Web
The New Google Reader [http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-in-reader-fresh-design-and-google.html] I think I like it. Certainly, sharing via Google+ feels slightly more useful than sharing with a note to the one or two people who followed me on Reader. That said, the design changes are a little more
Doctor Who
amymebberson [http://amymebberson.tumblr.com/post/7519690523/muppet-dr-who]: > Muppet Doctor Who. Well, this is impressive. Especially Brigadier Swedish Chef.
iPhone
This started off as an email I kept sending to people and then updating every time. Instead, I’ll try to keep this updated. General Apps * Instacast [http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/instacast/id420368235] (podcasts, far better than syncing from iTunes) * Consume [http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/consume/
Politics
> On television, [Julia Gillard] loses a dimension; her natural fluency seems to get snarled up in clunky catchphrases and rehearsed hand movements. Rather than looking like a leader forming a political argument, she tends to look like an AFL umpire reluctantly allowing a goal. — Annabel Crabb, Gillard, Rudd and
Animals
Note that they’re unfazed by the attention of the paparazzi.
Croatia
Only one Roman Emperor retired rather than sticking around until a more… terminal severance package was forced upon him. That emperor was Diocletian, a native of these parts, and his retirement home still remains in the middle of Split. A big square construction on the edge of the sea, Diocletian
Maths
Politics
> I don’t advocate gay marriage any more than I advocate eating potato salad for breakfast. I just think it makes zero sense for other people to campaign against it. What the fuck do you care? Eat your cornflakes and shut your stupid-hole. — Geoff Lemon at Heathen Scripture [http:
Croatia
After indulging in some rather potent Austrian beer the day before, I was in a somewhat hungover state as we finally arrived at Dubrovnik airport. The plane had been full of elderly Americans, but for the whole flight I remained blissfully unaware of the possibility that they were all on
Bicycles
I didn’t seriously believe these existed until I actually saw them up close. The wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle] is both informative and unintentionally hilarious, as someone’s gone through and requested actual citations for repeated claims that “some cyclists prefer” and the like. The
Games
Terraria [http://www.terraria.org/] is an awesome game, if by awesome game you mean evil, evil timesuck. It’s Minecraft for people who can’t quite be arsed. It’s also extremely dangerous. Andy kindly hosted a world which, when translated onto my machine, somehow developed a few very,