The interwebs has been described as ‘a series of tubes‘. Old tubes on Brunswick St were being dug up last month and replaced with these shiny new fat tubes. Will the interwebs be faster now?
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Monthly archives: January 2010
cracked under pressure
A broken chair abandoned on the corner of Greeves and Fitzroy streets.
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fitting in
This stencil was new on Brunswick St earlier in the month.
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coffee at Cavallero, Smith St Collingwood
I had coffee with a friend on a midweek evening at recently. It’s really peaceful there on quiet evenings, and the coffee is good.
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lunch at Cafe Vue, Little Collins St
The January lunchbox at Cafe Vue featured babaganouj with a sesame seed covered bread dipping stick (somewhat like a savoury lamington), beetroot salad and a ham and salad wrap, with a chocolate brownie for dessert. Cafe Vue has been reviewed many times, recently by My food trail, Nutmeg and Spoon fork and chopsticks. It’s good value for $15, and the coffee and service are of a high standard too.
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January recommendations
It’s a new year and although it’s a relatively quiet period for news, there has been some new content published over the summer about Fitzroy:
- Oxfam profiles the Fitzroy indigenous football team
- Rummage reviews the Brooklyn Arts hotel
- Rummage also reviews The Commoner and Mario’s
- Mai Lin talks reviews Cutler and Co
- Country notebook has some well annoted photos pf Brunswick St and its recent history
- Broadsheet profiles the Untitled shop
- The Vegan about town was the first to review Yong on Brunswick St
- Gothic burlesque reviews VnV boutique on Johnston St
- The Happy home likes the community bookshelf outside Galerie Montmartre
- I eat therefore I am gives dinner at Madame Sousou a mixed review
- Make time to design captured a modified advertisement on Argyle St
- Flint has made a video about cycling through Fitzroy
- Underground Melbourne reviews Renaissance bookbinding
- Leejohanna delivers tough love in her review of Penang Affair
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angel-man
And the rain sets in; it’s the angel-man… I’m deranged.
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how not to do business online in Fitzroy / Collingwood
I have been planning to create a business card to use when I meet people in relation to Fitzroyalty and the 10 local news sites, and I prepared the design some time ago. I thought printing the cards would be easy. As Clarkson says, how hard can it be? It should be easy to do it all online: obtain a quote; upload the artwork as a print-ready PDF; pay via credit card; and organise postage or pickup.…
this is tagging
… and it’s rubbish. A wall on Alexandra Parade, North Fitzroy.
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