Why Quit?

Or more accurately, how? Whenever you talk to people about quitting smoking, they usually sound like some kind of self-righteous broken record. “You’ll save lots of money,” they’ll say. “You’ll feel healthier,” they’ll harp. “Your clothes won’t smell like smoke any more!” they’ll blather. I know that these reasons (and many more) might be motivation […]

Things overheard in an Elevator

Girl: Man, I’m kinda jealous that you guys get to buy your lunch. I just can’t afford it this week. Guy: So what are you having for lunch? Girl: Well, I brought some stuff in from home. In my fridge I found half a lemon, half an avocado and a tin of baby corn. Guy: […]

Full speed ahead!

Things have been all go recently. Moving to a new hosting provider, massive amounts of work with my current job, and today marked the first steps towards me launching my own company. My new company is called “We Speak Binary,” and will be (initially) a code studio. Today my design partner and I met with […]

And we're back!

  Had a little bit of problem with the intertubes over the last couple of days, and irrationale was totally down. No matter, though, as the site’s totally back up and running so I can get back to not posting regularly.

Conscious effort? Pah!

[image title=”unconscious-patient” size=”thumbnail” id=”153″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/44-unconscious-patient.jpg” ]Yes, I know. After my last whirlwind of activity, I didn’t follow through with any actual posts. The site sure did look pretty, though, didn’t it? I was getting set to move house at the time, and moving towards end of financial year – traditionally the busiest time for […]

Birthday 2007

This year I turned 27, and my friends were nice enough to plan a nice quiet night out for me. We went to one of my favourite local pubs called the Cherry Tree, a staple of Richmond life and an ex-mafia meeting spot from what I understand. The mafiosa have disappeared, the place has been […]

Who is this astro bloke anyway?

[image title=”astro” size=”thumbnail” id=”239″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/astro.jpg” ]I thought that after a lengthy absence I should probably let everyone know what’s been going on. Well, I’ve moved state, started my new job, been very drunk on very many occasions, and have been trying out some new game called “Real Life”. It’s fantastic, this “Real Life” thing. […]

Rant: Apple and Steve Jobs

[image title=”jobsandwoz” size=”thumbnail” id=”242″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/jobsandwoz.jpg” ]I admit that this is probably a terrible place to start apon my great return to the interwebs, considering the massive polarity between Windows people and Mac people, and the inevitable shitstorm that is created any time the two names are mentioned together in the same paragraph, but hopefully […]

Supernovae: They don't make 'em like they used to

[image title=”supernova” size=”thumbnail” id=”141″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/supernova.jpg” ]Back in the day, the universe could really belt out the supernovae — but no more. A new survey of monster stellar detonations shows that the more distant and ancient the explosions are, the greater their inherent brightness. This discovery has important implications for measuring the rate at which […]

R2D2 Mailboxes? Awesome!

Old, but still cool. Hey, we get news a little slower downunder. For the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, the US Postal Service enlisted a special little fellow to collect mail. R2-D2 mailboxes were deployed to cities all over the US to the delight of fans. Fricken’ awesome 🙂