Monthly Archives: July 2011

Mac fan in the making (again)

Posted on 26 July, 2011 by Justin Fox


New wired keyboard with numeric pad.

As much as I want to avoid being a mac fan (the few technical issues I had with my new mac didn’t help) I’m actually starting to like being back on a mac. Like anything else I suppose it’s about customising things to suit.

A while back the bluetooth mouse was giving me the shits with lost connections so I put my old wired Microsoft mouse back on and I’m loving it. Last week my keyboard batteries went low and started losing bluetooth connection. I charged up some rechargable batteries but failed to get the keyboard to synch up with the mac, in frustration (I never liked the tiny incomplete keyboard in any case) I reverted to an old wired Apple keyboard but instantly I found myself struggling with pressing the keys and as a result I was making spelling errors everywhere.

Remembering that the new style flat keyboard took a while to get used to I gave the old keyboard a few days to see if I’d get used to it again, but… no go. On Sunday I ordered a new flat style (but complete with numeric pad + wired so I’d never have flat battery issues again) keyboard from the Apple Store and it came this morning. It’s perfect and I’m loving it.

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Mia Freedman hates on Cadel Evans

Posted on 25 July, 2011 by Justin Fox

Not that I ever watch the Today Show, nor have I heard of Mia Freedman, but yesterday morning I was made aware of someone on national television bashing on Cadel’s victory at the Tour de France.

Immediately after the video (in rage) I commented on the YouTube page. Unfortunately I resorted to calling her names (an idiot) and over the course of the day, despite the thousands of hate messages Mia has received over twitter, on her blog and on YouTube, my comment was given the thumbs up by others and it’s now “stickied” and highlighted at the top of the video page.

I spent a lot of yesterday spreading the video footage as much as I could through my network (facebook, twitter, blogs and forums). I’m still mad, maybe I’m looking for an apology? Whilst her opinion is valid and worthy of discussion the timing of it is awful and the way she delivered her opinion stinks. Either way I think she’s stuffed up, hit a lot of nerves and made more enemies than fans and I doubt that all the advertising revenue she’s gotten from the traffic to her banner filled web site would suffice for all the abuse that’s been directed directly at her.

I’ve failed to read all the responses on her blog, and various other media but this morning Bridie O’Donnell, a professional cyclist and doctor responded with a well thought out open letter worth reading.

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BBQ @ Zigaya

Posted on 23 July, 2011 by Justin Fox


Zi’s flat faced cats, a bit strange in pictures but so so cute in real life!

Gloria’s away and Zi wasn’t too impressed with the dinner he organised a few weeks back for Steve’s B’day at Rengaya so he decided to invite us all to his new apartment in Hurstville for a BBQ (Zigaya!).

I’ve known Zi for a while now, he’s a best mate but I’ve never stepped foot in his place before, ever, so last night was a real treat. I’ve eaten his food from even before I met him as he used to be the cook at a Japanese restaurant down the road from me many years ago. Last night I brought that up and he mentioned that he remembers me from coming into the restaurant to get take-out (I never saw him as he was out the back in the kitchen I assume), funny!

Zi cooked up a tasty feast and had more than enough food to feed all the boys (and girls too). As always when hanging out with all the ex-auto salon guys you’re going to piss yourself laughing as they pay out on each other (I was literally in tears more than a few times).

PS: F1 qualifying was on last night and I hung around to watch Webber get pole position for tonight’s race. I then had to excuse myself to go home and watch the Tour de France where Cadel Evans smashed the opposition. The first Australian to ever win the Tour (which has been held for over 100 years). National pride. I’m emotional!

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27 square metres – Sean’s new space

Posted on 23 July, 2011 by Justin Fox

My old buddy Sean invited me over to his place last night for a long overdue catchup. He’s lived in an apartment at Broadway for quite a few years now a while back he mentioned that he planned to re-invent the space. I was thinking new furniture, artwork on the walls perhaps… but as soon as I stepped into his apartment I found I was in an art gallery!

Sean’s current flatmate is Sokquon Tran, a landscape artist who’s mentoring him at the moment. Sokquon’s pretty good with his hands and he’s built a wall structure that covers the entire kitchen, benches surrounding what was the lounge room as well as an outdoor area to match. The idea is to have small private invite only opening nights, music, wine, nibbles, art talk.

Despite not having any art on the walls yet there was already wine and conversation flowing. I think the concept is brilliant. I’ve never felt like smaller galleries worked well post opening nights. I always assumed that a show would have little or no visitors during the week (dead) or so after opening night, but this negates that. An invite list prevents dealing with blow-ins from the street looking for free booze and having a gallery in such an intimate and comfortable setting works well socially.

Sean’s busy working on a web site for his new space. I’ll be sure to report back with a URL as soon as it’s up!

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Max & Mia

Posted on 21 July, 2011 by Justin Fox


Max’s voice broke tonight, a week or so ago he lost his baby teeth too, he’s a big boy now (almost!).

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See-saw 2011

Posted on 21 July, 2011 by Justin Fox

Matt just spotted me on this year’s Sydney Design 2011 web site. The photo was taken during the 2 day See-saw project I mentored last year.

For more information on this year’s See-saw project, visit: http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/2011/exhibitions/see-saw-mend-make-do-build-anew

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World Time Attack Challenge

Posted on 20 July, 2011 by Justin Fox

WTAC is just around the corner, a monster event which sees the worlds fastest track cars fly downunder to clock the fastest time they can around Eastern Creek International Raceway. Even if you’re not into cars, the event’s worth checking out (there’s drift and show and shine events as well). Speaking of show and shine, a mate spotted my GT-R on the WTAC web site, looks like I’ll be expected to bring my GT-R out then?!

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Mamak

Posted on 18 July, 2011 by Justin Fox


Mamak.


Roti was awesome.


Ayam Goreng.


Chicken Satay.


Nasi Lemak (coconut rice).

I’d heard about Mamak, a Malay restaurant for a while now. Every time someone said something about it I thought they were saying ‘vagina’ in Indonesian (Memek!). Christina and I have been hunting down new things to eat so we gave it a go. We got there at just before 6PM and it was already packed, we literally got the last table available (and on the way out there was a decent sized queue outside).

Like seeing a movie. I tried my best to ignore the hype, but alas I have to say that I think it’s more hype than amazing food. Sure, the roti was awesome, really light and fluffy. I’ll be back to try more of the different roti they serve up, but the friend chicken wasn’t the best I’ve had (my Mum’s is way better!), the satay chicken wasn’t the best either (my uncle still kills it, Jimbaran a close second) and the nasi lemek was just boring (lamb curry was crazy tough and dry too).

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INfront re-brand update

Posted on 18 July, 2011 by Justin Fox

We’re almost 2 months into the INfront re-brand and today we finally got to see some visual concepts. Zann wasn’t in Sydney this time but he was on Skype. Ivana‘s done a great job, conceptually it’s brilliant and we’re all pretty excited with the general direction. Can’t wait to reveal the new brand!

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Canibeat Meet on Video

Posted on 17 July, 2011 by Justin Fox


jdmst-canibeat-jdmyard meet from ktith on Vimeo.

Just to give you a taste of what our car meets are like. Tasty TITH BROS video from the meet earlier this month. :)

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