“Would you like to become my homeboy?”
11-year old Damon Weaver snags a one-on-one interview with President Barack Obama.

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“Would you like to become my homeboy?”
11-year old Damon Weaver snags a one-on-one interview with President Barack Obama.
Taxi and police car accident. Corner of Pitt and Park Streets, Sydney CBD. Crowd gathers.
Quoting the status message that’s currently doing the rounds:
FACEBOOK has agreed to let a third party advertisers use your posted pictures WITHOUT your permission. (also known as “opt-out”) Click on SETTINGS up at the top where you see the Log out link. Select Privacy. Then select NEWS FEEDS and WALL. Next select the tab that reads FACEBOOK ADS. There is a drop down box, select NO ONE. Then SAVE your changes. (REPOST to let your friends know!)
The Ramones sing Happy Birthday on The Simpsons. Memorable.
“…and that’s the way it is.” RIP Walter Cronkite 1916-2009.
Boneheading FAIL: Channel Ten weatherman Tim Bailey v Silly Teenage Girls.
Tony Abbott, meet Keyboard Cat.
(For the record, this is my first attempt at an internet video meme.)
Christian Lander (@clander) at the Sydney Writers Festival. We saw this live and it was a hoot.
We also happened to be one of only a few non-white people in the audience.
Possibly the only Filipinos in the audience, too.
Smart Light Sydney was a whole load of awesome. Come back next year, please?