SporeCast 9: Spore Space Expansion, Beam Me Down Will!
Spore has announced something which every hardcore gamer has been waiting for… a new expansion pack that adds new functionality to Spore. Missions, mini-games and what-not are all discussed in today’s episode of SporeCast.
- Scientists Say Spore Fails its Biology Exam
- Spore Gets an ‘F’ from Scientists
- EA Reveals New Space Expansion for Spore, Confirms Creepy and Cute Pack
- Cute and Creepy Announced
- First Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack Screenshots are Creepy and Cute
- Spore Patch 2
- Cubic Spore Planets!
- SporeCast Contest: Win a Cute and Creepy Parts Pack
- We’re Auditioning for a Third Host
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Upcoming Carnival Masquerade Ball Performance
To kick off the final semester at the University of Melbourne comes the Carnival Masquarade Ball. There will be live latin bands, live samba and salsa dance performances, salsa classes, wining and dining and a special opening performance by yours truly of Yael Naim’s hit song “New Soul”.
Event name: Carnival Masquerade Ball.
When: Thursday, 30 October 2008.
Location: Peninsula A, Shed 14, Central Pier / 161 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands.
Time: 7 PM - 12 AM.
Tickets: $100 per ticket including a three course meal and beverages.
RSVP: Zoe Dauth - zldauth@unimelb.edu.au
WordCast 32: Is This Jeopardy Question?
It’s a wild, wild, WordCast, folks! We’ve even got the Jeopardy music. Kym and Dave join you alone this week to talk about running a WordCamp, Gravatars, and even screaming babies on blogs. Umm… yeah.
- What to think about when running a WordCamp, based upon WordCamp Portland
- DiscoverMagazine on WP
- Stephen Fry’s blog looks good, and it’s on WP
- Gravatars: Why Both Commenters and Publishers Should Use It
- Revolution Themes going open source, and the current ones going away. Like, forever
- Neil Patel will give you $250,000. Maybe
- Hack WordPress now WPHacks (Thanks to Nicolas in the forums)
- Kym’s pick: Managing Multiple Blogs’ Comments: An idea for the future
- Dave’s pick: NKSnow (and it kind of sucks)
- WordPress Tip of the Week: Delaying a post’s publication
- The WP 2.7 Admin interface is amazing
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I Want to Live Here…
Hi. I’m Kym and I like studios. I also like studoey things and want to have my own big studio. Just like this. Totally.
A few weeks ago I was in the studio recording vocals for an EP project that I’m currently involved in - that was when the cold hit of course. The mixing is coming along - swimmingly - and will be mixed and mastered in the lovely studio you see below.
It’s so… beautiful. Being inside it was like walking into McDonalds, asking for a 30 cent cone, and being given a double chocolate sundae with two chocolate flakes in it by accident. Then, being the honest person you are, you decide to inform them of this mistake. Being impressed by your virtue and honesty, McDonalds decides to give you the sundae anyway. This studio feels like that.
Secret Agent Kym
So a few weeks ago I was asked by the super funky editors over at Farrago to shoot a cover for Farrago’s next edition - the magazine/newspaper that I write a column for. My task? To be a super, secret agent with a hidden agenda; remove all the arts teachers from the University of Melbourne like it was nobody’s business.
And at long last, my dream of being on a magazine/newspaper cover has been accomplished. (Even if it means it was a profile shot and slightly blurred grrrrr.)
Ah well, can’t have everything I suppose. At least I got to drag out a pseudo arts lecturer, escort style, in one of the university’s lecture threatures located in their most iconic building - Old Arts.




















