The Look Who’s Toxic Kris Krindle

Look Who’s Toxic exchanged Kris Krindle gifts last night. I got a bike pump and a little Gel Seat Cover so my arse doesn’t kill after riding my bike (in theory — I’m yet to give it a test); Robbo got Knight Rider Season 1 on DVD; and Neil got a copy of Mclusky Do Dallas, which he seems to be enjoying.

I wonder if he’s realised the now obvious irony of my last Kris Krindle related post yet?

How the Nintendo Revolution Controller May Work

I just found a video of how the upcoming Nintendo Revolution controller may work. It’s pretty cool, but the last demo (the fictional “F-Zero Revolution”) excited me the most. It proposes that you hold the controller NES-style, but instead of steering the car with the directional pad, you steer it by tipping the controller to the left or right — just like you probably already do.

Did You Know…

…that Ween and Weezer have “secret” albums that can be downloaded from the ‘Net? Well, you do now.

The moral of the story is to make sure you read your favourite Bands’ Wikipedia entries

Coffee

A while ago, as part of my weight loss/health kick, I gave up coffee. It was tough at first, and only become marginally easier. Mornings were OK, as breakfast usually provided me with the pick-me-up to get me through to lunch time, but the afternoons were a bitch.

I’m not entirely sure why I gave up coffee. I knew it wasn’t the best thing in the world for me, but I wasn’t doing this to live like a Monk — it was supposed to be about getting my weight down to 100 kilograms.

After a while I got sick denying myself, so I joined the four o’clock office pilgrimage down to the Cafe a few times each week. The effects were a little unfortunate — without fail, I’d be running for the toilet within half an hour of starting the coffee, taking the seat for five or ten minutes as my body passed the drink through my digestive system just as quickly as I’d put it in.

I persisted, thinking my body just needed time to remember how to handle coffee, but after three or so weeks of Cappuccinos and Lattes, it just wasn’t getting any better. That’s when I thought I’d try my old favourite — the Long Macchiato. No reaction from my bowels whatsoever. For some reason, it seems that the reaction between the coffee and the milk was sending my bowels into a fit.

Coke Zero

I finally got my market research drink in the mail; turns out it’s a slab of new Coke Zero, which is along the lines of Pepsi Max (i.e. it contains no sugar). It’s tastes better than Diet Coke and looks better than it to in it’s sleek black label; but it’s nowhere near as good as the real deal.

If you want to try it out, you’d better come and visit me soon — my housemates are relentless.

The Rentals - For The Ladies

To (sorta) conincide with the actual return of The Rentals, Matt Sharp has posted some MP3s of his their pre-Return Of The Rentals demos under the title “For The Ladies“. It’s interesting that many of these demos sound like they’re much more like his solo record than what The Rentals became.

Mario Kart Arcade GP

Holy crap. In Japan (those lucky bastards), Nintendo are teaming up with Namco and coming out with Mario Kart Arcade GP.

I really miss being a Nintendo owner…

SitePoint T-Shirts

Pretty cool, eh?

The blue ones say “Eat Sleep Code,” the orange ones say “Eat Sleep Design.” And yes, I know I should’ve closed my legs.

“This is my fiance; you tried to pick her up with your Business Card”

I guess this is part two of the series “Drunken Craig’s Humiliation While Talking to Girls” (the “I’m a bum; I sponge of my boyfriend” incident is part one).

Last night I was out the front of Rrose on Errol Street with Simone, having a Scotch and Dry before I went home to do some work on lookwhostoxic.com, when I ran into Daniel Gordon, a guy I hung out with from High School (he was a couple of years younger than me, so he didn’t get an invite to the reunion). He was there with a diminutive but lovely girl, who I was introduced to by:

“Craig, this is Blahblahblah, my fiance; once you tried to pick her up once with your business card.”

Well, I’d often joked about doing this, but I had no recollection of actually going through with it. As if to back him up, she then said:

“Yeah, I was cleaning out my car last week and I found your card!”

I was incredibly embarassed. All of this was conducted at a volume far higher than I would’ve liked, but I’m not sure if Simone and her family heard or not. By the time I’d dealt with all of this, they’d packed up and left.

I’m going to Steven Malkmus tonight with her and her boyfriend, so I guess I’ll find out there.

lookwhostoxic.com is Back

What happened? Well, it looks like our old host disappeared all of a sudden. Anyway, lookwhostoxic.com is back online… kinda. At least my email is working again.