Carissa Thorp

Creative for a Second - Art Book by people with CFS/ME

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:01:12 +1000

Creative For A Second

Requires Flash (which you probably already have)

Best viewed in full at Issuu.com

http://www.creativeforasecond.com/

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Very Small Business

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:39:24 +1000

Very Small Business

http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--rad...

The smarmy, stingy, chambray-shirted Don Angel of Worldwide Business Group is a terrifying new breed of office tyrant poised to send shivers down the spines of wage slaves everywhere. Peroxide-haired with a smeared-on grin, he runs his shonky operation. . . But something is missing from his delusional corporate world: an employee. Enter Ray Leonard, the shattered remains of a features writer for The Australian. After six years battling depression and chronic fatigue syndrome, Ray just wants a job, any job. His desperation and Don's stupendous immorality make for some caustically funny television.

So, I wasn't sure if I was going to watch Very Small Business; cringe-comedy really isn't my thing, apart from The Office (UK version), which I had to persist with, and only came to love gradually. But it seems one of the characters is billed as having CFS, and I'm definitely going to catch it now. I'm interested to see how they deal with it. The "and depression" part is a bit worrying; they're not the same thing, of course, but so often get mushed together by people who aren't well versed in the illness, and sometimes even by those who are. But it's not often that people with, or recovered from, CFS are used in Film, TV or fiction, so it's definitly a must-see now.

Looks like you can watch it on the website, and download it as a video podcast.

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/verysmallbusiness/

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For Nathan

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:24 +1000

For Nathan

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/...

BLDGBLOG: Building Blogs A blogpost from BLDGBLOG, an Architecture blog, with links to other Architecture blogs.

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How The Day Sounds

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:14:54 +1000

How The Day Sounds

The official music video for "How the Day Sounds," from the Album 'Three Flights From Alto Nido'

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2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony - The Big Picture - Boston.com

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:01:49 +1000

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony - The Big Picture - Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008...

Big, beautiful pictures of the Opening Ceremony. [Found via Coudal.com] http://coudal.com/archives/2008/08/stunning_olympi.php

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Memory Lane: Sweet and Sour theme song

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:06:00 +1000

Memory Lane: Sweet and Sour theme song

"This is the theme song to the 1983/84 ABC teen series 'Sweet and Sour'. It features the main actors Tracey Mann, David Reyne, Sandie Lillingston & Arky Michael - however they are not the actual performers.

The lead vocals are performed by Deborah Conway who was lead vocalist for the band Do-Re-Mi and the music performed by musicians from several popular bands at that time.

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_and_Sour_%28TV_series%29
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088212/"

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Days with my Father

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:31:35 +1000

http://www.bigcontrarian.com/2008/07/24/a-man-ravaged/

Beautiful

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Articulate: Shaun Tan: Tales From Outer Suburbia

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:45:56 +1000

Articulate: Shaun Tan: Tales From Outer Suburbia

http://blogs.abc.net.au/articulate/20...

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Gotta check this out

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:50:51 +1000

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

http://www.drhorrible.com/act_I.html

Joss Whedon's new project, available online.

Act One is available now (streaming). Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion.

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For Nathan & Jarrod

nobody@vox.com(Carissa Thorp) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:09:41 +1000

Featured Download: Lego Digital Designer Builds Your Lego Masterpiece

http://lifehacker.com/396672/lego-dig...

Windows/Mac OS X only: Freeware application Lego Digital Designer is a virtual Lego kit for your Windows or Mac desktop. Once installed, you can either use LDD to build your own masterpiece from scratch or—if you're lacking patience—you can get a head start by using one of their starter models. With over 763 brick types to choose from, your LDD-design will have reached well beyond the limits of your normal lego kit. Once you've built the perfect prototype, you can upload the results to the Lego web site to order a custom kit with every brick you'll need included! Lego Digital Designer is freeware, Windows and Mac only.

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