Month: November 2014

  • This sucks!

    Scalpers target The Fat Duck – WTF. I can’t believe I missed out because I was honest and only entered once. The Terms said you had to register for the ballot under your own name and couldn’t sell the ticket. They should make people show IDs that match when they turn up. Jerks.

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  • Favorited today on Twitter

    GGDSydney: Dec event updated with talk details – they’re awesome. Don’t miss out, register now! https://t.co/8XKwjjUeLS #ggdsyd #ui #ethnography jchyip: You won’t believe how old TDD is http://t.co/O4V7UTeBhX

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  • Reading on Flipboard

    8 great Chrome extensions to transform your ‘New Tab’ page The internet of things isn’t producing a data deluge … yet

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  • Oh. That’s confusing.

    What does the “plus sign” do in the new Spotify? – This was frustrating the hell out of me. I liked starring things.

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  • Archaeology.

    Movie Review: ‘Atari: Game Over’ digs up a great story in a mass grave of game cartridges – GeekWire – Is anyone selling these cartridges on eBay yet? Because I would 100% buy one. (We had that game as a kid.)

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  • Garden Renovation

    After nearly two years, I think we can declare the bulk of our garden renovation complete. I’ve spent the last few hours poring over photos to try to wrangle it into a narrative, and it’s been really fun to relive the process! Without further ado – our garden renovation.

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  • As most old school bloggers can attest, traffic has really dropped off now that a lot of folks have moved to social media. One thing I’ve been trying lately is being more proactive with tweeting links to new posts. It seems to be having quite an effect so far. In the week since I started,…

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  • The Forgotten Shores of App Store pricing – Interesting discussion over Monument Valley and appropriate App Store pricing. I think there’s one point that Six Colors misses: a lot of users (including me) now have a negative association with in-app purchases. I associate it with Zynga and Farmville and all those scammy “Freemium” games that…

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  • Shared on Instagram

    Waiting for Ben Folds (and Sydney Symphony Orchestra) with @nessnomster! @ Sydney Opera House

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  • Favorited today on Twitter

    leighsales: This is GREAT – @karlstefanovic reveals he has won the same suit every day on air for a year as a sexism experiment http://t.co/3JFspj4hPE uncrate: Bittermilk Cocktail Mixers http://t.co/HpgTO8pS9E http://t.co/bFwxB20lQP handmethepanda: My nephews name is Luke. He is 8. He said “the only thing I know about Star Wars is that I’m in it”.

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