Full songs are now available to be listened to on Last.FM: Damn, now you can tell exactly how awful my music taste is without having to go get the songs yourself. Security through obscurity for a little while, though!
Obama on MLK
Barack Obama on MLK and the Civil Rights movement: Obama (and his speechwriters?) is bringing back the great art of oratory (via).
I obviously can’t vote in America, but Obama seems to be the most well-spoken and inspiring candidate out there. The other candidates all look like they’ve calculated their lines and positions by polls; if Obama has, he’s a lot more subtle about it. Whoever gets the nomination, if it’s not him, fer cryin’ out loud, make him your VP.
Apply for Aussie Top Gear
Apply now to host Aussie Top Gear! Entries close Feb 1st. (Of course, three out of the four people I would push forward for nomination are working for car companies, which doesn’t help much…)
Napkin Stories
More mid-summer/winter fiction! Esquire magazine mailed a napkin to 250 writers and asked them to write a short story on it. They got nearly a hundred back, and the results are available online.
SteveNote Game
SteveNote Expo: The Game
Short Story: A Shade Less Perfect
I may have linked to this before, but what the hell: A Shade Less Perfect by Max Barry, author extraordinaire.
Sir Edmund Hillary, 1919 – 2008
PSP gets features
PSP to get GPS outside of Japan (ok not Oz yet, but promising!), and Skype (fully featured!): as a brand-new PSP owner, this pleases me.
Bastard Operator from Hell
The Bastard Operator from Hell (a.k.a. BOFH): Tales from your friendly Sys Admin that go back to 1995 (!)
Savage Chickens
Not sure if I’ve linked to this already – Savage Chickens: Daily comics on post-it notes. Mmmm, random humour.