Month: May 2017

This is better than all the good things on the internet put together and then multiplied by 8This is better than all the good things on the internet put together and then multiplied by 8

palindrome

Here are some palindromes¹: • ‘Are Mac ‘n’ Oliver ever evil on camera?’ • ‘Dammit, I’m mad!’ and: • ‘Desserts, sis? (sensuousness is stressed).’ Now, not only are those great,

4 people who motivated me to write 100 posts in 100 days (after 0 in the previous 1261)4 people who motivated me to write 100 posts in 100 days (after 0 in the previous 1261)

100 posts in 100 days

A couple weeks ago, I made it to 100 written and published posts in the first 100 straight days of this blog (it’s 120 in 119 now). That was significant for me

Kate Nash and Mallrat – Jamaican me smileKate Nash and Mallrat – Jamaican me smile

Kate Nash and Mallrat

Think of a common and realistic love story. One where boy meets girl. Girl likes boy (a bit). Boy really likes girl. Boy gets awkward. Girl wants to know why

Try connect with everyone, you connect with no one.Try connect with everyone, you connect with no one.

One of the first things they teach you in writing class is to write to a specific audience. And the narrower the better, compared to one that tries to reach

Doo doo doo-doo doo, doo-doo doo doo do.Doo doo doo-doo doo, doo-doo doo doo do.

doo

Josh Waitzkin has this thing he does, and taught his son to do. Whenever he does something stupid, fucks up or something shitty happens, he thinks ‘This is Great!’ Which not

Gratitude comes from neither quality nor quantityGratitude comes from neither quality nor quantity

neither quantity nor quality

When you don’t eat for a while (I’m talking at least 8 hours, or longer) and then you finally do get a bite of something, whether it’s a nasty, greasy burger, a

Life lessons taught by my dog Chunky pt.3Life lessons taught by my dog Chunky pt.3

chunky

When you’re picking up dog poo in the backyard, it’s important not to look for the poo –it’s to look where you’re stepping. It’s just like life,

6 years on, this is still why you need to stop using Facebook6 years on, this is still why you need to stop using Facebook

Credit: Ross Gardiner

This video’s a bit dated with its abbreviations (and I’m pretty sure the poke thing doesn’t exist anymore), but all the other stupid stuff you see about Facebook are just

Kids couldn’t care less about limitsKids couldn’t care less about limits

When you’re a kid there’s no limits. You haven’t learnt what is and isn’t impossible yet. Your boundaries haven’t been tainted by what grown-ups have already seen and heard. Then

Don’t read this. Seriously, don’t.Don’t read this. Seriously, don’t.

Clickbait is everywhere. Basically anything on the internet is clickbait. But it’s not different to anything else in life either. Newspaper headlines, movie names, even book titles are all cooked

If technology’s driving our lives, who’s the passenger?If technology’s driving our lives, who’s the passenger?

I heard someone on Triple J Radio say today: ‘Technology is driving our lives.’ No. It isn’t. If it is, you’re letting it. So you’re the passenger in your own

Success lies in the process not in the praiseSuccess lies in the process not in the praise

Academy and Grammy award winners talk about the crash they feel soon after they win. They get the high of the victory but soon after, many think ‘Is that it?

This could be your last day on Earth. Okay, go.This could be your last day on Earth. Okay, go.

last day

If this were the last day you were going to be alive, what would you do? And at the end of it, would you be happy with how you spent

The pointless pursuit of legacyThe pointless pursuit of legacy

Devoting all your effort and time into leaving a legacy is like going to Disneyland and instead of actually going on the rides, you spend the whole day convincing people

Constant ConsciousnessConstant Consciousness

winning

You can make as much money as you can or buy or collect as many things as you want but there’s one thing that can’t be recovered. The thing that once

How to declutter and ‘Kondo’ your devicesHow to declutter and ‘Kondo’ your devices

This is Marie Kondo. She teaches people ‘the Japanese art of decluttering and organising.’ Marie Kondo (or ‘KonMari’) recommends going through all your things, category by category¹ and only keeping those that

Gratitude for my mumGratitude for my mum

If you google ‘What’s the most important thing in life?’ I doubt ‘gratitude’ comes up as the #1 result¹. But it is. Gratitude for being alive, gratitude for having what

Everybody’s free (to HAVE TO listen to this song at least once a year)Everybody’s free (to HAVE TO listen to this song at least once a year)

I hate to use the word ‘should’ because it implies judgement that that person is wrong and I’m right, but you know what, fuck it –every person SHOULD watch this video at

Internet trolls are like hockey fans behind the glassInternet trolls are like hockey fans behind the glass

When an internet troll’s at his computer¹, he sees himself like this: But in reality, he’s probably as tough and hardcore as this: Ask anyone who’s been successful in what