Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Just did a weird online test that told me that I can apparently drink 427.41 cans of Coke Zero before croaking. Remarkable. I’m not sure what would kill me first, the caffeine, my exploding bladder, or the extreme buildup of natural gases. Science is a wonderful thing. I thought I should share that.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Following my banning from Digg, I decided to do a little ‘digging’ of my own, and in the process I’ve stumbled across some interesting information.
Here’s an interesting “how to” comment posted on a blog post titled “How to be a dirty digger”. Clearly illustrated how someone could get you banned from Digg. You could call [...]
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
As my cool rock star self does battle with my almighty geek self, I find myself drawn toward reading more and more about developing websites, gaining web traffic, and search engine optimization (SEO). I’ve toyed with a couple of theories here and there on this site, but by and large, all that has just been [...]
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
With the Melbourne International Motor Show fast approaching, car manufacturers are falling all over one another trying to get media attention for their product. At an event like the Motor Show however, practicality and fuel efficiency take a back seat to flash and glamour. One car that’s sure to attract some attention is Audi’s new [...]
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
There’s that old chestnut about dog owners always looking like their pets. I never put too much thought into it before, that is, until I saw these pictures. Now I think there could be something in that wacky theory.
Besides the practicality of the whole thing, this latest revelation has made me think twice about adopting [...]
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
The Age is reporting that a new spam outbreak is targeting Australian computers via a bogus news related email that suggests Australian Prime Minister had suffered a heart attack. Here is an extract of the story by the Age, and you can read the full story here, but in summary, if it turns up in [...]
Monday, February 19th, 2007
Well, it would seem that the unthinkable has happened. Swollen Pickles has been banned by Digg. This morning I went to submit a post to Digg, and I received this nasty little message: “url is on the banned submit list”.
It really hurts, it’s like getting knocked back at a club cause your wearing the wrong [...]
Monday, February 19th, 2007
As life continues to deal me one kick in the balls after the other, it’s time to sit back and reflect on where things are at… geez that didn’t take long! It seems life is sending me hurtling towards old age with a side order of male spinsterhood. Statistics show that online dating services are [...]
Monday, February 19th, 2007
Two new tracks from the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails album, ‘year zero’ are up on the NIN myspace page.
The tracks are ’survivalism’ and ‘my violent heart’, and based on what I can hear through my rubbish computer speakers, sound more aggressive and abrasive than anything from ‘With Teeth’. The new album is scheduled for release [...]
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
PayPerPost, arguably the best source of blog ads on the net, have just started a new referral program that means that visitors to this site can profit. It’s pretty simple, all you have to do click the ‘get paid to review my post’ button at the bottom of a post, sign on to PayPerPost (which [...]
Friday, February 16th, 2007
This is it, my one chance, my one opportunity, my make or break moment. Well maybe not, but this is my big chance to review the blog of John Chow, and maybe score a little extra web traffic to Swollen Pickles as a result.
As of typing this, John Chow dot com is ranked at number [...]
