I was on a walk. A car pulled up next to me and yelled something at me. Taking my earphones out, he yelled again, "You shoelace is untied." I looked down, my shoelaces were still tied. I looked back up and he was driving off, cackling.
I almost admire the quaintness of the bit?
I'm sure as the season goes on, the drivers and teams will figure out optimal battery deployment and races will become more predictable. Until then, though, I look forward to the chaos.
After all the doom and gloom of the new car regulations going into today's Grand Prix, we ended up getting laps of thrilling battles and overtakes. We probably would've gotten even more if Ferrari didn't blunder its strategy.
It almost lifted my mood after the Piastri DNS. Almost.
Tanking their share price would actually be a good prank.
Reggie Fils-Aime in a menacing pose
Closing credits title card for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Finished Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but it’s a pretty good game.
A figure skater in a Sub-Zero costume tosses around a figure skater in a panda costume
Figure skaters dressed as Sub-Zero and Deadpool look over a collapsed skater in a panda costume
The Olympics figure skating gala briefly turned into Fortnite.
Pokémon LeafGreen on a PlayStation Vita
We’re all keen to play Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen on a 2010s handheld device, right?
Cross country skiing: A dog crosses the finish line behind some human athletes
A photo-finish shot of a dog
Ain’t no rule that says a dog can’t compete in Olympic cross-country skiing
Cooper Woods has won Australia’s first gold medal at this Winter Olympics! Time to blare this on loop youtube.com/watch?v=M5jw...
The ski jumper that gets fourth place:
TV Tonight article excerpt: “9Now screens Nine content, and focuses on Australian competitors. 9Now will have turnarounds, replays and a daily highlight show of their own. When people wake up in the morning for the commute to work, 9Now will have a daily highlight show. They will have all the replay on demand of any Australian athlete, whereas Stan obviously has everything”, he explains.
For the last summer Olympics, every event was streamed for free on 9Now. For the upcoming winter Olympics, almost everything is locked behind the Stan paywall.
This stinks.
Headline: “Most mortgaged homeowners won't see repayments increase if the RBA hikes interest rates this week” Byline: “Those who stuck to minimum loan repayments through last year's rate cuts will bear the brunt of Tuesday's anticipated hike, while those already paying extra are in a 'great position'”
This article from The Guardian has me really pissed off. It’s basically ‘What, you haven’t been paying extra on your mortgage? What are you — some sort of Poor?!’
It’s curious listening to my podcast feed discussing Highguard. It’s as if they’re trying to counter the outrage YouTubers by trying (very hard, mind you) to find the qualities of that game.
The ragebaiters are bad, and Highguard is a messy experience that I didn’t find fun. It can be two things.
The most EB offered to Ollie was a 20% trade-in bonus and a free pop vinyl (if five were bought in a single transaction)
Say what you will about Highguard, but people dogpiling on it because it isn't Half-Life 3 is incredibly dumb.
Triple J will try to champion the fact that 54 tracks from this year’s Hottest 100 come from Australian artists, but will ignore the fact that 47 of those came from Spacey Lame and Ocean Agony.
Accept no imitations youtube.com/watch?v=vVEZ...
Boy howdy, this really is just a shameless ripoff of LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends, isn’t it? Just without any soul, substance, payoff or talent.
We’ve already proven that with the wall of Spacey Lame and Ocean Agony
Ah the Hottest 100, that time of year where I yell at the radio about the yoof music in order to distract myself from my own irrelevance and mortality.
Having said that, <insert band with whiny vocals here> sucks.
The greatest lines in cinema:
- “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
- “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
- “We need to build the car for combat.”
Spotify: A “new release” from Makoto Matsushita which is just AI spam
Spotify continues to go downhill. Anytime I get a new release notification, 90% of the time it’s AI spam riding the coattails of actual musicians.
Metaphor Refantazio: A view from the crowd of the coronation
It took a while, but I've finally beaten Metaphor Refantazio. Glad I picked it back up to see it to the end.
Including the result, right?
…Right?
Google result for Tirante vs Vukic, showing it being held at Stadium Australia. Btw, Vukic lost in straight sets.
Uh, Google, Stadium Australia is about 700km away from where the Australian Open is being held.
A pre-owned copy of Final Fantasy Tactics with a generic EB Games cover
Hooray, my copy of Final Fantasy Tactics arrived in the ma—
Hottest 100 ballot: Black Country, New Road - For the Cold Country David Byrne (ft. Hayley Williams) - What is the Reason For It? Illit - Jellyous Japanese Breakfast - Picture Window Kaj — Bara Bada Bastu The Last Dinner Party - Rifle Magdalena Bay - This Is the World (I Made It For You) Nmixx - High Horse Sharon Van Etten - Idiot Box Wednesday - Townies
I think this might be the first year where all my Hottest 100 votes have been write-ins. Despite this, I will still yell at my radio when none of these songs end up in the final list.
We launched a whole new season of NGP On Tour, as @crinjworthy.bsky.social takes @emshiel.bsky.social and Irina to The Game Expo, and @beabravo.bsky.social heads to Japan for Bitsummit! Airs on C31 Melbourne Wednesdays at 8:30pm AEDT!
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What happens when you give in to the intrusive thoughts youtube.com/shorts/QE_YX...
