Malcolm Herbert
@mjcherbert.bsky.social
a little bit of this ... a little bit of that ...
have been a fan of Yello since being introduced to them in high school - Rolling Stone produced documentary on Yello and the backstory to Oh Yeah and how it became instrumental in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and from there into the social mainstream ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
Rolling Stone Shorts: 'OH YEAH'
YouTube video by Rolling Stone
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
have been a fan of Yello since being introduced to them in high school - Rolling Stone produced documentary on Yello and the backstory to Oh Yeah and how it became instrumental in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and from there into the social mainstream ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Me...
pinch-punch house rule is that for combat to commence, all participants need to be confirmed to be awake and have the wherewithal for defense ... receiving a phonecall from a friend and then disclaiming loudly that "damnit, I'm awake" counts ... bwahahah ...
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
pinch-punch house rule is that for combat to commence, all participants need to be confirmed to be awake and have the wherewithal for defense ... receiving a phonecall from a friend and then disclaiming loudly that "damnit, I'm awake" counts ... bwahahah ...
ok, 99pi podcast, you reallly need to review the content served by your provider because a carefully considered, eloquent and measured podcast does not need to alienate its audience with run-of-the-mill shouty radio ads for xero and macquarie ...
August 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ok, 99pi podcast, you reallly need to review the content served by your provider because a carefully considered, eloquent and measured podcast does not need to alienate its audience with run-of-the-mill shouty radio ads for xero and macquarie ...
true love is making a search on behalf of your partner in the certain knowledge that you will be dodging ads for it for the next six months ...
August 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
true love is making a search on behalf of your partner in the certain knowledge that you will be dodging ads for it for the next six months ...
I caught one or two episodes of Terrahawks when it aired in high-school but for some reason it didn't grab me as a drama ... what I definitely remembered were the stunning faux-CGI title sequences ... this popped up in my Youtube feed showing how they were done www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI7o...
HAND DRAWN CGI: Animating the Terrahawks Title Sequence (Kevin Davies & Gerry Anderson Documentary)
YouTube video by Century 21 Films
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I caught one or two episodes of Terrahawks when it aired in high-school but for some reason it didn't grab me as a drama ... what I definitely remembered were the stunning faux-CGI title sequences ... this popped up in my Youtube feed showing how they were done www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI7o...
there is a bird in our local area with a call that has the cadence of _just_ the "walked in the" portion of the line "the minute you walked in the joint" from Big Spender and you have no idea how irritating it is that it never finishes the phrase ...
August 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
there is a bird in our local area with a call that has the cadence of _just_ the "walked in the" portion of the line "the minute you walked in the joint" from Big Spender and you have no idea how irritating it is that it never finishes the phrase ...
re-watching the movie ... it didn't do well among those who were heavily into the series (for leaving waay too much out), nor those who had never been exposed to it prior (for having waay too much crammed into 1h49m), but it was mostly true to itself I think ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hit...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
re-watching the movie ... it didn't do well among those who were heavily into the series (for leaving waay too much out), nor those who had never been exposed to it prior (for having waay too much crammed into 1h49m), but it was mostly true to itself I think ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hit...
@embilbie.bsky.social happy monday ... :)
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
@embilbie.bsky.social happy monday ... :)
... is it just me that gets that sense of dread when after an OS update comes the happy-happy joy-joy announcement "your phone is now more useful"? ...
what misfeature that nobody would ever want have you fsckers snuck in this time?
what misfeature that nobody would ever want have you fsckers snuck in this time?
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
... is it just me that gets that sense of dread when after an OS update comes the happy-happy joy-joy announcement "your phone is now more useful"? ...
what misfeature that nobody would ever want have you fsckers snuck in this time?
what misfeature that nobody would ever want have you fsckers snuck in this time?
this is a weird timeline
June 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
this is a weird timeline
Reposted by Malcolm Herbert
Thanks for the warning.
June 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Thanks for the warning.
in the footage of the Lauren Tomasi shooting incident it looked more to me as if the cameraman were the target ... what's the accuracy on that kind of round?
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
in the footage of the Lauren Tomasi shooting incident it looked more to me as if the cameraman were the target ... what's the accuracy on that kind of round?
that thing where you're potentially interested in the content of a recommended youtube video but not trusting enough to have it etched your history ... reading the transcript (AI generated or not) is generally Good Enough in these situations and you can skim read it to get the salient points ...
May 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
that thing where you're potentially interested in the content of a recommended youtube video but not trusting enough to have it etched your history ... reading the transcript (AI generated or not) is generally Good Enough in these situations and you can skim read it to get the salient points ...
GPS watch unexpectedly decides to not connect to phone ... I think everyone in IT has a well-trodden escalation path for dealing with these sorts of issues ... thankfully I managed to resolve it before needing to hard-reset the watch and losing my unsaved data ...
May 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
GPS watch unexpectedly decides to not connect to phone ... I think everyone in IT has a well-trodden escalation path for dealing with these sorts of issues ... thankfully I managed to resolve it before needing to hard-reset the watch and losing my unsaved data ...
if ever there's a track to really catch in my throat it's Gotye's "Bronte" ... still feel compelled to give it the time it deserves when it turns up in a shuffle play but damnit if it doesn't undo me every time
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
if ever there's a track to really catch in my throat it's Gotye's "Bronte" ... still feel compelled to give it the time it deserves when it turns up in a shuffle play but damnit if it doesn't undo me every time
@jrosenbaum.com.au related to your recent post, you might be interested that SBS has this available on their Ondemand system www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Enticed by the opportunity to experience cultures rarely visited by American shows, chef and author Anthony Bourdain takes viewers to Colombia, Peru, Morocco, and Koreatown in Los Angeles.
www.sbs.com.au
May 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
@jrosenbaum.com.au related to your recent post, you might be interested that SBS has this available on their Ondemand system www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
the email address for Big Bird from Sesame Street is listed as being included in 22 data breaches in the haveibeenpwned.com database and I think more people should know this ... Elmo misses out on top spot, only having 21 ... Ernie is a distant third at 11
May 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
the email address for Big Bird from Sesame Street is listed as being included in 22 data breaches in the haveibeenpwned.com database and I think more people should know this ... Elmo misses out on top spot, only having 21 ... Ernie is a distant third at 11
cursing with annoying and uncomfortable paper cuts any publishers that hold back on releasing the ebook version to Australian markets for vague and unsatisfying reasons when I can see it sitting on the metaphorical shelves when browsing the catalogue available to other countries ...
May 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
cursing with annoying and uncomfortable paper cuts any publishers that hold back on releasing the ebook version to Australian markets for vague and unsatisfying reasons when I can see it sitting on the metaphorical shelves when browsing the catalogue available to other countries ...
that annoying moment when you discover your laptop fans now buzz ...
May 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
that annoying moment when you discover your laptop fans now buzz ...
... it would be nice if the columns in the "first preferences by vote type" sorted numerically properly ... seems to be an asciibetical sort up to the first comma in their numerical representation ...
May 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
... it would be nice if the columns in the "first preferences by vote type" sorted numerically properly ... seems to be an asciibetical sort up to the first comma in their numerical representation ...
the primary school at the end of the street is our local polling place and given the hotplate is around 80m from our back door, the smell of democracy is everywhere ... leading to a very pantomime "look out, it's behind you!" moment ...
May 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
the primary school at the end of the street is our local polling place and given the hotplate is around 80m from our back door, the smell of democracy is everywhere ... leading to a very pantomime "look out, it's behind you!" moment ...
really hope @swearyanthony.bsky.social can get back on his feet soon - his dissection of the election would be the gift that keeps on giving ...
May 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
really hope @swearyanthony.bsky.social can get back on his feet soon - his dissection of the election would be the gift that keeps on giving ...
I tend to think that the Greens are taking on the primal role the Democrats had - to keep the bastards honest
May 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I tend to think that the Greens are taking on the primal role the Democrats had - to keep the bastards honest