Entries from February 2008

February 29, 2008

A love letter to the haters

You come into my house, firing your gun in the air like you’re some sort of cowboy.  You think that you’re going to scare me, that you’re going to disrupt what I’m doing.  But this is my house.  My rules. 

You can make noise but you can’t hurt me.  The laws of physics don’t apply here.  [...]

February 26, 2008

Melbourne awesomeness - the best street art in the world

One of the great things about working in the CBD of Melbourne is the diversity.  Lots of great place to eat, great places to shop, an interesting array of people.  And some of the best street art you’ll find anywhere in the world.  Here’s some examples that I shot on a recent lunch hour.  Everything [...]

February 25, 2008

A voyage on the Enterprize - attacked by pirates!

For any Star Trek fans who are having trouble dealing with the delays to the new Star Trek movie - I have something to tide you over.  On a recent weekend I got to go on a reproduction of the Enterprise that will be used in the new movie.

Actually, that’s close to a complete lie.  [...]

February 24, 2008

Angry bloopers

I frequently get asked if I have any good bloopers. People assume with the volume of videos I make, I must fuck up a fair bit. They’re right. People also tell me they think it would be funny to see me get angry when I screw up. Funny is a personal [...]

February 21, 2008

Kangaroo golf hazards in Australia

Every now and then I like to provide evidence that I’m a frustrated nature documentarian.  If that’s the correct word.  Anyway, living in a country with such diverse wildlife, there are plenty of opportunities for making nature videos.  This one probably looks like a set-up but it’s absolutely legitimate.

On a golf course just off the [...]

February 18, 2008

Great moments in ad placement

I don’t know about you, but I’ve stayed out of the so-called next generation DVD wars.  I’m old enough to have actually bought a Betamax VCR and paid the price.  Besides which, neither of these formats will enjoy the dominance DVD has had for the last ten years because they’ll be replaced by digital downloads [...]

February 15, 2008

A quick update

A quick update.  The artist whose music I used in my valentines day video has asked me to “leak” his album online.  So for a limtied time, follow this link to download NSG’s debut album “Working Class Superstar” in its entirity for free!

February 14, 2008

Valentine’s Day cuteness

The dominant reaction to this video from regular viewers on YouTube is “that’s a really weird thing for you to do.”  Hey, don’t box me in, bitches!  You never know what I’ll do next.  Although it never occurred to me as I did the video, I suppose it’s fair to say I’ve never done a [...]

February 12, 2008

Psychos don’t like being caught out

Further to my recent posts on office psychos, I’m still thinking through my Unified Theory of Global Dickheads. I’m sure that’s a Nobel Prize in the making. According to several studies I’ve read, about 1 in 100 people are full on psychopath/sociopaths and 1 in 20 suffer from diagnosable Anti-Social Personality Disorder. My own unscientific [...]

February 11, 2008

An important message about the US presidential elections

Sometimes really strange ideas come into my head.  I’ve read so many stories about how the US electoral system has very little to do with actual democracy that it’s getting scary.  The system of delegates and the electoral college creates a situation where you can be forgiven for thinking that the way individual citizens vote is [...]