Entries for August, 2009

Fitzroy Street St Kilda Dual Copenhagen Lanes

Back in early 2008 it was announced that Fitzroy Street in St. Kilda would be getting a Copenhagen style dual bicycle lane. The lane is similar to what Swanston street has up near Melbourne university but different in that both directions run off the one side of the road. Coming home from my bicycle shopping [...]

Polaris Media Group: Liberty League changes its name

Duped by an affiliate link I thought I might have stumbled across one of the changes or possible the ‘game changing’ announcement that was supposed to happen at yesterdays Supercharged Saturday. Turns out the big announcement has nothing to do with the Liberty League site itself. Tipped off by a Whirlpool forum member phife, it [...]

What size gravel should I use in my goldfish aquarium?

The gravel substrate you choose is easily one of the biggest factors contributing to the overall visual appeal of your aquarium. Apart from colours and the substance the gravel is made from, size also plays a part. Smaller sand based gravels give a tropical feel to the aquarium, pea sized gravel offers a more traditional [...]

Help warn New Zealand about Liberty League

The following is a guest post from Michele Ong. Michele writes for student newspaper Te Waha Nui. Dear all, My name’s Michele and I am a student journalist from AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand. I write for our student newspaper, Te Waha Nui. It basically means “The Big Mouth” in Maori. I am doing a [...]

Merkur Super Platinum double edged blade review

I was a bit nervous using the Merkur Super Platinum blade as I hadn’t read good things about them. Having used the one that came with my Merkur HD razor months ago for my first double-edged razor shave, I remember overall getting a decent shave but badly cutting up my lower right neck (my trouble [...]

Is Tony Rush taking over Liberty League?

This morning when I woke up before writing my previous post I had a routine look around at what had happened in the world overnight and did some brief site maintenance. After I’d written my post I had a quick check on the Liberty League website to see if anything had change. Something “game changing” [...]

Daffodil Day: Hows about making it easier on us guys?

About a week ago somebody started putting up Daffodil Day posters up at work. The posters put up encouraged us to wear something yellow in support of the Cancer Council. Daffodil Day is the annual fundraising event held by the Cancer Council of Australia who fund research into cancer and support for victims of the [...]

Why I write about Liberty League International

In early July I saw an ad on television. The ad was for the company ‘Six Figure Chicks’ and despite watching the ad from start to finish, at the end of it I knew nothing about the company. A few more random viewings later I decided to hit the internet for answers. Australia is a [...]

Liberty League found to be pyramid scheme in Australia

Yes it’s official. Yesterday afternoon Rod gave us the exciting news that the NSW office of fair trading had classified Liberty League as a pyramid scheme. Eager to confirm the news myself I sent them an email last night and decided to follow it up with a phone call this morning. I just got off [...]

Chinese company sues UK blogger using Australian laws

If you’ve used the internet for more then thirty seconds at any given time over the last few months then you’ve probably seen the giant boob ads for online game Evony. You know, the ones featuring euro-trash models with giant cleavage and the submissive tagline ‘my lord’. Well, seems British blogger Bruce Everiss decided to [...]