My old pal Elmo hits the big time over her battle with Facebook

He took a couple of snaps on his iPhone

SMH photographer Steve Siewert does a lovely series of photos and audio interviews with participants in the Miss Africa Australia Pageant

Myspace is about the launch a new music portal, offering sales (via Amazon) and free streaming of almost any track you can think of.

Ladyhawke recorded a version of Paris is Burning in French – download it from Fluokids

The Australian version of the "Take Away Shows" concept. Videos of artists acoustically performing their songs in all manner of weird places.

Angelo's done some great work with the new Mercy Arms photos.

I hope to see lots of fashionable people like this on my travels next week.

Beautiful photos from the Beijing Olympics

Amazing sports photography from the past 40 years. Keep clicking for more images.

Nikon really is beginning to run rings round Canon. First the D3, with amazing high ISO performance, then the D700 with the same performance at a cheaper price. Now an entry level camera with great performance and VIDEO. And not shitty point-and-shoot video – HD720p video that works with all your regular Nikon lenses. Fricken sweet. Kinda trumps the Canon 50D announcement. Please catch up soon Canon.

A blog featuring themed posts of beautiful vintage photography.

If i had a bit more time i’d like to make one of these DIY magazines

SOYA – an arts award/grant type thing. People up to the age of 30 can enter. Closes July 31.

A music photography competition from PDN and Billboard magazine.

The SMH has some good photo coverage of the pope’s visit to Randwick racecourse.

Getty and Flickr form an alliance to start licensing Flickr photos via Getty

Photoshelter comes out swinging.

More good reading and inspiration for your photography from a Canadian art buyer.

In 1969 a 14 year old boy snuck into John Lennon’s hotel and recorded an interview with him about peace. The now adult boy has since turned that audio interview into a beautiful animated video.

More about me than you ever wanted to know.

An impressive recreation of the set of The Shining for a TV ad

Yes, that Bryan Adams. It’s shot for Zoo Magazine in Germany, which is unrelated to the more low-brow Australian Zoo Magazine.

My new favourite song.

A new Australian music blog on the block.

I love this live shot of the Beatles. It’s so iconically them, such a unique angle, and it’s abstract enough to make you think a little before you get what it’s about. I’ve no idea who took it or where though.

A clever format for interviewing musicians. Get them to shuffle through their iPod on random and talk about the music. Makes for a more revealing interview than a stock standard Q&A format.

A photoblog which lifts beautiful photos from the photo wire services. They’re presented in a nice large format and in sets based on a theme or issue. Lovely stuff.

A collective of Australia’s best photojournalists. Click on the “Singles” link for a best-of collection each month.

Linkbait for sure – but fun to look over some classic movie posters.

I’m looking for someone to help out at work.

The line-up for this 2 day camping festival in Sydney has just been announced. It’s one of the best festivals around.

Portraits of phone sex operators by Phillip Toledano

I has a Tumblr. Not much new to see – but what it’s good for is aggregating my blog, twitter, my Flickr photos and my favourite photos.

A blog by Melbourne photographer Kristy Lee. It’s often about the shoots she does for Abby Winters, the popular amateur adult/smut site. NSFW.

Like a more tounge in cheek Vice magazine.

By no means an authoritative list, there’s no Time Out for example But there are some great magazines in the list.

From the new issue of Kluster – some pictures i took of Nick Littlmore’s avant-garde recording project. Click the pictures for a larger version.

A collection of the old photograph between the legs shot.

The New York Times profiles photographer Nikola Tamindzic.

If the new N.E.R.D. video looks like the nightlife photos from lastnightsparty.com set in motion that’s because it is.

Watch the winning photographers of World Press Photo awards talk about their photo. The Putin one is a classic.

A blog of fashion photography. Some may be NSFW