Photo's in the park at night

I took these photo's last saturday night over at Victoria Park in Glebe, just before heading over to Bar Broadway. I tried to go for something a bit more interesting this time. I made it so that the shutter would stay open for longer than necessary. i wanted to have the blur of the traffic in the background of the shot.

These kind of shots are only useful at night, as there is too much light in the day. Oh yeah, i should also mention that keeping your camera steady in a shot like this can be extremely difficult when you don't yet have a tripod. But hey they don't look too badly blurred. What do you think?

Strange Karma @ Bar Broadway

Another great night from Strange Karma. We all went to Bar Broadway for the gig on Saturday night. The guy's didn't actually go on till midnight, but cause we were in the city that was good. I was pretty tired from the previous night but still had a great night. I managed to take some pretty good photo's too. Check out the photo's i took here on zooomr. Upcoming gig's for August are Friday 4th @ Bridge Hotel in Rozelle, Thursday August 10th @ marquee in Camperdown, and Sunday 13th @ Spectrum in Darlinghurst.

CURVE - Friday nights at Mandalay Room

Last night Mandalay Room was alive with music, lights and most importantly people. The music was pumping courtesy of.. Rich Nicol, Dirty D, Brynstar, JBY, J SMALLS, along with rotating live musicians. It is a fun and friendly atmosphere, always filled with great music and people. It will be on every friday night @ Mandalay Room, 54 Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross (Above Vegas Hotel). The dj's usually kick off around 10:30 so come along, you'll most likely see me there.

Oriental Art

A friend of mine has this amazing artwork he picked up overseas... I can't remember exactly where (i'll have to check with him). If you look carefully you can see that the gold coloured parts are in fact gold. Apparently it was painted with gold. It looks beautiful when you can actually see it. The little details are incredible.

Camera bag from Crumpler

I desperately needed something to protect my SLR camera, so I hiked over to Newtown today to purchase a camera bag. I had checked out Crumpler's website earlier and noticed they had a couple of bags in my price range. I ended up getting this one, it perfectly fitted my Nikon D50 (though no space for flash or extra lenses). The best thing was it was only $30 which was affordable. Oh it also has a small pocket on the front for memory cards and cables, plus a loop on the back (for mini-tripods, I think). Hey It does what I needed and it looks good.

Waiting for trains

Don't you just love catching trains in Sydney. They either run late or, like this one, don't stop.

Strings - Tied by hate - Bound by love

This film was made in Denmark, but instead of actors they used puppets. Sounds like a kids movie right... Wrong. This movie was incredible. I sat down expecting a lighthearted movie, but by the end of it I was in tears. It is an amazing story of another world, where lives depend on the strings that hold them up. The puppet masters who controlled the characters where amazingly skilled, just as brilliant as the designers of the puppets and their surroundings. So much thought and emotion went into this film that makes it into the masterpiece it is. I highly recommend Strings, it is suitable for children as the use of puppets makes it interesting for them, but it is more recommended for those a bit older who can more understand and appreciate the feelings and emotions of the movie. It was a new release at Blockbuster video just last week so it should be available at most stores. You can read more about this movie on imdb. I hope you all go and hire it out, I'm going to buy a copy.

Lansdowne last night.

Ended up heading out to the Lansdowne with Max and Kate last night. We were going to see a band called Shotgun Wedding (i think), but when we got there i ran into some friends who were also on the line-up, Hawk Hogan & Funobashi from Unemployed Super Villians. I managed to lose Max, Kate and their friends before midnight (when i called them later, they were sitting up in Hyde Park with a bunch of underage drinkers). While at lansdowne i also ran into two girls that i knew because they had gone to school with my sister. I met a few other people and ended up offering my spare bed to Rachael, from Penrith, who was going to have to wait until trains started up again Sunday Morning. So we hung out here, watching some American Dad episodes at like 4am (just after the early morning Macca's pick-up). But christ am i tired now.

Backyard Pet Photography

I was trying to hang out my washing today but kept getting distracted by Emma and Missy who were busy playing in the back yard. I couldn't help myself. I had to take pictures.

Yorkie - It's Not For Girls!

F**k I love those brit's. Check this out, yes it's a chocolate bar... But apparently 'It's not for girls!'. Seriously, I'm amazed this was allowed in shops. I had to buy one of course, I couldn't walk past it. I mean how cool is this (In a sexually discriminating way).

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Easily Mispronounced domain names

Check these. Someone obviously wasn't thinking when they came up with these domain names.

1. ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of which agent represents what celebrity:
www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers exchange advice:
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island:
www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder:
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company:
www.powergenitalia.com

6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for music downloads, there’s always:
www.mp3shits.com

8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church:
www.cummingfirst.com

9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com

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Weekend long party

After SK on friday night, i headed into the city to go clubbing with some friends. We met up at Kings Cross about 12:30 then went to several places around the city before heading out to his friends place at Warawee (don't ask) at about 6 in the morning then catching a train back to my place at Summer Hill around 8. I got home and had to prepare a bit for my party. Wasn't huge but i got trashed and had a good time. Of course we went into the city again afterwards, i left after midnight when i realized i was so tired i could hardly see anymore. Of course when i got back it took me at least 3 hours to get to sleep, and i only managed about 4 hours of sleep. So yeah i had a good weekend and left myself pretty retarded by sunday. Though, for some reason my foot hurts now and i have to limp everywhere.

Strange Karma @ the Cat & Fiddle

Once again Strange Karma rocked the house. This time we were over at the Cat & Fiddle in Balmain. I had a few extra friends come along (even my parents showed up). Because it was my birthday the day before i managed to score 2 song dedications from the guys. This show was definately worth the wait, i cannot wait till the next one. I managed to get a few photo's but haven't had any time yet to sit down and sort them all, hopefully won't take me too long. (Update: photo's uploaded here on zooomr)

Vivian came out friday night.

Vivian came out with us on friday night for my party. I introduced her to my parents and some of my friends. I may have grossed her out a little when i had Okonomiyaki for dinner (god that stuff tastes good), but that grossed almost everyone out. Viv even came in to see Strange Karma playing, and she said she liked them. Unfortunately she couldn't come out with us afterwards cause of work the next day, but we had a great night anyway.

I want to go out... but im stuck at work.

God dammit. I'm stuck at my desk with a pile of papers in front of me, and a phone that won't stop ringing. I'm about ready to set fire to the papers and take a hammer to the phone. It's only 2.00, i now have to wait until about 4 or 5 till i can bolt out of here... Run home have a shower, and get ready to head out for the night. So far there are about 5 or 6 people meeting me at my place before hand, then there should be a fair few more meeting us at Balmain. I expect that i will be unable to walk tomorrow morning... So i'll prob need some berocca in the morning to get myself back in gear, it'll be necessary as i'll have to get up tomorrow morning and finish cleaning the whole house for the party tomorrow night. I'm not looking forward to scrubbing down my bathroom, but it has to be done or i just look like the filthy bastard with the rotten toilet.

Happy Birthday To Me

It was my birthday today, well technically yesterday now seeing as it's past midnight. I worked all day then Sexy Bec came over and had dinner with me. Tomorrow night and saturday night are the party nights, i cannot wait. Friday night @ The Cat and Fiddle in Balmain from about 8:00 onwards, followed by CURVE @ the mandalay room in Kings Cross. Then saturday night @ my place. Should be a great weekend.

Sightseeing with googlemaps

Some interesting links to google earth.
Courtesy of the google maps blog.

• Colletto Fava mountainside in Italy, where artists have erected a 200-ft long pink bunny
• Palm Islands, the world's largest man-made islands
• Madurodam, a 1:25 scale model of a Dutch city, complete with a miniature airport
• Uluru in Australia
• The Taj Mahal in India
• Gambian national stadium

Also while having a look around i came across a blog called googlesightseeing, which is filled with interesting locations on google maps. Like;

• Giant Cogs on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula
• Traffic accident in Baghdad
• Mid-air Refuelling
• Molecule Man floating on the River Spree in Berlin
  

Bring back quality Australian television

I think alot of people like me are sick of reality television. Big brother, Australian idol and dancing with the stars... just to name a few. I mean seriously, they know they aren't real... how do they get off calling them reality shows. I think we need to take a stand against this once and for all. Please sign this petition to bring back quality australian television. I actually got rid of my tv because of this problem, maybe if it can be rectified i will one day consider becoming a viewer again.

Pixel Groovy & Zooomr

A couple of new sites that I discovered today.
Pixel Groovy, which is like Digg for design. You just groove any interesting design tutorial you come across. They cover photoshop, gimp, flash, 3D studio max, as well as AJAX and CSS. If it has to do with design it'll most likely be here.
The other site i started using was;
Zooomr, is a great photosharing site and possible serious competitor to flickr. Hell Zooomr let's you do all the standard tagging and sharing that flickr does, it also track's if anyone else is using your pic's on their site with trackbacks. Yes flickr still currently has more features, but Zooomr makes geotagging your images easy (w/ Google maps integration). Also if you happen to be a blogger they are currently offering a free upgrade to pro (meaning unlimited storage space @ 2Gb p/month upload limit) So get over there and sign up now.