Socially unfit for journalism

A few months ago, I sent a job application to a jewelry retail store. Despite being the only person turning up to the group interview in jeans, I managed to move onto the next stage of the application process: the in-store trial. As I’m writing this I’m currently jobless, so needless to say the trial didn’t go so well, and I was unsuccessful in my application.

A lazy round-up

I know it’s a big no-no, but I haven’t wrote up a new entry in over a week.

So for that I’m sorry to readers for being lazy.

I was doing a lot of this over the past week

Having said that however, this past week and a bit I was ‘on break’ from a quiet mention I was thinking of potential topics to write about. I just never took that next step and actually wrote…

But to give you a bit of insight into how I actually get ideas for entries to write, I thought I’d list a few links that I had bookmarked over the past week; various articles and what-not that I would have liked to elaborate on in posts.

(Yes I know this sounds like another lazy idea for a post, be quiet)

Activision Boss Wants Consoles to Be Replaced by PCs – basically I would have talked about Kotick being a d-bag; video-game related business.

BBC News – ‘Big budget’ porn film shot in London hospital – not sure why I bookmarked this, as thinking about it now I have no idea what I’d write about.

Tim Cahill is a FIFA Nut | Kotaku Australia – a post centred around this article would have been about stereotypes of gamers or something along the lines of that.

BBC News – CNN sacks editor over Muslim cleric Twitter remark – this article would easily turn into a post about the ‘dangers’ of the new rapidly developing social networking platform (something I know about first hand – I have my mum on Facebook!)

Oracle octopus gets own World Cup for winning streak | Reuters – I would have wrote something like “how can this be news?!” but gone on to say something about audience demand and stuff like that.

So that’s what I was thinking about writing about here on a quiet mention – but not to worry. As the new uni semester rears its head towards me, I’ll be back on the trot and regularly writing.

Until then! (quietly)

Is that a gadget in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

I can appreciate a good jacket.

A versatile piece of clothing that not only covers you up in the cold but also adds style to your outfit. Practical AND aesthetic, a perfect balance!

That’s usually the case with well-made jackets, but sometimes that balance is tipped towards one side – such as with this ‘jacket’ that I saw last night:

WTF?!

By travel clothing specialists Scottevest, the Carry-On Coat is designed to hold all your gadgets and some other essentials (such as a passport, clothes, water and shampoo) in one… jacket as you travel around, minimising carry-on and check-in luggage.

Now maybe this is just me, but when your jacket comes with an accompanying ‘pocket map’ I think it is taking things a bit too far.

This jacket is decked out with multiple pockets specially designed for certain tech toys (a ‘pocket’ for an iPad, pockets with special clear-through sections so you can control your iPod/iPhone) and even has it’s own Personal Area Network built-in. A weight management system and “NoBulge Pocket Design” minimises any awkwardness of carrying your shirt and shoes in your pockets.

Never mind the issues you’ll inevitably face when you walk through airport scanners and so on, this thing just plainly makes you look like a “d-bag” as so eloquently put by a commenter on Engadget.

But to some extent, I do understand where the need for such an item comes from. The marriage of tech and fashion is one that many companies strive to achieve.

And consequently, many of us fall prey to it – cases for our phones, bags for our laptops… but it’s not necessarily a bad thing when in good taste.

Now that's a nice looking DS case

Parmas won’t help you here

Last night I went out with a few friends to our former local drinking hole, where they had their ‘uni night’ going on. I say former because over the years patron numbers dropped, the same songs were being heard and to turn discussion slightly to the masculine, the ‘talent’ was becoming sparse.

But all that aside, our midweek hang-out was revitalising itself to reel people in – with their star attraction being cheap chicken parmigiana:

They say it twice just in case you don't believe it reading the first time

So how did the night go?

Well, arriving there at around 8:00PM the carpark was uncharacteristically full for the time. Walking inside also revealed a surprising amount of revelers – many with knives and forks waiting to get their cheap parma.

After 9:00PM however, the numbers dropped off drastically and the ‘dancefloor’ was feeling very empty. We were out of there by 11:00PM.

So while the prospect of cheap parmas may have attracted a few people, in the end they didn’t stick around and proceed to get drunk (which I assume was their plan behind the relaunch all along).

So, to those reading who run a ‘uni night’ – cheap parmas don’t work in attracting customers!