The Broughall Shuffle

I watched Star Trek again last weekend and it was awesome. I would have loved for JJ Abrams to film an alternate ending like this one for the Blu-ray release though – that would have been fantastic!

• "I'd do Tony Blair" – @damianfrancis #ks10 #
• Now I know why everyone her is saying "argh" – the torturous acting…. #
• Haha! Dunked you, @philipsim #ks10 #
• Oh yeah. Dunked @evilpublisher as well! #ks10 #
• Also notched @Vuki and Patrick avenell. Missed @alexkidman and Lloyd Barrett. #
• 2.5 beers. Lame. http://yfrog.com/3ndb4vj #
• I really, really, really want one of those super slim netcomm 3g routers. Sexy. #ks10 #
• Christian group says games industry "mirrors" tobacco industry http://is.gd/9uH7v But who's really ignoring the facts? (via @davidwildgoose) #
• RT @damianfrancis: I WANNA GO HOME! #
• Today's a day for borkage, it seems. Mouse, Internet, CMS, motivation… #
• Okay, so why would I be getting internet connection through wireless but not wired PC connections? #
• Okay! Home Internet is back up and cheering. For some reason I'd manually allocated DNS servers in Network prefs on home iMac. #
• Umm, this may be old news now, but ABC2 is getting The Daily Show! I officially now have no reason to pay for Foxtel. #
• Look at @jenbishopsydney drinking away her piratey troubles #ks10 http://yfrog.com/j0lxtj #
• Playing detective regarding some copyright concerns. If only I had a pipe, a monocle and a Sherlock Holmes hat! #
• Agree! RT @traceylien: Journalism courses need to teach students how to work as freelancers and, more importantly, how to not get ripped off #
• Train stopped at East Hills for 15 minutes, so running late today. Not the start to Friday I was hoping for. #
• I wish I could go on a launch up to Seaworld and swim with dolphins… #
• Happy Birthday to my little bro, who turns 26 today. #
• I killed Seesmic this morning and moved to Tweetie. Taking a bit of getting used to, but I think I like it #
• RT @MaestroJ: This is total nerd radness, http://www.codeorgan.com/ converts your site html into music. #
• RT @newscomautech: Group that compares games and violence to smoking and cancer receives funding from Atkinson: http://tinyurl.com/yhb8e9y #
• Anyone else find it odd KRudd wants parents to fight bullying IRL, but doesn't think they can monitor kids Internet use? #
• Anyone want to buy me an Axe Cop President Tshirt? http://bit.ly/aIftDF #
• Train order from museum: lidcombe, revesby, kingsgrove, revesby, MacArthur. Revesby and kinsgrove are the same. Why must I wait 30 mins? #
• So now it's 2 MacArthur trains within 8 minutes of each other, even though I've been waiting for 20 mins (and still have 5 to go) #
• Last night, I had dreams of Zombies and wooden footbridges. Weird, huh? #
• It's way too early in the morning to be converting miles per pound to km per kg #
• Three's network seems a little flakey today. Mobile Internet kept dropping out, so feed's not finished yet. #
• God I hope this is true. My life's been hollow since I re-finished the first Monkey Island game on XBLA: http://bit.ly/di4qfG #
• Maybe we should rename Monday to "Funday"… Who wouldn't want to work on Funday? #
• I don't think I'd ever buy my mum a microwave for mother's day, regardless of the bells and whistles… #
• Bacon rocket. So tasty and wonderful.http://bit.ly/aqgKTM #
• So I've started having some probs with the ps3's blu-ray playback. Major stuttering during playback – all discs, random times. Not happy. #
• Wondering what makes the iPad the "ultimate mobile video game device", considering it's still unreleased and it has no buttons… #
• RT @tpendlebury: RT @LiamT: Who needs an internet filter when you have the South Australian police doing the leg work? http://bit.ly/97e7SH #
• The Oscars are on in the office – I really wish someone would call Richard Wilkins "Dick"… #
• yay! Leave approved! #
• The Daily Show's Chatroulette bit is absolute Gold. Kudos for getting all the news personalities to play along http://bit.ly/ceT2jC #
• Umm, no Mwave – I will not open the pdf to read your exciting "news". Mail thinks you're spam, and you're not convincing me otherwise… #
• Facebook's advertising 2 1/2 men on DVD in the sponsored section. It's now marked as offensive… #

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• "I'd do Tony Blair" – @damianfrancis #ks10 #
• Now I know why everyone her is saying "argh" – the torturous acting…. #
• Haha! Dunked you, @philipsim #ks10 #
• Oh yeah. Dunked @evilpublisher as well! #ks10 #
• Also notched @Vuki and Patrick avenell. Missed @alexkidman and Lloyd Barrett. #
• 2.5 beers. Lame. http://yfrog.com/3ndb4vj #
• I really, really, really want one of those super slim netcomm 3g routers. Sexy. #ks10 #
• Christian group says games industry "mirrors" tobacco industry http://is.gd/9uH7v But who's really ignoring the facts? (via @davidwildgoose) #
• RT @damianfrancis: I WANNA GO HOME! #
• Today's a day for borkage, it seems. Mouse, Internet, CMS, motivation… #
• Okay, so why would I be getting internet connection through wireless but not wired PC connections? #
• Okay! Home Internet is back up and cheering. For some reason I'd manually allocated DNS servers in Network prefs on home iMac. #
• Umm, this may be old news now, but ABC2 is getting The Daily Show! I officially now have no reason to pay for Foxtel. #
• Look at @jenbishopsydney drinking away her piratey troubles #ks10 http://yfrog.com/j0lxtj #
• Playing detective regarding some copyright concerns. If only I had a pipe, a monocle and a Sherlock Holmes hat! #
• Agree! RT @traceylien: Journalism courses need to teach students how to work as freelancers and, more importantly, how to not get ripped off #
• Train stopped at East Hills for 15 minutes, so running late today. Not the start to Friday I was hoping for. #
• I wish I could go on a launch up to Seaworld and swim with dolphins… #
• Happy Birthday to my little bro, who turns 26 today. #
• I killed Seesmic this morning and moved to Tweetie. Taking a bit of getting used to, but I think I like it #
• RT @MaestroJ: This is total nerd radness, http://www.codeorgan.com/ converts your site html into music. #
• RT @newscomautech: Group that compares games and violence to smoking and cancer receives funding from Atkinson: http://tinyurl.com/yhb8e9y #
• Anyone else find it odd KRudd wants parents to fight bullying IRL, but doesn't think they can monitor kids Internet use? #
• Anyone want to buy me an Axe Cop President Tshirt? http://bit.ly/aIftDF #
• Train order from museum: lidcombe, revesby, kingsgrove, revesby, MacArthur. Revesby and kinsgrove are the same. Why must I wait 30 mins? #
• So now it's 2 MacArthur trains within 8 minutes of each other, even though I've been waiting for 20 mins (and still have 5 to go) #
• Last night, I had dreams of Zombies and wooden footbridges. Weird, huh? #
• It's way too early in the morning to be converting miles per pound to km per kg #
• Three's network seems a little flakey today. Mobile Internet kept dropping out, so feed's not finished yet. #
• God I hope this is true. My life's been hollow since I re-finished the first Monkey Island game on XBLA: http://bit.ly/di4qfG #
• Maybe we should rename Monday to "Funday"… Who wouldn't want to work on Funday? #
• I don't think I'd ever buy my mum a microwave for mother's day, regardless of the bells and whistles… #
• Bacon rocket. So tasty and wonderful.http://bit.ly/aqgKTM #
• So I've started having some probs with the ps3's blu-ray playback. Major stuttering during playback – all discs, random times. Not happy. #
• Wondering what makes the iPad the "ultimate mobile video game device", considering it's still unreleased and it has no buttons… #
• RT @tpendlebury: RT @LiamT: Who needs an internet filter when you have the South Australian police doing the leg work? http://bit.ly/97e7SH #
• The Oscars are on in the office – I really wish someone would call Richard Wilkins "Dick"… #
• yay! Leave approved! #
• The Daily Show's Chatroulette bit is absolute Gold. Kudos for getting all the news personalities to play along http://bit.ly/ceT2jC #
• Umm, no Mwave – I will not open the pdf to read your exciting "news". Mail thinks you're spam, and you're not convincing me otherwise… #
• Facebook's advertising 2 1/2 men on DVD in the sponsored section. It's now marked as offensive… #

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Anyone who follows me on Twitter is well aware of my hate-hate affair with NSW’s train system, Cityrail. Well, 140 characters just isn’t enough space for me to vocalise my hatred anymore – so the five or six people who read this site will get the joy of my uncontrollable ranting rage – at least until they get sick of listening to the channeling of pure hatred from the depths of my soul. Read More…

I’m not the biggest OK Go fan, but this video is by far one of the biggest and best music videos I’ve ever seen. Seriously, is there anything better than Rube Goldberg machines?

OK Go’s Music Video Features Rube Goldberg Machine Sequence | Gizmodo Australia.

• So apparently this TV has "Picture perfection" – so apparently there's no improvement from here on out for Sony… #
• Damn. Wish I'd remembered my camera at the Sony launch this morning. Anyone have a spare shot of the 3D TV they'd like to see on Giz? #
• Well, Sony certainly got their money's worth with Giz today. Every post I wrote was about their launch! #
• Working from home today to try and work through the mountains of review gear I've got lying about. #
• Someone just wanted to book a meeting for the 31st of February. That should be interesting… #
• Finally sorted out TiVo home networking for the mac. Criminal that it costs so much, but it is AWESOME! #
• Finally got around to switching ISPs last night. Now waiting the obligatory 10-15 working days for iiNet to kick in… #
• I know it's all a bit of fun, but if you have a video that says it will auto-delete at the end, you shouldn't be able to press play again #
• "Dust off the stage, open-mic host. Step aside"… Tenacious D FTW! #
• Oh – it's so wrong, but I REALLY want one. http://bit.ly/9aBxVR (Oh, and totally have to wear the blue mask)… #
• RT @ryan: "I'll make you a better offer. I'll honor the embargo for the rest of my working life." http://bit.ly/dBmb0A /via @joshuatopolsky #
• Ooh, Skype's coming to Samsung TVs as well… #
• Genius is working off Nirvana's Lithium, and it's like I'm back in high school. Loving every second! #
• At first I thought: "There's no way I can eat all that". But then I did. Now I'm full. The end. #
• So the "voice of GPS" is interviewed on brisbane times… But what GPS company? Have a feeling TomTom and Garmin don't share voice talent… #
• If I'd remembered to charge stuff this morning, I'd be packed for #ks10 already. But I didn't, so I'm not… #
• I have no idea who's talking, but he just called all Labor voters stupid #ks10 #
• The wireless keeps failing me here at #ks10 which means you've missed out on all my mind-blowing observations. #
• RT @seamus: the dulcet tones of dial-up ring out across the keynote. #ks10 #
• Digging holes in the ground are what Australian's are good at – shit, I forgot to bring my shovel! #ks10 #
• RT @jenbishopsydney: As it turns out, 5 minutes can sometimes be really long #ks10 #
• I really hope the term "BYOPC" never actually gains momntum. Yuck. #ks10 #
• Come on, beer o'clock #ks10 #
• This simply will not do… #ks10 http://yfrog.com/3glpadj #
• Interesting night at #ks10 .. some good convos and some weird moments. But on the whole, not bad… also what happened to everyone? #
• What has two thumbs and drank a bit too much last night? *this guy* #ks10 #
• This resort thinks it's Apple: #ks10 http://yfrog.com/4euhjbj #
• Forget everything I said about Twitter at #ks10 … Turns out its BEST use is a modern way of passing notes at school… #
• Just wrote the opening para to a post and realised that it was actually the conclusion. #

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So the other week, Samsung launched new notebooks by lifting a heap of tech journos 50 odd metres up into the sky on a crane. Yep. It was awesome, although you can’t really move around too much.

They also serve dinner up there, which would be heaps of fun, even if it didn’t come with laptops…

This is mostly for testing out the Flickr slideshow Plugin, but I do like some of these shots…

The funny thing is, this actually happens. Sorry PR world, I’m done with embargoes…

YouTube – Embargoes.

Axe Cop – the best comic superhero ever conceived.

YouTube – Axe Cop Episode ONE.

Although I’d totally be wearing the blue mask…

Omg Please Tell Me It Comes With The Mask: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Shell Backpacks – Geekologie.

• Trying to make my way through my inbox. It's starting to get a bit out of control… #
• Whoops! @guru_kscope But no I don't own it, yes I would like it, but no rush because I've got 100 movies to watch atm, but no time… #
• I have a big-ass TV at home that I need to set up and review. Fun! #
• So the box the tv was delivered in yesterday was HUGE http://yfrog.com/35odfmwj #
• Today marks the 10 year anniversary of my 1st date with my wife. We saw The Green Mile. Tonight we're going to see Avatar… #
• wrapping up prizes in brown paper. It's like the most depressing xmas ever! #
• Dear games developers: Please stop making so many enticing games. I don't have the time to play them all. Or any of them. It's depressing #
• About to give up on Seesmic. It's starting dragging the entire Macbook's performance down… #
• I wish there was a body odour forcefield installed on every elevator in the world… #
• En route to Panasonic to check out their 3d plasma prototype. Will have to ask them about binocular dysphoria… #
• So I liked Panny's 3dtv demo. Gave me a headache though, unsurprisingly… #
• Fuck you, cityrail. Just… Fuck you. #

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• Back in the hotel at 10:15 while on a junket. Something seems slightly amiss… #
• Ah shit. Back at the computer trying to catch up after 2 days driving around greater Melbourne, and I don't know where to start… #
• Too much writing to do today. Don't talk to me… #
• Elevators are out. four flights of stairs. Exactly the kind of start to the day I needed… #
• Yay! Buzz just arrived on my Gmail account! There goes the next 30 minutes… #
• Does anybody out there in Twitter land want to swap their 4GB (or bigger) Memory Stick Duo Pro card for a 4GB SD card? Need space for PSP #
• My second Buzz follower was a spam bot. This doesn't bode well… #
• RT @mpesce: So for all of you who were wondering why 3D TV is so bad for you, go have a read: http://tinyurl.com/yffnbxo #
• Okay, I'm over it. How do you switch off buzz? #
• RT @DarrenWells: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — the game where you're "like God striking down Satan". http://bit.ly/aO3c6W – That's gold! #
• Goddamn this OS is the biggest pile of stinking poo the world has ever seen. The world would be a better place if it just disappeared… #
• Ever wondered how to eradicate australias tech journo? Do this and then drop us: http://yfrog.com/4izh4hj #
• Feeling high… http://yfrog.com/4emzuvj #
• Weird. Just received a copy of District 9 on DVD. That's the second copy on DVD I've received. Wish it was Blu-ray! #
• Wow. I've had a productive day. It's amazing what you can accomplish if you're not running around to events… #
• Not that I don't enjoy the events. They're just productivity vampires. #
• Jury duty today. So far just sitting around waiting. #
• These chairs are so bloody uncomfortable. Also, still waiting for anything to happen here at jury duty. #

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• Righto – should start packing for this Panasonic trip tomorrow #
• Oh, I finally finished Bioshock today. As in the 1st one. From 3 years ago. Yay me! #
• I frakkin' hate packing… #
• Looks like I'll be spending most of today travelling. On train to office, then train to airport, then plane to Melbourne. #
• Fuck! Left my MacBook charger at home. Today just got that much harder… #
• Okay, back at campbelltown, waiting for the wife to deliverythe charger. Going to be very pressed for time today. Good luck writing stuff #
• I am a sea of calmness and tranquility. CMD-C. CMD-V. Repeat. #
• After this morning's clusterf%¥k, I kind of wish I was somebody else. #
• Ever so slightly early to the airport. Dont remember where we're supposed to meet Thank goodness for 3g sim cards. #
• I checked in my mbp with my luggage, and now I feel naked. #
• On the plane. Suppose I should switch to flight mode now. See you in Melbourne Twitter. #
• Landed in Melbourne. Enjoyed looking down on clouds during the flight. Simple pleasures. #
• Waiting for my bag to be delivered to my room. Need it to charge my phone. And get my MBP. And my clothes. And my sanity. #
• I want a 64GB sdxc card! Only $1399 when it launches in feb #lumix #
• Yes, yes! Retweet widely RT @rmodesto: Editorial Comic Win http://digs.by/1H8K #nocleanfeed (via @NewtonMark) #
• Stunning view from the hotel room http://yfrog.com/atddlj #
• ate way too much at dinner. Quail, duck and sticky date. Now time to work! #
• Really really wish I'd bought my iphone av cables to plug into the hotel room's surround sound system. @birdsoftokyo is going off tonight! #
• Okay – written some stuff for tomorrow. None of it mythical tablet related either – saving that for tomorrow. Time for sleep! #
• Okay, so I've been busy reading rather than tweeting about the #iPad but I'd love to know about battery life… #
• reading the US iPad press release, they only say battery life is "up to 10 hours". Which is not enough for me reading a book. #
• It seems to me that the iPad will be a bit of a luxury item. It'll compliment your PC/iPhone, but not replace either… #
• I mean, you need a PC. You need a phone. Do you need an iPad? I'm doubting it… but will wait until I've played with it before deciding #
• Time to put all this iPad aside and have some breakfast… #
• Hey Sofitel in Melbourne – your coffee was so not worth $6! #
• Oh, new panny camcorders will recognise faces of "your lover or very important person" #
• Great humour from Ken Duncan at lumix launch. Nice change from PowerPoint slides. #
• I hate Flash, I despise multitasking and I'm a big fan of adapters, so it looks like Apple have finally made a product for me! (via @dr_nic) #
• Feeling Ill after riding at Luna park in Melbourne. Lung sounds good though… #
• At Brighton beach, taking photos of huts and models in bikinis. For work. I kinda feel like a perv. http://yfrog.com/328uyej #
• Hello? Doctor Pavlov? I seem to have found your dogs. (via @stilgherrian) #
• I thought Pong had a black background. http://yfrog.com/33w2jwj #
• So the tennis has started, and I still don't know who to support. Maybe the ball boys? http://yfrog.com/33qdszj #
• I mean, they have to wear pink. They need All the support they can get. #
• The crowd are applauding that shot, bit I hit shots like that all the time in Wii Tennis… #
• I've decided to give these tennis players nicknames. I'm thinking "muzzah" and "chilli willi". Thoughts? #
• There's just not enough tech in tennis. If I played, I'd have a racquet with LEDs at the very least. #
• Oh come on muzzah. If you're going to grunt, do it like a man. Not like you're enjoying some fancy new posi up the back of the Kama sutra. #
• Okay, I think this will be my last session. Still have work to do after all… #
• If I could name the one thing I wish I wasn't doing right now, it would be working. Yet guess what I'm doing? #
• I've actually read some extremely good articles on the iPad tonight that may be shifting my opinion on how it will fare in the market. #
• Busy morning at lumix event. Now en route to airport, provided the driver doesn't kill us. #
• Back in Sydney. If I haven't replied to your email from today or yesterday, my apologies. Been crazy busy and sleep deprived. #
• Goddamn it's hot in the office today! #
• My shoelace is caught in the wheel of my chair. How did this happen? #
• There's an office wide discussion about Britney Spears. God save me. #
• Just culled my way through my address book. So many outdated Vcards. I wish there was a way of automatically receiving updated details… #
• Warming up my ranting juices over this story. http://bit.ly/bg7y8f #
• Looking forward to #byteside tonight – just have to get through the rest of the day. Food might help. #
• Jury duty? I'll see that Quimby boy hang for this! #
• blech – accidentally broke up my closing HTML tags on a post and it came out UG-Lee! #
• A commenter posted a quote from ann Enough Rope interview with Don Chipp re: censorship. Fantastic read: http://bit.ly/9j7n9M #
• Despite faking a "product in ice" demo today (which is really quite offensive), Kudos to Sony for using flickr for product pics. Convenient. #
• Funny that the product we signed an NDA on this morning has been discussed online since January 20. What's the point? #
• I think I might pack up and start wandering up to #byteside .. #
• #byteside is packed. And with real people, not just tech journos and PR people. http://yfrog.com/3nx5rzj #
• "markets can only absorb so much innovation" @mpesce on #byteside – sounds kind of relevant to the disappointment of some to the iPad… #
• "for anyone thinking about buying a 3dtv – for gods sake don't" @mpesce at #byteside #
• Gah! It's been raining, so people forget how to drive. Took me 25 minutes to travel 5km to the station this morning! #
• Desperately want to ask for a copy of Bioshock2 to review, but know that I can't actually review it. Probably struggle to play it, in fact. #
• Watching @davidwildgoose pack up his big pile of crap. So many games! (and crap). #
• Even though probably 30% of them are spam bots anyway, I have 799 followers as of this second. Wonder if Number 800 will be a real human? #
• Ha! I lost a follower. Must have suspected I was onto their spambot ways (looks at @mr_gadget) #
• la-dee-da…. Just waiting for the CMS to kick start the old generator and publish already… #
• So wrong, yet so right! RT @DanChiappini: 1080p-ness? RT @bajopants: Wow.. That's some 1080p nudity. #
• I really, really wish event invites included the key details in text format, not just on a jpg. So much easier to add to the calendar! #
• there are some days I really wish I wrote about games and not gadgets. Today might be one of them… #
• Kookaburra sits on the electric wire, jumping up and down because its ass is on fire #hopeidontegetsued #
• Just got an event invite in the post. The POST! What's the world coming too? #
• Gah! Why can't I spell today? #
• That's frackin' awesome. I want my own castle so bad! http://bit.ly/b4fMsG (although shame he has to have it demolished) #
• iTunes is just under 100MB now. Wow. #
• Great read on the war against games resales from Kotaku: http://bit.ly/cd53nE #
• Wishing I could make this feeling in my gut go away. Blech… #
• whoops – just resized a heap of pics to 600cm wide rather than 600 pixels. No wonder it took 90 mins… #
• So, is it a faux pas to wear shorts to a press conference? It's supposed to be 34 in Melbourne tomorrow… #
• According to someone on the trains headphones, "Dirty deeds. Done dirt cheap" #
• Touch and go there for a minute, but I'm on the plane. Huzzah! #
• Interesting flight. No window in my row, which was kind of disconcerting… #
• Kinda wish that the guy next to me liked ac/dc after that flight. #

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A great read on the war against games resales. Personally, I like to collect games – unless they’re absolute shite, I won’t resell anyway…

The Games You Won’t Sell, The Games You Can’t Sell | Kotaku Australia.