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If you don’t tear up watching this, even a lil, you are dead inside.

Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe

I could watch this on loop for a very very long time. Sure it’s heavily influenced by one of the greatest damn music videos of all time (NSFW), but I frigging love the story in this clip.

So what you’re telling me is that one man composed this rockin’, sassy theme, and the same man composed the iconic synth antem that defined a generation of cop comedies, “Axel F” from “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984), and that man’s name is Harold Faltermeyer and I never knew this before today? That’s just nuts.

Plus, he came back to make a track for this year’s flawed buddy cop movie “Cop Out” and composed something for the upcoming Adrien Brody stoner comedy “High School”? Fantastic.

Via Adam Lisagors’ blog Lonely sandwich. You may know him as the bearded dude in the ads for notable iPhone / iPad apps Square / Flipboard.

Second place would go to..

I won’t blame you if you’re a lil confused by the latter image. The Tesla is the first notable electric sportscar (American built too) so you can imagine the smugerati are clamouring to trade in their Toyota Prius sedans – which, coincidently, is the car in the first image.

Via Blame it on the voices & Motoriginal

Spoiler: Justin and I are the only people planet who didn’t seem to enjoy The Ghost Writer. Even David and Margaret loved. Pfft, what do they know about movies?

Also a quick round-up of The Possible Worlds film festival.

Enjoy!

 

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You know, Vince Noir from The Mighty Boosh.

The artist and comedian paid homage to singer Bryan Ferry with some of his paintings in a series sub-titled “Bryan Ferry vs. Jelly Fox”

My favourite part?

(Noel) handed out Ferry masks to the first 100 visitors to the exhibition. He also played badminton in the street outside and was seen sporting a variety of outfits and pancake face makeup.

Didn’t know he created the art behind the series? You should totes checkout his book.

Via Design Federation (pretty good Aus design blog)

Shit yeah.

Via Suicide Blonde.

P.s. trailer, if you missed it.

Hey all, Pete has invited me to help out with the blog. My Twitter handle is @zacislost, feel free to send a request if you aren’t an idiot social media spambot retard. Hope you like the posts.

YouTube – Swedish policeman dancing – polis dansar på stortorget i malmö.

Today on Twitter it seems like everyone I know is moving to Telstra. I completely understand the sentiment and Telstra’s new iPhone plans are unbelievably good for a company more traditionally known as evil and expensive, but I’m sticking with Optus. Considering Anthony at Mactalk hates Optus so much he’s written a guide to switching from the company, I thought I’d post the reasons why i’m staying.

Contract

The simplest reason. I still have 17 months on my Optus contract. Breaking it would cost me $895 for the contract and $165 for the handset repayments, money I can’t justify for Telstra’s better speeds. However, the reason I have 17 months left is thanks to the…

Excellent Optus Twitter Team

These guys were able to replace my stolen iPhone at no extra handset charge. They unlocked my phone in less than an hour after a dm, helped me sort out my sister’s contract, put her on a new plan better suited to her usage, and even put up with my bullshit complaining to them at times, all with good humour. Customer service that good goes a long way to making me loyal. Thanks Rhys, Julz, Dave, Scott, Meg, Andy, Holly, and whoever else I’ve harassed in the last 12 months. You guys all deserve a raise.

They’re Honestly Not That Bad

When the iPhone 3G was released, the Optus network ground to a halt. For two whole weeks you could hardly make a call or open a webpage as thousands of new iPhone users started playing with their new toys. If nothing else, I’m fascinated to see how the network performs once all these early adopters jump ship to Telstra. The network today is nowhere near perfect but it is a hell of a lot better than it was. Telstra are still miles ahead but Telstra are miles ahead of almost every telco in the world. But looking at my data usage with the excellent iphone app Consume, these days I manage to average about 400-500mb a month in data, and on my last trip to Melbourne i clocked up 700mb in 4 days. So for all of the complaints about Optus on Twitter (and Jesus, some people never shut up) I reckon I get my $59 a month’s worth. The new $59 2gig business plans (with free tethering) are pretty compelling even if my contract were up.

The Optus network still bugs me. Optus’ 3G network falls over at concerts or Sydney Swans games, places where many phones are trying to use the same tower I’d assume. I still can’t maintain a 3G signal in Glebe or in Bondi, two suburbs I spend a lot of time in, and two suburbs that really should get 3G coverage in 2010. Looks like Optus have 17 months to fix these remaining issues.