Australian Tech Journalist Wins One For The Little Guy

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Australian award-winning journalist, Adam Turner, who covers technology for Fairfax Media, owner of The Sydney Morning Herald and other publications, has done the impossible by bringing a deleted Facebook fan page back from oblivion.

Once a page has been deleted, and not merely unpublished, few, if any, are ever seen again. They are simply gone. All the work, and the content that accompanied the work, all the fans, all the advertising dollars spent, are nothing but history to Facebook.

Jo Budd, the owner of this website and Fuck It, Let’s Have A Beer,  (FILHAB), the accompanying fan page to this website, messaged Adam for help, hoping to find out why her page had been removed with no notification. He not only agreed to look into the matter for her but after contacting Facebook Australia on her behalf, was told they would restore the page.  If not for Adam’s interest and inquiries, the page would have remained just a memory.

I am often an outspoken detractor of Facebook and its business ethics and normally throw in my two cents, but I’ll merely post the link to the online story Adam wrote relating the situation and his attempt to receive answers explaining their actions and not detract from his accomplishment with a rant.

You can find the story here, by clicking the following title; ‘Gut-wrenching’: Aussie Facebook page with 2.6m likes taken down, and also listen to a discussion of Facebook’s practices regarding this type of thing via Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News, where Australia’s leading technology journalists join Adam and his co-host, fellow technology journalist, Alex Kidman, every Friday for a weekly podcast to get the stories behind the tech news of the week.

The link for that specific episode is Facebook Backflips On Ban.
You can find the show and subscribe to @VerticalHoldAU at the following sites:

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You can access the Facebook Page at Vertical Hold.

My List of Shit

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My List of Shit reminds me of George Carlin’s skit about “Stuff”.  Anybody remember that?  Hilarious.  Well I am always making lists of shit whether it’s what to buy at the grocery store, what I need to take on a short trip, or sometimes even different menus for breakfast on the same day, I’m making some type of list or keeping track of some kind of shit, so what better way to keep track of all this but on “My List Of Shit” notebook?  Check it out and I think you’ll want one too. MY LIST OF SHIT

Best Beer Pong Table EVER

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This could be one of the best beer pong tables I have ever seen!

Here is what the guys had to say on their Youtube channel.

We are just a couple of Engineering students from WVU. We decided to create a table unlike any other. The idea started with just a few lights and some water holes to create a clean way of always playing the game. After more talk, several hundred LED’s were added to the design of the table. It is powered by a desktop PC supply. The Automatic ball washers and fresh water, never recycled water, however, because of the design of how we get the water, it does still not use that much over the course of several hours. 

Have you ever built a beer pong table? If you have we would love to see it. This one is pretty epic! Check it out.

How To Kill A Vampire

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So you are planning for an Apocalypse? You already feel confident on how to kill a zombie, we all know that, thanks to The Walking Dead, but what happens if you come across a Vampire? Gone are the days of garlic and holy water, they are just not going to cut it. I don’t think any of us will stand much of a chance but here is some helpful information that might just save your life!

Direct Sunlight.

We all know the best and easiest way to kill a vampire is by direct sunlight.  The curse of the Vampire was to be forever roaming the Earth at niCurseSunlight will burn the shite out of them so where possible, lead them INTO THE LIGHT!

The Wooden Stake.

It’s an apocalypse people, who needs furniture anyway!

Still a classic, the wooden stake remains one of the best tools to use for vampire killing. It was a favorite of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (one of my heroes, don’t judge). All you need is a piece of 4×4, cut it down and sharpen one edge. One piece should be enough for the whole family. There is nothing like a joint family effort when taking on creatures of the night.



Silver.

Chains more fun than bullets any day.

The curse of silver began before the first vampire became a vampire, when the goddess Artemis (Greek mythology) cursed the first vampire so that his skin burned when it touched silver. I think this is just another way for the rich to think they are better than everyone else. I mean who has that much silver just lying around. If you are like me, refer to options one and two.

Fire.

Always keep a safe distance and a fire extinguisher nearby.

At first fire seems like an easy fix to your vampire problems. The problem is Vampires have uber healing properties. If you try to set a Vampire on fire you may just end up setting yourself on fire, it will not end well. Stick to the direct sunlight theory with this one.

Tearing Its Head Off.

This may take multiple attempts, perseverance will pay off!

I don’t know about you, but I have never tried to literally rip anyone’s head off, I can imagine it would be very difficult. You could try using the spare silver sword you have in your basement or you could use an Autine Axe, they are brilliant!

 I hope you feel confident enough by now that you would be successful in killing a vampire if need be. When considering how to kill a vampire, feel free to blend any of the above suggestions together. They all work if done right. And if done wrong, well, chances are you’ll be dead. Good luck!

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