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Oh my god!

TWIT 89 simply was the greatest episode of anything ever! Ok, maybe not, but by good it was good. Leo’s mellifluous voice welcomed the always hilarious John C. Dvorak (dvorak.org/blog). Patrick Norton was there to take John on whenever needed. Merlin Mann, the funniest person in podcasting today also rose to the challenge of Dvorak, as he proved he could the week before.

Also, it should be known that Merlin is a little “somethin’ for the ladies,” my female geek friends love him. And then of course, we had “something for the fella’s”, Veronica Belmont, the amazingly cute techie from Buzz Out Loud. Veronica is easily the hottest non fictional sex symbol in the geek world.

Veronica’s only competition in the Geek world is Claire from Heroes, but thats not exactly a fair fight. After all, Claire is a cheerleader with superpowers who will one day save the world. Plus, she’s a cheerleader that fell in love with a geek.

Either way. Best. Twit. Ever

Um, don’t get me wrong, i dont find this at all sexy, or even right.
 
But i was bored and going through my favourite gossipblogs when i found this fully naked shot of Harry Potter.
I’ve read all the Harry Potter books, and I’m eagerly awaiting the next installment, but i can’t remember this scene.
 
I think Ginny might be in for a shock.

On my favourite forum, MacTalk Australia, discussions of piracy, ethics and bit torrent bubble up every few months.

Because piracy and television are near and dear to my heart, i always join in on these discussions. The funny thing is, someone always seems to argue that “piracy funds terrorists”.

Ohh, scary!

Now the people I know who “pirate” television do so for the own personal use, so I don’t see how this arguement is relevant. Still, the position is always argued. So I decided, once and for all, to put it to the test. Why do you pirate television, if you do (you awful, dirty people). I personally don’t. Pirating makes Baby Jesus cry.

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Hi,

if you’ve been visiting my site lately, (and i have to ask, why?) you may have noticed the theme changes almost every day. Sorry about that.

The problem is i really love one theme, refresh, a wordpress port of a styleshout theme. But the current wordpress version is quite buggy, doesnt support widgets, and its only a two column theme.

So I’m asking the amazing wordpress open source community, if you know how to do a really great port of this theme, please do it, and let me know.

Simply brilliant.

I heard this on a couple of differentpodcasts today so i wasn’t going to bother writing about it, but not one show i heard today pointed out that viewers are asked to vote on the films they see and OscarTorrents will publish the results on oscar night.

It should be interesting to see how different the views of the academy differ to the views of the pirating community..

Fulltime Casual in association with Loop Bar are proud to present the Melbourne Bad Film Club.
The Melbourne Bad Film Club give film lovers the chance to relax, catch up with friends and laugh at some of the best worst films ever made. The first screening will be held on Monday, the 26th of March, at 7:30pm.
But we need your help!
Choosing just the right film that is so bad its good is tough work. We want to steer clear of “the classics” for now, and focus on a film that provides the best audience participation.
So far, the shortlisted films, in no particular order are;
Cobra

Stallone’s Latest Rocky Movie is actual quite good. Really. To Celebrate its release, enjoy Stallone in this over the top 80′s action thriller.

From its opening shootout in a supermarket, to the bizarre quiet moment where Cobra eats pizza alone with a pair of scissors, Cobra is a misunderstood classic that always delivers.

Careful viewers might also spot the subtle product placement, when Stallone hides behind a giant Pepsi display in the opening scene, when Stallone steps out of his apartment a reflects in front of a giant Pepsi billboard on his roof, or where Stallone runs from Pepsi machine to Pepsi machine in the thrilling hospital chase. Strangely, when Stallones partner drinks a can of coke in the final scene, he is immeadiately shot to death. Go firgure.

Youtube preview:

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Gigli

Words cannot describe the simple joy of experiencing Gigli with good friends and a few drinks. How did it go so wrong? What were they thinking. No really, what on earth were they thinking?

Ben Affleck stars as Ben Affleck, a miscast block of wood who’s performance could only be topped by Karl Stefanovic.

J-Lo is the lesbian assasin who teaches Ben the secrets of pleasuring a woman (trust me you’ll never guess what it is!) before switching sides for him.

Gobble, gobble, its turkey time!

“Once you get past the staggering question of who gave this thing the green light, Gigli actually turns into a uniquely bad movie that yields real (albeit unintentional) laughter.” Dallas Morning News.

Youtube Preview:

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Jaws : The Revenge

Yep, as it says on the poster, this time, its personal!

Ellen Brody can’t escape the memories of the events of the first film. Now a widow, because “the fear of the shark killed her husband,” she decides to finally leave Amity and start life anew.

So where to go to escape the memories of the horrors of the ocean? The Carribean of course!

Unfortunately for Ellen, the son of the shark in Jaws is also haunted by its fathers death, and somehow follows Ellen to the Carribean, hell bent on finally killing the remaining Brody’s and avenging his father.

Honestly. That is the plot.

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So these are the finalists for the first Bad Film Club. Please add which film you’d like to see in the comments, then bring some friends to Loop on the 26th of March!

Karl Stefanovic’s Wikipedia entry is one of the most heavily vandalised Australian profiles on Wikipedia. In part, this is probably due to the excellent comedian Tony Martin, and his long running campaign to expose Karl as a robot. So as a public service to help keep Wikipedia vandal free, and for historical reference, I trawled through the over 500 revisions to Karls wiki entry, to catalogue some of the funnier revisions. If you’ve spotted any entries I’ve missed, please, let me know;

Karl Stefanovic is an Australian television robot who co-hosts the Nine Network’s breakfast programme, Today. There is some debate if Stefanovic is actually a cyborg (part man, part machine) or a android (entire robot). Evidence suggest the latter as Stefanovic’s emotional simualtions lack sincerity and have clearly been written by cheap third party software company.
He was involved in Nine’s coverage of the Canberra bushfires, where 400 homes and four lives were lost in January 2003. In 2003, he was posted to Los Angeles as one of the Nine Network’s US correspondents. During this time he also worked for CNN for over 13 months, after which he malfunctioned and over heated, and was re-booted as the stefa-robot you all know and love today on, funnily enough, Today, with the human/alien hybrid Jessica Rowe.
Stefanovic replaced long running Today host Steve Liebmann in 2005 and currently co-hosts the program with Jessica Rowe.
He is well know to refer to himself in the 3rd person as The Stefa-Robot, saying such things as “The Stefa-Robot is now in robot mode”. Karl likens himself to Bender, in that , unlike bender,who needs alcohol to fuel his power cells, Karl need alcohol to work with skeletor.. commonly known as Jessica Rowe.
The two have often clashed along political lines, with conservative Stefanovic often engaging in abrupt exchanges with the more liberal Rowe[citation needed]. In March 2006, the banter between the two came to a head when almost an entire program was devoted to a discussion of the Republic issue; with Stefanovic enthusiastically defending the Monarchy, and Rowe arguing in favour of a republic.[citation needed]
In 2006 Stefanovic participated in the Channel 9 reality-tv show Torvill and Dean’s Dancing on Ice. He eventually made it to the Grand Final of the show but was beaten by Jake Wall on a viewer SMS and phone poll. Stefanovic was regarded by Christopher Dean as a natural ice-dancer who potentially could have turned professional had he begun skating in his youth. His participation in the show will be remembered for his audacious costume selection, chemistry with ice-dancer Linda Aubrecht and convincing performance of the “Boléro” in the shows finale. There were rumours abounding after the show that Karl was indeed a robot, and would have been therefore disqualified as a consequence. The Stefanovic 500 has since gone into hiding.
Stefanovic is married to wife, Cassandra, and has two cyber-children (as of August 2006 Stefanovic is expecting a third child). Cassandra Stefanovic (nee Thorburn) is from Mildura, in regional Victoria. Her parents are Pat (the Chief Executive of MADEC) and Max Thorburn. Her brother, Craig, was married in September 2006.
Karl’s brother Peter Stefanovic is also a Channel 9 journalist.
Apparently if look into his eyes for long enough, his robotic powers will reveal to you the mysteries of God and all of the world’s mysteries (UFO’s, Ernie Sigley’s amazing laugh, the reason for Jessica Rowe looking like an alien, etc…). Apparently his amazingly perfect hair is the only type known to man that Superman is unable to burn due to the use of his heat vision.
He was recently involved in an unsuccessful court battle to be considered “a real boy” (The People of N.S.W Vs Cybernetic Industries).
Karl’s brother Tony Martin is a Triple M Fanatic.

Bummer, so i finally get the website back on line and my isp crashed. Ah, ziggy, will you ever win?

Hello,

sorry the site has been down, or more often up but unreadable for so long. I really wanted to switch servers (done) and switch blogging software (done – i’m now proudly supported by WordPress.) I still have a few little bugs to iron out throughout the site, but for the time being i’m back, and i’m glad to be!

pete

I know aboslutely nothing about a hell of a lot of things. Unfortunately, i really dont have any area of expertise apart from saving money.

With this in mind i thought I’d start a regular feature called tight-arse Tuesdays, where every Tuesday I will give you, dear reader, tips on saving money. Todays tip is one that many mac geeks know, but very few people with real lives are aware of.

Apple sell refurbished iPods at awesome prices through their online store. There is no point in me listing whats available today, because the line up fluctuates. But as a rough guide, 1st Gen iPod Shuffles start at $44, 1st Gen Minis are $99 (that would be my pick), first Gen Nanos are $149. The prices dont seem to be as good for fullsize iPods, but again, it changes every day.

So if you’ve been waiting for a cheap way of joining the seemless iPod/iTunes experience, $44 is a small price to pay.