Tumblr (3.0; @simongoudie)http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vNOh3NbPFddb63ooYLJgkyrq_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Think For Yourself</p> <p><a href="http://bg-gallery.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=103">BG Gallery - funny blog, gallery and pictures</a></p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/48331738http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/48331738Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:09:47 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/09/01/headline-comparison-putin-vs-cheney/">Headline comparison: Putin vs Cheney</a>: <p>Compare the headlines:</p> <p><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080831/wl_nm/russia_putin_tiger_dc_1">Russia’s Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger</a></strong> - Yahoo! News</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney/">Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter</a></strong> - CNN</p> <p>I know which one I’d want holding the gun when we’re…</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/48229246http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/48229246Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:28:49 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vNOh3NbPFd4olkbwOmBODkTA_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fear makes the wolf look bigger</p> <p>The Cans Festival II - Mau Mau (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/alanbee">Alan Bee</a>)</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47528590http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47528590Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:15:51 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/08/26/how-i%e2%80%99m-getting-things-done-part-3/">How I’m Getting Things Done (Part 3)</a>: <div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 250px"> <a title="KM2P ver. 2" href="http://flickr.com/photos/86802545@N00/231668965"><img title="KM2P ver. 2 by hawkexpress" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/231668965_df570282bf_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="180"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">KM2P ver. 2 by hawkexpress</p> </div> <p>The next stage was to ensure that everything I had dug up in my initial sweep was dealt with. This meant one of four things had to happen to each and every…</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47417333http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47417333Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:48:33 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vNOh3NbPFd24b7enDYVTugdJ_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Banksy on advertising</p> <p><i>via <a href="http://bryanchiao.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/03/picture_16.png">bryanchiao.typepad.com</a></i></p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47269654http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47269654Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:12:23 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/08/23/the-price-of-stupidity-36-million/">The price of stupidity: $36 million</a>: <div id="attachment_683" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"> <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/20/1218911772897.html"><img class="size-medium wp-image-683" title="Anne Fairbairn" src="http://raduza.com/files/fairbairn-300x255.jpg" alt="Anne Fairbairn" width="300" height="255"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Anne Fairbairn - image from The Age</p> </div> <p>Recently, a couple of articles appeared in The Age about how $36 million was lost by Australians to Nigerian scams. The <a title="Scammers defraud Aussies of $36m a year: police" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/scam-alert/2008/08/20/1218911772460.html">first article</a> was about…</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47060723http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/47060723Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:16:46 +1000<a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/20/1218911803890.html">IOC calls for help to stop illegal downloads</a>: Yeah…. good luck with that…http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46651346http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46651346Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:25:59 +1000“Esprit de l’escalier (French): a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs…”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://recluse.me/2007/11/01/13-words-not-found-in-the-english-language/">13 words not found in the English language — The Urban Recluse</a></em>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46510660http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46510660Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:20 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vNOh3NbPFcrytg9c2rgC7G9B_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24198299-5017275,00.html">Channel 7 told Sonia Kruger to ‘act dumb’ during coverage of Beijing Olympics</a></p> <p>‘Channel 7 had a very deliberate strategy with the <i>Yum Cha</i> program, and that was to dumb it down in order to make it digestible for non-sporting viewers.’</p> <p>Just when I though Channel 7 couldn’t get any dumber itself…</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46348204http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46348204Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:40:55 +1000<a href="http://smartestsearcher.com/2008/08/16/playing-the-wildcard/">Playing the Wildcard</a>: In many search applications an asterisk * serves as a wild card and can mean anything. For example, searching for ‘mas*’ would return results for mask, mash and masculine, amond others. Try…http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46145375http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/46145375Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:40:57 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/08/13/how-im-getting-things-done-part-2/">How I’m Getting Things Done (Part 2)</a>: <div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 250px"> <a title="stacks" href="http://flickr.com/photos/62301865@N00/273677685"><img title="Sweep" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/273677685_5828c9d5c3_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="180"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sweep by ishrona</p> </div> <p style="text-align: left;">I read a few pages here and there online and, when almost every concept I came across starting hitting home, I went and picked up the first copy I could find. For a…</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/45763426http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/45763426Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:34:39 +1000<a href="http://smartestsearcher.com/2008/08/09/searching-through-twitter/">Searching through Twitter</a>: <img class="alignleft" title="Twitter Fail Whale" src="http://smartestsearcher.com/files/whale.png" alt="" width="231" height="173"/>When the <a title="Fail Whale" href="http://buzzfeed.com/buth/fail-whale">Fail Whale</a> stays away, the microblogging tool <a title="Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> is a great way to see what is currently on the minds and in the conversations of people online. As with any great source…http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/45294438http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/45294438Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:04:51 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/08/05/google-street-view-launched-in-australia/">Google Street View launched in Australia</a>: <img class="alignright" title="Google Maps Street View Australia coverage" src="http://raduza.com/files/streetview3.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="174"/>After snapping photos <a title="Google Street view in Australia" href="http://raduza.com/2007/11/23/google-street-view-in-australia/">last November</a>, <a title="Google Maps" href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Map’s</a> <a title="Google Maps Street View" href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/">Street View</a> has been released for Australia. Even while we knew it was happening, I’m amazed by the extent of the project. It’s not…http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/44732066http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/44732066Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:42:34 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/08/01/how-im-getting-things-done-part-1/">How I’m Getting Things Done (Part 1)</a>: <div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 190px"> <a title="stacks" href="http://flickr.com/photos/21563523@N00/1281985564"><img title="Stacks" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1133/1281985564_038212629c_m.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="240"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Stacks by Salerie</p> </div> <p style="text-align: left;">Until recently, I let a large number of posts slide by me in my feed reader, just because they had ‘Getting Things Done’ or ‘GTD’ in the title. At that stage,…</p>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/44298325http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/44298325Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:30:49 +1000“<p>The GTD Prayer</p> <p>Our lifehacks, which art in contexts, Inbox zero be thy aim.<br/> Thy Kinkless done. <br/> Thy Mind Sweep fun, in @work as it is in @honeydo. Give us this day our next action. <br/> And forgive us our open loops, as we forgive those who delete our email. <br/> And lead us not into web surfing. <br/> Deliver us from IM. <br/> For thine is the Moleskine, the Project and the Due Date <br/> For someday/maybe, <br/> Allen.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://gilest.org/2006/04/gtd-prayer.html">gilest.org: The GTD Prayer - Giles Turnbull, writer & journalist</a></em>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/43117653http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/43117653Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:00:14 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/07/08/google-remote-sign-out-fixes-wrong-problem/">Google Remote sign out fixes wrong problem</a>: <a title="Google" href="http://google.com">Google</a> now offers a way to track where you are logged in to your account from and also gives you the option of remotely logging out of Google services. I can’t say this has ever been a problem,…http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/41387245http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/41387245Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:23:28 +1000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vNOh3NbPFb4n6mg5AkJgx1C5_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/05/20/karma-sutra-for-the-computer-repairman/">Karma Sutra for the Computer Repairman</a>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/41314472http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/41314472Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:11:33 +1000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1klscL-tFGU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1klscL-tFGU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Quantum of Solace Trailer (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/BritishChap007">BritishChap007</a>)http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/40618046http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/40618046Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:19:48 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/06/18/firefox-3-released/">Firefox 3 released</a>: <p><a href="http://raduza.com/files/ff3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-579 alignright" style="float: right;" title="Firefox 3" src="http://raduza.com/files/ff3.jpg" alt="Firefox 3" width="118" height="112"/></a>Firefox 3 is available from today, so what are you waiting for? <a title="Get Firefox!" href="http://getfirefox.com" target="_self">Go get it!</a></p> <p>Better yet, get it today and help them break the record for software downloads in a day.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Raduza?a=WaJTEI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/Raduza?i=WaJTEI" border="0"/></a> </div>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/38841849http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/38841849Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:09:25 +1000<a href="http://raduza.com/2008/06/05/conversation-with-the-commonwealth-bank/">Conversation with the Commonwealth Bank</a>: <a href="http://raduza.com/files/cba.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-577 alignright" style="float: right;" title="Commonwealth Bank" src="http://raduza.com/files/cba.jpg" alt="Commonwealth Bank" width="285" height="187"/></a>I wanted to set up my credit card with a PIN so that I can use that instead of a signature, all part of the new ‘<a title="Pen or Pin" href="http://www.penorpin.com.au/" target="_blank">Pen or PIN</a>‘ system. So I checked the <a title="Commonwealth Bank Pen or Pin" href="http://www.commbank.com.au/personal/credit-cards/penorpin-faq.aspx" target="_blank">Commonwealth Bank’s…</a>http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/37247791http://simongoudie.tumblr.com/post/37247791Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:51:50 +1000