The Smirkonian Sightseer

Music of the Stars

Carl Sagan's letter to Chuck Berry (circa 1986).

Nada Surf

My favourite band, Nada Surf release their new album this week. So excited!

Same Sex Mary track

Jules and Jim Music Video

While not the greatest music video I've seen, it is my favourite song from Nada Surf's album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy. Here is the newly release Nada Surf  clip for "Jules And Jim".

I notice a 'menage a toi' theme going on here. I'm into sharing!

Youtube clip notes:

The music video for the song Jules and Jim was filmed over the span of several months on location in Arch Cape, Oregon and inside a historic house in Providence, Rhode Island. It gently alludes to the classic French New Wave film of the same name. The video brings you into the dreamlike world of three characters who are both intertwined and isolated and into three different worlds which are also intertwined and yet isolated. The different perspectives of both the three characters and the three worlds seek to evoke the ever changing feelings and roller coaster ride that comes from being a rational being crazy in love - desire, jealousy, security, ecstasy, sadness, beauty and the like, and yet to be able to see clearly outside ones own feelings. The sets are either actual outdoor settings or were composed from organic materials and found objects. The characters were made from found objects, wire, and Sculpey.

The film was directed, animated and edited by Rachel Chaiya Blumberg. This is her second music video. In addition to film making she is also a painter and a musician.

Skywalker-ing Tweetsheet

Nada Surf's front man Matthew Caws got in the spirit for Halloween.

chapel hill, two-thousand-and-something, look at that cinnamon bun hair! twitter.com/nadasurf/statu…

— matthew caws (@nadasurf) October 31, 2012

Hard-core Nada fans (myself included) quickly picked up on the reference to a line on their song In The Mirror from their album The Weight Is A Gift

I look in the mirror
To see what my hair is doing
Is it kind of skywalker
Or kind of stupid?

This comes on the news that Disney acquired LucasFilm for 4.5 billion dollars which includes the Star Wars franchise and operating businesses.

 

EPCOT, an acronym of Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, is a Utopian city of the future planned by Walt Disney and are probably looking at a few makeovers.

Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL amusement park! boingboing.net/2012/10/30/luc… via @boingboing twitter.com/jasewells/stat…

— Jase Wells (@jasewells) October 31, 2012

I am 100% against new Star Wars episodes. That being said, if they'd cast me in them, I am 100% FOR new Star Wars episodes.

— David Blue (@DavidBlue) October 31, 2012

 

Darth Vader takes his Stormtroopers to Disneyland and it looks like they had an awesome time! imax.ly/Y7dR6z (via @laughingsquid)

— IMAX(@IMAX) November 1, 2012

 

Now that #Disney bought LucasArts... twitter.com/cartoonartist/…

— Idan Schneider (@cartoonartist) October 30, 2012

 

When in Rome...

Aussie Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham and his ukulele take Rome by Segway

Saturday Tweetsheet - reboot edition

Mark Wahlberg liked the Red Chair so much he may well be buying one for his house this weekend.

— Graham Norton Show (@TheGNShow) February 24, 2012

Should see this in Australia next week.

 

Whats going on people?? Long time no tweet...x

— Luke Pasqualino (@LucaPasqualino) February 24, 2012

Long time no BSG Blood and Chrome.

 

Video of the Day! "4 seasons of GoPro shots put in the blender, serve chilled & well shaken!" ow.ly/9h3Aq #speedflying #snow #GoPro

— GoPro® (@GoPro_News) February 24, 2012

Horrid white frame sunnies. Look closely, justice done on the last shot.

 

Portraits of people posing with all of their possessions: bitly.com/xbhUSa

— PetaPixel (@petapixel) February 24, 2012

When I left home 22 years ago, I had more stuff than these people. Am I a hoarder?

 

TSAITA is out today in Australia via Stop Start Music. Itunes release includes "The Dulcitone Files.' bit.ly/ytxaJN

— matthew caws (@nadasurf) February 24, 2012

Oh fucking finally!!! Too late with me - in the time it took to release it here in Australia I bought and imported the cd from Amazon (US) and I've been playing it non-stop for at least three weeks.

 

Nada Surf unplugged

February 21, 2012Even after nearly 20 years on the road, Nada Surf plays with the vigor and vitality of a new band. Here, the group performs a lengthy set of songs from its new album, with a few classics thrown in for good measure.

by KEVIN COLE

It's hard enough to believe that Nada Surf has been making great music for nearly 20 years now. But with the vigor and vitality of its new album, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, Nada Surf almost sounds like a new band of twentysomethings who still think the world belongs to them — and maybe it still does. Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, backup vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass, backup vocals) create music you want to live with... or to.

The group recently performed a set live on KEXP from The Triple Door as part of our VIP Club Concert series. With Guided by Voices' Doug Gillard joining the band on guitar, Nada Surf performed a lengthy set of songs from the new album, with a few classics thrown in for good measure.

Setlist

• "Clear Eye Clouded Mind"
• "Waiting For Something"
• "Whose Authority"
• "Weightless"
• "Jules And Jim"
• "The Future"
• "When I Was Young"
• "See These Bones"
• "Always Love"
• "Looking Through"

Credits

Hosted by Cheryl Waters; engineered by Jake McLaughlin; camerawork by Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen, Christopher Meister, and Justin Wilmore; editing by Scott Holpainen

(Source: NPR/KEXP)

Hunter Parrish "Beautiful City"

Wednesday Tweetsheet

@petapixel
PetaPixel
A creative "backward world" love story shot with the iPhone 4: bitly.com/ymx2sz

 

@ViatorVancouver

ThingsToDo Vancouver

Stanley Park is bigger than Central Park!

Can't wait to walk the Seawall again. Bring on June.

 

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

I wish Apple designed airports.

Um, they did. I'm using one right now.

 

@GoPro_News

GoPro®

Did you see this Super Bowl ad featuring the uber creative band #OKGo? See if you can spot all the #GoPros in it! ow.ly/8VLP7

Any OK Go clip is worth the look. They've come along way since the treadmill vdo

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Stunning project - Photographer captures photos showing the underside of giant waves: bitly.com/xnHC4Y

Insight into Australian photographer Mark Tipple's The Underwater Project

 

@GoPro_News

GoPro®

RT @adsport: @GoPro_News - Absolutely one of the best brands on the planet at driving #UserGeneratedContent: tinyurl.com/72hgpw9

More GoPro magic from the powder.

 

@NBNCoLimited

NBNCo Limited

Thank you for all your #namethesatellites suggestions. NBNCo-1A and NBNCo-1B really appreciate it. #NBN

I was thinking something more nationally known, like B1 and B2

Bananas in the sky!

 

@telester

Tim Lester

PM Gillard 35 mins late for presser. Twitter is done and dusted with details of her NBN announcement, and she hasn't even made it yet.

 

@mynikonlife

My Nikon Life

[VIDEO] It’s one of our most highly anticipated announcements yet bit.ly/zXH9DH #Nikon #D800 is here!

I can see why it's so expensive. I've seen the pricing range from 2.5K to 3.3K. I'll just admire from afar.

 

@Joshua_Freeman

Joshua Freeman™

When a room is full of stupid people who think they're intelligent, trust me, it's best to contribute with silence rather than intellect.

Been doing that for years. Works a treat… and they have no idea what's transpiring in my head.

 

GreenEDGE roundup:

@Cyclingnewsfeed

Cyclingnews.com

News: Cavendish on Goss, rainbow jersey and Tour de France: British rider holds press conference at Tour of Qatar bit.ly/xRrM3t

Best quote from that presser: "Matthew Goss is the only rider around who I fear …"

 

@TeamSky

Team Sky

Here it is. The moment Mark Cavendish crossed the line at the Tour of Qatar and his first win for @TeamSky pic.twitter.com/J6skJQIh

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

"Aidis stepped up in the sprint. This must give him confidence for the future.” -Sports Director Laurenzo Lapage. More: bit.ly/zP60rs

Congratulations to GreenEDGE's Aidis Kruopis sprinting to third, while Cavendish (Sky) recorded his first victory in the rainbow jersey.

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

Tomorrow I'm off for first race of the Euro season, #tourofmediterranean @_GreenEDGE_

 

Meanwhile Gossy is back in Tassie...

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Don't u hate it when u stop for a coffee and then it starts pouring rain. Can't enjoy it knowing I'm about to get soaking wet!

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

I suppose I could just keep drinking them until the sun comes back out!

 

 

Tuesday Tweetsheet

Sorry it's been a few days, let's get cracking...

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Little planet with the aurora borealis: bitly.com/zzy6by

 

ETittensor

Elliott Tittensor

Nice one tweeps for all the messages about the Coldplay - Charlie Brown video. It was top to shoot. Plus Matt Whitecross is a legend

Elliott is one of the few remaining original cast from the long running Shameless series, seen here in the new Coldpay video for Charlie Brown.

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Regardless of the outcome for Contador, I just wish, for the sake of our sport & everyone in it, that a decision had been made sooner.

 

@SophieSmith86

Sophie Smith

If you have any dirty laundry, now is the time to let it air. Pretty much everything in the next 24 hours will be buried. #contador

 

@thinkgeek

thinkgeek

Rumors about Blade Runner sequel--and Harrison Ford involved!? j.mp/xGEc1v Be still our replicant hearts.

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

The cover of Magnet Magazine: bit.ly/wm1dvd

 

@GoPro_News

GoPro®

This one is good for a laugh. The guy in this video takes gooning to another level. Watch and enjoy! bit.ly/rqIEbQ #gopro #motocross

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Nikon unveils the D800 - A DSLR that tips the scales at 36.3 megapixels: bitly.com/xKlGTM

What a waste of megapixels (if you're a happy snapper). Here's a nicely shot demo clip highlighting the D800's video capabilities...

Friday Tweetsheet

@nadasurf
matthew caws
Last week on @LateNightJimmy we also recorded 'Hi-Speed Soul' and you can watch it here: bit.ly/yLAaH5

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

My Ushanka hat is going to get some use around Monaco. @missajohnstone @HatMansion twitpic.com/8et8dr

 

@AmazingPics

Amazing Photography

Infrared Hong Kong is Dreamy: ow.ly/8xg5m via @mymodernmet

 

@InterfaceLIFT

InterfaceLIFT.com

'Oia Sunset' #wallpaper by ruidiw ifl.cc/9xs

Today I changed my desktop picture to this:

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Brilliant campaign to make our sport safer. Take a look people! thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyc… #cyclesafe

I usually avoid major roads and stay on the quieter streets. This link points to a video of cycle awareness showing some near misses in the UK.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

GO FERRIS! Revisit of my fav film from 1988 - Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial - "Matthew's Day Off" youtu.be/VhkDdayA4iA

 

 

Tuesday Tweetsheet

@nadasurf

matthew caws

The video for 'When I Was Young' premieres today on @Vevo at vevo.ly/y3cCOc

Unfortunately for me, it's region restricted. [bugger]

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

If you're in the LA area we're playing a free acoustic in-store/signing at Amoeba Hollywood tonight at 6pm PST: bit.ly/yqFWO8

I did a search for this mystery limited edition EP "The Dulcitone Files" containing accoustic takes from the new album. I found a download point here.

 

@american_eagle

American Eagle

#MusicMonday: Download 'I Am the Lion King (Saint Lucia Remix)' by @PapatheBand on our blog: http://t.co/DwoGsCYV

Talking of freebies… I liked this song by Papa.

 

@nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

These adorable puppies are going to be on tonight's @nbcnightlynews instagr.am/p/iq7zT/

Check out these News Hounds. OK so Labs aren't technically a hound, but don't let the play on words spoil the cuteness.

 

@matt_conn

Matthew Conn

@richie_porte hope u had a good b'day you old cheese. See you here in pasta land soon.

 

@cycletard

cycletard

Because of the ridiculous UCI/Kimmage lawsuit threat: http://t.co/uNDgsDUO, we urge you to read this: http://t.co/U5UvVlUe

Spent the best part of an yesterday afternoon reading this powerful article. What a read. I'll reserve my thoughts on what I think of the UCI.

A Weekend Conversation

Wall Street Journal's Jim Fusilli interview with Nada Surf, on the release of their album The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy.

 

 

 

Saturday TweetSheet

The daily hightlight snap from my twitter feed. Got slightly carried way today folks. Sorry 'bout that.

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

I'm sorry, I just can't watch the woman's tennis final. They sound like a pigeon being punched to death

 

@lehmo23

lehmo

@Gawndy I'm watching lesbian porn. The neighbours think I'm watching the tennis

@PaulSmithDesign

Paul Smith

Which team does @markcavendish ride for? To enter e-mail your answer to competitions@paulsmith.co.uk

Oh … probably not mine.

 

@TVSpyNews

TVSpy

Charter bus collides with WCPO news van during live press conference: mbist.ro/wfhvIP (VIDEO)

This wouldn't happen here. Would it?

 

@TVTechnology

TV Technology

McAdams On: News Puppetry ow.ly/8IV2L

That happens here (but we don't use puppets!)

 

@SafeCyclingOz

S.C.A.

The new SCA Shane Warne Jersey is available now. Simply because he's an idiot fb.me/Z4rHPSCP

Quote Warnie at checkout.

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

A beautiful time-lapse of star gazers under the Milky Way: bitly.com/xTS5Zi

Babak Tafreshi of The World at Night created this beautiful time-lapse video of star gazers looking into the heavens while the stars sweep across the night sky.

 

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@nytimestv

NYTimes TV

'Big Bang Theory' Is Now Bigger Than 'American Idol' nyti.ms/yjbUUE

Did a fat lady sing or something?

 

@Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom

#POLL: Have you downloaded the Lightroom 4 Beta yet? #Lr4

Yes and love it. Adapting my workflow to the new Develop module layout.

 

@slanginc

Julian Alexander

New (old) movie posters: atimetoget.com/2012/01/anothe…

 

@AmazingPics

Amazing Photography

Stunning Long Exposure: New Zealand Church at Night: ow.ly/8BFxG

Stunning indeed. 6400ISO, 30 sec exposure @ ƒ2.0 on a Nikon D700. Unfortunately Nikon announced this week that it's discontinuing the D700 model, believed to be a popular choice with landscape photographers.

 

@halfadams

Patrick J. Adams

Circle of life... RT @Chris_Gorham: "Daddy, there's a new game for the iPod, it's called 'Tetris'!" lol

Ah, my old favourite. Getting popular again.

 

@Quantel

Quantel

Interesting article here on the 'Future of Television'? tech.lifegoesstrong.com/article/what-f… #TV #3D #SmartTV #OLED #HD #4K

As long as it still has a picture, I don't care.

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

yes! can i join in? psyched! "@TheSoftPack We are playing with @NadaSurf this Saturday in San Diego! Maybe we'll play Brightside together?"

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (CD/LP) and new T-shirt designs are available at our merch store: bit.ly/vNMnMn

I've been listening to Nada Surf's new album all week. Love every track. For me, that's rare. With most CD's these days I'd only like a few tracks. That's the beauty of online individual track purchases (iTunes, etc)

 

@NelsonAspen

Nelson Aspen

Ferris Bueller returns for the Super Bowl. deadline.com/2012/01/ferris…

YAY!!! He's d'man. Look's like there's something in the works here. Nice little teaser. FBDO was my favourite movie in 1988 (yeah, I'm old).

 

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Another source tells me this will be a Superbowl Ad for Honda CRV. Interesting to note, there's currently a stock shortage of the CRV line due to the Japanese tsunami last year.

 

@Lotus_F1Team

Lotus F1 Team

In case you missed it, here's the link to the teaser trailer for our 2012 car - the E20! youtu.be/5LG3f2VYCWc #F1

 

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Dan, thanks for posting this one!

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

This what happens when airlines allow pets as carry-ons bit.ly/zkzjsK I hope Air Canada don't allow this on long haul.

[update] Well, apparently they do…

 

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@BicyclingMag

Bicycling Magazine

Need a laugh? 10 responses when someone yells at you from a car ow.ly/8GvWZ

Friday Tweetsheet

The daily hightlight snap from my twitter feed…

@SHO_TheBorgias

The Borgias

The only thing to fear is God and Borgia. The original crime family returns April 8th at 10PM ET/PT: youtu.be/Q4lzzWYADjk #TheBorgias

I'd like to see this series. Not usually my thing but Luke Pasqualino's in it (Skins, Blood & Chrome)

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

Introducing new video series - Bike Riders Can't Cook. Episode #1 features Allan Davis, a bike pump + Bundaberg rum: bit.ly/wKcZW8

 

@miketomalaris

Michael Tomalaris

SBS's live coverage of #tracknats up against #7network and @Australian_Open this weekend. Confident @AnnaMeares will roll #rafa for ratings.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Toronto teens send Lego man on an a balloon odyssey 24 kilometres high: bit.ly/wQH1lc

-This is a nice little story from Canada.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

500 MTB riders arrive in Tasmania with $1.5m worth of bikes + support crews, close to $1m injection for state economy. cyclingnews.com/news/taberlay-…

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Testing out Topaz Labs Star Effects plugin. Steam train at Nation Railway Museum, York, England flic.kr/p/bjb1vB

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

If you missed the @YouTube live stream of our record release show in NYC on Tuesday, you can see it here: bit.ly/nadasurflive

Sit back and enjoy just over an hour of the Nada's live. Love it!

 

 

Monday Tweetsheet

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

@CyclingCentral

CyclingCentral

The time is ripe for corporate Australia to show GreenEDGE the money, writes @anthony_tan in Adelaide bit.ly/x1Kyb7

 

@KochiesBiz

Kochies Business

Gong Xi Fa Cai! (Happy Chinese New Year) Not celebrating? Here's why you should be... bit.ly/yhWxoa

If China's so rosey, what was that Adrian Brown story about on 7News yesterday?

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Nada Surf explain themselves... youtu.be/C4iPPnMPPZU Rock the kitchen

 

@NelsonAspen

Nelson Aspen

Classiest response to some dope who would bring a ringing cell phone to a violin concert: youtube.com/watch?v=uub0z8…

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Six month long exposure, solstice to solstice. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120121.… via APOD

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Red isolation test with Nikon AW100 flic.kr/p/bhi6nD

 

@Joshua_Freeman

Joshua Freeman™

@SmirksTas No, I don't want to see the underwater photos you took with your new Nikon AW100 while you were in the bath last night.

Friday TweetSheet

 

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

 

@kochie_online

david koch

Apple's share price topped $431 overnight valuing company at $400b... That's more than the value of Greek economy.

 

@anthony_tan

Anthony Tan

Feel like a hooker that's done 12 jobs for the evening and has another 6 clients to go #completelyrootedbut #iloveit

 

@anthony_tan

Anthony Tan

Will now drink some camomile tea to mitigate against any more inappropriate tweets.

 

@BETasmania

Business Events Tas

This is an awesome video - but let's not keep Tasmania too much of a secret! fb.me/TsDaHq9H

 

@Ryan_Doyle

Ryan Doyle

New Showreel youtube.com/watch?v=eEzbZK… Retweet if you have ever visited any of these places :D or just like the video

Oh yeah! Been to Santorini a few times. Southbank too.

 

@setsailmusic

Set Sail

Had meeting with lawyers to work on Brandon getting back into Australia

Their lead singer has been deported. I hope they can sort this out.

 

@HurricanesBBL

Hobart Hurricanes

Ticket sales are going insane!! Look at the line outside Blundstone Arena! #purplearmy #purplepower http://t.co/FeTffp34

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

Listen to these two clowns,Jump on & grab a membership and support GreenEDGE! GreenEDGE Membership Packages: youtu.be/fLnKy0MAXYU

Gossy does his sales pitch.

 

@cammeyercyclist

Cameron Meyer

Thanks to the @_GreenEDGE_ guys today. That's how you put the pressure on. Perfect lead into the climb. Big show down on Willunga tomorrow.

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Great bit of team work from the @_GreenEDGE_ boys today, really rode together well and are in a good position going into tomorrows decider!

 

@msthespyreport

The Spy Report

TSR: Nine's coverage of Tour Down Under labelled "appalling" - bit.ly/A03B1n

By taking "the broadcast of the event to new horizons" really means well over the horizon at near midnight.

 

@miketomalaris

Michael Tomalaris

Interesting but I'm not in position to comment.RT@brentanthony What do u think of the article regarding TDU coverage? cyclesoapbox.com/2012/01/20/tdu…

A race originally intended for the fans,  taken over by political and economic interests.

Thursday TweetSheet

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Need a chuckle? The battle at F-stop Ridge continues: bitly.com/xLgsg9

 

@robWNT

robert miller

: Video I shot for @RedBullUK with @Ryan_Doyle and Phil Doyle finally got released! redbull.co.uk/cs/Satellite/e…” must see

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

my dad, @pcaws, on our new album's title, which is an expression of his petercaws.com/starsareindiff…

 

@setsailmusic

Set Sail

Photo: Hey guys, our lead singer got deported so we started an e-petition to help bring him back. Hit up the... http://t.co/zhKzukxJ

No biggie. They'll just have to be 'internationally' based now.

 

@AmazingPics

Amazing Photography

Breathtaking Sky Color Palette Photography: ow.ly/8xZaD RT @abduzeedo

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Your thoughts? Is HDR acceptable in photojournalism? bitly.com/wspvXv

No. HDR and similar tonemapped images have their space as an art form. I've seen it used in mainstream and it looks ridiculously out of place.

 

@AmazingPics

Amazing Photography

Satellite Photo of the Costa Concordia Cruise Ship: ow.ly/8yoLx

 

@miketomalaris

Michael Tomalaris

#tdf boss Christian Prudhomme at #tdu to check in on worldwide TV distribution. Relationship with @sbs rock-solid.

 

@TeamUniSA

TeamUniSA

Media all over Will Clarke - looking sharp in Sprinters kit #TDU http://t.co/beIzZuDG

 

@anthony_tan

Anthony Tan

TDU Files: Strong Will bit.ly/xhfuDe via @CyclingCentral

Will Clarke gets probed my the TanMan.

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

#TDU stage 3 photos on Facebook (on.fb.me/yO8syk). Video interviews w/ O'Grady + Goss on YouTube (bit.ly/wnhZfe). Check 'em out.

 

@badger83

bernard sulzberger

Had a lil dig with 4km to go on the hill, head wind finish limited the chance to get a gap. legs are feeling good for tomorrow...

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

Give it some tomorrow @badger83 !

 

 

Meanwhile, half a world away…

@richie_porte

Richie Porte

Back in Europe, hopefully this is enough vegemite for 2012! yfrog.com/mni51lcj

@richie_porte

Richie Porte

ready to rug up for first Euro ride of the year. Looking forward to a good Italian coffee. Great to be back home!

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday TweetSheet

Ok, i found this little guy on Flickr yesterday. Wasn't a tweet - just thought I'd share.

It's a hampster, in case you were wondering.

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

one more time.....@nprmusic First Listen is streaming 'The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy' here: n.pr/zXkDPE

Had a listen-in while monitoring the TDU. It's the first time I've heard the album in full. I like all the tracks.

 

@AmazingPics

Amazing Photography

Exquisite View Of Earth From Space ow.ly/8qskg

 

The first stage of the Tour Down Under got underway today with drama on a downhill finish…

 

@Cyclingnewsfeed

Cyclingnews.com

News: Greipel unhappy with finish conditions in Clare: Turtur plays down concerns over high-speed downhill climax bit.ly/zZvFcY

 

@GreenEDGEFans

AussieCyclingFans

Hey @simongerrans love your new look website thanks for the update on @tourdownunder simongerrans.com

 

@clarkeywilbur

Will Clarke

one of the hardest days iv done on the bike felt like i was cooking at times #hot

 

@Mattbrammeier85

Matt Brammeier

I drank 18 bottles today and didn't piss once! #tdu

 

@StueyOG

STUART O'GRADY

That was a mad hard stg. The heat and wind was crazy! I was suffering. Imagine the euros! Hope all that hit the deck are ok. More tomz!

 

@mcewenrobbie

Robbie McEwen

About to wind up @mattgoss1986 into sprint when huge crash happened. I went off rd & managed a soft landing after dodging multiple bodies

 

@badger83

bernard sulzberger

Some how I avoided the crash, had to go bush to miss it... Good ride by Rohan Dennis young riders jersey UNI SA

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

crazy finish today! Me n @mcewenrobbie r thanking our lucky stars for letting us keep all our skin! Think some ppl r gonna be sore tomorra.

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

The rest of the squad emerged unscathed. Crash blocked the road, and our riders were unable to get through to contest the finish.

 

@cammeyercyclist

Cameron Meyer

That was a very uncomfortable and horrible bike race. Hope everyone in the crash are ok along with the hit spectator.

 

@miketomalaris

Michael Tomalaris

According to @cammeyercyclist the crash happened as a result of "dehydrated riders going to fast. A crash was always going to happen."

 

Tried to add a few pictures here but non were available. Nine's video quality was appalling and there was something wrong with the SBS embed code. Anyway, let's hope the forecast showers tomorrow cool the peloton down.

 

Now to my other passion...

@T_Bird81

Travis Birt

Big game tomorrow for @HurricanesBBL. Need your support people of Hobart, let's have a home semi final!!

 

@HurricanesBBL

Hobart Hurricanes

No change to the team for tom night: Doherty, Birt,Hogan,Feldman,Jaques,Johnston,Krejza,Laughlin,Lockyear,Naveed, Shah,Triffitt,Wells

 

Monday TweetSheet - the evening standard edition

@nikonrumors
Nikon Rumors
CES 2012 is over: his face says it all... CES 2012 is over and I am back to regular broadcasting. My email is fu... bit.ly/wCNiTT

You tell a successful trade show stand by the number of products that have been nicked. With a name like Nikkor, it's only encouraging.

@parabola

Cameron Gray

Finished the cover design for Thematic's upcoming album, Separation Comes Together yfrog.com/h65zkcbjj

Wow! That's a good one.

 

@RochelleGilmore

Rochelle Gilmore

Channel 9 have stolen a massive opportunity for our sport to capture the hearts of the general public by hiding their coverage of the TDU.

Looks like someone's not happy.

 

@GreenEDGEFans

AussieCyclingFans

Comment on TV coverage brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/cycling/…

 

@GreenEDGEFans

AussieCyclingFans

Oh no ! the Wednesday Criterium and SANTOS Women's Cup has that tight corner then straight onto the speed hump again:(

 

@simongerrans

Simon Gerrans

The hot weather has arrived. Now it feels like TDU time!

Following his national title win last week, I'm now of the opinion that Simon Gerrans has a mighty good chance at the TDU. Bring it on.

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

@triplej busting out some cool beats this morning. Some great free music available abc.net.au/triplej/listen…

YAY! More freebies!

 

Update on the Thylacine clip posted earlier today…

@NewsJustInFeed

News Just In

Suspected tassie tiger skull was a dog's: Two Tasmanian trail bike riders were barking up the wrong tree when th... bit.ly/ytN8vc

I doubted it was actually a real Thylacine skull, but good on them for having it checked out. Surprised and disappointed by some of the catty comments left on their YouTube page.

 

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

The PM commits $15 million to Bellerive #auspol #politas pic.twitter.com/bdxhZ931

Is this another carrot baiting trick?

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Sea FM face Rana in the Nets shar.es/WQaCH

Typical radio jocks: all jibber jabber and no action.

 

Twitbits Saturday - the new kit edition

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

 

@Ryan_Doyle

Ryan Doyle

Bought an aztc 2012 calendar. Can't bloody understand it, forgot I can't read Mayan instagr.am/p/gzXKz/

 

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Mini-documentary about Kodachrome and the last lab that processed: It bitly.com/wzxbMq

Wonderful nostalgia for me. I was a Kodachrome user for many years.

 

@500px_choice

500px: Choice

Fragments of Water by Stefano Corso bit.ly/z1PmcO on 500px.com

This is a superb shot. I wish I wasn't such a wuss with wet days.

 

 

@Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom

Check out this perfect example of the use of depth of field. @Abduzeedo shares examples of vanishing point photography: bit.ly/zqLb7R

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Awww shucks. RT @franmillar: Interview in the morning. 6 1/2 hr ride. Interview in the evening. #whatalittletrooper pic.twitter.com/xa650tx4

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Doesn't matter how often it happens, taking a pee the day after drinking beetroot juice will always freak you out!! #pissingrainbows

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

Website now live. Jerseys unveiled. YouTube channel launched. Online store open for business. Begin exploring here: greenedgecycling.com

Big launch in Adelaide today for GreenEDGE. The new competition kit unveiled. New website launched too. I tracked down their YouTube channel as well. Here's the team song. Enjoy…

 

… and to cap it off, here's the official lid

 

@GreenEDGEFans

AussieCyclingFans

Hey, wow I think I have more, followers, who are pro riders not racing for @_GreenEDGE_ than I do GE riders interesting #iamnotofficial LOL

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

@_GreenEDGE_ team media launch done and dusted, now everyone knows what were going to look like for the yr. Excited to wear the kit tomorra

 

@badger83

bernard sulzberger

Arrived in Adelaide for TDU crit tomorrow night is allways a heart starter. #feeltherush

 

@HansenAdam

Adam Hansen

Haha The Advertiser says avg wage of Pro Peloton is $360,630. All guys here R a little puzzled & getting there fones writing their managers.

 

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

Using a plank of timber, no more than three inches wide, I plundered the medium pace of Jason Blundell all over the SX car park.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

My tv schedule for tomorrow night. Looks like I'm in for a long night. Setting up the DVR twitpic.com/86w9v9

 

Twitbits Friday

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

 

 

@TasPhotos

Peter Daalder

Tasmania is missing from inside a box of Australia-shaped biscuits by Arnott's Shapes: bit.ly/zoiQdK

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

Our online store launch is nearly here. Visit coasttocoastcycling.com at 3PM (AEST) TOMORROW following the unveiling of our team kit.

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

GreenEDGE members will enjoy exclusive products and discounts store-wide.

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

Clothing partner @SANTINI_SMS is prepared for the unveiling of our WorldTour kit santinisms.it #countdownison

 

@PhilLiggett

Phil Liggett

Races done in Victoria. Now heading to Adelaide and the TDU. Speaking at the Press Club on Monday and will see GreenEDGE launched tomorrow.

 

@Quantel

Quantel

Avatar 2 is trending as the release date's been pushed back to 2016. Read our case study on finishing Avatar here: quantel.com/repository/fil… #3D

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Classic album covers with dead band members removed: bitly.com/Ag3j5U

 

@Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom

See the improvements to #Lightroom’s histogram, tone curve, sliders and more with this #Lr4 video by @JulieanneKost: bit.ly/xsLMHt

Great introductory tutorial for Lightroom 4 Beta. I use this application for all my photo processing. It does amazing faux HDR - makes Photomatix redundant for single image tonemapping.

 

Twitbits Thursday

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

@ThePixarTimes

Samad Rizvi

Video of the Day: WALL-ETHEUS - A Parody of the Prometheus Trailer j.mp/AaU5nr

 

@ThePixarTimes

Samad Rizvi

Also put up a side-by-side comparison of the WALL-ETHEUS & Prometheus trailers. It's awesome! j.mp/AaU5nr

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Kodak files new lawsuits against Apple and HTC over photo patents: bitly.com/wVxP1q

With Kodak on its knees and dying breath, this daring move raised their stock price nearly 40%. What a f***ing liberty!

 

@SophieSmith86

Sophie Smith

It's not Garmin-Cervelo anymore, it's Garmin-Barracuda lockerz.com/s/173617825

Still liking their argyle blue.

And here's a nice video - same jersey but without the Barracuda on it.

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

2011 #TDU Champion @cammeyercyclist is larger than life at Santos Centre headquarters. vimeo.com/34636685

 

@SophieSmith86

Sophie Smith

EXCEPTIONALLY BAD NEWS: Turtur has confirmed, on the record, that 'Feel the Rush' is the official song of the #tdu and will not change. %^*#

 

Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

Heading to Adelaide Saturday for @_GreenEDGE_ Launch. Not riding TDU heading to team training camp in VIC.

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

Happy Wednesday @Stereogum premieres 'Waiting for Something' from our new album: bit.ly/z4IuEe RT

Another freebie song download. Album out Jan 24.

 

@DavidBlue

David Blue

Why did The Federation agree to label quadrants based on the Greek alphabet? You'd think the Klingons would've raised a fuss.

I would have thought being in the Alpha Quadrant, they'd feel like top dogs and therefore nothing to complain about.

 

@antipodal

Kelly Szentgyorgyi

#Stargate Universe @GateWorld Great Scott! Brian J. Smith Audio Interview antipodalarapaima.blogspot.com/2012/01/starga… @BrianJacobSmith #SGU #Audio

See if you can sit through 48 minutes with Brian …

 

 

 

Map Of Tasmania

OMG, they don't play this song on the radio...

Tourism Tasmania's next advertising campaign?

Twitbits Tuesday

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

Asking Siri to do something 5 times is not faster than just typing it into your iPhone.

 

@scottpape

Scott Pape

Cool video that explains economy idealogy: Keynes vs. Hayek youtube.com/user/EconStori…

 

 

@digitaltasmania

Digital Tasmania

Just 1 year until #Tasmania starts to switch off analogue TV digitalready.gov.au/Tasmania.aspx Are you covered yet?

Oh just do it already!

 

@CandiceWyatt10

Candice Wyatt

The Heinz tomato sauce factory has one last chance: A co-op operated facility. Some jobs may be spared, but the red stuff will be made in NZ

Stopped using Heinz a while ago. If you are in Tassie I recommend Johnnos

 

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

If reported correctly, Ron Paul's thoughts on Aids patients are going to make it hard for me to wear his t-shirts. @RonPaul

Burn it now! … or be flamed wearing it.

 

Now for Bay Crits ~ ladies first...

@AmandaSpratt

AmandaSpratt

What a day! Shaz takes 1st ever win 4 GreenEDGE! Whole team in top 7 and Mel into yellow.

@anthhey

Anthony Heyward

@_GreenEDGE_ lots of media interest in the Women's team

 

@Doctor_Roe

Brian Roe

In today's Sulzberger news from #baycrits it was Grace @gksulzberger 's turn to shine - 2nd in Stage 3. @badger83 keeps men's green jersey.

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

Davis in yellow. Durbridge second on stage three. Full story here: bit.ly/uhnywo #baycrits

 

@PhilLiggett

Phil Liggett

Aussies! Bay Classics on C10, Jan 15 for 2hrs coverage 1-3pm. After hitting 44C yesterday, look like rain for Wed.

 

@VicCycleEvents

Vic Cycling Events

Today's news package “@jumpmedia: I uploaded a @YouTube video youtu.be/oOP_nNWu_Ns?a Bay Crits Day 3

 

And finally…

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

RIP Bob Anderson - Olympian and Darth Vader stunt double smh.com.au/entertainment/…

 

Twitbits Wednesday

 

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

 

@petapixel

PetaPixel

Slow motion comparison - 500, 1000, 2500, 5000 and 10000 FPS: bitly.com/ucyuSy

- A mugs experiment.

 

@WarrenTheApe

Warren DeMontague

Once again kicked out of a movie theatre for spanking the ape. #DuringMuppets

- So what was Greg The Bunny up to?

 

@american_eagle

American Eagle

Check out today's video pick from the beautiful and talented @lanadelrey on 'Made to Last': on.ae.com/tCEgJs

 

@_GreenEDGE_

GreenEDGE Cycling

We'll field an all-Australian line-up when WorldTour racing kicks off at the #TDU next month. Details here: bit.ly/u1Ef15

~

@miketomalaris

Michael Tomalaris

Super team selected by @_GreenEDGE_ for #tdu bit.ly/sNFn04. Can't fault it really.

~

@janeaubrey

Jane Aubrey

Allan Davis will be disappointed, but the TDU is just the start of a long line of selection headaches for GreenEdge...

@judgejules83

JulianSpencer

@GreenEDGEFans @CyclingAus @PhilLiggett new green edge kit looks good pic.twitter.com/J9gubywh

- Is this a leak? I thought the kit was supposed to be top secret until TDU. I'll put it down to a clever mock-up. Looks good though.

 

@HurricanesBBL

Hobart Hurricanes

Game over at #BlundstoneArena! @HurricanesBBL beat @SixersBBL by 42 runs! Brilliant performance in the field by the boys! #purplepower

- Well done Hobart Hurricanes 3/169 (Sydney 6ers 9/127) That's 2 from 2 and takes them to the top of the table. Never thought I'd like cricket.

 

Twitbits Sunday

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed…

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Beach Boys announce 50th anniversary reunion tour - BYO mobility scooter news.yahoo.com/beach-boys-ann…

 

- And there goes the little old lady from Pasadena

 

 

@petatodd

Peta Todd

If you missed the #SKY mini-doc on Mr @MarkCavendish the other day, here is the link on the tube of you. youtube.com/watch?v=y72sn9…

 

@cyclingtips

CyclingTips

Classy win by @simongerrans at SKCC crit.Made the bunch kick look easy against field of sprinters.Makes you appreciate how good these guys r

 

@tomke636

Tom Sawyer

@trentdann nice story man, @richie_porte is looking God like!

 

@Sim_sat_cyclist

Paivi sims

@Saintwalks @trentdann having a dance, we do work, I swear we really do. yfrog.com/o032808996z

This is how we work. TD used to be a cage dancer on Oxford Street!

 

 

@nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

RT: @NBCNews: RT @richardengelnbc: The gate to #iraq is closed. Soldier just told me, 'that's it, the war is over' yfrog.com/o0216mhj

- Nuff said.

 

@Sim_sat_cyclist

Paivi sims

Just gave @SmirksTas some life savers fruit pastilles because sharing is caring, you need them in graphics you know.

- And I must add, that new iMac is great. I'm getting finish 15 minutes earlier now! (as for the lifesavers, Paivi tells me that if you caress the vending machine in the right way it dispenses two for the price of one.)

 

 

Twitbits Friday

 

The daily snap of highlights from my twitter feed… ok, just because I haven't been regular this week is no reason to give me the shits.

@nadasurf

matthew caws

If you live in the US, our new album 'The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy' is avail to pre-order @iTunesMusic: bit.ly/sWQr0T

- I'm a huge Nada Surf fan. Been waiting for this to be released, possibly Jan 24, 2012. I've already heard a few demo versions from this album. 'When I Was Young' free preview track still available.

 

@EnamoredAspects

EnamoredAspects

Coming Feb 2012. Battlestar Galactica's @BloodAndChrome – @LucaPasqualino @BenGCotton @LiliBordan @DopudMike

This is another thing I'm looking forward to in 2012… BG: Blood And Chrome.

 

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

Need to watch a good film tonight with a travel theme to temporarily cure my wanderlust. Any recommendations?

- I recommend 'Jumper'.

 

@AmazingPics

Amazing Photography

Baffling Earth Photography: ow.ly/7ZXnY

 

@grist

Grist

Remember those gigantic plumes of methane in the Arctic? Turns out they're a BIG DEAL: bit.ly/vuPgc2

- Methane from rapidly thawing permafrost has not been correctly factored into current global warming estimates. Woops - we're all gonna die!

 

@Joshua_Freeman

Joshua Freeman™

Extreme Pogo Sticking, shot entirely on #GoPro flpbd.it/0zkg

 

@cameronwurf

cameron james wurf

Great days training with the genesis Team here in tassie, fittingly we boarded the pain train up mt Wellington @SteeleVH your an animal!!

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

How To Bake A Nikon Cake diyphotography.net/how-to-bake-a-…

- Yum!

 

 

Twitbits Friday

@petapixel
PetaPixel
Clever animation technique using a bike tire, some paper, and a video camera: bit.ly/sJ1sx4
- Mesmerising real-time animation technique.

@dhlovelife

Daryl Hannah

Happy un-turkey day! Heres a cynical little (not PG or PC) prayer for u - bit.ly/eG6wWy

- The American tradition of Thanksgiving always seemed an odity for me. Liking the colourful first line:

Thanks for the wild turkey and the Passenger Pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts ...

 

@NPhotomag

N-Photo

Happy Thanksgiving, USA! We're really excited as N-Photo has just launched in digital form on Zinio: zinio.com/nphoto-single. Enjoy!

- N-Photo is a new magazine for Nikon  photographers now available in a digital edition. The beauty here is I can trial a single issue for $6.74AU. The alternative was to pay £74.99 ($119.40) for 1 year sub.

 

@LucaPasqualino

Luke Pasqualino

Just seen some dude casually walking through a shopping centre drinking vinegar from a bottle! Swear the guy wants to pickle himself!

 

@bengrenda

Ben Grenda

Just saw the inbetweeners movie #mustsee!

- The Inbetweeners received the biggest rubbishing ever by David and Margaret on this weeks At The Movies.

MARGARET: I’m giving this one star really generously. I don’t know why. I think it’s for the Mediterranean.

 

@AusAntarctic

Antarctic Division

The Aurora Australis will arrive back in Hobart tomorrow, alongside Macquarie No 3 Wharf at 1500 hours. Ship cam: antarctica.gov.au/webcams/aurora

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

playing in a really beautiful room in the musee carnavalet in paris for the good folks at le hiboo le-hiboo.com/1647-nada-surf/

- Matthew performs When I was Young. Great room. Great artist. Nice song. Awesome acoustics.

 

@lukeobrienphoto

Luke O'Brien

Mining co's want to dig up the #Tarkine wilderness. Tell @Tony_Burke to protect it as National Heritage ow.ly/7CzLl | @GreensMPs

 

@JCourtney01

James Courtney

Wonder how many people put their hand up to do the onboard camera work back in the day..? lockerz.com/s/159158276 (as retweeted by mattgoss1986)

 

@MonsoonCup

Monsoon Cup

The weather took a sudden turn and it's strong wind and heavy rain, making it hard to see the boats. #WMRT #MonsoonCup

- Monsoon Cup living up to it's name (again).

~

@FMJRacing

Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket finish the qualifying series of the Monsoon Cup at the top of the pack on 8-3!!!

~

@worldmrt

WorldMatchRacingTour

will tiller chooses john berntsson as his opponent in quarterfinals #wmrt

 

@NathanPeterHaas

Nathan Haas

@miketomalaris making good laughs and good vibes here in launceston and for @anthony_tan I'm not trying to steal his job! Haha #iwish!

 

 

When I Was Young @ Musee Carnavalet

Matthew Caws sings When I Was Young @ Musee Carnavalet, Paris. Great room. Great artist. Nice song. Awesome acoustics.

If you understand French, there's more information about the clip here.

Twatter from Twitter on a Toosday

 

@wired

Wired

Occupy? Pfft. Create real change! Join the Futility Party bit.ly/vKCLyt

- An apolitical view to attack cronyism.

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Beautiful spring morning for a ride in Tasmania today! Hopefully all my tires stay pumped up!

- It didn't stay beautiful for long. Weather haa turned a bit since then. By mid-morning when I read this, it was cloudy with gusty winds.

 

- You know you've become a pro-cyclist when...

@NathanPeterHaas

Nathan Haas

Awoken to anti-doping at the door at 6:30am... Hey world tour:)

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Now its just funny. Another flat!

 

@CyclingCentral

CyclingCentral

'Fresh start' for Bernard Sulzberger at Team Raleigh tinyurl.com/7agkphy

 

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

Um wow just got some more ridiculously cool and surprising news - will share when I get the green light. Gonna be a busy year!!!

 

@LucaPasqualino

Luke Pasqualino

The Big Bang Theory has me in stitches...Hats off to Chuck Lorre! #LongLiveSheldon

- Sheldon is the man!

 

@Macworld

Macworld

Here's one way to deal with iTunes Match's 25,000 track limit, by @BodyofBreen macw.us/sOtPNQ

- I thought I had a lot with 9,412 (26 days worth), but only 2037 of those purchased from iTunes. Over the past year, the majority of songs in my collection have been sourced free from RCRD_LBL (who ironically have their own iPhone app)

 

@Countess_Aleida

Michelle

The Hunter. One of the best things about it is that I'm not ashamed to say it was filmed in Tasmania.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

London Eye capsule view bit.ly/vzpRny 30 minutes trapped in a capsule over London with twenty other foreign tourists.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Twitter have just removed the Activity Tab and reverted back to the Retweet tab. Looks like the general consensus on this move is positive.

~

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Apart from its voyeuristic nature, I didn't mind it. #JustAnOldPerv

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Joining in the trend... does this make me one of the #HottestPeopleOnTwitter ?

~

@Sim_sat_cyclist

Paivi sims

@SmirksTas (awkward silence) don't know what to say....

- One of these days I'll realise that what's trending on twitter is just trips for twats!

 

 

That's all.

@SmirksTas

 

Twitbits Sunday

For the uninitiated (you know who you are), this is my daily recoup of highlights from my twitter feed … interesting to me, maybe to you too, and definately crap to others.

 

Here are the remains of my twitter day - the kind of stuff you fine on the floor of any birdcage...

 

 

@engadget

Engadget

Peter Jackson reveals the Red Epic secrets behind The Hobbit (video) http://t.co/nzqz1jiC

- Filming The Hobbit in 3D with no less than 48 RED Epic's. That's quite an arsenal of cameras, coupled with 48fps and full 5k resolution. To give you an idea of the scale take a look at this comparison graphic.

 

@FMJRacing

Full Metal Jacket

The Jacket have been knocked out of the Berlin Match Race Cup in the quarter finals stage. Loosing 3-2 to Wieser after some tight racing

- Sorry to hear that. Next time guys.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

HUGE welcome to twitter for @Saintwalks - Steven Lionel has finally figured out where all the smart people are. ;-)

- Not sure about those pussy eyes though!

 

@setsailmusic

Set Sail

thanks everyone for watching on @sunriseon7 this morning! you can check out 'the boat song' here - itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-b… #sun7

- Weekend Sunrise launched their new Open Mic segment today. Set Sail were sensational. Awesome new aussie band. Sound reminds me of Nada Surf on one of their acoustic sets.

 

 

@1iXViro

Erik Nachtrieb

Media is updating amazing pictures of the World Championships in Tasmania.... Check them out! fb.me/1aDr9zdQS

- Great set of photos coming off the XPD trek. Day 3 vdo coverage here.

 

 

 

@SmirksTas - Following 162 - Followers 52

Last week I was following 149. I feel like I've put on weight!

 

Twitbits Thursday

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

The director instagr.am/p/RixSM/

- Career change?

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

twitpic.com/762gyf - Afternoon tea! Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Kiwi, Beetroot, Lemon Juice.... Tasty

- Diet change?

 

@NathanPeterHaas

Nathan Haas

Bound for Garmin Cervelo in 2012, dream achieved! Currently goal setting:) what a year, whole hearted thanks to @GenesysCycling

- Team change! Wow, that was quick. Snapped up by Garmin-Cervélo. He'll look dashing in that argyle garb.

 

@PhilKeoghan

Phil Keoghan

3news.co.nz/Amazing-Race-h…

- Sea change! Amazing Race host helps out with the Rena cleanup effort.

 

@mynikonlife

My Nikon Life

The #Nikon AW100 is featured in the Nov. issue of @SHOPTilYouDrop as one of this summer's most fun cameras. #Fashion pic.twitter.com/ODiGHYJ4

- Get changed! The panties look fun too.

 

@Cyclingnewsfeed

Cyclingnews.com

News: Video: Giro d'Italia 2012 - the promo: Race gets underway on May 5 bit.ly/rZPhYk

 

@NelsonAspen

Nelson Aspen

KISS star Paul Stanley undergoes vocal cord surgery. cnn.com/2011/10/26/sho…

- I… wanna cough all night.

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Had a great ride today with the guys from hilditch. Beautiful weather, nice food and a great ride!

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd 

Chronicle trailer HD youtube.com/watch?v=i-M5Qx…

 

@cinefugue

Peter Chang

San Francisco 3D Moco Timelapse shot with @bradkremerfilms and @camBLOCK 3D: youtube.com/watch?v=PqRgJp… 2D: vimeo.com/31175428

 

@SmirksTas - Following 155 - Followers 50

I'll finish with this…

Twitbits Toosday

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd 

@nadasurf makes a case for embracing our lives as we've decided to live them "When I Was Young" Song Download n.pr/oBIpuTVia @nprmusic

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

Excited to announce the release of the new Nada Surf album 'The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy': 1/18 (Japan), 1/23 (EU/UK), 1/24 (USA)

- I've been a Nada Surf fan for years. Great thinking songs.

 

@parabola

Cameron Gray

The GOTYE album package is beautifully put together!

- Cam, a local music illustrator and friend, checks out the competition.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd 

Holy Shatner! Check this video out -- Bill's Bohemian Rhapsody [Official Music Video] youtube.com/watch?v=cKo4FM…

- After last week's rendition in the back of a VW, I couldn't go past this mon-stros-ity!

 

@richardquest

Richard Quest

woman passenger next to me alarmed that there were two female #pilots flying plane said "its a mans job." What do I say?

 

The coming out tease of the day had SGU fans guessing in all directions...

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

I'm thinking of doing something kind of extreme on twitter.

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

Yikes, second thoughts. It's a not-big-deal-but-big-deal thing, but something I've wanted to do for awhile!!!

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

Ok lemme sit down and think about it for a few minutes. Will get back to you guys later tonight.

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

Ok here goes - I'm coming out as a pack a day smoker for the past five years. I'm going to publicly quit, and I want to see who will join.

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

You guys kick ass - thanks for the messages. Now I gotta come up with plan! Cold turkey or gradual. I tried patch during SGU, got worse lol

- Well, that was the biggest cloud of smoke I've seen in a while.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 157 - Followers 50

Twitbits Wednesday

@TechCrunch

TechCrunch

After 400 Million Downloads, Angry Birds Introduces New Bird; Movie Confirmed tcrn.ch/oMFX2T

 

@Macworld

Macworld

Record Mac and iPad sales in Apple's fourth quarter of 2011: macw.us/nADvoV

 

@Cyclingnewsfeed

Cyclingnews.com

News: GreenEdge going for green at 2012 Tour de France: Team manager Bannan looking forward to first Tour participation bit.ly/ru76Kn

 

@ThePixarTimes

Samad Rizvi

AWESOME: Great Luxo, Jr. Costume (Video) bit.ly/pLokoq

 

@ComicBookGuy

Comic Book Guy

“Real Steel” was a “Real Steal” – I snuck in an exit door and went home with a bag of day-old popcorn they were getting ready to throw out.

 

@TVTechnology

TV Technology

Save Local TV ow.ly/711Gy

- Although this campaign is for American tv, there similar concerns with regional tv in Australia.

 

@Cyclingnewsfeed

Cyclingnews.com

News: Cavendish going all the way to Paris at 2012 Tour de France: Manxman confident he can coexist with Wiggins... bit.ly/oQd5zs

 

@TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Dropbox Said No To "Nine-Digits" Acquisition Offer From Apple, Steve Jobs tcrn.ch/pKeenL

- What iCloud could have been.

 

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

You guys should check out the new Two Steps From Hell album, Archangel. Pulse-raising.

- So the jazz interest didn't last long.

 

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

An ejection is inevitable. #politas

 

- In reply…

@chrisroww

Chris Rowbottom

@swegen31 Fair to say I read that wrong the first time.

 

@toddsampsonOz

todd sampson

#gruen were we censored tonight or was it my tv? It was right at the point we compared the royal family to the kardashian family. Mmmm?

- The ABC test pattern was kinda cool. I haven't seen it in years.

 

@Tommy_j1987

Thomas Lennon

Joanna Lumley has made me remember how much I love Greece!!!

- I hope she gives it as much passion as her other documentaries. Can't wait to see this series.

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Baxter Sullivan instagr.am/p/QrDI5/

- Looks like his owner.

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Downtown Calella, Spain instagr.am/p/QrDJJ/

- Now who's a photographer? Cool frame effect. 10 years ago I paid a fortune for the PhotoFrame Photoshop plugin to get effects like this.

 

@NathanPeterHaas

Nathan Haas

No biggy, just on the Tarmac waiting for the queens plane to move on... Does the queen realize im away this week? #votedforarepublic

 

@MattAbood

Matt Abood

A tuckered out @maddogsullo enroute to Moscow! @eamon_sullivan instagr.am/p/QqQu7/

He's not the only one. Goodnight Tweebs.

@SmirksTas - Following 156 - Followers 49

Twitbits Monday

@NathanPeterHaas

Nathan Haas

#teamworkwinsraces what a week!!!! Who would have thought;) yfrog.com/kg940fjj

 

@matt_conn

Matthew Conn

RT @jeredgruber The @giroditalia handed out giant posters of my picture today. flic.kr/p/9PhEcB

 

@iSpeakFresh

j u s t i n ♕

Biggest lie ever: “✔ I have read and agree to the terms of use.”

 

When photographers cross paths…

@mindrelic

Josh Owens

Epic morning shooting time lapse on Mono lake w @drkanab and we ran into @shawnreeder ! twitpic.com/71eew5

 

@shawnreeder

Shawn Reeder

This morning's sunrise over Mono Lake was one of the most spectacular I've ever seen...... Soooo beautiful :) propic.com/2DX

 

@mindrelic

Josh Owens

Brilliant light at sunrise on mono lake! twitpic.com/71eg15

 

@parabola

Cameron Gray

Every time someone in my yoga class helps me with a position I feel like I should be wearing some kind of contraception. :o/

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd 

@parabola did you accidentally walk into the naked yoga class next door?

 

@parabola

Cameron Gray

@SmirksTas they said to wear something comfortable.... :o/

 

daviestassie

Hey theres a bad blog going around about you, seen it yet? [link removed]

- Hey lookout. Twitter spam from the boss.  I'm sure there's a line here just begging to be used - "At Southern Cross we ALWAYS …  " - that's an in-joke at work, sorry tweebs.

 

daviestassie

Found a funny picture of you! [link removed]

- Now it's getting annoying.

 

@mynikonlife

My Nikon Life

Check out this slow-mo video shot on a #Nikon1 at 400fps by Nikon Ambassador Mark Watson. See it exclusively here: bit.ly/nYhrfX

- I hope that's not the true size of the picture.

 

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

Whose iPad on the airport luggage carosel? yfrog.com/meh1mdrj

- Unattended luggage.

 

@nadasurf

matthew caws

headed to mr lee russell's studio-in-a-chapel to mess around with unfinished songs from lucky

- Hmm. I thought that album needed more work.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 156 - Followers 49

Twitbits Sunday

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Just landed in sunny sydney, one last flight to tasmania been a pleasure of a journey thanks to @QantasAirways!

- He'd better rug up, it's not quite the Côte d’Azur here.

 

@tw1tt3rart

TW1TT3Rart

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#Occupy #TwitterArt #OWS

 

@SenatorBobBrown

Bob Brown

The richest 20% in Australia have 60 times the wealth of the poorest 20% of Australians. No wonder people are protesting #ows

 

@Autocorrects

AutoCorrects

Mmmm cookies twitpic.com/6ksn9b

 

- And this one from Cav's girlf, but I'm sure there's no connection here...

@petatodd

Peta Todd

Well done @Missatodd for making me peanut-butter and chocolate chip cookies freshly so I could have them warm. #brat

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd 

Scaramouch! The most fun ever had in a rusty Volkswagen youtube.com/watch?v=irLsjB…

- On the subject for musical fun, I also found this clip of Jeff Tweedy as he dissects a well known Black Eyed Peas song...

 

@richie_porte

Richie Porte

congrats @NathanPeterHaas on winning the Sun Tour, surely that deserves a contract?

 

@NathanPeterHaas

Nathan Haas

Omg... Wow... Big life changing moments, what a team, beautiful week... @GenesysCycling thankyou for this year #teamworkwinsraces

- Wow, what an afternoon of cycling on the teev. Congrats to Nathan Haas. Good to see the Tassie boys getting camera exposure. Wes Sulzberger, Bernard Sulzberger and Cameron Wurf up in the break at various times throughout the race.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 154 - Followers 50

 

Twitbits Friday

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

CNN: Blackberry Outage Impacting Users On Almost Every Planet techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/cnn…

- Galactic catastrophe, E.T. can't phone home.

 

@AP

The Associated Press

Let there be Tweets. UK lawmakers defeat effort to ban @Twitter in House of Commons. Smartphones are ok, too. apne.ws/pom9Pd

 

@wtdcomics

wtdcomics

WTD 42 whattheduck.net/strip/42 pic.twitter.com/Rg3cCPw5

 

@LumleyNews

Joanna Lumley

Joanna attended the Cheltenham Literature festival 2011 where she promoted her new book: youtube.com/watch?v=0BhukM…

- And a teaser spread on her Greek series that premiered in the UK last night ... http://tinyurl.com/64mtcjr

 

@richie_porte

Richie Porte

Not exactly the way I wanted to finish up with Saxo but it is what it is. Great team and fantastic 2 years. From Bjarne down thanks a lot!

 

@CyclingCentral

CyclingCentral

Porte confident of Grand Tour glory ow.ly/6WYgl #cycling

 

@DannyTRS

Dan Trachtenberg

Wanna See Some Beautiful Animation Like You've Never Seen Before? http://t.co/piOstaYt

- Great find by @parabola. Thanks for RT, Cam.

 

- Found on the same site and hot on the tail of my Parkour diversion from last weekend …

 

@jasewells

Jase Wells

rated TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Daft Punk 5 stars itun.es/iBw4n3 #iTunes

Track 13 "Derezzed" seems to be the most popular.

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Woke up this morning & was happy I could have a lay-in. After 10 minutes, I am now genuinely bored of it.

- The way I'm feeling at the moment, I could sleep through all of tomorrow.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 152 - Followers 53

 

Tweet Reads Thursday

Here are the highlights um, how about remains…  crumbs?... ok, so today it's a whole frakin' pizza with extra topping.

Let's begin...

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

My dad was convinced he'd won £250,000 #junkmail

 

@LumleyNews

Joanna Lumley

Joanna speaks about being the target of an angry Facebook campaign against the Gurkhas: tinyurl.com/3qps2mt #Telegraph #JoannaLumley

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

I have three iPods. Buried on one of them is this song -- New Slang The Shins youtube.com/watch?v=vDtrU_…

 

@iSpeakFresh

j u s t i n ♕

LOL has gone from meaning "laugh out loud" to "I don't know what the fuck else to say"

 

@iSpeakFresh

j u s t i n ♕

Maybe you should eat some makeup so you can be pretty on the inside, Bitch.

 

@MichaelPell

Michael Pell

Watch this. It's powerful and was worth departing from our usual format for. The world needs to learn from this. #sun7 http://j.mp/o3p7ax

- Thanks @sunriseon7 for showing this. Bullying has no place in this world and it's getting out of hand. bit.ly/nMpUMf Jamey's story is bloody aweful and distressing.

Tragic death: Jamey Rodemeyer, 14, had blogged about being suicidal after classmates incessantly taunted him for being gay

 

Change of mood now, let's talk turkey. After attending the premiere of the Tasmanian filmed "The Hunter", the #politas crew turn up for work this morning...

 

@anguslivingston

Angus Livingston

Everyone I know is already following @swegen31, but if you aren't, Parliament Rhyming Thursday is a great day to start #politas

 

- For this once only, here are Alex's PRT in one block. I think I caught them all.

 

A night at the movies has the house feeling jolly, but the bells mean it's time for hard wood not holly

 

Just minutes away from the question time show, how different would life be under Premier Dafoe?

 

A question from Willy on legal advice, he says a briefing just will not suffice

 

The Premier's prepared for questions of law, on permits & payouts from parliament's floor

 

Despite money flowing from the generous feds, Wills a bit worried bout hospital beds

 

The EPA's ruling has Booth seeing green, come on attorney - please intervene!

 

But the Premier says Brian's not going to court, the pulp mill stoush, elsewhere will be fought

 

The red carpet revealed who the Premier's dating but she's more concerned with a strong credit rating

 

The carpet is one thing, the Premier said, but I won't let this great state go back in the red

 

Next on his feet, the farmer from Sassy, too many parsnips can make a man gassy

 

I'm sorry says Basil, there's no silver lining, when our flora and fauna is ravaged by mining

 

Deputy Green says not all mining's bad, but the plight of the devil makes Basil feel sad

 

A dorothy dix from backbencher White, leads to an answer on the work safety fight

 

Minister O'Byrne sure does feel strongly, about those in the workplace treated so wrongly

 

Up pops Archer, shadowing police, but the answer unfolding's not pleasing Elise

 

A question from Matthew, the member for Groom, taxing the carbon will bring on the doom

 

The Premier says Groomy shouldn't be grieving, deep down he knows he's really believing

 

The gallery's attention is slipping away, suck it up kids - you're not here every day!

 

A question from Morris allows Wightman to shout, but buggered if I know what it's about

 

Sorry fans, I'm getting all sloppy, the question from Timbo was on the poppy

 

Here's the great Fergy, Michael not Sarah, when it comes to our schools, he's the flag bearer

 

Ferguson's question allows Nicko to talk, but I'm still dreaming of the duchess of york

 

Ladies & gentleman, the sensational Shelts!, leaving the government with politcal welts

 

Last night's soiree had razzle & dazzle, but nothing compares to a question from Basil

 

As fun as it's been, by gosh & by golly, I couldn't be more pleased to hear time called by Polley

 

Alex Johnston (@swegen31) is a senior journalist and political reporter for Southern Cross News in Tasmania (@SXNewsTas). Tasmanian politics can be tracked using the #politas hash-tag.

 

Resuming now with normal twittertrash...

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Taking all the technical fun out of time-lapse... Digital Time-Lapse Camera photojojo.com/store/awesomen… via @photojojo

 

 

 

@EmilyBryan

Emily Bryan

Does this offend you? examiner.com.au/news/local/new…

No. I grew out of prudishness years ago.

 

@Randalkleiser

Randal Kleiser

Visited David Hockney's studio this afternoon where he screened an amazing new art piece. 18 Hi-Def video... fb.me/1gYWsbeo8

- Amazing artist. View his work here.

 

 

@wilw

Wil Wheaton

I saw another turtle.

- Was it kinda chubby and wearing a baseball cap? #Entourage

 

nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

Tonight's beautiful sunset in Charleston, SC #CHS twitpic.com/6s4yhm

- The cameramen's cameraman

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

Yesterday 110km Recon of Lombardi with @simongerrans and @CadelOfficial joined us for part of the way and showed us the local coffee culture

 

@CadelOfficial

Cadel Evans

@Wes_Sulzberger I'm tired now!

- But you only rode part of the way. What's wrong with you Cadel?

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Hmmmmppphhh. World Champs kit hasn't arrived, so changing into normal kit for training. #wherearemyrainbowstripes?

- Break out the coloured marker pens.

 

@Travelanswerman

John Van Kirk

@VisitGreecegr #Greece is 1 of my favorite countries n the world! #culture #food #history #travel #Greek

- It sure is. I've been to Greece a few times and I'm going back again one day.

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Happy Gilmore never disappoints #justtapitin

- WTF? Just what is Eamon talking about here? Tap what into who? Get a room!

 

@msthespyreport

The Spy Report

TSR: US: CBS shuts down Ashton Kutcher promoting his tech investments - bit.ly/r74MLx

Kutcher Tech

 

@SmirksTas - Following 153 - Followers 46

Tweet Reads Tuesday

Remains of my twitter day...

 

@LauncestonProEx

Pro-Ex

Check out the cycle course of Tasmania's 1st #GRANFONDO 160km through the amazing Tamar Valley & a timed hill-climb bit.ly/rgJsil

That climb looks NASTY!

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

This image reminds me of a scene from that film "A Bugs Life" #500px 500px.com/photo/2161149

 

@jimmyeatworld

Jimmy Eat World

So great to be in San Francisco for these next few days playing Bleed American all the way through at the Fillmore. #fb

- Their best album yet.

 

@DavidBlue

David Blue

Hey networks: QUALITY. Not quantity. I didn't watch LOST b/c of the stars or b/c you made it fast & cheap. I watched b/c it was GOOD.

- Never got into Lost but I agree with his point.

 

@NBCNews

NBC News

MT @RStearns NBC boom operator on a 30-Rock rooftop maneuvers camera for #EducationNation 2011.. PHOTO: instagr.am/p/OR-Tp/

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

GE Staff & riders all together at the ETC.

- And so GreenEDGE are born! Only one problem… just waiting on a license.

 

@LumleyNews

Joanna Lumley

Joanna: 'Playing Patsy again is extraordinary' tinyurl.com/66tkj9e

- Love this lady. View the tv interview on my link below...

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Joanna Lumley interview talking about her new book Absolutely and the five J's in reprising roles of Ab Fab bit.ly/p7h61C

 

@wtdcomics

wtdcomics

WTD 1286 whattheduck.net pic.twitter.com/Z4ZreaCa

- A lesson for me.

 

@mindrelic

Josh Owens

some more great sunset light at VLA last night twitpic.com/6qxqpv

 

@parabola

Cameron Gray

Love waking up on my day off to some new parcels of tea to try! :)

- When Cam starts consuming his tea in parcels, I have my concerns!

 

@amazingraceau

The Amazing Race Aus

Just announced! #amazingrace USA returns next Thursday 9:30pm on 7! yhoo.it/rtdcvY

- The indoor bungee looks exciting.

 

@worldofgreece

ODYSSEY

Homer's 'Odyssey' is full of metaphors for modern life--one of the many reasons its appeal is so enduring. Film... t.co/07UbIyi1

- A q&a with Greek film-maker Dimitris Athanitis.

 

@VisitGreecegr

Visit Greece

#Love, Made in #Greece! t.co/4EeTKcP8 filmed on location in various regions and islands of #TravelTuesday #Travel

- I've seen several on this list. Not mentioned is my favourite Summer Lovers.

 

VisitGreecegr

Visit Greece

Stunning Watercolor #Paintings of #Greece t.co/LSJ6OIZ8 via @BLblog #Art

Beautiful set of watercolor paintings. Economic crisis aside, Greece is just stunning; in film, in painting, in real life.

 

@petatodd

Peta Todd

My son was suitably impressed with the new rainbow jersey as next seasons 'look'. #toocoolforschool

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Arrived in Barcelona for some filming. A little bit grumpy after 4am wake-up. But at least there's sun here!

 

@petatodd

Peta Todd

So @MarkCavendish is now in Barcelona, it must be love as I was awake at 03:30 to say goodbye etc. Never has the school run felt so early.

- The etc sounds interest. Sychronised watches might help.

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Bugger. Sunny here in Barcelona but we're filming indoors all day! #daylightdeprived

@TheSunOlympics

The Sun - Olympics

@MarkCavendish "It breaks my heart the other lads don't get to wear rainbow jersey" - Cav's incredible year t.co/eAWSeAoc @petatodd

Peta Todd and Mark Cavendish

 

@kochie_online

david koch

All Ords up 136pts. Aus shares end up 3.6% on Europe debt plan hopes; First home buyers drop in past year. AUD trading at just above $US0.99

- Opened strong and positive and seemed to remain steady for the remainder of the trading day. I could say things are getting back to normal, but we're a long way off it just yet. And just what is considered normal?

@manfrotto_tweet

Manfrotto Tweets

Melissa Mercier: Felinophobia- Fear of Cats. t.co/YDmH0wIT

- This one for my mum who can't stand to be in the company of cats.

 

@ETittensor

Elliott Tittensor

It's the 100th episode of Shameless tonight! I was cheeky & watched it last week on e4, wicked ep! Tune in plz tweeps, I'm in it a fare bit.

- Does he mean we see more skin than necessary. Eye candy for some. Still waiting on SBS or whoever is going to show it here in Australia.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Liking the theme song for Hung. The Black Keys "I'll Be Your Man" t.co/eh76iJrQ

@SmirksTas - Following 152 - Followers 46

If you made it this far, thanks for following Eggheads!

 

Tweets Reads Saturday

Remains of my twitter day…

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Having a lapse day...

San Francisco Time-Lapse vimeo.com/29298709

San Francisco Bike-Lapse vimeo.com/28032093

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Nothing lands on time anymore. #DeadSatellite #lookoutbelow

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Star Trek's William Shatner fires phasers at Star Wars nyp.st/qkOj6M Make it so. (oops, wrong captain)

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Songs for the recently single person. PLAYLIST: Breaking Up rcrdlbl.com/2011/09/22/pla…

- Following on from yesterday's trending hash-tag  (#BestThingsAboutBeingSingle) dip into the Breakup Mix to gank choice quotes from some bands on your least favorite subject. And at your next sighting of the one that got away, shout "Fuck You" (The Knux) & "Die Slow" (HEALTH).

 

Now here's some of the Tasmanian Greens party conference coverage today. The journos are full of jokular banter, so don't believe everthing you read...

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

Good news - we've been let in. No fireworks yet. #greensconf #politas

@Obfusc8

Obfusc8

@swegen31 delegates assemble now for the ceremonial cuddle #alternategreenconf

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

In a terrible mix up @bradmarkham81 scratched his head & was elected state Greens president. #politas

@bradmarkham81

Brad Markham

@swegen31 Brings back memories of Dad taking me to cattle auctions. I didn't move a muscle in case people thought I was bidding. #politas

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

Not many young people at the conference. #greensconf #politas

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

Greens member just squeezed past and bumped ABC's camera. If looks could kill. #politas #greensconf

 

 

@louisvirtel

Louis Virtel

Harem pants say, "If you rubbed me, you'd get three wishes. But as luck would have it, u can't touch this."

 

@twisst31

Twisst ISS alerts

@SmirksTas Two very bright ISS passes tonight. First one comes up 6:32 pm in Southwest. twisst.nl/48902

- Plus one rogue satellite.

 

@Autocorrects

AutoCorrects

Not gonna interupt her twitpic.com/6pkwbu

 

@CyclingCentral

CyclingCentral

Video: Matt Goss is in good shape despite a disrupted lead-up to the #roadworlds tinyurl.com/3en4zhc as @SophieSmith86 discovers

- Good luck Matt.

 

@CyclingCentral

CyclingCentral

Video: Sophie Smith speaks to Mark Cavendish about Great Britain's only plan at the #roadworlds tinyurl.com/43cyuva

- Gossy's former team-mate and competition tomorrow night.

 

That'll do it for today. Thanks for following.

@SmirksTas - Following 151 - Followers 43

 

Tweet Reads Sunday

 A few personal picks from my Twitter feed today, starting with this gem...

 

@jimmyeatworld

Jimmy Eat World

Everyone should watch this video. God Bless @foofighters youtube.com/watch?v=6e5hRL…

- God loving fag haters verses Foo Fighters… HILARIOUS!!

 

@DannyTRS

Dan Trachtenberg

3D Photomapping on the Next Level tinyurl.com/3lq9jdw

- Amazing display of 3D photomapping using Blender.

Courtesy of a retweet from @parabola

http://www.blender.org/ Be sure to watch their showreel.

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Wow doesn't it feel like summer today! Taking @BaxterSullivan for a big walk

- Sure was a magic day today. No wind, lots of sunshine, not hot, not cold… just right! Why the fuck am I inside?

 

- Wait a minute… Eamon Sullivan's dog has its own twitter account???

 

@SeaShepherd

Sea Shepherd

The harpoon boat just left the harbor as well! So all 13 boats going out! #Tweet4Taiji

- Another disgraceful dolphin slaughter.

 

@aplusk

ashton kutcher

Just posted a photo instagr.am/p/NW-yU/

 

@cuntoftheday

Cunt of the Day

Two Pakistani arms manufacturers booted out of a London arms fair for peddling cluster bombs are Cunts of the Day. bit.ly/cFK35R

 

- in reply to the above…

@annabelrlsykes

Annabel

@cuntoftheday anyone attending or exhibiting at an arms fair can be a COTD if you ask me...

 

@nickrmoon

nick

@MarkCavendish was great seeing the ledge thats cav in the flesh! Tell thnx to rendog for looking at my wife when she shouted i love u lol

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

2nd last race of the 2011 season for me today, looking forward to next weekend and then a nice break and holiday!

 

@PhilLiggett

Phil Liggett

A beautiful day, so a chance to go to London and watch the end of the Tour of Britain. Seems to have been a great success with the public.

 

@500px_choice

500px: Choice

S T A T I C by Steve (Maxx) Landeros bit.ly/puKmpt on http://500px.com

 

@BadAstronomer

Phil Plait

Go watch this *amazing*, *incredible* video timelapse from the space station RIGHT NOW! http://t.co/vofUDox2 #holyCRAP

- Interesting to see lightning strikes all over the place. Amazing timelapse vdo on board the ISS.

 

@Image_otc

I M A G E

New, Photographic RSS for Photography Enthusiastics - http://ow.ly/6xrKn - a must read news for Photographers - RT Pls!

- Various RSS feeds on offer from Light & Composition

 

@LumleyNews

Joanna Lumley

Ready for a fabulous preview of Joanna's new autobiography, 'Absolutely: A Memoir'? tinyurl.com/6gac7zm #DailyMail #JoannaLumley

- From Purdey to Patsy, yet another auto-biography for Joanna Lumley. Has she lived nine lives or somethin'?

 

@SmirksTas - Following 148 - Followers 41

 

Tweet Reads Friday

 

It's my day off again, so guess what? Yep, there's a lot of tweets I spotted today worthy of my daily dispatch...

@AusAntarctic

Antarctic Division

September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of the #Ozone Layer, marking the day the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987.

 

@AusAntarctic

Antarctic Division

See an animation of the 2010 #ozone hole forming and disappearing over #Antarctica: antarctica.gov.au/about-antarcti…

 

 

@KaleyCuoco

Kaley Cuoco

This just happened @wilw yfrog.com/h8qsimnpj

- Looks like Wil makes another return to BBT.

 

@TedOnTV

Ted Linhart

Covert Affairs, Royal Pains and Necessary Roughness - all officially renewed! deadline.com/tv/

- I watch 2 of these shows. Yay!

 

@Chris_Gorham

Christopher Gorham

Anybody up for another season of #CovertAffairs ? *raises hand* #CA3

@universetoday

Fraser Cain

Kepler Mission Discovers "Tatooine-like" Planet bit.ly/pVba6p

- Science fiction becomes reality - a planet orbiting two suns. Send down the driods, check it out.

 

@blastr

Blastr

Image of the day: What Picard always orders at Chinese restaurants bit.ly/ntTDK2

 

@Randalkleiser

Randal Kleiser

Porsche and ReelzChannel "My Daily Magic" Short Films Contest fb.me/1fnOuRtrZ

 

@VisitGreecegr

Visit Greece

Sign up for "This is my #Athens" visitor greeter program and make our Athens your Athens! goo.gl/fU9vr #Greece #travel @CityofAthens

- Interesting concept. Click on the photostream link. I've never seen a photostream layout like it before.

 

@Autocorrects

AutoCorrects

Fail twitpic.com/6lc9jv

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Bernie, about narrow roads on todays stage: "Imagine a sheep jumps into the road." I said @geraintthomas86 does, but not for the same reason

- Cav, you're from an island too close to Scotland for sheep comments.

 

@wtdcomics

wtdcomics

WTD Flip Flops! 3 designs facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3… pic.twitter.com/wCeEXS1L

@wtdcomics

wtdcomics

WTD Dial Necklace facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3… pic.twitter.com/1lxDC1Tc

- What The Duck goes all out on merchandise. Love the flip-flops.

 

@HTCHighroad

Team HTC-Highroad

Renshaw and Cavendish take 1st and 2nd in Stage 5, TOB. ©Rob Lampard fb.me/1hsHK65ad

- Having been given the opportunity here, this looks like a set up in criticism to Renshaw's non-selection to the Australian WC team.

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

Bet there's some "Awwww shit" 's coming from Cycling Australia officials now. #bestleadoutmanintheworld @Mark_Renshaw. Nice one dude.

- The comments on this post tell it all.

 

@Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom

Check out these examples of breathtaking #architecture #photography: bit.ly/onLEL1

 

@WilliamShatner

William Shatner

Star Trek v Star Wars: here's my thoughts: youtube.com/watch?v=5BYNdT… What are yours? My best, Bill

- My take on this:

Star Wars = kids movie.

Star Trek = for EVERYONE.

 

Later in the day, William Shatner posts a response to the responses…

@WilliamShatner

William Shatner

So many great replies to the STvSW post. I think it's safe to say that Star Trek is winning the votes from what I've seen. MBB

 

@louisvirtel

Louis Virtel

Surprise! Here's VERBAL VOGUEING, Episode #5: "Don't Unfriend Me, Argentina." Let it ruin you! bit.ly/q7oPzr

- Another hilarious episode.

 

@battlestarwiki

Battlestar Wiki

BSG Solo Piano CD now on iTunes. CD 1: bit.ly/bsgpiano1 CD 2: bit.ly/bsgpiano2 fb.me/18QgJWMLA

- Battlestar Muzaktica! (that's an actual track title, btw)

 

@InterfaceLIFT

InterfaceLIFT.com

'Pureness' #wallpaper by salar ifl.cc/9qx #Iran

- My new desktop pic on my laptop. Nice HDR processed image of countryside in Iran.

 

@Grazalenco

Graeme Phillips

Love the Rove LA ad!! Just saw it on YouTube Pure gold! @Rove #Rove

- Rove re-invents himself. See the promo here…

http://www.fox8.tv/shows/rove-la/

 

@Autocorrects

AutoCorrects

Just Seeing how you's react twitpic.com/6ljb34

 

@bigjsl

John Lindsay

Video for #nbn demo is 1080p. Senator Conroy loves it. The distance learning vine pruning lesson really works. Amazing demo!

- I started following @NBNCoLimited today. One day (sooner rather than later, hopefully) I'm going to be connected to it. Bring it on!

 

@AP

The Associated Press

New book: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner ignored Obama directive at height of financial crisis: apne.ws/qee9rz

 

That's it for today, thanks for following.

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Rest your eye, eggheads.

 

Tweet Reads Saturday

Standout's on my Twitter feed today...

@CyclingCentral

CyclingCentral

Broom Wagon blog: What, no hula hoops? http://ow.ly/6ql1T #cycling

 

- Great read, recapping the weeks event in Pro Cycling with a load of laughs.

 

@nbcnightlynews

NBC Nightly News

The @NBCNews account has been hacked. Working on it. Please don't retweet any misinformation.

 

@NBCNewsPR

NBC News PR

Statement by NBC News on @NBCNews Twitter account hacking: bit.ly/onTUJH

 

- A few hours later...

@NBCNews

NBC News

Thank you for helping spread the word and not sharing bad information.

 

@JoeyBoots

Joey Boots ✔

@NBCNews use a better password than Peacock.

 

- A fitting reply when the account came back online.

 

@HTCHighroad

Team HTC-Highroad

HTC-Highroad Defends Title in Britain fb.me/1eHooK8Nu

 

@CovertAffairs

Covert Affairs

Would you rather work for Arthur or Joan?

 

- Plucked eyebrows anytime!

 

@PhilLiggett

Phil Liggett

memorable time in Calgary, now flying to Montreal. Sending this from 41kft up! The great Lakes are very blue.

 

@louisvirtel

Louis Virtel

One way to make yourself feel better is realizing there are adult skateboarders in the world.

 

@macworld

Macworld

Uninstalling apps you bought at the Mac App Store? @tedlandau has tips in case you have some unexpected hassles: macw.us/njiMon

 

- For when the app turns out to be not what you thought it was.

 

@OffTrackPlanet

Off Track Planet

10 Best Places to Get Drunk in Public - When pounding shots of Jack alone in your room isn't cutting it anymore  ow.ly/1eCL8Y

 

- Not surprised by #4

 

@OffTrackPlanet

Off Track Planet

"Best Summer Vacation Story Ever" thedailywh.at/2011/09/01/bes… via @TheDailyWhat

 

- It's one of those 'don't tell mum and dad i'm here' stories.

 

@LandLopers

Matt

Happy #FollowFriday! If you want travel, then you better follow these folks: http://ht.ly/6ps9a #travel

 

- Nice list of travel blogs.

 

@Chris_Gorham

Christopher Gorham

#USATrivia Scenes from 2nights #Suits finale were filmed in the same bldg that played Langley in the #CovertAffairs pilot.

 

- Love Suits… the tv show, not the attire.

 

@NatGeoTraveler

Nat Geo Traveler

Top 10 Walks & Hiking Tours on.natgeo.com/o8Whgf

 

@Autocorrects

AutoCorrects

Google it twitpic.com/6ik92u

 

 

@lonelyplanet

Lonely Planet

Drinks and the city: how to hydrate around the world http://ow.ly/6pL0d #lp

 

- Here are my suggestions: Tsingtao in Hong Kong, Mythos in Mykonos, and Mango Lassi found in any Indian restaurant around the world.

 

@TravelingEditor

Dylan Lowe

Pack this, not that blt.cc/ivud7i by @Ayngelina

 

- Every overseas trip I've done, I've always packed something I never needed. A few more trips required before this lesson learned.

 

@parabola

Cameron Gray

I think I finally "get" tea

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

@parabola Keep this up you'll be reading them next. #tea

 

@WilliamShatner

William Shatner

Have you heard my rendition of Iron Man from my upcoming album "Seeking Major Tom"? My best, Bill revolvermag.com/news/exclusive…

 

- $#*! My Dad Sings! Honestly, it's just aweful.

 

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'Night eggheads

 

Tweet Reads for Wednesday Sept 7, 2011

Grabbing my attention on Twitter today were the following:

 

@Joshua_Freeman

Joshua Freeman™

Mac vs. Windows? Canon vs. Nikon? These sweet posters will make any fanboy look twice zite.to/qbC8Y8 via @zite

 

- Some samples from Stefan Asafti's Brandverations project. Maccas v Hungry Jacks and Mozilla Firefox v Internet Explorer are others. I didn't see Atari v Nintendo or VHS v Betamax.

 

@GGWorld

Global Greek World

Lest we Forget: Constantinople - 6 -7 September 1955. Another black anniversary for Hellenism.... fb.me/13rvfRJA1

 

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

Here's an ad I shot for Smirnoff with the creative @stefanhaverkamp flickr.com/photos/joeyldo…

 

@GuyKawasaki

Guy Kawasaki

The 10 commandments of Steve Jobs [infographic] is.gd/2soi8q

 

@macworld

Macworld

iTunes gift card balances are mysteriously disappearing. Doing his best Marlowe, @lexfri investigates the Towson Hack: macw.us/pHatMW

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

I could previously just about tolerate #TheXFactor, because Simon Cowell was hilarious with his put-downs. Now he's gone, it's proper shit.

 

@AP

The Associated Press

Moon probe clearly photographs signs of Apollo astronauts' visits from 40 years ago: apne.ws/nzWzPG -ldh

 

- You know you're getting old when you are in the minority of people who remember the first manned moon landing.

 

@BootsnAll

BootsnAll Travel

How to Travel More Without Quitting Your Job: 10 Tips for the Restless Desk-Jockey http://ow.ly/6mCHF

 

@murphytravels

Mark Murphy

The "Stone Forest" is incredible...so are the "Sailing Stones" "Fascinating Geological Wonders of Earth" http://ow.ly/6mJNQ

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Protests, ppl holding onto cars and ending up on open roads in traffic while only a couple min behind the front, keeps u alert racing here!

 

@RolexYachting

Spirit of Yachting

67th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fb.me/109GF1BU7

 

@BootsnAll

BootsnAll Travel

Love this - The best out-of-office email ever written http://ow.ly/6myBi

 

@DeathStarPR

Death Star PR

A Personal Message From George Lucas to #StarWars Fans Everywhere: bit.ly/rtmrBk

 

@NatGeo

National Geographic

#Photos: 18th-century ship found under 9/11 site on.natgeo.com/qAIz6f

 

- Thanks to my friend Josh who retweeted these last two and several others on today's highlights.

 

@VisitGreecegr

Visit Greece

Great Video from a #Kitesurf session in #Greece! http://t.co/yL3XkYq #watersports #kitesurfing

 

One from me on news I've been waiting for. ..

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Tassie Pro Cyclist Richie Porte signs for Sky cyclingnews.com/news/porte-sig…

 

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Tweet Reads Friday September 2, 2011

Here are today's picks from my Twitter feed:

 

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

Guys this is NUTS!! Paparazzi literally fighting in the streets, chasing cast members to their trailers, running into scenes. WTF?

 

@murphytravels

Mark Murphy

Ten Jewels of the Mediterranean http://ow.ly/6j5PS

 

@murphytravels

Mark Murphy

Iconic photos from around the world http://ow.ly/6j0PH

 

@BootsnAll

BootsnAll Travel

The First Timer’s Guide to Train Travel in Europe http://ow.ly/6cB8B

 

@cuntoftheday

Cunt of the Day

Philip Morris Intl. is Cunt of the Day for using Freedom of Information requests to access research on teenage smokers. bit.ly/cFK35R

 

@clarkeywilbur

Will Clarke

Standing in Saturn in lux can't understand why they have too many floor staff and only 1 on check out and a huge line...

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Was just watching the guy unloading packages off the flight I was on. Most things ended up on the Tarmac because he threw them too far!

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

nope it was virgin. “@Peds15: @Eamon_Sullivan Sounds like qantas......”

 

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

I love this movie poster, strange combo of text and photo but works together so well yfrog.com/g0jpfogj

 

@AP

The Associated Press

AP VIDEO: Legendary rocker Alice Cooper says only one musical artist measures up to him: Lady Gaga youtu.be/9MmZktLjf98 -MS

 

- That's an unfair belittling of Gaga. He's well done the chain of command.

 

@TVTechnology

TV Technology

ars technica: Apple relents, begins selling "old" Final Cut Studio again http://ow.ly/6jkRV

 

- oh, I wonder what brought this on?  :-P

 

@LumleyNews

Joanna Lumley

Joanna is among the many celebrities to have donated a pair of shoes for the Small Steps charity auction.More info here tinyurl.com/6fhhc4n

 

@AP

The Associated Press

VIDEO ESSAY: "This isn't the real world." - This is life on a man camp in the oil fields of North Dakota: apne.ws/oZiiOX -CJ

 

- "oh, this one time at man camp…"

 

@LandLopers

Matt

Travel Spotlight – Capilano Suspension Bridge, #Vancouver http://ht.ly/68M1K #travel #LP #ttot

 

- I visited Vancouver twice during the late 1980's. Missed seeing the canyon on both occassions.

 

@justinbalog

Justin

I love this! via @LiteWriters light-writer.com/2011/06/ill-ta…

 

- Nice long exposure on a dirt road. Great stuff.

 

@swegen31

Alex Johnston

Just started following @LeoDiCaprio and had that half second of disappointment when I saw he doesn't follow me.

 

@joeyldotcom

Joey L.

Everyone needs to try this once in their life: RT @Fishing4Eskimo: Eskimo rolling with friends & @joeyldotcom yfrog.us/59lr6z

 

- I remember doing this with my Dad when I was five.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

Sacrebleu! Dramatic Eiffel Tower lightning photo bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictur…

 

 

That's it for today. Thanks for following.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 152 - Followers 43

 

Tweet Reads for Thursday September 1, 2011

Here are today's picks:

@murphytravels

Mark Murphy

Beautiful http://ow.ly/6i1pl

 

@DavidBlue

David Blue

I don't know if I agree with George Lucas' idea to digitally nudge the iceberg out of the way of the Titanic. #WeAlreadyLikedIt

 

@MarkCavendish

Mark Cavendish

That #MrSaxoBeat song is on TV. Why do I keep raising my eyebrows up&down in time to the man singing 'oh yeah, mmm yeah'? #feellikeasexpest

 

@allencollen

allen collen

@MarkCavendish mate I had to ditch it as my ring tone as the kids thought it #toogay

 

@BrianJacobSmith

Brian J. Smith

It's kinda weird being on a show where you actually wear makeup. In Sci-fi they paint on a bruise and tell you to go get sweaty.

 

@nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

Behind the Scenes: Engineer Steve maintains all the ENG field cameras around the world for @NBCNews #BestintheBiz twitpic.com/6e2st7

 

@TVTechnology

TV Technology

16:9 HDTV not wide enough? How about 21:9?! CEA Launches New Standards Effort for Next-Gen TVs http://ow.ly/6hEXf

 

- Saw a Philips 21:9 screen last year while in London (in Harrods of all places)

@murphytravels

Mark Murphy

Some neat anamorphic drawings http://ow.ly/6hQbq

 

@johnleewriter

John Lee

Cripes...my photo of Lost Lagoon in #Vancouver's Stanley Park has hit 40,000 views: twitpic.com/6d8ml3

 

- Now going viral. I commented on this pic two days ago.

 

@murphytravels

Mark Murphy

"The unbelievable world of 3D street art" http://ow.ly/6hyxZ

 

@NelsonAspen

Nelson Aspen

Justin Bieber's first fender bender....in a Ferrari, of course! news.yahoo.com/justin-bieber-…

 

@nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

Behind the scenes: panoramic photo of the @NBCNews "super desk" the heart of news operations. twitpic.com/6e7g32

 

@mattgoss1986

Matt Goss

Don't believe everything you hear, or do....or don't! Ill be making my plans for 2012 official within a week.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 152 - Followers 44

Tweet Reads Monday August 29, 2011

Here's todays picks...

 

@petergallagher_

Peter Gallagher

RT @Chris_Gorham: Check out @petergallagher_ in SF on 10/22! bit.ly/pWwzeC I'll sing you a few songs and tell you some stories! Come!

 

@Wes_Sulzberger

Wesley Sulzberger

yfrog.com/kgqzkp Some people celebrate marriage others celebrate divorce. Out training Ventimiglia Italy.

 

@nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

Behind the Scenes: control room 3A producing special weather coverage with @nbc & @weatherchannel teams in the field http://t.co/TkShepz

 

@nbcnewscrew

Dwaine Scott

Behind the scenes: a panoramic photo of the @msnbctv studios. twitpic.com/6cvt8s

 

- Once again, Dwayne delivers some NBC behind the scenes magic. I'm loving his tweets.

 

@kochie_online

david koch

All Ords up 63pts. Aussie & NZ dollars march higher with stocks; Forestry Tasmania posts $12m loss. AUD up to $US1.06

 

- There's no money in forestry anymore. The market plateaued years ago and has been declining ever since (my opinion only).

 

@Eamon_Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan

Come and have a cocktail and a look my cook book, Eamons Kitchen, tomorrow night at Ariel book store on Oxford street @ 7pm!!

 

- Oh, …Oxford Street? ….?

 

@chrisroww

Chris Rowbottom

I'd rather burn my toast than go and see that new Smurfs movie #evenneilpatrickharriscantsaveit

 

…in replay…

@Barz88

James Barwick

@chrisroww Imagine your balls the whole time your watching that movie. They would just be sitting there, just smacking.

 

@SmirksTas

Andrew Shepherd

How (not) to set up a travel blog ... Step 1 is essential. killingbatteries.com/2011/08/how-to…

 

Not tweets of interest from me today except for a retweet seen above.

 

@SmirksTas - Following 144 - Followers 39

Jimmy Eat World @Readingfest2011