There’s a classic philosophical thought experiment called the ‘brain in a vat’ theory which proposes that you’re really just a brain floating in a tank and are hooked up to a computer which simulates all your experiences. Therefore, it says, there’s no way of knowing conclusively whether you are actually yourself, with a brain inside [...]
Hey man, I just … I can’t function in the morning without my morning coffee. I really fuckin love the coffees they make at Single Origin man. Single Origin FTW!! I mean, that guy – he’s so crazy! But I reckon he’s good for business, right? Yeah, LOLz man! I dunno anyway … what? Yeah [...]
Where do grown-ups go if they love playing with toys but believe they will be doomed to a life of raised eyebrows and the sad shaking of heads if they publicly display their wares? Have no fear; Thunderdog Studios have your toy-loving derriere covered.
ThunderMutts, ZuluQueen, BillyBananas and KidRobot figurines will look very hip and cute [...]
I apologise for straying into the subject area of my esteemed colleague Jo Jo Zep, but some things just need to be said. Sneaky Sound System are the without doubt the most creatively bereft, musically ignorant, worst ‘band’ in Australia.
I know, I know, it’s a tough call to make with competition of the standards of [...]
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the ascendance to power of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
To help celebrate this milestone it’s instructive to put Kruddy’s story into the context of his past – as a prime dork. The type of guy at school who would sit under shadecloth at lunchtime rolling 25 sided dice in [...]
I was once accused by an Irishwoman of being insensitive for belittling the trauma to the Irish people of the Great Potato Famine. I’d like to restore that woman’s faith in my humanity and compassion by explaining the importance of this harrowing historical episode to a wider audience.
Firstly the numbers:
The famine lasted for six years
1 [...]
President Obama
Imagine a winning contender for an Australian election standing in The Domain in Sydney on a cold autumn night to deliver a victory speech. Imagine that the speech was delivered not to ‘the party faithful’, colleagues and staffers but to 75,000 ordinary people drawn there by the pure charisma of the candidate, the otherworldly [...]
I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the resolution of Coogee Bay Hotel vs shit eating Whyte family has finally been reached. While it’s nothing short of deserved that the CBH now has a permanently tainted reputation, the Whytes carried an air of taking themselves a little too seriously that always [...]
Lets hit them stereotypes. Sangiovese, with a translation from the Latin “sanguis”, which of course means more or less “blood”, is the gory, ripe kind of grape that spills dramatically on white table cloths. You want some traction when arguing with your better half? Throw a glass of Sangiovese at a wall for some instant [...]
Bruno Colin is an unlikely name for a Burgundian wine producer, but this is modern times and here is modern wines. Short and sharp for this wine. Its a 2006 Bourgogne, but is varietally labeled for the uninitiated. I’d love to be snide and churlish about varietally labeled French wine, ranting from my pedestal would [...]
