The real time aspect of Twitter leads to weird and wonderful streams of communication across computer screens all over the planet and, most importantly, for photographic voyeurs like myself it adds a crazy collection of imagery to your daily news feed.
The Twitpic option, or even just the simply provision of links, allows the most casual [...]
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Author Archives: Eleri Harris
Welcome home snuggie
June 18, 2009 – 4:49 pm
Today, at approximately 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, the mail arrived at the Crikey office in Melbourne’s CBD. Normally The pile of letters and packages included a plastic express post parcel addressed simply to “Crikey“.
Contained within the package was a snuggie – and not just any snuggie – OUR snuggie. The original Crikey snuggie. Stinking [...]
Snuggie come home
June 16, 2009 – 3:44 pm
Over the weekend of June 13-14 the party of the century was held at Newman Street, Brunswick West, Melbourne. Though the dance floor was rocking and the conversation witty, the clear party favourite was a blue polar fleece blanket with sleeves — the snuggie.
For those of you who aren”t aware, the snuggie was mysteriously [...]
The battle for the Globe
June 12, 2009 – 4:46 pm
On the other side of the planet right now yet another American newspaper is struggling for survival in the Land of the Free.
The New York Times Company’s Boston Globe is one of that nation’s biggest and most respected and it’s sinking fast and loud, with media commentators the planet wide over analyzing every single tiny [...]
Tribal warfare, anthropology, journalism and lies
May 28, 2009 – 5:10 pm
A Pulitzer Prize winning author writes an article about tribal warfare in Papua New Guinea for a prominent and respected publication who are subsequently sued for ten million dollars by the Papuan source. What happened?
Potato heads are cool
May 26, 2009 – 4:09 pm
Stand aside Mr Potato head, the root vegetables of Lebanon are here and they’re awesome. Artist Ginou Choueiri paints these realistic potato portraits and exhibits them all over the world. Check out the website.
State of Play: a movie for journalists about journalists
May 12, 2009 – 11:42 am
SPOILER ALERT!
There is something kind of odd about watching a movie on the subject of journalism in a cinema full of journalists. Last night’s Melbourne media preview of State of Play was hilarious, not because the film is particularly amazing but because the reactions of the audience to the material were just so perfect.
When Russsell [...]
The worst blogs in the whole wide world
May 8, 2009 – 4:57 pm
I like awful blogs and by awful blogs I mean the kind with genuine awful pictures of people. Like these people here:
I found them at AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, thanks to my friend Mollie who likes to deliver all the best kinds of awful blogs, via Twitter, which is my main source of awful blogs. Awkward family has [...]
Pirate mania
April 9, 2009 – 5:01 pm
Pirates. They’re a family favourite aren’t they? Kids love them, Mums and Dads love them, party going inner city trendies love them — Hollywood certainly loves them. It’s not hard to see why they’re so popular. I mean, c’mon! High seas adventures, supernatural sea creatures, sword fights, damsels in distress, beaches, Johnny Depp!! Really! Clearly, [...]
The ladies’ recession: champagne, lycra and tradies prosper
January 9, 2009 – 4:00 pm
The recession has it all for the ladies of Australia -romance, racy thigh sweating, chocolate, champagne and tradies in uniform. One man’s global financial crisis is another woman’s gold mine, apparently.
Take online dating for example, which — according to Time and The Business Sheet — is quickly on the rise amongst recession hit westerners. The [...]
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