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Archive for May, 2009
1 in 8 Million: by The New York Times
Saturday, May 30th, 2009Robbie McEwen Crashes out of 2009 Tour de France
Friday, May 29th, 2009Robbie McEwen has had no luck this year. First up he had a sickening crash in Grand Prix de l’Escau, where he literally bounces off the road at 60kph and unbelievably, suffered mostly bruising and battering. This slow-motion video shows it well – Robbie is at the front, just right of centre, behind the yellow flag, in the blue nicks and white jersey. He’s the one that goes down REAL, HARD ….
After watching that crash you’d be forgiven for thinking Robbie’s season was over. But he was training the very next day (on the rollers) which shows just how tuff those little Aussies are. But now it DOES look like his season could be over – he’s most certainly out of the Tour de France.
And the irony is, in this latest stack Robbie didn’t even “hit the deck”. But while it looked pretty harmeless the injury is really bad – which tends to happen when your knee collects a stationary object while you’re traveling at +55kph. And while his post-crash Tweet wasn’t too pessimistic, it’s far from great news.
Lily Allen Interview
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Lily Allen tours the World fastest than most. It wasn’t THAT LONG AGO that she were just here. This time around it will the songs off her new album, that fans here most. “It’s Not Me It’s You” is the much anticipated follow-up to Lilly’s debut album. Check your local music venues for dates around your town.
The Drive-By Truckers
Monday, May 25th, 2009The Drive-By Truckers (DBT’s) are an American 5 peice who have rocked audiences Worldwide for the last decade. It’s therefore nearly impossible to believe that 2009 is the first time The Drive-By Truckers have hit Australian shores.
The Best Twitter Tee Yet
Sunday, May 24th, 2009Twitter Tees has been launched as a partnership between Twitter and Threadless. So Tweets are nominated and voted on, with the best of the best being printed then sold. The tweet below, is the best one I’ve read yet. Vote for it to see it transformed from Tweet to T-shirt: http://twitter.threadless.com/tweet/18071/You_want_the_twooth_You_can_t_handle_the_twooth_Did_you_order_the_Tweet_Did_you_order_the_Tweet_You_re_goddam_right_I_did
You want the twooth?
You can’t handle the twooth!
Did you order the Tweet? Did you order the Tweet?!
You’re goddam right I did!!
Twitter Tees
Sunday, May 24th, 2009Twitter and Threadless have teamed up in an all-T affair, creating twitter.threadless.com. It’s an awesome concept and an excellent example of 2 big businesses, who manage to retain their “for the people” vibe, working together.
Video: Simon Gerrans wins Giro d’Italia Stage 14
Sunday, May 24th, 2009The Best WordPress Archive Ever
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009HOLYmac! I stumbled across a WordPress website today that is a real “WordPress: WOW!”. I was doing some research, trying to better understand the scoring variables of the Yahoo’s YSlow Firefox extension, specifically the Etags/Entity Tags, when I stumbled on dquinn.net. Wow.
Apart from an amazing example of WordPress design wizardry, Daniel Quinn shares some really awesome WordPress performance and optimisation tips. So not only was I blown away by the The Best WordPress Archive ever seen, I also managed to implement some of the page load tips into my current website optimisation obsession. dquinn.net is just one of those websites that you IMMEDIATELY subscribe to, in both RSS and twitter fashion. Do yourself a favour ……
Wolfmother Tour with AC/DC
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009Wolfmother hit the Australian music scene with more hype and success then any new Aussie band had, in a long time. Their debut album charted at #1, and it didn’t matter what Australian radio station you listed to, it was “Wolfmother, Wolfmother, Wolfmother”.
Now, after drummer change, they’re recording Cosic Egg – the long-awaited follow-up album. Will they be the same Wolfmother..? To most music fans, probably. Will the second album live up to the standards and hype of the first..? We’ll have a better understanding on June 2nd when the first single is released.
Stand by for more Wolfmother news.
The Sachet Stand
Friday, May 22nd, 2009The Sachet Stand is one of those ideas that everyone wishes they came up with. The Sachet Stand is also a product that every coffee shop on the planet should have. It’s a table-top sugar packet rubbish bin. Most coffee shops use packet sugar, so there is always sugar packet rubbish floating around on the breezy days. The Sachet Stand solves all these problems, easily, and looks pretty good at the same time.
For more info, just visit the Sachet Stand website.