No G’Day World today
I’ve had a couple of audio editions of G’Day World planned for evenings over the last week but none of them have come together. If you’re missing you’re regular dose, grab these instead for a bit of recent Cam ranting.
Lemphers is building a robot
Caught up with some of the Microsoft guys yesterday to talk about my current Biztalk projects for TwoConnect (btw, any Biztalk developers out there looking for something better should contact me) and David Lemphers told me about his current project to build a robot out of a mini-ITX board, a paperclip and a 12V battery.
Angus Kidman – your blog is down
Someone tell Gus his blog is down. I don’t have his email address and I just googled it but came up stumps. I was just reading his review of the recent "Countdown Spectacular" in Newcastle and I wanted to leave him a comment to say how much I enjoyed reading the review. I especially loved his comments about Sherbet:
As soon as the band starts, the stage is rushed by fat middle-aged women who could care less about the earlier strictures from the guards. I can see an immediate look of panic in the guitarist’s eyes: “Fuck, this is what my groupies look like now?†But given that the band members now mostly look like elderly accountants, that’s not such a bad mismatch.
Countdown was obviously a huge part of all of our lives (now if Molly had died from a barb of some kind… and I’m thinking it wouldn’t be in the chest… then I might have some emotions). What will be the Countdown of the 21st century? Obviously it will be some form of blog/podcast. Video was a huge part of Countdown and I think the new music show should be video based. How many bands on MySpace are making their own video clips? Someone should be packaging up the best ones and putting them out as a video podcast. Ewan, are you listening mate?
Global Geek Podcast looking for a co-host
Dave Gray is looking for a new co-host for The Global Geek Podcast. If you’re something of a geek and you would like to do a podcast but don’t want to go it alone, ping Dave and maybe you’ll be the new dynamic duo.
Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, Dead at 44 from a Stingray barb
Bruce Moyle from CoolShite just rang me and told me the news. According to The Age:
Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, has died after being struck by a stingray barb in Queensland, according to reports.
Mr Irwin, 44, apparently died in a marine accident on the Great Barrier Reef, initial reports say.
He was believed to be shooting a documentary off Port Douglas when he was struck.
Mr Irwin’s American-born wife Terri is reported to be trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and has yet to be told of her husband’s death.
All those people, myself included, who watched him on TV and said "jesus I wish one of those things would bite him properly and teach the stupid frak a lesson" just got their wish, but I feel terrible for his family and friends. Say what you think about the guy, he was a personality and had a passion for what he did. You have to respect that.
Linde Ivimey article
If you caught my recent post mentioning Melbourne sculptor Linde Ivimey, you might be interested in this lengthy article on her from today’s Age. I’m still trying to connect with her so I can do a podcast interview, hopefully video.
