Archive for May, 2007

If your interested in Project Mayhem, read this

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

In a late night of ‘action script’ and Flash development I was looking for a distraction. Random surfing led me to “Subvert and Profit”. What is “Subvert and Profit”. Well, I’m not really in a position to say…
Remember, the first rule of Subvert and Profit… there is no Subvert and Profit… the second rule of [...]

Fuel My Freakin Blog!

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

I think I’m developing an unhealthy fascination with buttons. I’m not talking about the ones on my jeans either, I’m meaning those small little icons things all different sites offer for you to place on you blog. These little buttons display a ranking as to your popularity, compared to all the other blogs that are [...]

Joining the “I Follow” movement

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

I am proud to announce that Swollen Pickles has now jumped aboard the “I Follow” movement. What is the “I Follow” movement all about? Well, I best let someone better equipped respond to that one:
Almost all blog platforms by default are set up so that a “dead end” piece of code is inserted wherever [...]

The defacto Digg ban

Friday, May 18th, 2007

You may remember that earlier this year, Swollen Pickles made the exclusive “Banned by Digg” list. A short time later, Swollen Pickles was “unbanned”. The world rejoiced. Well, it has been brought to my attention by Paula Mooney, that the Digg conspiracy is alive and well. It seems that the fascists at Digg have developed [...]

Swollen Pickles finally gets a second life

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Well I’ve finally taken all the feedback I’ve received on board, and I’ve gone out and got myself a life! Yup, Swollen Pickles has hit Second Life with a bang. Call it “market research” but I thought it was about time I investigated the Second Life phenomenon to find out what all the fuss is [...]

In search of fresh ideas

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

For some reason, this cartoon seemed highly relevant today.

Win a date with Tad Ham… I mean Mirelly Taylor

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Put your hand up if you ever wanted to win that date with Tad Hamilton? Ok, put your hands down. GoFish.com are offering up the chance to go out on a date with a celebrity. Whilst you might not get the chance to date Tad Hamilton, you do have the chance to win a date [...]

John Chow tames the mythological Agloco Viewbar

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Just checked in for daily dose of Chow, and there’s big news. He’s running the mythical Agloco Viewbar, you can check the video on his blog. Some other points to note from John’s post are:

Once installed the Viewbar takes up 5MB of space
The Viewbar is no bigger than the Windows task bar
His test version is [...]

Nine Inch Nails Concert Review (Melbourne, The Metro, 13 May 2007)

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Nine Inch Nails played the Metro in Melbourne Sunday night, 13 May 2007. If you don’t know, the Metro is a small “intimate” venue, probably best known in Melbourne as a hang out for drunken bogan’s who want a dose of doof doof music. Sunday night, probably proves why the venue has such a reputation. [...]

It’s wacky HDTV Tuesday

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

It’s carpet, it’s madness, it’s PayPerPost Tueday! That’s right, the dudes that have handed us all the opportunity to blog for cash have now stepped it up a notch. Every Tuesday this month, PayPerPost, thanks to their sponsor Bid4Prizes are holding “HDTV Tuesday”. Simply put, they are giving away a whole heap of HD high [...]

Microsoft Wordz

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Microsoft Word is one of the most used programs on the planet. But now it’s received a face lift. Microsoft are proud to announce the launch of Microsoft Wordz y’all.