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Barristan the Bold 4Eva
‘Game of Thrones’ Precap: Missing Bastards, Bad Moms, and Indecent Proposals – To be honest, I don’t really care where Gendry is. To me, he’s just “no longer in the story.” I figure he made shore somewhere and is making a life as a blacksmith, just like good ol’ Hot Pie and his successful bakery.
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Useful!
Fancy iPhone Mockups & App Demo Videos by Placeit – Ooh, this is pretty cool. Drag and drop in screenshots and make it look like your app is on a phone, watch, laptop, etc.
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Brilliant!
Snap Me Up’s Selfie Alarm Clock Combines Two Things I Hate – Hahahahaha… that’s hilarious.
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Free share trading in Oz
Robinhood – Australia – Cool new startup offering free stock trading in Australia. Sign up now for early beta access. (And use my link there, as the Snook will get bumped up the waiting list depending on how many referrers use it!)
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*shudder*
Cadbury Have Confirmed That Vegemite Chocolate Is Going To Be A Thing – The end times are clearly upon us.
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Best. Husband. Ever.
@web_goddess Never underestimate the power of a nitrile glove and a hard disk magnet.
— The Snook (@the_snook) April 17, 2015 -
I snorted into my coffee.
Soon giving a talk to a v.large co, partly on costs of decision making in big orgs. So far 8 people have needed to approve my ppt. Mic drop.
— Ben Hammersley (@benhammersley) April 14, 2015 -
Grrrrr.
Fewer Women Run Big Companies Than Men Named John – NYTimes.com – I’m reminded of the Dave Rule.
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Altruism Autumn
The other day I was arguing with the Snook about something – I can’t remember what – but his general homebody-ness and antipathy to the world just made my head explode and I decided that meant it was time for me to do some Good Deeds so as to Contribute to Society. Somehow I ended up at the Clean Up Australia Day website. I found the work site closest to me and signed up. Today was the big day, so I headed over to the Ultimo Community Garden armed with a hat, sunscreen, bottle of water, and pair of thick gloves. (The Garden is lovely, by the way. I’d never seen it before!) Pauline the organiser put me to work on Macarthur Street picking up rubbish with a young guy named Matt. There are several nice little verge gardens filled with agapanthus and bushes, and JERKS LOVE TO THROW RUBBISH IN THEM. So Matt and I worked in the sun for an hour, pulling out old beer bottles and coffee cups and candy bar wrappers and bits of plastic and old takeaway containers and a lot of other icky crap. Oh, and we picked up ABOUT A BILLION CIGARETTE BUTTS. After a short break to rehydrate and reapply sunscreen, we went over to Jones Street to the pedestrian area near MSY to pick up ANOTHER BILLION CIGARETTE BUTTS. A few people talked to us, which was nice. “Oh, is it Clean Up Australia Day already?!” they’d ask. I was tempted to tell them no, I was just on work release from prison. At one point a young guy came past finishing off a can of Coke, and I said loudly, “YOU BETTER NOT THROW THAT IN THE BUSH.” He was like, “I wasn’t going to!” while ostentatiously putting it in the bin. Harrumph. Anyway, I finished my two hour shift and said goodbye to Pauline and Matt, happily heading home with a feeling of accomplishment… which lasted 2 minutes until I got on Wattle Street and passed my first empty beer bottle and pile of cigarette butts.