http://www.warlach.com Cloggin' up your tubes... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:09:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow. Well, it’s now the Monday after I cast my plea for help to the social media winds. You can read all about it in the previous post, and I’m going to writing here with the assumption that you know what I asked for, and how people responded. What I want ... http://www.warlach.com/2010/02/21/funerals-social-media-and-telstra-a-retrospective/ Hello all. Many of the readers of this blog would know I can be fairly irreverent when it comes to most things, but for once I’m being completely sincere. The other night my partner’s grandmother passed away in country New South Wales, Australia. She had been sick for some time but ... http://www.warlach.com/2010/02/16/emergency-social-media-for-good-the-funeral/ Anyone who knows me knows that I have a big mouth, and that I'm likely to shoot it off at the worst possible times. Often however, what really gets me in trouble is not when I'm trying to be offensive but just don't think before I speak. Last night I said ... http://www.warlach.com/2010/02/03/dear-internet-help-me-apologise/ Day 4, 04/01/2010 - Choices Originally uploaded by Warlach From my Flickr: I'm curious as to who will get the above shot. It could be like those pictures that either look like a vase or two faces depending on how you look at it. What's the first thing you see? For the record, I'm ... http://www.warlach.com/2010/01/04/day-4-04012010-choices/ Hey y'all! As stated in the last post, which can be read here, I ran a comp to give away a whole bunch of awesome Family Guy/Star Wars stuff in conjunction with the launch of Something, Something, Something Dark Side. Well, you people went nuts entering but we've finally picked the ... http://www.warlach.com/2009/12/23/and-the-winners-are-drumroll/ So, some of you may have read my review of Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, the second installment in the Family Guy remakes Star Wars saga. You can read what I thought of the film here (spoiler: I thought it was pretty wicked kick flippin') but I also mentioned in ... http://www.warlach.com/2009/12/20/omg-fabulous-prizes/ We sit. Twenty or so people hushed in a small, low lit room. We've been lured here with promises of entertainment, of prizes, but for now we wait. Someone nervously shifts a few aisles down. Then, like a bolt of lightening, it occurs to me: The Star Wars universe is one ... http://www.warlach.com/2009/12/06/review-a-short-time-ago-in-a-fox-studio-not-so-far-away/ She struts onto stage like a resplendent peacock. The crowd applauds, the lights dim, and as the shadows envelope the great cavern of the Opera House, her fingers gently caress the first keys. Then, there in the darkness, a single, tiny light. Followed by another. And another, and still more ... http://www.warlach.com/2009/11/17/tori-amos-statue-felatio-and-experience/ I've often abandoned this blog except when I want a large rant, like yesterday's retweet discussion or my look at the VAustralia promotion. If you want my day to day thoughts, there's my Twitter account after all. That said, I want to make an effort to update this more often ... http://www.warlach.com/2009/11/12/the-cake-isnt-a-lie/ We’ve all been there. It’s Christmas day and a relative has told you they got the present you’ve been craving. You rip the paper with your teeth only instead of the latest video game, Bonestorm, you find a copy of Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge. Everybody’s watching so you smile awkwardly ... http://www.warlach.com/2009/11/11/twitter-accidentally-installs-facebook%e2%80%99s-like-feature-instead-of-retweets/