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| Main Entry: | attic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | space under the roof of a house |
| Synonyms: | garret, loft, sky parlor, top floor |
I expected better from you, Australian media. Why have I not been drowned in bad foil insulation puns yet?
I got sent this little gem by a friend of mine. Start seems to be pro-RIAA/MPAA, but the punch line hits you half way in 
Enjoy.
What can I say? Microsoft managed to turn around their Vista reputation and create a product that everyone was interested in, then they blundered and hired the most clueless ad agency in the world.
*cringes*
*ears bleed and eyes shrivel up like prunes*
Really? OK, so Windows 7 Launch Parties is a kinda lame idea, but there’s enough geeky people around to pull it off, and there will be enough media coverage when Windows 7 is officially launched on October 22nd.
Quotes from Twitter include:
“What would compel someone to have a Windows 7 Launch/House Party?…seriously!”
“Got my life size cut out of a nude Bill Gates ready. Oh, I thought you said Windows 7 Raunch Party. Sorry.”
And joy of joys, there is also a dedicated Windows 7 Launch/House party website, so you can upload snaps of you and your friends nerding out over an install of Windows 7. Hosts also get a signature copy of Windows 7, and a party kit including branded napkins, streamers, posters and balloons.
If it makes you feel better, here is an alternate version of the Launch Party video…
$20 says that the 4 actors in the video have no fucking clue what they’re selling.
I can’t say I’m a fan of all the Hitler hates X rip-offs that have flooded the interwebs (notably Youtube), but I’ll give this one by mambo9jambo a plug. It shares a common ideology that unites all (sane) HSC English students, that creative writing (and HSC English for that matter) sucks. You could say, we all… belong?
*ducks fusillade of flak*
It’s good, as far as Downfall (movie) spoofs go – there are a lot of much lamer parodies out there e.g. “Hitler wants ADSL2+ in Tasmania”.
And now, put your hands together for everyone’s favourite ISP!
Dodo, Dodo, Internet that flies,
For nine-ninety cheap a month,
Connect yourself with Dodo!
And they’re back! Not content with being one of the most complained about ISPs in Australia, or offering the most ridiculous plans and outrageous terms & conditions, comes Dodo Electricity & Gas!
Dodo Electricity & Gas
For when your electricity and gas supplies just ‘aint unreliable enough. Do you want:
Well you’re in luck, as here comes Dodo to the rescue.
Ok, well not really. They haven’t started offering those plans yet, but it’s a scary thought. And yes I am aware they have a PDF available listing the supplies and rates in Victoria. But it IS fun to pile shit on Dodo – not like it’s undeserved anyway.
*Excessive use of Dodo gas and electricity resources is a breach of the FairConsumption policy. Dodo is a reseller of AGL (natural gas) and Energy Australia (electricity). Excessive use is defined as 1. Electricity or Gas consumption of more than 5kWh or 150kJ per day 2. Use of more than 750W of electricity between the hours of 1 am and 6:30am 3. Using Dodo gas for barbecues or hot water boilers. Dodo Electricity & Gas is for residential use only. Customers who use Dodo Electricity & Gas for business purposes may be asked to purchase a private generator and LPG tank at the customers expense. Dodo will try to meet a 65% availability for electricity and natural gas services, but blackouts and supply loss are not guaranteed.
Oh me, oh my.
A break in the blag update drought.
Actually bothered to create a new post just for this.
Microsoft has been granted IP patent # 7536726 (filed in 2005) for technology used in the crippling of operating systems.
“making selected portions and functionality of the operating system unavailable to the user or by limiting the user’s ability to add software applications or device drivers to the computer’ until an ‘agreed upon sum of money’ is paid to ‘unlock or otherwise make available the restricted functionality”
Oh, when will the fun ever stop.
Meanwhile, Sophos has developed an Anti-Virus program for members of the Klingon Empire!
I’m not even going to bother trying to comprehend what type of shrooms they were smoking when their designers created this, but it’s damn good marketing regardless – it’s made headlines all over the interwebs.
Seeing as none of these snippets really warrant their own separate post, and partially because I’m lazy, here is a conglomerate of several random issues… thing… news items or whatever…
1) Remember that little ass Alfie Patten? The backwards little midget who claims he is the father of his knocked up 15 year old girlfriend?
As it turns out after DNS testing, he’s isn’t the father but he plans to stick around with his loose “girlfriend”. For what? Perhaps he has a hidden fetish for adopting babies. Either that or he worships Madonna.
The British pollies are all up in arms as usual, going on about the declining morals of modern society, unruly kids, “back in my day…” old douchebaggery comments. It’s not like anyone in the UK gives a f*** (well they do 
), but it’ll take a lot of work to change the fact that Britain is the most promiscuous Western culture.
In any case, this picture made a lot of people feel like beating him upside the head.
2) There needs to be a clause put into the UN charter of Human Rights forbidding Lady Gaga from wearing bikinis and one-pieces, especially in her music videos. I’m surprised she hasn’t already been sued by parents worldwide for psychological damage done to their kids.
3) Speaking of unflattering people, Trinny and Susannah are back at it again – http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25245028-5007192,00.html Anyone else wish these two try hards would just give up?
4) I do feel kinda sorry for Nick D’Arcy. He got kicked out of the Beijing Olympics team after his bar brawl with Cowley (who provoked him intentionally, BTW). Now after making the team for the World Swimming Championships, he was dumped by Swimming Australia as he had a criminal record because of some obscure rule in their charter.
His team mates are kinda pissed at SA for it, and the major sponsors are annoyed to say the least. While it’s nice to see the law applied equally to both citizens AND sports stars (eh, rugby and football?), 4-8 years of work has been ruined for Nick, and he’ll probably never have a swimming career at all unless he moves to the US/UK and competes for them.
Part 2 coming soon… and by that I mean within the next 24 hours.
A blog from an expat Australian couple who have recently emigrated to New Zealand – http://www.fushnchups.co.nz/. They’ve far exceeded the usual sheep jokes, tearing the shit out of the Kiwi’s with their caustic comments. Examples include:
When you arrive in New Zealand, chances are you might hire a car. Chances are also that you may die due to the batshit crazy haphazard way many Kiwis drive.
and (describing Rotorua, a popular tourist destination):
I was always under the impression that the locals just ate too many baked beans, but no, apparently it’s the bubbling mud pools which create the stench. The smell is pretty striking when you’re just visiting the place, but I suppose the locals get used to it. Scientists tell us that the smell is actually an aphrodisiac, but I highly doubt it. It just smells like the whole town let rip at once. It still got me to thinking, does good old-fashioned flatulence still provide the giggles to Rotoru-ians that it does to others? Can blokes get away with letting out a silent-but-deadly in bed next to the missus? How do people tell when their eggs have gone off?
and
Number of times overtaken by a a fellow motorist who couldn’t handle me only doing the speed limit: about 30.
Number of times this happened when approaching a blind corner or crest: at least 10.
Number of times this happened when the overtaker was heading in my direction and I momentarily feared for my life: twice.
Yeh… it doesn’t sound that impressive reading quoted text. It’s a lot funnier reading the full articles. The blog even made headlines, havign pissed off a lot of New Zealanders. http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5426019/aussie-bloggers-upset-kiwis/
I’ve avoided commenting on mainstream news/popular internet stories in the past, given that the media + millions of bloggers around the world cover it in enough depth to submerge the Empire State Building.
But someone’s gotta do something about Stephen Conroy. My suggestions -
Sniper assassination just seems too dull.
Have I left anything out?
Speaking of which, GetUp is about to start a national T.V. campaign to protest Conroy’s clean feed.
Mate of mine sent me this photo he took back at World Youth Day 2008. Photo was taken at a school, which had been turned into temporary accommodation for the pilgrims.
I’m guessing no firefighters came across this…
OH&S inspectors anyone?
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