In the ever-evolving world of guitar effects pedals, legends are born from the most unexpected origins. Today, we journey back to the roots of fuzz, where the “Way Huge Swollen Pickle” was not just a quirky name but a transformative piece of gear that left its mark on the world of rock ‘n’ roll. Like a myth waiting to be … Read More
Ever wanted to download a YouTube video at the highest quality video and audio but didn’t know where to start? Here is the most reliable way that I’ve found that doesn’t involve using a dodgy looking third party website. To be fair, there are plenty of sites you can use that let you just paste the url in and download … Read More
So today I’m looking at what happens to a blog when you let it lie dormant for years and a warning to those statistically squeamish, it’s not pretty. While this blog may have gone in to extended hibernation there were some fairly significant changes on the world wide web than influenced who and how people accessed this site. Over the hibernation … 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
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
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
In another life I may have been a try hard graphic designer, which may explain why I find the Phallic Logo Awards so funny. The Phallic Logo Awards recognise graphic designers that are able to design, and have approved, phallic logos without the client realising they have just signed off on a big spurting penis. Yup, it’s school yard humour at it’s … Read More
