April 29, 2008 – 10:08 pm
Back in the good old days, which shall henceforth be known as “before the UN decided to go whoring itself on celebrity street”, charity meant donating money, and consciousness-raising meant reading a pamphlet or book rather than Hello! magazine.
- Larissa Dubecki has written an excellent analysis of celebrites latching on to a cause for publicity.
After the share price implosion of MFS earlier in the year, former footballer Tony Smith, who made his mega cash as the original promoter of Schoolies Week, had to sell his 5 block half constructed monstrosity at the uber wealthy Hedges Avenue on the Gold Coast. He sold it for $28 million.
Nothing unusual about corporate […]
This is pretty Get Smart if you ask us which is why we like it. A military grade encrypted thumb drive that will self destruct if an incorrect password is entered 10 times.
Full details at the IronKey site https://www.ironkey.com
(found via Think Geek)
Forget Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, et al., and stop living vicariously through television cooking shows. Instead operate your own restaurant in Order Up a new game for the Wii by GreenScreen Games. Is being aimed to “adult foodies.
Read Wired’s full preview.
April 28, 2008 – 10:57 pm
Senator McCain’s not here. He probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. You know, he’s not alone. Jenna’s moving out too. Hillary Clinton couldn’t get in because of sniper fire and Senator Obama’s at church.
- George W Bush at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner explaining the candidates absence. It was […]
Ummmm…is this the most suicidal piece of motor engineering ever invented?
(found via Make Magazine)
Not watching it ourselves and have logged out of any social networks where it is currently being discussed. Not for an Australian Family Association style moral objections or dislike of the show itself. It is just that we have no level of tolerance to the sheer nothingness of Kyle and Jackie.
But, who are we but […]
April 28, 2008 – 11:40 am
ABC News is reporting that the boys are off the hook and will not be going to jail for the epic joke that they played on the officials during APEC last year. Yay!
Starts today and goes until Friday.
We’ll do some updates during the week if we see anything we like but if you’re in Sydney and see some gaunt models then please be hospitable and shout them a feed at Subway.
Though there is something that is troubling us about the quality of this year’s event. Fashionistas are […]
This has been a crap month for Todd McKenney.
First he got arrested for drink driving. Then he lost his neighbour’s dog. Then someone burned over said dog with a four wheel drive in Vaucluse, breaking its leg. And now, McKenney has been fined and has been disqualified from driving for the next couple of months. […]
The Hollywood Reporter is saying Jimmy Fallon has sealed a deal to succeed “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien on NBC in 2009 and not Rove McManus as had been speculated here in Australia.
While we think the boy from Perth may have been out of his depth in this gig. He is immeasurably better than Jimmy […]
Usually flash mobbing is an activity that results in much video documented internet hilarity but not much else.
Until now.
Carrotmob is a flashmob-based movement that has come up with with an amazingly simple but ingenious agenda: to organise mass purchases to companies that agree to make environmentally friendly choices.
Read more about it at Consumerist […]
I implore you my fellow geeks, don’t do as I did and let your enthusiasms get the better of you. Bitch slap these losers, both the greedy retailers and pinheaded censors, put another dent in our balance of payments, and order your copy of GTA IV from the freedom loving peoples republic of Hong Kong, […]
The old Kent Brewery in Sydney is being redeveloped into a 5.8 hectare mix of commercial, retail, and residential space with the goal of being completely carbon neutral. It will have a gas-powered, co-generation electricity plant and a waste-water recycling plant as well as design innovations like green rooftops, smart metering and solar powered lighting […]