← 2014 August 2014

  • Is there a tool that tells you why a certain site ranks higher than yours for certain keywords on Google?

  • 15 weddings in the first 15 days of September ... oh my lord.

  • One of the groom's vows for upcoming wedding "I vow to let your mother park her broom at our house when she comes to interfere, I mean help"

  • Plot twist: GRL's 'Ugly Heart' is actually a poignant political anthem.

  • Bill Caralis' Superradio network's weekend talkback is probably the closest Australia has to the Grand Theft Audio in-car talkback station.

  • Can we just stop and recognise that @Telstra is using a Postal Service song in it's recent ads.

  • Schapelle Corby: God's gift to current affairs television.

  • It's lovely that the nine Gold Coasters with full time jobs not in retail or hospitality get a public holiday today.

  • I'm having coffee with a pre-marriage counsellor right now. Why are you, or aren't you, or did you, get pre-marriage counselling?

  • Dear collective nerds of the world, can you recommend a desktop printer, that's not a $30k photocopier, that can print on 300gsm paper?

  • Police blocking off Light Street in Fortitude Valley, sirens, lights, what's happening? I can't get to my office.

  • Digital radio just celebrated it's 5th birthday in Australia. Still not in regional areas, still not in almost every car.

  • Any lawyers around? I'd like it if someone could give an interpretation of "or words to that effect"

  • "Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people." - Author, Mike Murdock

  • Since the last episode of the @ThingCommittee was released, 8mths ago, 8,226 ppl have listened. So there's more coming. This is a teaser.

  • And now I feel old and ungrateful. And I want to play Wolf3D.

  • Now I feel bad because I complained that my internet connection is 2.23 original Wolfenstein 3D's per second.

  • Lodged an @Internode line fault tonight because my Internet connection is maxing out at 3.6MB per second download speed.

  • Say what you will about Google but it only took 24 hours for me to go straight to the top of the page one for "shit celebrant"

  • So when you see that stuff ... vote away! The last time I almost won and I also got in tonnes of shit at Fairfax because I was nominated!

  • Fair warning: I'll be annoying everyone soon asking them to vote for me in the Pedestrian Daily Blogster Awards because I'd like to win.

  • If you're looking for a @mailbox betacoin to try the new #Mailbox for Mac Beta let me know, I've got three to donate

  • I do have a Fairfax news subscription though ... so that's kind of paid for

  • I'm equally ashamed and proud of the fact that the only online journalism I actually pay for is from @TheOnion ...

  • In the Internet's defence, how many famous Attenboroughs could there be?

  • I just got nominated for the nice bucket challenge. Which sounds funny but is quite hard, there aren't many nice buckets.

  • TV show idea: a remake of early 90's 60 Minutes.

  • Best thing about the rain: the motorway to the "Sunshine" Coast is empty!

  • The mice bucket challenge would've never had the same response.

  • Does anyone else want to see a full episode of Tool Time, with Tim "The Toolman" Taylor?

  • High school buddy just unfriended me on IceBucketChallengeBook!

  • Stevie the cat is hesitant about joining #TeamAustralia

  • Confession: whenever I hear a @janoskians song I imagine that @nicwkelly is the lead singer

  • There's been something playing on my mind recently, it's a hard topic to speak on, but, I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble.

  • Self-employment is a haunted house of emotions. Also, who do I give my medical certificate to? Asking for a friend.

  • Any software developers around that specialise in Google Calendar/Apps API stuff?

  • This self-employed thing is all consuming isn't it. I don't know a life outside of Gmail, Quickbooks, Google Calendar and my word processor.

  • "It's such a relief to meet a #celebrant that's a normal person!" - bride just now at the #vintagebride #weddingfair #weddingcelebrant

  • Is running for a seat in the next federal election with a single policy against Facebook Messenger a sure win? Asking for a friend.

  • The power of Christ compels you!!! #LicenseToWed #RIPRobinWilliams

  • Movie idea: "@JoeHockey's Big List of Things Poor People Don't Have"

  • Dear SEO experts that email me daily, get back to me when your website ranks on the 1st page of Google & you're not using a hotmail address.

  • Facebook Messenger's terms & conditions is such a literary hit it'll only be a matter of days before they announce the movie.

  • #BREAKING White, non-war-stricken, generally happy humans complain about 'being forced to use free social network's free messaging app'

  • Well that's a first. Watched someone steal my GoPro in the middle of a wedding ceremony.

  • Idea: release a really cool book with a great premise and cool cover. There's a massive market for buying cool books that don't get read.

  • I just saw a netbook in the wild. Everyone remember net books?

  • I achieved that much today that it would take the government a few weeks to sort through today's metadata.

  • What's my guilty pleasure? 5ive #KeepOnMovin

  • Now that I've got the all-clear on what metadata is, I'm only visiting websites now, not web addresses #phew

  • I've typed 'celebrant' so much on my iPhone that it just auto-corrected 'cake ebrsbt' to celebrant ... correctly.

  • The Australian Expendables would be Harold Bishop, Alf Stewart, Alan Jones and Paul Hogan.

  • Surely if Michael Bay just stopped making movies we'd get world peace? #simple

  • #DanceLikeDelta #LeaveDeltaAlone