Just letting y’all know you can find me over at 4chan, I go by the name Anonymous. Seriously though if you’ve never seen it, it’s truly a terrifying place - /b/ (random) being the place where a lot of internet meme’s originated, just be aware that you’ll be called a newfag as soon as you try to post anything. 4chan is an image board, here’s a wiki quote (copypasta):

4chan is an English-language imageboard website based on the Japanese Futaba Channel. Launched on October 1, 2003 by “moot” (allegedly “Christopher Poole”), its boards are primarily used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime. Users generally post anonymously, and the site has been linked to Anonymous culture and Project Chanology. The Guardian describes 4chan as “at once brilliant, ridiculous and alarming”.[2]The “/b/” board is by far 4chan’s most popular forum. It is known as the “random” board; there are minimal rules on posted content. It is thus notorious on the Internet; Gawker.com once claimed in jest that “reading /b/ will melt your brain”.[3]

Do check it out here, if you’re brave enough… always cracks me up (NSFW)

We’ve already seen a keyboard for blondes, a mouse made into a mouse and a diamond encrusted mouse. Surely we’ve seen it all? How about a keyboard made of leather. I know you’re thinking “seen it”, but have you seen a keyboard with each individual key covered in cow?

At only $603USD this gorgeous keyboard would probably suck for gaming. Check it out here and here.

Wordpress (the software which runs DARKCOLD)  has reached 2.7 and as such DARKCOLD is now running it, but unless you have your own installation you probably won’t notice the changes. There’s a lot of back-end changes (check the screenshot), I have to say I like new new admin control panel.

Unfortunately just like the last major update the flash uploader is broken (for me, at least). I had to upload that image with the stupid HTML uploading form. Ah well, I’ll have a play with it (shouldn’t effect DARKCOLD posts at all). You can read more about it over at Wordpress.

Update: Flash uploader issue is common and well known now, turns out for some reason one of the files was missing from wp-includes. Uploaded the missing file (a .swf) and it works now.

Worth a read over at The Age:

The Government’s plan to censor the internet is in tatters, with Australia’s largest ISP saying it will not take part in live trials of the system and the second largest committing only to a scaled-back trial.

I’m glad to hear of Telstra not being evil for once! If you don’t know what this post is about read more here.

I share with you a bizarre old Telecom Australia (Telstra) commercial.

It’s not ours anymore! Good for a laugh

Hours ago (hey I was at the shops and missed the countdown) Nokia just unveiled the latest addition to the N series family, a true competitor to the Apple iPhone. The N97 as it’s named comes jam packed with 32GB of storage (+16GB via memory card), 5MP camera (disappointing considering my 6220C has the exact same camera) and the usual inclusions of A-GPS (6220c has) and WiFi (the old Nokia E61 has WiFi). To say I’m underwhelmed is being kind, especially considering that some phones from Sony Ericsson have an 8MP camera these days. This is the best Nokia can do?! It seems like overkill for going against something with a basic 2MP camera. I remember when the N series was something special, the first to feature high quality 2MP cameras in 2005 and every feature available on the specialised lesser phones of the time as standard. Touchscreens are 2007 tech, I feel like this is just catch up to the iPhone - and god only knows how unstable that Symbian based OS will be until it gets some heavy updates.

Contactless charging? USB 3 support? 802.11N WiFi? FM Transmitter for car stereos? Projector? I don’t think it’s going to feature any of these, but the full QWERTY keyboard - oh you know I’m loving that, and despite sounding like I can’t stand the N97 I’d have this over an iPhone in an instant (hell I’d still have an E90 Communicator if I could, can’t get enough of Nokia :D). I suppose I’m not so much disappointed at Nokia as I am at the advancement in technology, it’s getting better but still more of the same.

Press release and more images after you hit continue reading!