I just got back from a yoga class and was feeling pretty groovy until I got this email about the federal government’s plan to scrap limitations on media ownership in Australia. It totally messed with my chakras. Why this would even be considered after last year’s little maelstrom is beyond me, but it [...]
Tags: media, Murdoch, nasty, yoga
Posted January 18, 2012 by Simon under Off Topic, Uncategorized
The End of the World!
Yep, you heard it first from me. From the dawn of history to the end of time, this is the year that will never end. We’re all going down together so forget about your mortgage and insurance policies and just party like it’s 1999!!
Whether the Earth is actually destroyed [...]
Posted January 10, 2012 by Simon under Off Topic, Random
There are many among us who live in fear of refugees and their impact on “our way of life”, but I don’t believe everything I read in the Herald, nor that reported in prime time news or on current affairs programmes.
Tags: Buy Australian, Herald, immigration, refugees, United Nations
Posted November 13, 2009 by Simon under Off Topic, Politics
The Movember experience is a truly unique one. Our new Propaghandi Rowan has decided to pounce on the opportunity to get retro and, like a bull at a gate, has signed up the EFDC team to get all Ned Flanders for the coming month.
Tags: Canberra, Josh, markets, moustache, Movember, Rowan, Simon
Posted October 31, 2009 by Josh under Competition, Events, Movember, Off Topic, Random
It always piques our interest when a TV show features a ‘do not try this at home kids’ style warning.
Tags: science, television
Posted July 28, 2009 by Josh under Off Topic, Random
I don’t know how things happen around your parts, but here at Electric Firefly Headquarters in downtown sunny Enmore, we dread the day on which our peaceful suburb comes under siege from an army of delivery trucks and their hulking cargo of Yellow Pages Directories. Well dread no longer, salvation is at hand.
Tags: Phone Books, Recycling, White Pages, Yellow Pages
Posted July 25, 2009 by Josh under Off Topic, Rant, Recycling
For those of you that haven’t heard, Tokyo is now home to a 59 feet high Giant Gundam which has been built to help promote the city’s bid for the 2016 Olympics.
Tags: Gundam, robot, Sydney, Tokyo
Posted July 17, 2009 by Josh under Off Topic, Random, Rant, Uncategorized
Off Topic: How to tether your iPhone without the OK from your carrier.
Tags: BadOptus, iPhone, tether
Posted June 20, 2009 by Josh under Off Topic