Manifest (Melbourne Anime Festival) is currently on this weekend and I set myself a task to suss out what people were thinking about the convention via twitter on the Friday and Saturday. I culled data from the hashtag #manifest and heavy filtering with ‘manifest’ and this is what I got. BASIC SUMMARY 471 tweets, includingContinue reading “Manifest (Melbourne Anime Festival) Twitter Overview”
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An enlightening affair with Local Search Marketing
Two weeks ago, whilst being driven home from work, my friend’s tyre went flat. Unable to unscrew one of the bolts, our first instinct was to search for the nearest auto repair service . We whipped out our internet-enabled iphones, opened up Safari and typed in “auto repair North Sydney” into the Google search bar.Continue reading “An enlightening affair with Local Search Marketing”
Mana Bar announces drinks on the house for Krome layoffs
What do you do if you own a bar and know a couple of people getting laid off? Krome studios, one of Australia’s largest game development studios, let go of over 100 staff last Thursday, closing down their Adelaide office and shaving off employees in Brisbane and Melbourne. But that did not stop the ManaContinue reading “Mana Bar announces drinks on the house for Krome layoffs”
French Kissing is Gross (from Freaks & Geeks)
I’m glad Freaks & Geeks never got renewed for another season. There was no way in hell they could create a second season that would’ve topped the first one. I love how it was left on such a high and promising note, and just left it there. Just made each and every episode available so…Continue reading “French Kissing is Gross (from Freaks & Geeks)”
Are Australian cons ready to talk about cute Miku cosplayers on a live twitter broadcast?
Four to five years ago, Pictochat, an inbuilt chat system on the Nintendo DS where you can IM chat with other nearby people on DSs, was used during the costume play (cosplay) event of Animania, a Japanese Popular Culture event. People anonymously sent feedback and chatted amongst themselves about the entries parading and strutting theirContinue reading “Are Australian cons ready to talk about cute Miku cosplayers on a live twitter broadcast?”
Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit & Do the Astral Plane
Flying Lotus is Steven Ellison. He’s currently signed with Warp records; that alone will summarise what you can expect from his stuff. If you can put a bit of space electro, hip hop and jazz into a blender and turn it into a consumable for your ears, this is what you’ll get as a result. HisContinue reading “Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit & Do the Astral Plane”
notes on using facebook pages effectively (warning: boring stuff)
A facebook page could be one of many online ‘faces’ of a company (other than their website), and in our case being an online store, could be the first points of contact when customers have a problem or want to leave feedback. After a small explosion of growth on one of my company facebook pages, IContinue reading “notes on using facebook pages effectively (warning: boring stuff)”
Best Coast Boyfriend
This song’s getting a few rotations on Triple J and featured on a lot of music blogs. And there’s a good reason for that: it’s mighty catchy and dreampoppy, reminiscent of a less noisy 80s shoegazer thing combined with a drop of the Cardigans. Combine and picture the following words: teenage yearning, lazy summer, weedContinue reading “Best Coast Boyfriend”
Plasmo – a 5min clay animation where an adorable alien sacrifices himself to save a planet and declares his undying love for his gf. Epic.
How can so much drama, selflessness, a beautiful soundtrack, poignancy and a silly bit of humour be packed into a 4 minutes and 37 seconds clay animation? Plasmo, a little alien, risks his life by flying his spacecraft into an oncoming comet to deflect it. In doing so, the core of a certain planet getsContinue reading “Plasmo – a 5min clay animation where an adorable alien sacrifices himself to save a planet and declares his undying love for his gf. Epic.”
Some favourite SDCC 2010 Toy Exclusives
Comic Con; the last stage boss of all pop culture conventions. And like last stage bosses, they contain a lot of pretty neat stuff, like toy exclusives. Picked out the following from a recent emailout. Of course, none of these are ever going to reach me, though if I had to pick one, that Fafi noirContinue reading “Some favourite SDCC 2010 Toy Exclusives”
Plasmo and the Infinite Sadness 