An illustrated guide to the weird and whacky tweets of celebrities, from Nick Jonas with a horse and rocketpack and Martha Stewart eating spaghetti. Get onto this blog before it gets its own book deal.
January, 2010
The befuddling world of brains: left or right?
High school science classes taught you that the left and right handed sides of the brain are very different, but in reality they are far more entwined and reliant on each other. So what happens when you add mental illness or brain injury to one hemisphere?
How to make the perfect cuppa
There’s a lot more to good tea than just putting a Lipton Jiggler in some water. Tea collector Manoj Murjani explains the fine art behind brewing the perfect pot.
We’re all going on a summer holiday… except Abbott
2009 was a charmed year for Tony Abbott. But as Kevin enjoys the fishing in Tassie, there’s no rest for the wicked as Abbott busily plans, talks and writes his moves for the election storm ahead.
Pongal: the fluorescent cow festival
Fluoro coloured cows! Scott Bridges attends the Pongal festival in India, where cows are painted bright yellow (or blue, green or even multi-coloured) and the temples are overflowing with devotees.
Eva Cox: Why 2010 is a year full of hope
2010 is a hope-full starting point for renewal to fix the crises caused by the last thirty odd years of bad policy and politics, says Eva Cox in a speech from the Sydney Festival.
Matt Brown denies dancing in his jocks
In this morning’s Daily Tele, sacked NSW minister Matt Brown flatly denied previous claims by Nathan Rees that he danced in his underwear at a party at NSW Parliament in 2008. So who’s lying?
OK, so we can’t see the woods for the trees
Looking at the sad stories about the global economy, the only way most baby boomers will leave the workforce voluntarily will be in pine boxes (probably made in China), writes David Hirst.
Political snippets: Tony’s wasted words
Why Abbott’s speech yesterday about the environment and saving the Murray River was just wasted words, Obama continues to just hang in there with a popularity rating of 50%, Aussie drinking under the spotlight again and Singer’s silly image change.
Media briefs: Getting down and dirty at media cafeterias … G’Day journo junkets
The Haitian earthquake takes over the internet, from Twitter hoaxes to Google Maps. Plus, a plethora of amusing typos, corrections and creepy front covers today and all the best news from the media universe.
Video of the Day: 28 Drinks Later
A nicely done 28 Days Later spoof:
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Crikey Climate Change Cage Match: round 98,584
To believe in climate change or not to believe, that is the question among Crikey’s readers, plus Google vs. China, Abbott’s speech and more.
Housing boom: where the shortage myth is relevant
The days of endless capital growth in housing must come to an end. If rental yields don’t increase substantially, the current level of housing is unsustainable.
Who ya gonna call? Ghost boasters apparently
Did A Current Affair last night risk its credibility as a “scam-busting” program by not challenging a company’s claims of “scientific” ghost hunting method?
Crikey’s form guide to the Golden Globetrotters
A blow-by-blow guide to the Golden Globe awards, often seen as a form guide to the Oscars.
Wankley Awards: All the lazy best of the summer news
A salute to the best-of-the-worst articles being passed off as “newsworthy” by the Aussie media during this annual summer suckhole of no news, as submitted by Crikey readers.
Comitatus: Abbott’s hurdles on water planning and environment
It’s probably worth having a squiz at the size of the public opinion hurdle Tony Abbott faces on his two chosen policy areas — water planning and the environment.
Morgan poll: for the first time less than half of Australians approve of proposed CPRS
A new Morgan poll shows that for the first time, less than half of Australians — 46%, down 4% since November — approve of the government’s proposed CPRS.
Guy Rundle: Memo state Labor governments, occasioned by the closing of the Tote
How a capital city has gone from a famously dour black hole to a huge cultural and tourist enterprise, as well as a genuine hub of new ideas … and how it’s the government’s mission to kill it.
Bushwalking: cross-check everything, even official advice
The death of 15-year-old Nick Delaney in the Blue Mountains is a reminder that in the bush, even with experience and preparation, things can go tragically wrong. Even official safety advice needs cross-checking.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: a vicious newspaper turf war?
Rumours are rife in suburban Brisbane that Fairfax or APN is about to make a move and take on Quest Newspapers in what promises to be a vicious turf war in the community newspaper market.
VIDEO: A sneak-peak at Poh’s Kitchen
Love her or loathe her, former MasterChef contestant and amateur culinarian Poh Ling Yeow is being groomed as the ABC’s next big star. Aunty has released a preview of her new show, Poh’s Kitchen, online. What do you reckon?
Film review: The Road — harrowing journey flubbed at finishing line
Director John Hillcoat’s poignant post-apocalyptic father and son yarn The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel, provides one helluva case study in last minute cinematic cock-ups, says Luke Buckmaster.
