It’s been a memorable couple of weeks, hasn’t it? Sweet shot of the iron-forged rings from the opening ceremony Ridiculous save from the American Women’s volleyball team Hipster Korean archers are pretty gud Corgis Awesome Independent Athletes from the Opening Ceremony being awesome Shin A Lam’s sit-in protest Kim Un Guk salutes the crowd after winning gold in weightlifting Saving ...

For some events at the Olympics, its interesting to see how old records stand the test of time.  Jesse Owen’s gold medal winning jump at the 1936 Olympics would still have netted him a bronze at the London games. On the other hand, consider the difference in the gold medal winning vault for the Melbourne Olympics of 1956 to what’s ...

It’s Day 12 of the Olympics now.  I fully intended to have written twelve days worth of content at this stage.  Good intentions and all that.  But like a squillion other viewers around the world, I haven’t had a spare minute to write about the event since I’ve enjoyed so much time watching the damn thing. It’s been a brilliant ...

Tank Restaurant is a dining experience after my own heart.  It’s run by a Scottish chef who likes Japanese food and decided to live in Australia to serve it.  You can often see chef/owner Alastair McLeod pottering away in the kitchen thanks to the restaurant’s revealing glass panel walls.  I don’t really watch much free-to-air television in Australia but apparently ...

On Sunday, I attended the inaugural ‘Delectable’ Brisbane Food Bowl, a sort of Big Day Out designed for people like me who dedicate large portions of their weekends to eating.  Hosted at Brisbane’s Botanical Gardens, its an event where a bunch of restaurants set up a kiosk and sell one of their dishes for five to ten bucks.  The event ...

The bane of my existence

For someone who gets a bit self conscious about birthdays, I’ve ended up having a pretty extravagant and prolonged 30th birthday celebration spanning three weekends.  On the weekend of my actual birthday, Jen secretly arranged tickets for the two of us to fly to Melbourne.  I was planning on spendying my 30th birthday working a regular day in the office.  ...

Clowns to left, Jokers to the right

The Newsroom – S01E02 – Newsnight 2.0 Its one of the worst hours of television I have ever seen. There are plenty of tv shows on the air that are knowingly awful.  Or at least they’re designed to be purposefully low brow, silly, frivolous or shallow.  But few things are more awkward than watching a tv show as sanctimonious and ...