There’s something an iPad, a Kindle or any kind of eBook will never have: memory. For all their technologically whizz-bang features, you can’t take a pen to the margins, laments Alexandra Patrikios.
March, 2011
Daily Proposition: Write in the margins
Video of the Day: When the tsunami hit
Incredible footage of the Japanese tsunami spilling over the sea walls in the fishing port of Miyako, dragging away boats and cars.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
PM’s office unhappy with Bono comparison. Government advisers have a spring in their step after Julia Gillard’s well-received US trip. But at a barbecue for Canberra staff on Saturday there was a lot of talk on the PM’s speech to Congress, which Fairfax writer Tony Wright described as “something approaching plagiarism” in allegedly stealing lines about the moon […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Murdoch strategy
Crikey readers have their say.
Maley: will Japan’s finances fracture?
Global markets face a nervous few weeks as they wait to assess the full impact of the devastating Japanese earthquake that has left the world’s third-largest economy confronted with its worst crisis since World War Two, says Karen Maley.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: heat but little light
Debate has already shifted to the implications for the future nuclear power industry in western countries, with the suggestion the recent revival of interest in nuclear power may about to be extinguished.
Media briefs: TT v ACA … Ten’s graphic fail …
Networks rush to bolster coverage in Japan … CNBC anchor: We should be ‘grateful’ that human toll from Japan quake is ‘worse’ than economic toll … A month with The Daily — is it actually worth paying for? ….
Does Moomba really mean ‘up your bum’?
At Melbourne’s first Moomba carnival in 1955, the title of the event was described as meaning “let’s get together and have fun.” But it might actually mean something quite different, writes Piers Kelly.
Game-in-a-box: Dragons tighten the screws as the game goes on
Crikey introduces a new weekly column for NRL fans: Game-in-a-box. This week Pat Byrne covers last week’s Dragons versus Titans game.
Japan’s monster quake
Crikey media wrap: Japan is struggling to cope after a devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the north-west coast on Friday, causing a tsunami up to ten metres tall and travelling kilometres inland.
On our doorstep: the health crisis in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is our nearest neighbour and yet many of its people suffer appalling health problems and lack access to the most basic of services, says Dr Peter Macdonald.
Japan earthquake Have Australian TV networks failed to adequately cover the Japan earthquake?
Finding live coverage of the Japan earthquake on the weekend was no easy task. ABC News 24 dropped the live feed and the commercial channels offered very little, writes Dan Barrett.
Are “experts” part of the problem when it comes to breastfeeding?
Increasing professionalisation of breastfeeding and rigid implementation of rules appears to be undermining breastfeeding mothers, writes Lesley Barclay.
Video 
Adrian Lamo: “I got a couple of cups of coffee and a pat on the back.”
Adrian Lamo is the former hacker who tipped the FBI off about the whereabouts of Private Bradley Manning. In this interview with Aj Jazeera, Lamo explains the circumstances that led to Manning’s arrest.
Japan earthquake 
Terror in Tokyo
Photojournalist Andrew Pateras was at Shinkjuku Station intending to catch a bullet train to Nagoya when the earthquake hit. He describes moments of terror and carnage in this first hand account for The Daily Beast.
podcast Televised Revolution podcast
In this week’s Televised Revolution podcast Dan and Dennis discuss James Wharburton, Quentin Tarantino’s lawsuit against Alan Ball to court, lack of media coverage on the Japan earthquake and more.
film reviews The Reef movie review — a fishy creature feature with bite
Inspired by grisly real life events in which a group of unfortunate friends were stalked by a shark in the Great Barrier Reef, The Reef is a tense and unnerving survival thriller, writes Luke Buckmaster.
theatre reviews The Merry Widow — Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
It’s not opera. Even ‘operetta’ as a description seems to defy this triumphant production, which owes more to modern musical theatre, even screwy golden-era Hollywood rom-coms, than anything else, writes Jason Whittaker.
The World According to Bolt: don’t believe the numbers
Faced with the news that the conservative anti-carbon-tax rally had 400 participants and Get Up’s pro-carbon-tax rally had 8000, Andrew Bolt made up a bunch of excuses about why “the numbers lie,” writes Jeremy Sear.
healthcare What do you want to know about rural health?
Last week Melissa Sweet asked Croakey readers what they wanted to hear from this week’s national rural health conference.
Nielsen: 54-46 to Coalition
Fairfax’s monthly Nielsen poll has the Coalition leading 54-46, which adds to a general impression of the Coalition lead having blown out from 51-49, reports William Bowe.
Fallout and falsehoods at Fukushima
The 8.9 magnitude Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami has a nation reeling. And with fears growing of radiation from damaged nuclear power facilities, Ben Sandilands writes officials are failing to give clear answers.
