Author Archives: Leefe
Chocolate Pizza Cake
Went to a social event at Gourmet Pizza Kitchen in Chatswood tonight. And it definitely has fancy pizzas. I wasn’t involved in the ordering process, so I don’t know all the names of the pizzas, but with 10 people there … Continue reading
New music: Chill out Chilli
Finished exams for the year. No more commitments, save Christmas. Time to relax and do things I haven’t had time for recently. So, after not touching GarageBand for 2 years I thought it was something to try again. I wanted … Continue reading
Icecream at still life
A chocolate ice-cream cake covered in sorbet balls. Very nice to eat, but initially hard to serve. The cake proved too hard for slicing, so was served in scoops.
Vote for… oops that was last weekend
I noticed this funny advertisement on the web today. (Actually on my own blog) Looks like an ad for a candidate in the Australian Federal Election. But whats so funny about it? Well, the election was last weekend and I’m … Continue reading
AvP R – Australia, the other English
Looking at the Aliens vs Predator: Requiem site tonight it was interesting to see that there are three types of English: North American, Outside North American, and Australian. So what is the difference? Should we feel privileged, or outcasts? Examining … Continue reading
LEGMO, playing with the building blocks of (plastic) life
Building Lego ducks for my child I ran out of appropriate blocks. Desperate to complete the project, as any Lego mad scientist would do, I chose to opt for a hybrid animal. Using pieces from the farm set, cow genes … Continue reading
Bloggers’ Union on Strike
Came across this parody of the writers strike in the USA. Would the Internet survive if bloggers stopped? What would people do with all that time they spend blogging and reading other people’s blogs? (see YouTube movie below the fold)
Current Internet spam, electoral advertising
There is a law that electronic advertising for elections in Australia must cease 3 days before the election, the last TV ads ran last night, but this law doesn’t apply to the internet. So expect to see lots of adverts … Continue reading
How competant is your advertising agency?
Think your target market is a monorail user? Want to display ads to people as they zip past above the city? These people might be right for you, or maybe not. Walking through The Galleries Victoria I noticed an advertisement … Continue reading
We’ll be hunting whalers, purely for scientific purposes
On Sunday Japan sent a whaling fleet off to hunt in the Antarctic. They say that the hunt is being conducted “purely for scientific purposes“. With an expected haul of 1000 whales I ask, why do they need to catch … Continue reading