Harry likes kitty

He's quite insane.

Some of my favourite things

The following is an amazing Japanese gameshow- I want to host, be a part of or just watch an Australian version. It's insanely brilliant.

A ride though the hills before the fires struck

Adrian and I had a run through the hills just a couple of weeks before the horrible fires that have destroyed so many houses and lives. It's perfect country for motorcycle riding- well made, curvy roads, beautiful scenery and people who welcome us everytime . We respond by respecting the speed limits and spending money in the towns (Especially the Kinglake bakery!)

We'll be back just as soon as the people in these towns can shake the ash off the welcome mat. Looking forward to it...

Happy Christmas to all!

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OUr watering system!

Here it is- in place of an actual blog post, I just grabbed the Nikon Coolpix (which adds an annoying tap tap noise for unknown reasons- excuse me!) to film this...

I was on TV and I liked it more than it liked me..

Here we go:



Yes, I hit the wipers for no reason in the first bit. It was a subtle sight gag that some have suggested was just me being stupid and not realising that the Ford Focus has its wipers on the right side where the indicators usually are.

But they would be wrong.

Courage; defined.

Courage is not about being tough when you have no choice, it's about doing something dangerous when you do have a choice.

Just watch the first minute of this and consider what is required- physically and mentally.

Travis Pastrana. Legend. Madman.

The Snow 2007 video

She sure learns fast... From no skiing beofre to black runs (the last 20 seconds) in 4 days.

youtube clip of the week

Sure, it's an ad, but hey, it's fantastic.

White chicks and gang signs...

Instant Liam Lynch-esque classic:

Web 2.0 in five minutes

I don't care who you are, you need to watch this and see if you "get it":

Elfin video!

rage website

rage:

"Thanks to everyone who entered invade rage. There were
a huge number of entries, so it has been taking longer than expected to go through them all. We hope to have more
news for you, and a winner, very very soon now....

In the meantime, check out one punter who took matters into his own hands instead of waiting to apply!"

That punterfolks, is me.

Enjoy:

you tube video of the day...

Annoying: "LG flummoxed by digital freeze"

Television manufacturer LG has failed to determine the source of a glitch in some of its televisions, which caused them to freeze when screening Nine Network's programs, despite being notified of the problem three weeks ago.

This happened to us- with our new 32" LCD TV. One minute I was watching "CSI: Las Vegas" and the next I was watching a frozen screen of said show...

Unplugging the damn thing did nothing (and the only way to turn it off was to unplug it as everything was locked out- remote control and the actual TVs buttons). So I pondered what to do. LG conveniently provide a 1800 number on the back of the TV so I prepped Mrs R on what to say on Monday morning (while I was safely at work...)

She was not keen.

In near manic/murderous frustration I Googled "Frozen LG TV" and lo and behold found the fix: unplug power and aerial cables. Plug power back in- as it cannot pick up whatever signal is messing with it's hardware, you can now change channels OFF channel 9 onto anything else. Plug in aerial- good to go. Booted up just fine... (who would have thought that we would actually have to "boot up" a damn TV?)

Note: It only crashed on Channel 9: I offer that only as a fact, not an opinion on the digital signal from GTV 9...

LG flummoxed by digital freeze - Home Theatre - AtHome - Technology

I can feel it in the air...

..tonight.

Here's what you get when you combine: beat boxing, harmonies, soul music, Phil Collins and the French Metro.

Concert sauvage dans le métro !
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Wicked stuff

Machinima embed video...

Friday funk fest

Ok, I'm gonna do a Clem Bastow and post a few youtube vids of some music I like.

Aussie Hip Hop.
Once upon a time I considered Aussie hip hop as a poor crappy cousin to the US stuff.

...and that was wrong of me. Though when I heard Aussie rappers rapping in an American accent I could notr get into it. The sound of the Australian accent in rap made me cringe. I was confused. I was reactionary.

Perhaps I was an old man at last?

HELL NO.

Frankly I grew into it- and when the Australian hip hop scene found its voice and style I got on board.

Less yapping more rapping:


Muph and Plutonic: "Heaps Good". Both are great names!

The big dogs on the block in Australian hip hop are from... wait for it...
ADELAIDE. The Hilltop Hoods new album "The Hard Road" took off in Oz and rightly so:



The Herd cover old Redgum anti-Vietnam war classic "I Was Only 19"

Still as relevant today. Translates well to rap methinks. As good as "I Was Only 19" is, The Herd's own track "77%" is even better. Checkit:


Werd, audi.

For Kat Riley

She loves this sort of stuff:

Machinima festival wrap up

As part of my weekend of fun, I interviewed Paul Marino for Cameron Reilly's podcast G'day World.

See the video here