Category Archives: Comedy
Laughmageddon II: The Copenhagening
Over the last few months I’ve been gradually putting together a new comedy show. This will be my biggest ever, at a huge two-story venue at Trades Hall, Melbourne. Ladies … Continue reading
Alarmist Banner Fail
I work in New Media
One of the funniest things I saw last festival was a song by The Bedroom Philosopher called “I work in New Media”. It completely deflated the hyped-up bubble of “new … Continue reading
The Hotel gets 5 Stars in “The List”
I’m celebrating today as one of my shows, “The Hotel“, got 5 stars in The List. Still waiting for The Scotsman. Fingers crossed… In the meantime Edinburgh Fringe rolls on, … Continue reading
Guest Appearance on Byte Into It
Last week on Melbourne’s 3RRR, Georgia Webster, Andrew Fish, Keren Flavell and myself discussed Windows 7, TinyXP, iPhone security, defamation, video games, the seeming success of the Australian ‘net filtering … Continue reading
A Story About Stories
This is a piece I performed for the Northcote Storyteller’s Club today. It’s been an odd day, preceded by an even odder night – but that’s another story. I hope … Continue reading
Confused Narcissus
Ok, so a while ago I set up a Google Alert to inform me of happenings related to myself, and periodically it tells me someone on the web called “Dan … Continue reading
Live in constant, irrational fear
Some cartoons are just too cute not to pass on. Geek humour, take thy place alongside dirty limericks and sea shanties as a subcultural envelope for broad social commentary.
Planet Nerd is about to blow this sh*t sky-high
Hey all, My infrequent posting has been due to a time-consuming new project. Yea, indeed it is the Sarlacc of projects. I speak of none other than Planet Nerd. For … Continue reading
What news from the Southern Front?
I’ve had an article published in The Groggy Squirrel, recalling the events last week’s monumental 36-hour gig, “Mark Watson’s Seemingly-Impossible 36-Hour Circuit of the World”.