Disstill Update – Filter by Maximum Diggs
A few people asked for it, so I added the ability to filter by maximum diggs on disstill.com, which you can find under the ‘Advanced options’ link. I’ll add at least a category filter under there at some point too.
Disstill Update
I just did a quick update to disstill.com for anyone who’d rather see the feed directly in their browser. As well as the RSS feed, I’ve added a ‘view now’ link. You can even digg articles right from that page.
Disstill
I haven’t updated this site for a long time now. Such is the way of personal blogs – the Internet is a virtual graveyard for them! I’m in London for a couple of weeks, having a great time catching up with everyone.
To the real point of this post – I knocked up a little site last weekend, which I thought I’d share. If you’ve never heard of Digg or RSS feeds then it probably won’t interest you! Otherwise, take a look at disstill.com. I find the Digg Popular feed has too many stories to keep up with, which led to the simple concept of Disstill. It uses the Digg API to create a filtered down version of the Digg Popular feed, allowing you to set the minimum number of Diggs that stories must have to appear in your feed.
If you like it, don’t forget to digg it!
A Day on The Green
Having both my laptop and phone fail on me, I wasn’t too pleased to find my iPod literally submersed in a puddle of water from a leaking bottle! Especially since I trod on (and broke) my last iPod no less than six months ago. This one seems to be made of tougher stuff though, now working normally after a few day’s drying.
Not that I was concerned about my iPod anyway, being too busy having fun at A Day on The Green in Rutherglen, northern Victoria. Technically, it was also my first road trip to New South Wales, just over the state border to Corowa, a true Aussie country town that took us in for the weekend.
Read onHardware Failures
It’s been a busy month! Sadly, my beloved iBook is suffering a possibly terminal affliction whilst my phone has given up on cellular communications and has decided to pursue a career as a Geiger counter impersonator. This has been a bit awkward but life goes on (the fear of living without a mobile is greater than the reality).
I welcomed the new year at the Belgian Beer Cafe (question answered, Penny :-), which has a huge beer garden that, although not as impressive as Munich’s finest, provided a more-than-adequate venue. The inclusive beer all night helped too!
I’ve done a little bit of travelling around Victoria too. I visited the Dandenong Hills a couple of weeks ago; a relaxing retreat just outside the city. To live in Victoria and not see the Great Ocean Road would be a tragedy and I fully intend on exploring the entire length of the road at some point. Recently I made it just a few kilometres along the coast, first to Torquay for a traditional Aussie Day barbie, then along the Great Ocean Road to Lorne. My exposure to Aussie surf culture on the trip must have been too great as I even bought a hoodie. I fit right in now.
Read onMerry Christmas
Christmas in Australia is a sunny affair, usually a barbecue outdoors or possibly a picnic at the beach. Right? Wrong! Well, not in Melbourne at least. It’s been raining for the last couple of days and we were even blessed with a hail storm during our Christmas lunch.
I spent Christmas Day with four other English guys. We ate. Lots. We drank. Lots. After several hours of the usual Christmas festivities we headed to a bar for some drinks, which was surprisingly busy, and chatted to a couple of English backpackers. Oh, we missed the Queen’s Speech. Damn!
Merry Christmas everyone!