Hi! My name is Josh, this me blog.
The dance of pleasing the social media algorithims of the world’s biggest companies, whilst being beat to death by strangers with their comments displeased me so now I’m here.
I wish I were the kind of person who could just live without broadcasting. But there’s an animal inside me — right down in the marrow — that keeps asking ‘can you see me?’ and silence has never once soothed it.
Even at the age of six I was a media tart, I just whanted you to know about me.
South Australia is literally issuing tickets for admission to the state. (Not a joke, you get a ticket for answering the border questions correctly)
Every airline’s business class is just an upper class hostel in the sky, and the frequent flyer lounge is just an upper class hostel kitchen, free to those who frequent the hostel.
Convince me otherwise.
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Cactus Country // The closest I got to a desert this year, regional Victoria’s Cactus Country. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
A storm is brewin’
Berrrd
“Facebook’s argument is along the lines of arguing that the police shouldn’t crack down on burglaries because it might hurt pawn shops.”
You’ve got to read this LA Times report on how toxic jet engine fumes have been making their way into airplane’s air supplies FOR DECADES AND THE AVIATION INDUSTRY KNEW?! wtf.
For decades, the airline industry and its regulators have known about these incidents — called fume events — and have maintained that they are rare and that the toxic chemical levels are too low to pose serious health risks.
If you’re flying into Gold Coast from today expect to stand in the sun for a while as they screen everyone entering.
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I never knew I wanted a Trump Presedntial Christmas Address deep fake for Christmas but here we are.
On Thursday’s we fly in the rain
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Blue Mountains // I'm going here today, one of my favourite places in Australia. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
I don’t know what crime Remember The Milk committed to be left off this App Store list, but it must’ve been bad
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Birds on a wire // I think this is how the internet worked before computers. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Kinda feel embarrassed about my previous 38 Decembers where I’ve proclaimed something stupid about how it’s been a “big year” or something philosophical about how next year’s “our year.”
If I worked at a newspaper in the buy, swap, and sell section, I would tell people my job was classified.
“Flight capacity into Gold Coast Airport has soared, with Melbourne to Gold Coast gaining traction as the busiest route in Australia for Jetstar and Virgin Australia. Sydney to Gold Coast also tops Jetstar's two busiest routes in the country.” - Destination Gold Coast
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Olive // Olive this photo of an olive tree. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Cows // This photo is one of Luna’s favourites, because she loved seeing cows so close. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Surfing // My classic favourite photo is a top down of a surfer. This one’s at Palm Beach. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
It’s almost a crime how good Instagram works on a Mac (Apple Silicon + Big Sur) considering Instagram doesn’t allow it to be installed without a bit of hard work. You can just drag and drop an image onto the Dock icon to post.
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Valley // Particles that have travelled at the speed of light for 8 minutes and 20 seconds, just to fall here. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Lorikeet 🌈🦜 // Hungry li’l Rainbow Lorikeets. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Dunedin // The only international travel I made this year was to New Zealand. On a day off in between elopements Harley and I went to Dunedin and found this gem. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Currumbin Foam
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Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 Burnt // Literally hours before rushing back to Queensland before the border closed, I made this photo from one of the regions affected by bushfires at the start of the year. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Collection of my favourite photos of 2020 // 🖼 All of Brighton // Well before @karenfrombrighton3186 did all of Brighton, back on the 5th day of March this year, I was in Melbourne making a photograph of all of Brighton Beach. It’s one of the framed prints I’ve made available in my online store
Palm Beach at high tide this morning, no wonder it’s closed
Finally convinced the Apple Silicon (fanless) MacBook Air to heat up. 45 minutes of 4K video render in Final Cut Pro in an Australian summer.
I'd like to say that I'm doing this due to popular demand, but the truth is, only 3 people asked. So based on that small cohort I've assumed that everyone would like to purchase on of my favourite photos I made from 2020
Next month I’m talking at the Wedding Business CEO Summit. But because I can’t be there in person, I recorded it today. Start saving your pennies though, I’ll post about it when there’s tickets available to attend online.
Is the @remarkable the best tablet for a wedding celebrant? Here's my Celebrant Institute review.
Best Australian TV ad of 2020 has to be this banger from BCF
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“They try to get their users to do things that their advertisers want them to do, because that's how you sell advertising”
Matt Stoller in ‘We can have Facebook, or we can have democracy, but we can’t have both’
Just Britt and Luna two years ago breastfeeding mid-walk on the Venice Pier as Britt mothers our two month old daughter in Los Angeles as if it’s her twentieth child. You’re a wizard, Britt, I’m so proud of you.
There are two types of Australian online stores. The first doesn't ship to PO Boxes and doesn't take American Express. The second is everyone else.
I’m pretending like everything is fine, please hold your applause til the end of the performance.
Palmy Army
Light and cameras explained in the most technical but easily understood way. If you want to actually understand how a camera works, read this through.
