I’m a guy. And I’m one of those guys that when reading something that involves pain and male privates, does that ‘squeeze your buttcheeks together whilst sitting on a chair’ thing. I don’t enjoy it but usually by the time it happens I’m too deep into a story to stop reading. So I continue reading [...]

One of the joys of cycling is the feeling you get from getting around on your own power. Knowing that you’re not relying on fossil fuels, aren’t spending anything on petrol and are only limited by your fitness level are all what drew me to cycling in the first place. Pedalling is what we use [...]

Stephen Conroy will arguably go down as one of the most hated people put in charge of the internet in Australia ever. Apart from a National Broadband Network that we may or may not get by 2255 the other major saga he’ll be known for is the proposal for a nation wide internet filter. To [...]

I’m one of those people that when I find something I really like to wear, I’m pretty loyal as a customer. For example a year and a half or so ago I tried out a pair of Hard Yakka socks from Kmart. After trialling them for a month as a versatile casual sock that was [...]

When I came to Taiwan I brought my trusty Australian Nokia N95 phone with me. Despite being fully compatible with phone networks in Taiwan I soon realised that Nokia phones sold in Australia don’t have the ability to display Chinese (Mandarin) characters. Instead you get useless squares, kind of like what happens on a PC [...]

Whilst Australian’s wonder what the latest episode of the Lara Bingle show will feature, whether or not Mathew Johns return to tv is a success or not, or if our miners are having their sexual needs met, tens if not hundreds of untold child abuse stories unfold each and every day all over Australia. It’s [...]

I don’t drink coffee so on the days where my body just refuses to function I’d grown accustom to relying on energy drinks, or more lately bubble milk tea. When I moved to Taiwan and saw the energy drink market here I remember being a little bit scared. I didn’t recognise the brands and had [...]

Tasmania has been the butt of Australia’s incest joke community for as long as I can remember. The island itself is pretty isolated and nothing much seems to happen there. For some Tasmanians this is a big draw card. A hearkening back to simpler times, living in an natural pristine environment and escaping the bustle [...]

I’d never really thought about gender specific chocolate before. I mean there are some instances where gender comes into play, for example I wouldn’t give a Valentine a Snickers bar, but that’s more circumstantial then an outright restriction on gender. I’m sure there are girls out there who, given the right circumstances, love Snickers bars [...]

Last Saturday night twenty three year old Justin Williams stole a Mazda 626 and proceeded to go on a high speed joyride with his girlfriend, eighteen year old Skye Webb. After speeding past a police patrol the police engaged in a high speed pursuit but called it off after Williams ran a red light. A [...]