Blogging & Internet, Perth, Popular Culture

Podcamp Perth 07 – Initial Impressions of a Bewildered Non-geek

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So I attended Australia’s first PodCamp Community Unconference on the weekend just past. As the name of the event suggests, this was basically a Geek-fest.

Events like these are commonplace in the States, apparently. As usual, Australia has been a bit slow off the mark. Then two silicon-heads from the Hunter Valley linked up and decided to do something about it. An Australia-wide cyber-conversation was initiated; Perth showed most interest and when Microsoft, Virgin Blue and others stepped in as sponsors, last weekend’s PodCamp Perth 07 at Central TAFE was the end result. Continue reading Podcamp Perth 07 – Initial Impressions of a Bewildered Non-geek →

Perth, Popular Culture, Society

Surfacing

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A quick and way overdue post to reassure my vast readership that I have not deserted the Boomtown Rap. I have been immersed in designing an e-commerce site presenting my t-shirt designs – a steep learning curve for someone without knowledge of CSS or HTML. More on my t-shirts venture soon.

I’m off to the Podcamp Perth07 Community Unconference this weekend. Intend to begin blogging again after what I’m anticipating will be a fascinating weekend (see link here).

Music, Popular Culture

Avril Fool!

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A departure from my essay-style posts. Blame it on Friday.

Avril Lavigne claims her “Ten Commandments” have put her just where she is today. (If you feel inclined to pore over Av’s wisdom in her very own words, Perez Hilton has them up on his site, accompanied by the sort of poncey putdown remarks you’d expect from him).

So, Av’s rules for livin’ include:

• Expressing gratitude. She develops this notion by urging the poor to be grateful for clean drinking water, “developing world” excepted.

• Going after “good karma”. Av proclaims herself “a very giving person”, citing by way of demonstration her extreme magnanimity in instructing her “assistant” to pack off 6 boxes of “stuff” from her closet to help out the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

• Role-modelling for all those adoring fans her responsible partygirl strategies: “Party hard, but not too hard…Am I advocating drugs? No! Drink in moderation.” (Tres punk of her).

• “Extending herself” to – guess what? – a movie career! She “knows” she could be “real good at it.”

How can someone so fucking dumb end up so fucking rich at 22?

Try to have a good weekend.

movie reviews + occasional other musings