simondodson.com
-
Simon Dodson
S.J Dodson, new media producer & all round dork, desperately trying to fall asleep each night in Brisbane,
AU.
Twitter @simondodson.com
-
The Podcast
Podcast - download the latest sessions with the following podcast feed ... http://simondodson.com/mnml.xml itunes/feeder
- Feeds
| daily links rss feed -
In Loving Memory...
Benjamin Mark Dodson,
1976 - 1997
-
Archives
The archives - Read all the old news here.
-
Previous Version
Looking for the previous
version ?
-
The Guidelines
Few simple rules - please read before complaining
- Archives
- 1077757032
conn75
post a comment | > posted 26 Feb 2004, disqus central | | ,
-
post a comment | > posted 20 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 20 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
- 1077153557
brad
post a comment | > posted 18 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
- 1077156636
jonathon
post a comment | > posted 12 Feb 2004, disqus central | | , , , ,
-
post a comment | > posted 10 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
- 1076376543
chris
post a comment | > posted 10 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
- 1075979024
brad
post a comment | > posted 05 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 05 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 05 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 05 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 05 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 03 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 02 Feb 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 30 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 29 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 28 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 26 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 23 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
- 1074722475
Jonathon
post a comment | > posted 21 Jan 2004, disqus central | | , , ,
-
post a comment | > posted 21 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 16 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
- 1074070720
ninna
post a comment | > posted 14 Jan 2004, disqus central | | , ,
-
post a comment | > posted 12 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
- 1073261901
brad
post a comment | > posted 30 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1072149321
ridgey
post a comment | > posted 23 Dec 2003, disqus central | | ,
-
post a comment | > posted 23 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1104472000
michelle
post a comment | > posted 19 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 19 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1071724361
liam
post a comment | > posted 18 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 17 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 17 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1071616983
Todd from interactive CALI
post a comment | > posted 17 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1071464908
rodney
post a comment | > posted 15 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1071043518
ninna
post a comment | > posted 09 Dec 2003, disqus central | | ,
- 1070510823
jimi
post a comment | > posted 04 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 04 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
-
post a comment | > posted 04 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1070425595
brad
post a comment | > posted 03 Dec 2003, disqus central | | ,
-
post a comment | > posted 02 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1070331629
jimi
post a comment | > posted 02 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1070319554
simon
post a comment | > posted 01 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- 1070281095
Jack Kerouac
post a comment | > posted 01 Dec 2003, disqus central | |
- http://simondodson.com/images/pl.gif
1
Britney , Pink and Beyonce ? Get down and dirty for the advertisment (Pepsi) which will brace the half time of the superbowl on monday ...
enjoy !!!!!!!&archive=1077792820&start_from=&ucat=&#disqus_thread"> post a comment |
posted , disqus central | |
- Trade off
From SimpleBits about Eric Myers' post:
"Telling me that I've made the wrong choice will not change anything, because there are almost no objectively wrong choices in this area. There are only tradeoffs."
This is something that I enjoyed reading this morning. I really think this is one of the best things about web design. There are no hard rules. It's still art.
post a comment | Simon posted 28 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- Linkage
The rumor is confirmed.
Long time web hero/ flash guru Joshua Davis is in the final stages of the audition process of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and it is likely he will be featured. Stay tuned for more details.
Also on the news front -
1. A brilliant new show coming to your tv soon - My friend you have been kicked in the nuts
2. The little Ninjai
3. The last Samuari - great movie .. go watch it .
post a comment | Simon posted 26 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- Andy Warhol's Drag Queens
You are Jackie Curtis! You were strong, talented,
but volatile (and had reportedly bad hygiene).
Tragically, you died of a heroin overdose in
1985.
Which Andy Warhol drag queen are you?
post a comment | Simon posted 23 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- Everyone's Sitting In The Windows Of Bars Day!
Every bar you pass, sitting in the window is someone else you know. Matthew, your friend who's cut himself off from you, he's in the window of Caffery's with four people you don't know. They're all laughing hysterically at a story he's telling them with big hands. Down the block, at the Hip Bar, there's your old boss in the window making out with a very young woman. It's horrifying.
Your parents got the table by the window at Jake's. Your Mom is staring through the window, watching the snow turn black. Your Dad is trying to get the waitress' attention. His glass is empty. Keep walking. Sarah is aglow in the window of Cafe. Sarah is your ex-girlfriend. Len is her new boyfriend and he's sitting across from her, talking through a big smile. Keep walking. In the window of Lord's Lounge is a clown in full makeup who once was hired to entertain your ninth birthday party. You were too old for a clown. The clown was upset by something that day. Just above his pint, he looks pretty upset about something today. But not as upset as Gilbert the Auto Mechanic who used to fix your Suzuki back when you were still commuting from your gals place. Gilbert has the booth by the window at Ralph's. Gilbert has in his possession an active cell phone, into which he is apparently shouting, and five empty hi-ball glasses, each of which he'll occasionally pick up to drain the final drops of melted ice at the bottom just before not catching his waitress' eye yet again. All these people sitting in the windows of bars, not one of them has spotted you. Unless they saw you and just didn't wanna say hi.
Happy Everyone's Sitting In The Windows Of Bars Day!
post a comment | Simon posted 21 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- Amazing Cgi Mars Exploration Video
Mars Video here
This video is truly amazing! A must see !!!!!
i feel so sad for spirit at th end, y'know? he's all alone on mars with no other rovers around to play with and we just sent him there to DIE. what a bunch of cruel beings we are.
post a comment | Simon posted 21 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- Good .... | ... Bad
i've been thinking about this for years...but looking at ishkur's guide has sparked me to say something. the electronic scene has become way too genre-specific. a lot of these "sub-genres" as i like to call them, really should just be grouped under their respective "parent" genres, and be left at that....
remember the days when there was just trance, house, breaks, jungle, downtempo, and ambient? (or some personal variation thereof). it seemed like everything was grouped according to style of rhythm (or lack of, in ambient's case), tempo, and sometimes tones (wherein, trance differs from house). but the scene has been full of retards that had to be all cliquey and make it like there's a whole new form of electronic music that they now belong to each time they heard something slightly different....
anonymous candy kid: "i like trashcore-trance-pop-step-house...everything else sux!"
seriously though, when a handful of producers started copying each other on a single element of the audio... and they created a sort of consistency....the listeners would dub a new sub-genre name for it.
it's gotten ridiculous in my opinion....
i'm sick of categorizing.
i'm sick of hearing others categorize by a single filter used.
i've decided (and this is official now)...
2 categories for all music:
Good.....|......Bad
post a comment | Simon posted 16 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- Tired I think I Not
While weblog entries lamenting the lack of updates to a web site border on inflated ego (my audience misses me!) and frivolity (writing about the lack of writing), I’m writing one anyway.
Ive attempted to create this entry time and time again, however I seem to just sit and stare and think meh.... who reads this anyways. is this whole thing really worth it .. //slaps ... But it occured to me that there are people out there who read this site and i thank you for returning time and time again to see little or next to no changes. This site is now into its 4th year and with a new design coming out any time soon. I promise more and more....
"Mackay The city I love to hate , but hate to love"
I spent a long and hot 11 days back in my home town of Mackay. Prolly was the most totally unfabulous 11 days ive had in that town....Two weeks of watching movies. Two weeks of booze. Two weeks of sugary treats. Two weeks of family and friends. Two weeks of consistently sleeping in, and dozing off, later than I have since my college days. And, of course, two weeks of zero content on this site.
But i grew up there, thats where home is ... As having a sound relationship and a mortgage arnt on my top priority list, I got to catch up with new and old friends and i started to get the feeling im not such great friends with the ppl i used to be ... No intent . No hard feelings .. i guess things just change. I drank to much, Slept not enough, and argued with ppl i really shouldny have been argueing with...
However this marks a new year, and truth be told, I’m not entirely sure I’m ready to accept it.
ps. i have this sudden desire to meet more people and i've marked a bunch of people on myspace that i'd like to meet but 'hi' has never really done it for me and i can't think of anything else anyway that doesn't sound like "i'm a loser and a moron. step on me" ... especially to women. and i'm not looking to date anyway it's just more a dancing and drinks and trouble thang y'know? but most people don't get that.
any ideas?
make it a contest!!! the most absurd one-liners/introductions will get sent out to random people with my name and photo attached.
post a comment | Simon posted 14 Jan 2004, disqus central | | news
- This is an excuse!
While weblog entries lamenting the lack of updates to a web site border on inflated ego (my audience misses me!) and frivolity (writing about the lack of writing), I’m writing one anyway.
The reason for my absence should be pretty easy to guess.
Two weeks of watching movies. Two weeks of booze. Two weeks of sugary treats. Two weeks of family and friends. Two weeks of consistently sleeping in, and dozing off, later than I have since my college days. And, of course, two weeks of zero content on this site.
Today it is “back to work” after two very long, relaxing, thoroughly unproductive weeks away from it all. Most times I’m quick to squelch any hint of laziness in both my personal and professional walks of life, but 2003 was different — easily one of the busiest, most exciting years I’ve ever had. So this year, I decided the best plan was to have no plan, unplug myself from anything that reminded me of work, and instead consume until my belly was full, my brain half-connected, and my spirits high.
Booting up this morning, it would appear most other people I know took a literal break as well. And with the worker bees away, it would appear nothing of major importance or interest happened in the web dev / design news wires either. Again, a good thing.
But today marks a new day, and a new year, and truth be told, I’m not entirely sure I’m ready to accept it.
post a comment | Simon posted 12 Jan 2004, disqus central | |
- Idiot of the week
True Story
So im back to the Land of the dreaded M ( Mackay )... I went out two nights ago and this total fool decides he wants to fight me becuase i banned him from my msn list 6 months ago .Ohh the mentality drives me insane. Not to mention he smelt like cabbage...
I so cant wait to get back home.
post a comment | Simon posted 30 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Cute gal at book shop
Must do something about cute gal at book shop ....
//idea....
i go to cute gal at bookshop
I start off by asking "i'm looking for books about cooking ... dinner"
and then "i'm looking for books about movies"
then 10 minutes later "i'm looking for books about sex"
then 10 minutes later "i'm looking for books about you and me tonight"
*shrugs* who knows ... could arise something ....
post a comment | Simon posted 23 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- The year 2003
2003 - year in review
january
still studying
broke
starve
living with junkie
february
still working as web designer
drink, flirt
freeze
met an awesome gal
broke , hungry.
march
drink, flirt, spend money, suddenly become really outgoing
stop seeing awesome gal
read adorno "the culture industry"
gals visit. fun fun fun.
read the book " On the Road By jack Kerouac"
kick junkie out of apartment
Quit job
april
drink, flirt, spend money
Get my new apple ibook
study minimalism, post-modernism, modernism, suprematism --- reading lots of art books
start reading a lot.
i turn 23. two people show up.
may
broke
starve
stop drinking, stop flirting, stop being outgoing
brief fantastic fling
****** in a cab
started sales job at HN, kicked arse met some great ppl.
june
Yey, have money again
dont starve
swear off all women
having great time being simon
july
broke
starve
get my toenails painted
Apply for web job in brisbane
realizes simon has a weight problem
august
booya - lands job in brisbane
moves to brisbane
broke
move to east bris / kangaroo point
starve
ponder suicide
realise suicide aint kewl
meet with my real father for the first time in 3 years .
september
MONEY! - land two big projs; pay all bills
buy new clothes
meet mark allen , realise hes crazier then me
when asked, start telling people i'm bi, briefly consider men for all of 5 secs
realise men arnt for me
starts spreading rumours
saw 'partymonster'
roll for the first time in a year - complete creative reawakening
start wearing lipgloss
do something illegal
get chased by police
have coffee with dad
october
my apartment now has two brand new chairs from the bowls club
MONEY! - more projs
affirm boredom as another state of australia
am now totally bored with this place
go to livid fest , rolled for three days
met two step sisters for the first time
november
spending money
working my ass off
study the beauty of the word 'aesthetisexual'
Eric Morrillo @ Family
Broke
see cute gal at book shop
december
broke broke broke
starve
meet cute gal at book shop.
get given a Patu from Maori Hemi
looking fwd to seeing my mar and brothers
live off credit
working my ass off
... but happy
post a comment | Simon posted 23 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- The Sparkler Bomb
Hey Kids,
Wanna see what 150 dollars of sparklers taped togethor and then lit.. looks like ... well then check this
Warmest Regards,
simondodson.com
Ps. Simondodson.com does not endorse such activity and is not liable for any penalty's/injurys obtained during this stunt.
Pps. dont tell you mother you learnt this on simondodson.com
//okay enough
post a comment | Simon posted 19 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- The Top 100's of 2003
A top to bottom list complied from the web. In no particular order... The best of 2003 ... Feel free to add to it.
- Best 100 CDs of 2003 (Amazon.com editors)
- Best 100 CDs of 2003 (Amazon.com customers)
- 2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 50 Best CDs of 2003 (Rolling Stone)
- The Year in Pictures 2003 (Time)
- The Best Typefaces of 2003
- Best Technology of 2003 (Fortune.com)
- Best Inventions of 2003 (Time)
- Top 100 Technological Innovations of 2003 (Popular Science)
- World Class: Best Hardware, Software, and Services of 2003 (PC World)
- Best of 2003 (Entertainment Tonight)
- Editors’ Choice Awards for 2003 (Macworld)
- Top 10 Albums of 2003 (Morning News)
- Best Ann Coulter Quotes of 2003
- Best Films of 2003 (Artforum Magazine)
- The Best of Notable Quotes 2003
- Top Gaming Titles for 2003 (CNN)
*hat tip to Todd Dominey
post a comment | Simon posted 19 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- - Styled Selecta -
Last night i took the time to restyle windows... Was a fairly basic implementation. There are so many fantastic sites out there that specialise just in restyleing windows ... Themexp.org would have to be one of the best ... I picked out the theme Alloy *hat tip to kirk* .... Why dont you check it out - Looks nasty me thinks
post a comment | Simon posted 18 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Queer Eye
post a comment | Simon posted 17 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Brilliant Image Collection of Saddam Capture
WE GOT HIM is a great media collection of Saddams capture bought to you by New York Times.
post a comment | Simon posted 17 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Saddam Punchlines
David Letterman last night:
Top Ten Questions Asked By Saddam Hussein When He Was Captured
10. "Be honest...have you ever seen a nicer spider hole than this?"
9. "Who's got a coat hanger -- this beard itches like a son of a bitch!"
8. "Anyone have a mint?"
7. "Is this about the illegal music downloads?"
6. "Am I going to be on 'Cops'?"
5. "Which describes me better right now -- 'haggard' or 'grizzled'?"
4. "How did you get past my impenetrable styrofoam brick?"
3. "Do I get the 25-million-dollar reward?"
2. "How's the war going?"
1. "Will you go easy on me if I tell you where Martha Stewart is hiding?"
post a comment | Simon posted 17 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Ikea i Hate you - No really i do
I don’t know how many of you have actually been to an IKEA, but if you have, you’ll know exactly how it feels to be in that place on a Saturday. It’s horrible. There are usually at least 30,000 people all crammed in there—it’s loud, crowded, and frustrating—and from the moment you get in you just want to be out as quickly as you can.
And it’s not like their furniture is all that great, either. It’s all fake wood on top of particle board, but for some reason you just ignore that when you realize that in a short amount of time (and usually for a relatively good price), you can completely furnish your house or apartment.
But the place makes me so mad. By the time I leave I’m pissed off for reasons I don’t even understand, and I just want to scream at all the employees for their lack of customer service skills. I want to cry out in anger that the coffee table we picked out is in the “self-service” area, and it’s not sold out, but we get down there and it is in fact sold out. And I hate that I get told by a cashier that she’s closed because her light is off, so I find someone with their light on only to be told that she’s closed too because her “gate” is closed.
IKEA, I hate you. But I’ll be back in a week to pick up that coffee table. Damn you.
post a comment | Simon posted 15 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Nothings Conceptual Anymore
I been thinking this theory and correct me if im wrong .. but rock and roll is dead as dead .. it died out when curt cobain died only a few bands left that carry the torch eg Radiohead etc .... raps in some stale period it just cant get out of ... and dance music in general is so standard these days .. nothing conceptual is happening .What ever happened to Prodigy, Chemical Brothers etc .. you know ??? its all come down to just a bunch of mix djs doing there thing .... yey ...
" oh great so your a mix dj .... dime a dozen boy.... NEXT .... "
post a comment | Simon posted 09 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Hang the DJ
NoWax is the newest craze in East London clubs. It involves having several MP3Js (disk jockeys armed with iPods) to supply the tunes. Clubbers vote and if the music sucks, the MP3J is yanked and the next one takes over. Brilliant.
Complete story at Macworld UK
post a comment | Simon posted 04 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Another boom is about to happen
"We may be entering the second great technology boom. The first one, of the late '90s, was a boom in expectations, which pushed up stock valuations and investor enthusiasm in the belief that the new technologies born of the internet would fundamentally transform the economy. " David Kirkpatrick - Fortune.com
post a comment | Simon posted 04 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Richie Hawtin - Closer
Many people thought they'd seen the last of Plastikman. It has been five years since he unleashed the exquisitely sparse and engaging 'Consumed', and almost ten years exactly since the project began, with the debut 'Sheet One'. Originally envisaged as a trilogy, the series evolved organically, responding to the life events of its creator, Richie Hawtin - expanding beyond these constraints to explore new depths of self-expression.
Listen to his Latest Album now
post a comment | Simon posted 04 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Up my excitement level please
Starting this blog has highlighted something for me: I don’t do anything interesting on a day-to-day basis.
In the last year I’ve been to the Whitsunday Islands for a week, Adelaide for a week, moved to Brisbane and partied.
I’ve spent three days at a dance / camping event in December last year, and four more walking around in wonder land after that rave.
I’ve been skateboarding, designing, reading, running, partying and yo yoing. I’ve played rugby, tennis on the xbox and football.
But ask me to write about what happens here on an average day, and I’d be stumped.
What do I do? Who do I meet? Where does all my time go?
It’s a very dull mystery…
post a comment | Simon posted 03 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- Character Building
Greetings all, welcome back to The Mind, The BRAin, The Freak, THE KIDD! This is probably one of the more upsetting times in my life, a low point I guess you could call it, but I know I will get through it. How you ask? Well, to tell you the truth I have to get over it, right? It just depends how much you are willing to stay affected as to how long that “low” period takes. We need to pick ourselves up, it’s all character building. I was telling my good mate the other day that when you get dealt a card, in our example’s a “shit” card; you then have to accept it and take it all on the chest. You need to work out a plan to forget about it. In his case his x girlfriend, and in my case my last audition.
I will level with you all now; just yesterday I auditioned for NIDA, the Australian Drama School in Sydney if you haven’t already heard, I missed out. You know the worst thing about obviously not getting chosen is? Think of when you were a kid and you wanted something so bad, and you’re Mum or someone else said “no you can’t have it”, and as a kid that one thing, maybe a lolly or toy, is all you wanted right then, right there. Then there is some fucker pissing around with you and telling you that you can’t have it. Your dream that you would do anything humanly possible to have and someone, let’s say uhmm like a drama “expert” for example, tells you “thanks, but no thanks!”.
Its as if they don’t understand it’s your dream, its what you’ve dreamt about as a kid, to finish a performance and have a crowd cheer from the darkness, giving you their approval of your efforts on stage as the lights beam down into your eyes, and you cant see the crowd but you know they are out there because you can hear the roar. So until that day, you will be back again and again until you get in, we were told a story about one guy who auditioned for NIDA 8 times and was eventually accepted. How about that guy, my hat goes of to him, his dedication and will to be accepted got him over the line.
So when you are down and out or something just isn’t going your way, either deal with it and take it on the chest or work harder to fuck em’ up and get in next time round. Plenty more escapades and episodes in my life, this is just one of those stories I will be able to tell about how they didn’t want me at first, but they will, my time will come!
Thanks for all the support,
Yet again my close friends score a few points each on the “Good Bloke Odometer”
KIDDY
post a comment | tony posted 02 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
- God's gift or Satan's curse
Most people consider drugs either God's gift or Satan's curse to humanity. There are very few that can see a middle ground. Yes, it's true; there have been plenty of lives ruined by drugs/alcohol. There also have been many more people who've been just fine after doing drugs (other than being poorer, of course). The key is to know your own limits and don't let people pressure you. I don't feel a damn bit sorry for the girl puking in the toilet that drank too much; she should have known fucking better. And peer pressure is not an excuse...if you're too weak-minded to stop when you know you've had enough, you shouldn't be drinking/doing drugs in the first place.
let me rephrase that .... i do feel sorry for ppl like that ....many very strong-minded, intelligent, hard-working people happen to fall into addiction. These people deserve treatment, not incarceration; sympathy and help, not callous desire to see punishment carried out.
not having sympathy for the people to which this unfortunate event has happened to and dismissing it as "should've known better" is more than insensitive and damaging, it's also barbarous and inhuman.
post a comment | Simon posted 02 Dec 2003, disqus central | | tonys
- Why o Why !!!
Why o Why want this man give up...
post a comment | Simon posted 01 Dec 2003, disqus central | | tonys
- New new posting system
A news posting system graces simondodson.com this summer. In the past you could only read my comments. Now readers may reply to comment be they good or bad....
just keep it nice ...
post a comment | Simon posted 01 Dec 2003, disqus central | | news
NEW - Most viewed nsfw links n galleries... - nsfw
