Drop these coordinates into Google Earth (or Google Maps in satellite view) and zoom, zoom, zoom to see three very strange things.33.225488,-111.595552.069207,4.3139865-18.529225,-70.25002
Monday, 31 December 2007
New Year's Eve in Sydney, apparently
Posted on 04:59 by Unknown
How we celebrate the New Year in Sydney, according to the website of the Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India:New Year is celebrated with great enthusiasm and gaiety by whole of Sydney. January 1 is the New Year's day in Australia as per the Gregorian Calendar. New Year Celebrations end on January 6.All discotheques, pubs, clubs, hotels, party halls and even beaches are crowded with
Saturday, 29 December 2007
2007: the year in tech
Posted on 13:14 by Unknown
XO-1 laptopUnveiled by Nicholas Negroponte at the World Summit on the Information Society in 2005, the $100 laptop for children in developing countries went into full-scale production on 6 November this year. It uses flash memory instead of a hard drive and is equipped with a video camera, microphone, long-range Wi-Fi and a hybrid stylus/touch pad. All its software will be free and open source.
Friday, 28 December 2007
2007: the year in fashion
Posted on 11:13 by Unknown
Not exactly a stellar year for fashion – you have to wonder what 2007 will be mined for in retro fads of the future. Anyway, here's my take on the good, the bad and the just plain ugly.The handbag It reigned supreme, again, as the must-have accessory. Big, buckled, rivetted and studded. The rule seemed to be the smaller the woman, the bigger the handbag. Next up: the sleek clutch
Thursday, 27 December 2007
2007: the year in viral videos
Posted on 12:06 by Unknown
If you missed any of these during the year – really, where were you? – click on the titles to watch."Leave Britney alone!"One train wreck defending another. Miss South Carolina Teen USA"U.S. Americans" can't identify the U.S. on a map because some of them don't have maps. Genius.Filipino prison Thriller videoRehabilitation with an MTV edge. Funny babyAdorable!Dramatic prairie dogFive seconds that
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
2007: the year in buzzwords
Posted on 11:05 by Unknown
bacn n. Impersonal e-mail messages that are nearly as annoying as spam but that you have chosen to receive: alerts, newsletters, automated reminders and the like. crowdsource v. To use the skills or tools of a wide variety of freelancers, professional or amateur, paid or unpaid, to work on a single problem.global weirding n. An increase in severe or unusual environmental activity often attributed
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
2007: the year in news
Posted on 19:22 by Unknown
The top 10 Australian news stories of 2007 tracked by Media Monitors. The numbers are total mentions across print, radio, television and internet.1. Drought/water supply – 487,8662. Climate change – 359,8723. Industrial relations laws – 332,9404. Iraq – 330,1585. Federal election – 299,0766. Interest rates/housing affordability – 216,3567. Equine influenza – 169,3338. APEC – 161,5569. David Hicks
Monday, 24 December 2007
Spoilt for choice
Posted on 13:03 by Unknown
You know we live in a wonderful world when you consider how many different brands of fake vomit are available.
Sunday, 23 December 2007
Strictly No Photography
Posted on 21:15 by Unknown
Strictly No Photography is a new photo-sharing site for photographs taken in places where you are not allowed to take them.It also has a great album of photographs of No Photography signs, here.
Saturday, 22 December 2007
The potato: no longer humble
Posted on 23:36 by Unknown
The United Nations has declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato.“The celebration of the International Year of the Potato will raise awareness of the importance of the potato – and of agriculture in general – in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment.”People are being encouraged to help promote it, with this caveat:“Please note that
Friday, 21 December 2007
Goddamnit!
Posted on 20:21 by Unknown
"I just finished putting these back after the last quake."Penny Walsh, a librarian at the local library in Gisborne, New Zealand, which was hit by a 6.8 earthquake on Thursday and a 4.8 one today.
The Obelisk's sesquicentennial
Posted on 04:06 by Unknown
The Obelisk in Hyde Park at the intersection of Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets is 150 years old this month.I thought it was just an odd Victorian monument, but it turns out that it’s actually a sewer vent. That explains the filagreed finial. It's not solid – it's a chimney.It was built to protect sewage workers from the accumulation of poisonous gases. From an 1894 council report: "The Obelisk
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Lacroix's Histoires de Mode
Posted on 08:26 by Unknown
Christian Lacroix has been packing ’em in at Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs with a show he’s curated demonstrating fashion’s merry-go-round of styles and themes. “An eternal renewal,” he calls it.He spent every Friday for two years in the Musée’s archives, fulfilling a student dream to be a museum curator.Whittling down 80,000 costumes to 400 pieces, including some of his own, he mixes the
Colour of the Year 2008
Posted on 04:42 by Unknown
Pantone has announced its colour of the year for 2008. Oh — it's blue . . . Specifically, it’s #18-3943 Blue Iris.Why? Let’s ask Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute:"As a reflection of the times, Blue Iris brings together the dependable aspect of blue, underscored by a strong, soul-searching purple cast. Emotionally, it is anchoring and meditative with a touch of
Monday, 17 December 2007
The Pit of Death
Posted on 23:36 by Unknown
A local mystery.This photograph was taken in 1970 on Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross. If you know the area, it’s where the Coles supermarket is now, under the Coke sign.The Pink Pussycat is in the background, at number 88, above the Top of the Mark restaurant (formerly the Hasty Tasty). The sloping shopfront is WA Grubb butchers, at number 86.What on earth was The Pit of Death?
Sunday, 16 December 2007
What Would Jesus Wear?
Posted on 18:15 by Unknown
What all the cool Christian kids are wearing this season.
Saturday, 15 December 2007
Pop til you drop
Posted on 11:41 by Unknown
The latest fast-food treats to be unleashed on the American public are these cute little devils from the Arby’s chain called “Cheesecake Poppers”. It’s cheesecake filling inside a sweet biscuit crust, deep-fried in their entirety and served with a raspberry dipping sauce.One of the places serving them up, Sonic (“America’s Drive-In!”), is selling them like this:During a season when most of your
Tom Luscombe, photographer
Posted on 00:34 by Unknown
My friend Tom Luscombe has a new site showcasing some of his brilliant photographic work.Go take a look, here.
Thursday, 13 December 2007
Défense de fumer!
Posted on 22:40 by Unknown
The French are giving up smoking in cafes, with new laws coming into effect on 1 January. Everywhere else in the world, the ban has been on public health grounds. Only in France could it become a matter of philosophy.Take Veronique Moran, 51, a regular at Le Cyrano on the Place de Clichy. "Smokers are more passionate," she says. "We're more sensitive, we think about things and talk about things
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