http://flatwhite.net Ponderings and Banter from New Zealand and abroad... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:58:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://flatwhite.net/2009/02/you-win-shitbook/ http://flatwhite.net/2009/02/you-win-shitbook/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:18:04 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=96 ShitBook works for me. Well, I think so... I’m still wary of how often I’m checking in, how much stuff comes dribbling down that line. My new addiction is to ruthless management of a trickle of updates, photos that I actually find I want to know. So now I browse with a twitchy, itchy trigger finger hovering over that ‘delete friend’ button, ready to cull at any moment...no pressure... ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2009/02/you-win-shitbook/feed/ 5 http://flatwhite.net/2007/11/no-sleep-till-iphone/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/11/no-sleep-till-iphone/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:12:30 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=71 silly bitches suing  because they have nothing better to do.  And, of course, the inevitable squealing of anti-Mac piglets suckled strongly onto Bill Gates' swollen teats (he says, ducking). ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/11/no-sleep-till-iphone/feed/ 0 http://flatwhite.net/2007/09/so-long-facebook/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/09/so-long-facebook/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:12:52 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=65 Metaplace is coming... The site looks kinda hokey, but that's 'cos it's aimed at its initial target market - cheesy gamers. Eventually though, it will affect each and every one of us, for Metaplace could be just the kick in the arse that Virtual Reality has been waiting for.]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/09/so-long-facebook/feed/ 0 http://flatwhite.net/2007/08/get-your-raid-out/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/08/get-your-raid-out/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:12:41 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=60 idea is to plant "micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphisis" so that they become, essentially, remote-controlled.  Recording devices would then be implanted and some lucky chap in a darkened room somewhere secret in the festy bowels of the US military would fly the poor bugger into...I dunno...caves in Afghanistan I guess... ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/08/get-your-raid-out/feed/ 0 http://flatwhite.net/2007/07/the-best-t-shirt-store-is-open/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/07/the-best-t-shirt-store-is-open/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:55:00 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=44 almost a hundred years, and for more than half that time they've been garnished with messages that reflect and project the wearer's personal taste and identity.  As the kids of a world in which the clutter of media messages seems to intensify year-on-year, we're becoming quite adept at branding ourselves - we're, quite literally, wearing our hearts on our (short) sleeves. ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/07/the-best-t-shirt-store-is-open/feed/ 0 http://flatwhite.net/2007/05/war-games-and-a-flat-white-hunt/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/05/war-games-and-a-flat-white-hunt/#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 20:58:19 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=37 seeking forgiveness for the statue fiasco - all of which would seem to suggest there was at least Russian motivation if not government involvement.  The Kremlin has denied such dastardliness however, and the Estonian government has since lowered that nervous finger.  Inherent in such online crime though is the hiding and faking of tracks and Estonia may never know - or at least be able to prove - who exactly is to blame, despite the contextual inference that may suggest otherwise. ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/05/war-games-and-a-flat-white-hunt/feed/ 0 http://flatwhite.net/2007/03/just-like-being-there/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/03/just-like-being-there/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:03:51 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=29 http://flatwhite.net/2007/03/just-like-being-there/feed/ 0 http://flatwhite.net/2007/02/watch-yourself-part-ii/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/02/watch-yourself-part-ii/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:46:06 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=26 wanted - I'm addicted, remember) any of this shit until it's hit the store shelves. But the point is, I'm a Technology Victim - and I doubt I'm alone. ]]> http://flatwhite.net/2007/02/watch-yourself-part-ii/feed/ 2 http://flatwhite.net/2007/02/watch-yourself-part-i/ http://flatwhite.net/2007/02/watch-yourself-part-i/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:42:00 +0000 Matt http://flatwhite.net/?p=19 http://flatwhite.net/2007/02/watch-yourself-part-i/feed/ 3