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Melbourne Tumblr Meet-up

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:06 +1100

ninefruits:

Melbourne people,

Kate and Chrissy are going to be down from Canberra next week (and staying with me!), so we were thinking of having a little gathering on Thursday night, the 12th (unfortunately they leave Friday). Actually, Tash and Thao and I were thinking this. I haven’t run it by Kate or Chrissy yet, but I’m sure they are into it. And even if they’re not, they’re staying at my place so they’ll do what I tell them. Anyway, a bar in the city will be the most likely venue. Thinking Sister Bella at this stage, but anyone got any better ideas feel free to express them. Maybe somewhere at little less difficult to find for those who don’t know it?

This doesn’t need to be some official Tumblr-sponsored event or anything, just thought with Kate and Chrissy down it would be a good opportunity to meet-up since there are a few of us who will be hanging out.

is there some sort of facebook “event” for this?

also, i wish we could get some of those sweet sweet tumblr stickers!

photobomb

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:19:12 +1100

photobomb

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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:52:40 +1100

(via eyeonspringfield)

"if you wear the headphones that came with your ipod, you either hate music or you hate your ears."

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:15:39 +1100

“if you wear the headphones that came with your ipod, you either hate music or you hate your ears.”

funniest savage chickens ever.

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:50:32 +1100

funniest savage chickens ever.

"if you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first i’m too busy..."

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:59:16 +1100

“if you ever need anything please don’t
hesitate to ask someone else first
i’m too busy acting like I’m not naive
i’ve seen it all, I was here first”

- very ape

Photo

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:38:51 +1100

“…When you say something that no one believes, you are not only wasting your time/money,...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:36:00 +1100

“…When you say something that no one believes, you are not only wasting your time/money, you are undermining your credibility. And all the spurious “support points” in the world don’t make absurd claims any more believable…”

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pendulum - slam impossible to listen to this whilst walking and...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:18:53 +1100

pendulum - slam

impossible to listen to this whilst walking and not develop a swagger.

also “is this bass(sic) really strong enough?”

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:52:42 +1100

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"the only way to meet the apocalypse is hungover and sleep-deprived…"

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:15:48 +1000

“the only way to meet the apocalypse is hungover and sleep-deprived…”

- tessa… via

I’m just learning a lot lately about how people get their validation… Some do with faux...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:22:00 +1000

I’m just learning a lot lately about how people get their validation… Some do with faux self-deprecation that demands the listener contradict them in a complimentary way. Some need lots of blog comments and a thousand “friends” on Facebook. I am a step and a half from being any one of those scenarios. I refuse.

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tumblarity is a lie.

another friday night on twitter. love it.

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:23:44 +1000

another friday night on twitter.

love it.

The Road to a Balanced Budget Leads to Microsoft

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:32:00 +1000

The Road to a Balanced Budget Leads to Microsoft:

vb:

“Microsoft’s Cumulative Tax Evasion Now Exceeds Washington State’s Biennial Deficit”

Some quick background: Microsoft bases their software licensing office in Reno, Nevada. Microsoft does this because Nevada has no tax on software licensing. Jeff estimates that Washington (state) has lost out on $700M in tax revenue.

It’s a good read and he makes some good points. However (and you knew there was one coming)…

It’s not really evasion if it’s legal. You want it made evasion? Change the tax law so that what they’re doing is illegal. Microsoft is a business, a publicly held business. By that nature alone, they have a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders to perform the best that it can within the constructs of the law. Microsoft is doing that in this respect (perhaps not others, but that’s another arguement).

States compete with other states to gain businesses. How do they do this you ask? Through taxation. If states want to attract certain industries, they will create tax breaks for those industries. The state makes back its revenue from payroll taxes from the jobs that were created. It also is just a good idea from the state’s perspective - the bigger number of employers that you have, the larger your tax base.

From a business perspective, taxation isn’t a moral thing. It’s a cost to do business. You’re going to go where there’s less taxation when it makes sense to. Until that is illegal, Washington (and Jeff) have no leg to stand on.

are you for real?

the text posts in your tumblr read: “apple good. microsoft bad.”

the GFC is microsofts fault? look around, maybe read “no logo” or something like it, walmart killed main st, major clothing manufacturers hire contractors to produce clothes (so that no strings tie them to the sweat shops), sorry but the world isn’t all sunshine and macbooks.

every CEO will do anything to protect their margin and bottom line (think riaa). SHOCK HORROR. just so happens in this instance the deal is legal, so, i have no doubt, whoever came up with this idea would’ve gotten a nice bonus.

humans are greedy, selfish creatues.

perspective is neat huh.

sorry vb.

**unfollowed**

kim made liam zoo themed b’day cupcakes!

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:55:34 +1000

kim made liam zoo themed b’day cupcakes!

lol has gone from meaning, “laugh out loud” to “I have nothing else to...

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:26:53 +1000

lol has gone from meaning, “laugh out loud” to “I have nothing else to say”.

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cankerbloxxom: Interpol - Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:29:16 +1000

cankerbloxxom:

Interpol - Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down

I tend not to trust people who dislike the following things: dogs, magpies, the Beatles and this song.

right on

eyeonspringfield: “Stop it! He’s already dead!”

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:31:14 +1000

eyeonspringfield:

“Stop it! He’s already dead!”

"hakuna matata is a lie"

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:14:22 +1000

“hakuna matata is a lie”

booby4649: electronicalrattlebag: billyjane: i12bent: “A...

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:00:42 +1000

booby4649:

electronicalrattlebag:

billyjane:

i12bent:

“A paranoid man is a man who knows a little about what’s going on. A psychotic is someone who just found out what’s going on.”

- William S. Burroughs