derekjay

leahbobia: Flashback: 2007 I bet you didn’t know what skype was...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:26:10 +1100

leahbobia:

Flashback: 2007

I bet you didn’t know what skype was back then..

TAXES

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:45:00 +1100

I wish DieLaughing had comments enabled on his tumbla, so I could comment all over this post like a commenting badass.

Regardless, I’m going to comment in a reblog (like all the cool kids seem to be doing.)

See my comment under DieLaughing’s post.

dielaughing:

So I go to H&R Block to do my taxes (and my girlfriend’s), and right after getting started it tells me “Sorry, nightly maintenance. Come back later.”

WHAT?!!!

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!!!

Soon there is going to be a worldwide reckoning where large masses of people suddenly discover the other people that are just entirely incompetent and need to be quietly put down like an animal with such severe head trauma that they can’t survive in the wild.

I picture this mainly as the youth rising up to kill everyone over a certain age. It is an eventuality, so I’d like it to happen sooner than later, for obvious reasons.

I don’t respect my elders. I blame them for the shitty-ass state of the world.

And now it’s my responsibility, eh? Well, I promise to do everything I can to shout out every fucking retarded thing that adults accept as unchanging reality. I will point and shout until the brave youngsters kill us all for our selfish insanity.

Really H&R Block? You can’t hire someone who knows how to do a backup without shutting the whole fucking site down? Wow. Fire your HR department first, assholes, then kill yourselves before your own children bludgeon you in your sleep.

Holy moly! I completely agree!

I’m determined to fix the world before I even think about passing the baton to my spawn. Whether through The Zeitgeist Movement or my own means; it is going to happen an the world ‘peace’ will no longer be some fable we wish for.

We will achieve a universal giddyness. That is my goal.

GO!

Awwww! tears of joy Discovered by Rachel linking me on IM.

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:31:13 +1100

Awwww! *tears of joy*

Discovered by Rachel linking me on IM.

thelittle1: Today. Everyone is all about Australia day...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +1100

thelittle1:

Today. Everyone is all about Australia day (tomorrow) and there are two questions everyone is asking.

“What does Australia Day mean to you”

and

“What does it mean to be Australian”

Well ummm! When I think Of Australia Day I think of thong throwing contest at the Beach. But I also think of Burning Laminations in a Scottish Schools kitchen and almost having to evacuate 1000s of screaming girls. Funnily enough the only Australia Day I really celebrated being “Australian” was when I was living in Scotland.

Seeing as I have never been anything but “Australian” I cant really answer the other without using the usual Cliche.

There are some images though that to me express “Being Australian”. So what does it mean to be an Australian to you?

Sorry, this content is only available in USA.

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:20:39 +1100

haydenonline:

Hello.

This post is a reply to @djsteen’s posts (1 & 2) about content availablility and viewing time in certain geographic locations in the world. These posts are on his blog.

So I will give you the lowdown if you aren’t aware. I recommend you check Derek’s posts (1 & 2) so you can get the FULL story. Basically.

Australia (and I assume other countries), have always been restricted in some way with content created by large companies, like televison networks and movie production companies in the USA and UK. Why? Because we live geographically in the wrong place, why is that? Because of the MONEY. Also, we get delayed broadcasts and public viewings, and content avail on DVD.

I cannot comment on the money, so I will just leave it there.

Please make sure you have read Derek’s posts (1 & 2) now, because I have finished my very short explanation, I am now going to gripe.

SO. LISTEN HERE BUCKAROO.

I WAS BORN AND I LIVE IN THE WRONG GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. AND I CANNOT CHANGE THAT (yet). I WANT MY CONTENT, AND I WANT IT NOW.

I DON’T WANT TO VIEW A MOVIE 3-6 MONTHS AFTER IT WAS SHOWN IN USA.

I DON’T WANT TO KEEP SEEING RERUNS UNTIL THE NETWORKS GET NEW SHOWS FROM THE USA.

I WANT THE TECHNOLOGY NOW. If you don’t realize, in accordance to time zones, Australia is actually in the future. So like, we should get it all before you.

Yes, I understand using capitals is only okay every now and then, but I usually use it when I am yelling, as I have in this post.

I have said all I wanted to say. Clear and simple, Corporate world, wake up and fix this sh*t.

Hayden.

"Okay… we’re not bike riding to the slopes!"

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:44:36 +1100

“Okay… we’re not bike riding to the slopes!”

- Rachel

This looks like one of the dream homes I’ve been visioning...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:28:19 +1100

This looks like one of the dream homes I’ve been visioning for years.

I love the floor to ceiling glass that faces all different directions, and hence the abstract architecture.
I love the snow.
I love that I’ll have something like this one day!
:)

Discovered via the Tumblr Radar under the stats on my Dashboard.

subtilitas:

Herzog & de Meuron - VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein. Now nearing completion. Via.

STOP BLOGGING ABOUT "AVATAR". REGARDLESS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED, IT WAS THE MOST MEDIOCRE MOVIE I'VE SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. GET OVER YOURSELVES, THE ONLY INNOVATION IS THE FACT THAT FILMMAKER'S WILL NOW BE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF INVESTING THE TIME IN CREATING A COGENT AND THOUGHTFUL STORY, WITH GOOD WRITING, GOOD PLOT DEVELOPMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GOOD CASTING. SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL THE FUCK OUT.

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:20:46 +1100

smut-to-go:

neighborhoodthreat:

Guys, seriously.

I have never loved anyone more than right now.

This just started following me on one of my Twitter...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:50:34 +1100

This just started following me on one of my Twitter accounts.

All the @replies remind me of @greysection and Strack. :P

Discovered via my e-mail.

I only visit Dailybooth for about 20 seconds a day. (I look at 1...

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:22:00 +1100

I only visit Dailybooth for about 20 seconds a day. (I look at 1 or 2 photo pages, maybe comment/fave one, then look at the Dashboard, then I’m outta there.) The postings are almost as diverse as Tumblr.

Angry.
Giddy.
Tired.

You know. Life and such.

I don’t like American Football at all, but this is cute!...

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:18:07 +1100

I don’t like American Football at all, but this is cute! Love ya, Gary!

Discovered via Gary’s Facebook feed story. (He also tweeted it.)

gary:

I try to convince a Giants fan to become a Jets fan for the rest of this playoff run
Does it work?

fuckyeahads: IFAW: Disgusting, isn’t it? | Creative Criminals

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:06:30 +1100

fuckyeahads:

IFAW: Disgusting, isn’t it? | Creative Criminals

97/365: The Clocks Ticking… by Kelsey Turner This looks...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:57:29 +1100

97/365: The Clocks Ticking… by Kelsey Turner

This looks stunning on black!

Discovered via my Flickr contacts.

Untitled by Ginette Brosseau I love the warm colours in...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:03:08 +1100

Untitled by Ginette Brosseau

I love the warm colours in this!

Discovered via this post the Flickr Blog.

GMH - Smile. You are beautiful!

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:54:21 +1100

GMH - Smile. You are beautiful!:

givesmehope:

Today I remembered GMHs about people writing notes saying, “Smile. You are beautiful” in Eating Disorder recovery books. I decided to do the same at my local bookstore. A four year old boy saw what I was doing and helped me make notes for more than 50 books. He GMH.

I love hugs! If possible, I hug people rather than shake their...

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:40:25 +1100

I love hugs!

If possible, I hug people rather than shake their hand. Even if I’ve never met them before.

Discovered via Rachel linking me on IM.

(via woocie)

Readability - Cleaning up the web

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:57:06 +1100

Readability - Cleaning up the web:

Sometime in 2009 the Sydney Morning Herald decided to make articles on their website three columns.

The left column is for social media links and other site-related links. The middle column is for the content of the article. The right column is for ads and other site-related content.

This design doesn’t allow the content of the article to be the centre of attention, and each line is only about 10 words long. It’s horrendous to read!

I came across this post by Pasquale the other day, went to the site, and kept the tab open, thinking: Meh, I’ll get to that at some point.

Today, I added the bookmarklet to Firefox and use it on a TechCrunch post. TALK ABOUT SEXY!!!

I also just tried it on SMH.com.au. Readability fixes their eye-burning three-column design quite nicely. :D

It would be great if this could be a WordPress plugin, so non-geeky readers of my site could just click a button next to the text to hide everything surrounding my text.

Discovered via psql:

I just stumbled across this glorious tool. Install a simple jS bookmarklet, pick some basic configuration options for taste; and voila! No more ugly 90’s esque internet.

Seriously, I love this.

Nerdy, right? I’m assuming the Socially Awkward Penguin...

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:22:00 +1100

Nerdy, right?

I’m assuming the Socially Awkward Penguin isn’t new, but I only discovered it about a month ago.

There’s a SAP Tumblr, and it’s updated several times a day. I LOL hard at it!

I noticed that the images are generated from memegenerator.net, so I’ve been trying to think of a good one for the past day or so.

Today, I checked out the Starry Sky post on the Flickr Blog. All the images are amazing! I clicked on the one at the top because I wanted to see the EXIF data and learn what shutter speed was used to take the shot.

Alas, the EXIF data was stripped and I let out a big FUUUUUUUUUUU!

Awkward.

Peeps. Go out and grab what you need to succeed in 2010....

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:30:47 +1100

Peeps. Go out and grab what you need to succeed in 2010. :)))

Discovered via Gary’s Facebook post.