December 2008
New Pet, New Blog Post, Yeah Yeah... →
This Christmas I bought Trish a canary, to replace a canary she had a few years ago which died of old age. She’d been pretty sad about it so I thought this year was enough time to be over it, and…
Autopublishing Rocks →
I just pre-wrote a post on here and left it to autopublish on its due date. Kind of a weird feeling - I could be run over by a bus in the interim and that article and others will still publish…. …
OMGWTFFSM (go on - you WANT to know!) →
Just saw this in a “year in review” article and don’t know how the obvious OMGWTFFSM? reference escaped me at the time.
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(de)Press here for the best religious experience →
And therein lies the key to why meditation and nirvana are spiritual concepts. If you can find a way to depress the “S-spot” then you experience much more of a feeling of spirituality. Since the…
Toyota Goes "Me Too!" with their planned EV. →
*sigh*. Yet another electric vehicle. It seems a bit airheaded of me, I know. I’m sposed to be shouting all things green from the rooftops, after all this is the green side blog… But… This…
Baby Green Steps →
Are you prepared? Do I sound like one of those survivalists who rose to attention last century, who had stashes of food, weapons, ammunition, clean water, and fallout shelters? Because, that kind…
NoFilter NoFilter NoFilter NoFilter NoFilter... →
THIS is why we DO NOT WANT Internet filtering in Australia. Mr Conroy and Mr Rudd, please take note!
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Blog Roll Broke Roll Bah Humbug! →
Blogrolling has been broken for so long now that I’ just about given up hope. But the announcement has given me a bit of hope, and made me stay from switching to another BR site just yet. I have…
Planters Sprout Crop →
Update to the kitchen planter article from last week - the soil stayed damp through one of the hottest days, and then the rest of the week, and the seeds have sprouted.
sorry for…
Moroccan Mango Chicken →
NAME: _Moroccan Mango Chicken INGREDIENTS/UTENSILS:
500g - 1kg chicken meat
2 or 3 barely ripe mangoes (depending on the size of them, may only need 1 or 2)
1 medium white onion
1 - 2 orange…
Bush served some good purpose to the economy... →
Noting the spike in sales, Serkan Turk, Baydan’s general manager, said, “Mr. Bush served some good purpose to the economy before he left.”
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The Marketing Rules They All Ignored. →
I’m just going to let my late father paraphrase “The Influence Of Arousal” section of this book review - and I suggest the author and the reviewer take note and next time, opt for the much more…
The Australian Has Shit Headlines →
WTF? The Australian needs to hire someone other than a fucking monkey to compose headlines. This is the most disgusting piece of don’t give a fuck writing I’ve ever seen… I know Kazakhstani…
Speed Bumps That Don't. →
Just back from a flying visit to Perth so my sis could do her christmas shopping, bought myself a cheap toaster oven so I don’t have to endure the weird noises and stinks the electric stove oven…
Speed Bumps That Don't. →
Just back from a flying visit to Perth so my sis could do her christmas shopping, bought myself a cheap toaster oven so I don’t have to endure the weird noises and stinks the electric stove oven…
Share Taxis In Your City! Save Money! →
Here’s a service that the concept works for me, and which I’ll have to try. http://www.cabeasy.com/ lets you enter a planned cab journey, and someone else can chip in along the way. Given so many…
The UPC Never Lies. →
Handy to know in these times of very troublingly contaminated Chinese goods and foods, are the barcodes, the UPC codes, on packaging.
The resellers and retailers who would rather see you buy the…
Kitchen Herb Planter For Peanuts →
Want to make a few planters for herbs in the kitchen but the garden or hardware store is just too far away? More importantly, do you want to re-use and re-purpose old stuff you’d only be sendign to…
Save A Fortune On Solar Panels! →
If it’s true that there’s a glut of solar panels on the market, then perhaps put off your plans to become energy self-sufficient until late next year? While the advantages of solar electric and…
Enough To Make You Sick? Hell Yeah! →
I don’t think I’ve harped on enough yet, about additives and how they DO NOT belong in our food. Here - I’ve picked a colouring agent and three preserving/processing agents out of the list which…
Superstore Shells, Post Recession. →
Just an idea, of course. But the question of what the USA calls the “big boxes” (being the shells of huge buildings that the megamarts and others leave behind) is beginning to plague us here too,…
Green Car Is Green... And White. →
Fiat is out with a concept EV, which means some car manufacturers are getting the message.
It’s a good trend to see. The Phylla EV seems to be settled right into the standard…
I've Solved The Recession. →
Well, this falls somewhere on the environment scale, because it’s going to carry through to everything we have and do… Aside from the rather biased article title, it’s got some sense to it. And…
Invisible Pranks →
I think this would work in Perth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_15G4Y11dY Maybe even this - but I couldn’t keep a straight face… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrwrQoRxzxo.
Validate →
Nice video, courtesy of Wolfie’s World
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My Own Personal Bailout →
I too have made a long and tearful plea for a billion-dollar bailout to the Government. After all, literally dozens of people depend on me for their livelihood, and they will all feel the pinch if…