competition on Cool and Stuff where you can win... (more...)
I figured it was time I get a little more interactive around here so I figured seeing as it was a long weekend and I’m probably going to do a bit of cooking, and therefore recipe blogging, I should ask you all a question; n {democracy:2} Read More →
….giving away and brand spanking new LG LCD TV, nicknamed Scarlet, on my Cool and Stuff blog some time in the next month or so. You might just have to sign up to our email subscription list at the bottom of this article, Who is Scarlet?, and it will also help if you live in Australia. Just saying…. Read More →
The newest update for the Thesis Theme has just been set loose on the world. The big news in this update is all the extra options in the theme’s control panel. There’s a pretty comprehensive list over on Kingdom Geek, and you can download the Thesis Theme here. Read More →