I was one of the 50,000 people that was lucky enough to catch Pearl Jam’s show in Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (formally Telstra Dome) on Friday night (20 November 2009). Warning: If you’re not a Pearl Jam fan then what follows may not be your cup of tea. To say that I’m a Pearl Jam fan is something of an understatement. … Read More
I can’t pick up a paper, turn on the TV or listen to the radio without having to hear about the Australian finale of Master Chef, and quite frankly I’m sick of it. As an Aussie I have far bigger issues to deal with, like the daylight robbery currently being committed against our cricket team in England. The second Ashes … Read More
Raise your hand if you remember the 1980’s cartoon Silverhawks. Even though it wasn’t the longest running series in history, it still occupies a special place in my heart. As a young kid, I wanted to be able to sprout metal wings and fly. Amateur psychologists can make of that what they will. For those unfamiliar with Silverhawks first hit … Read More
Do you want to start a “Make Money Online” (MMO) blog? Yes? Well, let’s be honest, you’ve missed the boat, that ship has sailed. The world wide web is now flooded with people trying to grab their slice of the pie. I remember hearing a saying once that “nothing original is ever created in a vacuum”, and I think that … Read More
Designing a good logo is a tough task. It’s no where near as simple as it sounds. It’s fair to say I’ve had a bit of a fixation with graphic design recently, and I’ve posted about logos before (anyone remember the Phallic Logo Awards?). This latest crop of logos don’t quite fit into the phallic category, but they could be … Read More
Well here’s some sloppy reporting from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), with the SMH website reporting that Meg White, “drummer” of the White Stripes, was the ‘star’ of the latest celebrity sex video doing the rounds. As of writing this, the SMH “Meg White sex video claim” story is the second most viewed story on the SMH website. The story was first … Read More
My ears are still ringing from last nights Silverchair/Powderfinger double bill, Across the Great Divide show at Rod Laver Arena. From where I was, the stadium appeared to be at near capacity. Support act for the night was Expatriate. They put on an entertaining half hour or so of music, but I have to say, playing the support slot must … Read More
As you may have read, a few days ago I found that I was having a few issues with bandwidth theft with people hotlinking to images on my automotive blog without permission. I decided I’d have some fun for a couple of days by replacing the hotlinked images with some non-auto related, border line inappropriate, images. Yesterday I decided I’d had enough fun and … Read More
Well it’s been over 24 hours since I identified the ‘bandwidth theft‘ occurring on one of my other sites. It was the first time I’d found this happening, so I thought I’d conduct an experiment, firstly, to see what sort of images I could display on the offending site, and secondly, to see how long it would go on for … Read More
Looking at my Google analytics statistics, it seems that anything involving celebrities is big business, organic traffic wise. Half the people that visit swollenpickles.com, do so to look at a couple Paris Hilton memes (PG13 rated) I posted some time ago. So in the interests of giving the public what they so clearly want, here is some click bait – … Read More
