Oh, what a credit crunch will do, writes Andrew W Scott.
April, 2009
Fibre to the nest!
Apparently only eucalypts in marginal electorates will get broadband…
Media briefs: When live reporting goes bad
The Age’s naughty nurses … image advice for pirates … good news from the slumping UK newspaper sector
My Cup Of Tea: ‘Dumb!’ ‘Insulting!’ ‘Hughesian!’ Art criticism goes the biff
It’s always amusing when critics get a taste of their own medicine.
Fairfax hurts itself by holding out on link love
Fairfax seems to prefer to treat its readers a bit like a jealous man who tries to stop his girlfriend from meeting other men in the hope that this will protect the relationship, writes Tim Burrowes.
Nine News memo: Calvert has his work cut out for him
The Nine Network’s latest attempt to save its Sydney 6pm news was detailed in a memo last Thursday from Mark Calvert, the Network’s news boss.
Morning Market Report: Market up 84, Dow down 25
The SFE Futures suggested a 63 point rise in the market this morning. Our market is up following a 220 point rise on Wall St since we closed on Thursday.
#amazonfail: With book monopolies like these, no-one is safe
On Easter Sunday, weird things happened at uberbookseller Amazon, when the site suddenly reclassified certain titles as containing “adult” content.
Brisconnections and Macbank is no David and Goliath
The plot of the BrisConnections fiasco resembles that of a poorly written stage-play. A prose full of twists and turns, with no heroes, but plenty of villains.
Sackings multiply as recession bites hard
The slight improvement in business confidence in the latest National Australia Bank survey belies Qantas’s decision to slash its workforce.
Budget countdown: $50b deficit is just the beginning
The hunt for savings within the Commonwealth budget is unlikely to make much of a dent in the looming shortfalls.
Job slasher Qantas could be $338 million in the red
On the figures released this morning Qantas could be loosing up to $338 million in this last half of its financial year ending 30 June.
Q&A with Adam Elliot
Cinetology chats to animator, Oscar winner, and Mary and Max director, Adam Elliot.
Buffett stakes his claim on electric cars (maybe you should)
Why Buffett’s banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who — no joke — drinks his own battery fluid.
How should Telstra break up?
Speculation is rife that Telstra will break itself up to avoid the even-less-palatable alternative of the federal government building an NBN that leaves it out in the cold. But a key question remains: what sort of vertical separation would be ‘good enough’?
Video of the Day: Do Re Mi: Dancing at Antwerp station
200 people burst into dance at Antwerp station.
The best of Abe
The six best (recent) books on Abraham Lincoln, who ranks just below Jesus and Napoleon as the most written-about character in history.
Searching for Twitter’s jackpot
Twitter’s plans remain obscured behind a sort of Silicon Valley Mona Lisa smile. But surely monetisation attempts aren’t far off.
The dark side of Dubai
It might feel like Disneyland for adults. But the global financial crisis is revealing something that’s less like heaven and more like man-made hell.
Germaine Greer tackles Margaret Thatcher
To mark the 30th anniversary of Thatcher’s election Germaine Greer embarks on a signature personality assassination.
Running: what sets humans apart?
Some scientists argue that humans’ ability to run marathons could be a trait that evolved out of necessity — giving man the ability to outrun his prey. Could the survival of the fittest have been this literal?
New Chapter of Grief in Plath-Hughes story
Nicholas Hughes preferred discussing the finer points of ice fishing than the writings of his parents. And yet after his suicide, it is Sylvia and Ted who will define his legacy, as least for literary scholars.
Pride and Prejudice … and zombies
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you produce a novel with Pride & Prejudice in the title, it will become a bestseller. Even if it involves the undead.
Hotel made out of old Boeing 727
Hotel Costa Verde, Costa Rica used to be just a lodge until they added a fully outfitted, two bedroom suite made from a refurbished 1965 Boeing 727 airframe.
