pushing the sky

“So, you’re in love with one of your friends, but she has a boyfriend and probably wouldn’t have sex with you anyway.” Step Seven: When she enters the room pretend to be unconscious. Allow her to turn you over and try to wake you for a few seconds before you open your eyes. The injuries [...]

Obama is your new bicycle comedian-in-chief: part 1, part 2, part 3. (and follow-up: Wanda Sykes part 1, part 2)

Max Barry (my favourite Australian author) is experimenting with publishing a ‘real time serial’ online, I guess kinda along the lines of how novels were published in days of yore. Depending on how it goes, you’ll be able to buy the full thing later, as a way to support the author directly. Launches tomorrow, so [...]

Avenue Q is coming to Australia! Melbourne from 29th May to 28th June at the Comedy Theatre, Sydney from 8th August to 6th September, other capitals to follow. You know how your face hurts from laughing too much? Watching this made my abs hurt from laughing. Think of it as an abdominal-and-facial-muscle exercise session. Want [...]

*cough* So, Um, kinda got bored of that last “theme” I’d hacked together without much motivation. Thus you have the SimpleX theme running here. Still have yet to figure out a good place for the Twitter & Del.icio.us feed (if they’re actually wanted), but on the other hand, a whole lot more of this still [...]

Are you a news junkie? Looks like PressDisplay is the site for you. So… much… information…

Microsoft is now gunning straight for your clucky/cute genes. Goddamn, if that’s not a dirty trick…

Authors’ Guild claims copyright on a computer reading a book out loud through text-to-speech: “They don’t have the right to read a book out loud,” said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. “That’s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law.” What the fug? I hope the cognitive dissonance in this guy’s [...]

Amazon releases the Kindle 2 – I have to say, this looks miles better than the previous model. Ars Technica & NY Times have more – now, when are they bringing this down under?

Jaydiohead – Jay-Z meets Radiohead – Minty Fresh Beats: Something about Jay-Z must make him infinitely mixable, because this is one helluva mix, slotting right in alongside The Grey Album and the Linkin Park crossover of a few years ago.