Wonderful Wednesday whimsy:
The greatest Twitter account ever? So this guy created a Twitter account that tweets when he farts, which would be lame and gross… EXCEPT! It’s a totally automated system whereby his chair actually detects when he farts and tweets about it, which makes it awesome! And you can build one yourself!
It’s good to [...]
a blog from the newsroom
Category Archives: Stuff we like
Stuff we like: Heckling car models and the hot new Bhutanese king
April 15, 2009 – 12:17 pm
Stuff we like: Cheap wine, cilantro and pie charts
April 14, 2009 – 11:48 am
Awesome things on the Internet:
How Yellow Tail crushed the Aussie wine industry. The Yanks used to love our fermented grape juice, but according to Slate, cheapo wine company Yellow Tail has ruined it for everyone by making Aussie vino synonymous with ” cheap and frivolous” for US drinkers. Pah! They don’t know cheap and [...]
One for the pedants
April 9, 2009 – 10:52 am
The things keeping us amused and sane the day before the Easter break (warning: includes footage of running shrimp)
Quidditch for muggles — what no broomsticks!
April 8, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Conning children to exercise. It just takes a little magic…
Bring back CJ Cregg
April 7, 2009 – 11:45 am
Some star spotting today and a cautionary tale told by Clive James.
Deleting women with the click of a mouse
April 6, 2009 – 10:49 am
Keeping us amused (and peeved) today.
The fabulous Friday trashwrap
April 3, 2009 – 11:59 am
Now all you have to do is work on your rap name. Learn how to speak rap! No longer will you be singing along with P Diddy with no idea who you are insulting — or why you got pistol whipped yesterday, yo.
Oprah knows best. Chris Brown and Rihanna are said to still be [...]
Stuff we like: How to spend your $900? Hire Fat Cat for the day
April 2, 2009 – 12:40 pm
Nice links for the day:
The 10 highest paid politicians in the world. Here are the pollies reaping the most (financially, at least) out of the job. K-Rudd just scrapes in.
The big takeover. The GFC isn’t about money, says Rolling Stone: it’s about power.
… it’s time to admit it: We’re fools, protagonists in a kind [...]
Stuff we like: Yogurt Pepsi and the death of the Hummer
April 1, 2009 – 10:54 am
Things Crikey are enjoying today:
Legal drinking ages around the world. In visual form:
Sex with robots: “Yes. Of course we will. Some of us do now. We call them vibrators.” says Dave Brody on LiveScience. It’s sad but true: we will. Well, not we here at Crikey, but you know, as a human race. Robot sex [...]
Stuff we like: Sushi, death saints and animals who hate baths
March 31, 2009 – 11:20 am
Things we’re reading today:
How to build a sushi empire. A good interview with sushi king Nobu Matsuhisa, from his humble beginnings cleaning dishes to the owner of 22 famous restaurants around the world.
Animals who hate baths. Ahaha, pictures of wet animals. Never gets old.
Fans of Death Saint upset. In Mexico, some folk worship a ‘death [...]
Copyright © 2008 Private Media Pty Ltd, Publishers of Crikey.com.au. All Rights Reserved.
Independent news, blogs and commentary on politics, media and business.
Editor: Jonathan Green.
Publishers: Eric Beecher, Diana Gribble.
Level 7, 22 William St, Melbourne, 3000. Ph: 1800 985 502 Fax: (03) 8623 9975