There are a lot of distractions available to someone driving a car. Mobile phones, ipods, the car stereo, visual stimulus outside the vehicle, following a map, eating food, makeup, kids in the back seat and watching dvds are just a few. You wouldn’t think something as simple and momentary as flicking on a demister would [...]
You’re not alone if your alarm bells start to go off when the Australian oil industry starts making outrageous claims like: Further progress in a number of key areas could see Australia’s oil and gas industry potentially drive Australia’s economic recovery. We provide nine per cent of global supply and if we get the policy [...]
A few things have been annoying me about ebay over the last six months or so. A few months ago I decided to sell my modified Wii and despite being perfectly legal in Australia, ebay have a no modchip console policy. Unless of course you’re a power seller who make them a ton of money [...]
Sydney’s not really known for it’s cycle friendly atmosphere. From the lack of bicycle lanes to the massive congestion in the CBD, just ask any full time Sydney cyclist and they’ll gladly share with you the perils of riding Sydneys streets. A ride around Sydney’s streets typically goes something like this: (Two) women, both aged [...]
Airpumps with an attached airstone or bubblewand aren’t a necessity and your goldfish can usually do perfectly fine without them but there are various advantages in having one in your setup. In goldfish tanks airpumps are primarily used to drive airstones or bubble walls. These serve two purposes, primarily they provide oxygen to the tank [...]
On the day of my procedure I woke up at an ungodly 6:30am and couldn’t get back to sleep. I had that same butterflies in your stomach feeling in the pit of my stomach you used to have as a kid on Christmas morning. That feeling that reminds you something exciting was happening today. I [...]
It’s no secret that the western suburbs of Australia’s capital cities are general no go zones for anyone with an iq over 20. Between every second story in the news being about crime in Sydney’s western suburbs and the 100,000 Indian students bashed daily in Melbourne’s western suburbs, why anyone would want to live there [...]
by PTUA As a cyclist, nothing shits me more then seeing some arse clown sail past me whilst I’ve stopped at a set of lights with all the other traffic. If I could, I’d ride up them and push them into oncoming taffic. That’s how much it irritates me. Why? Because all it takes is [...]
On the night of February the 5th two parents became suspicious something was going on outside where their three children were sleeping in a tent. Together they went outside into the backyard to investigate. As the parents approached the tent they heard their daughter cry: “I want mummy.” They heard the offender reply: “Don’t worry [...]
After a decade of perfect contact lens eyes eyes going back to wearing glasses fulltime was tough. Incredibly tough. The total loss of peripheral vision, the annoyance of lenses getting dirty, being blind in the shower, oh and has anyone tried being ‘intimate’ with glasses on?! Jesus christ by the end of the two weeks [...]