In his first 100 days, Barack Obama has hit the ground sprinting and hasn’t stopped. Robert Reich looks at how he can succeed for the next 100, and beyond.
April, 2009
Disney double take: everything old, new again
If watching these old-school Disney clips brings back fond memories, that may be because you’ve seen the animation before in a different Disney movie. YouTube forensics uncover the truth.
Geithner gets cushy in the bankers’ club
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s audacity in sidling up to the investment bankers responsible for the financial crisis is galling.
Facebook love bikinis but not lesbians
The Facebook advertising team take issue with a not at all nude or sexually explicit ad for a lesbian film… but not nearly-naked women in high heels promising luurve on the internets. Huh?
The Cougar: too much reality
The Cougar is a horrifyingly embarrassing low-rent dating show in which a 40-year-old woman must choose one young cheeseball from among a batch of 20 spoiled curds.
21 years of TV Hits
Hunks, spunks and heart-throbs: Pacific magazine’s TV Hits has just celebrated its 21st anniversary.
On the streets of Melbourne
The Sartorialist brings his roving eye to Melbourne — as part of a Tourism Australia initiative — and snaps a snappy tailor on Chapel Street.
All Australian cricket needs is some old blood
All the current Australian cricket players are complete shit. Luckily, foxsports is on the case.
Bottoms up! Cocktail recipes for the recession
Drown your sorrows with a Nasdaiquiri.
Jenson Button’s Bahrain F1 win best of his career
Jenson Button described his third win of the Formula One season in Bahrain yesterday as the best of his career.
Big money doesn’t equal good journalism
Do we really need big media organisations to have good quality journalism?
The over-promotion of the IPL
Why the commentators’ desperate hawking of the IPL may have started to work against the tournament.
Seal with “arms” discovered — evolution at work
A newly discovered prehistoric seal with “arms” is the no-longer missing link between seals’ land-based ancestors and the ocean-dwelling, flippered creatures we know, a new study says.
Mick Malthouse is out selling himself
In his final contract year with Collingwood, Mick Malthouse has said he will keep coaching — even if he is not re-signed by the Magpies.
Davis Cup in crisis after Australia allows free passage to India
Australia’s decision to forfeit their tie with India over security concerns could signal the end of Lleyton Hewitt’s distinguished Davis Cup career and has far wider ramifications.
Ranking the NFL draft quarterbacks
A look at the NFL’s newest quarterbacks.
Knight Riders bracing up for a revolt?
There’s a major storm brewing inside the Indian Knight Riders cricket team.
Basketballers’ undercover secret: protective pads
These days, basketball players are prepared to take a fall.
Facebook fame-mongering blogger breaks the law
Fame-mongering bloggeratti Julia Allison got her mates at Facebook to do her some favours… and it looks like they might have broken the social networking site’s laws.
A world without butterflies: a lepidopterist ponders the thought
A passionate lepidopterist since he was eight years old, Patrick Barkham laments the dramatic decline of these most extraordinary insects.
Fans left in wonder at Ablett’s stats
Gary Ablett Jr continued his extraordinary season by leading Geelong to a 93-point demolition of the Brisbane Lions yesterday with another sublime performance of 19 kicks, 23 handballs and two goals.
Loyal Darren Lockyer eyes one-club record at Broncos
Darren Lockyer is poised to celebrate his 300th premiership game with a contract that should ensure he ends his career as league’s greatest one-club man.
Plenty of winners and losers in NFL draft
It will take years to know who picked well and who picked poorly in the recent NFL draft, but it’s not too soon to identify some winners and losers who might have escaped your attention.
Media gets knickers in knot over Rupert’s Wall Street Journal
When Rupert buys media, he gives it the full Murdoch treatment… and not everyone likes it.
Quadruple amputee loses Mixed Martial Arts match
There was a bit of buzz this week about Kyle Maynard, a cogential amputee who was born without arms or legs below the joints, who fought in an amateur MMA bout yesterday. He lost.
