After news broke that Cheezburger Network’s Ben Huh was offering to buy the ailing Reddit, it was natural to investigate what role Ben Huh plays and what he did to capitalise on something I’d dare say is phenomenal on the internet: lolcats (cat memes). Reading through his blog, he posted up a talk he didContinue reading “I Can Has Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh’s TedxSeattle Talk”
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Spotless – short by Jessica Nilsson
Directed by Swedish director Jessica Nilsson, caught this one at Flickerfest two years ago at a best-of compilation screening. It’s pretty morbid, but everything about the pace, the music, the vintage film filter and the fact that it made very little sense made this a crowd favourite. Towards the end there is a cat on aContinue reading “Spotless – short by Jessica Nilsson”
Slowdive & Washed Out Mashup – Space Around the Feel Station
Picked this up on Scott Hansen’s blog, who’s a San Fran based DJ and designer and has a lot of really nifty stuff on his blog. He loves Washed Out as well and picked up a mashup that Violens did with Slowdive’s Souvlaki Space Station and Washed Out’s Feel it all Around. As a mashup it’s probablyContinue reading “Slowdive & Washed Out Mashup – Space Around the Feel Station”
Barbra Streisand – a dance mix by Duck Sauce
Barbra Streisand. Barbra Streisand. Barbra Streisand. You can now dance/ rave/ bob your head with joy, hearing Barbra Streisand’s name. Over and over again. Heaps of play time on triple j lately; but damn it’s catchy! Barbra Streisand (Original Mix) [audio:http://www.plasmoandtheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/uploads/Barbra-Streisand-Original-Mix.mp3%5D This is mildly confusing. Is this brand affiliation at work here? Does this nowContinue reading “Barbra Streisand – a dance mix by Duck Sauce”
Manifest (Melbourne Anime Festival) Twitter Overview
Manifest (Melbourne Anime Festival) is currently on this weekend and I set myself a task to suss out what people were thinking about the convention via twitter on the Friday and Saturday. I culled data from the hashtag #manifest and heavy filtering with ‘manifest’ and this is what I got. BASIC SUMMARY 471 tweets, includingContinue reading “Manifest (Melbourne Anime Festival) Twitter Overview”
An enlightening affair with Local Search Marketing
Two weeks ago, whilst being driven home from work, my friend’s tyre went flat. Unable to unscrew one of the bolts, our first instinct was to search for the nearest auto repair service . We whipped out our internet-enabled iphones, opened up Safari and typed in “auto repair North Sydney” into the Google search bar.Continue reading “An enlightening affair with Local Search Marketing”
Mana Bar announces drinks on the house for Krome layoffs
What do you do if you own a bar and know a couple of people getting laid off? Krome studios, one of Australia’s largest game development studios, let go of over 100 staff last Thursday, closing down their Adelaide office and shaving off employees in Brisbane and Melbourne. But that did not stop the ManaContinue reading “Mana Bar announces drinks on the house for Krome layoffs”
French Kissing is Gross (from Freaks & Geeks)
I’m glad Freaks & Geeks never got renewed for another season. There was no way in hell they could create a second season that would’ve topped the first one. I love how it was left on such a high and promising note, and just left it there. Just made each and every episode available so…Continue reading “French Kissing is Gross (from Freaks & Geeks)”
Are Australian cons ready to talk about cute Miku cosplayers on a live twitter broadcast?
Four to five years ago, Pictochat, an inbuilt chat system on the Nintendo DS where you can IM chat with other nearby people on DSs, was used during the costume play (cosplay) event of Animania, a Japanese Popular Culture event. People anonymously sent feedback and chatted amongst themselves about the entries parading and strutting theirContinue reading “Are Australian cons ready to talk about cute Miku cosplayers on a live twitter broadcast?”
Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit & Do the Astral Plane
Flying Lotus is Steven Ellison. He’s currently signed with Warp records; that alone will summarise what you can expect from his stuff. If you can put a bit of space electro, hip hop and jazz into a blender and turn it into a consumable for your ears, this is what you’ll get as a result. HisContinue reading “Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit & Do the Astral Plane”
Plasmo and the Infinite Sadness 