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Online Dating: Everything You Want To Know (SP)

May 20, 2013 in Dating, Marriage, Relationships, Technology

This post is sponsored by eHarmony Australia I was recently given the opportunity to interview Sarah Mason, PR and Brand Manager at eHarmony Australia. Being unfamiliar with dating websites myself, I met the Viking through my brother, I thought I’d turn it over to you guys, our readers, to find out what you wanted to know. Here’s what Sarah had to say. Hi Sarah! It’s fantastic to have this opportunity to ask you a few questions my readers have always wondered. Great to speak with you. So tell me, what rate of success do you have? eHarmony has been available [...]

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My Top 5 Board Games

May 14, 2013 in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Technology

For many years the phrase “board games” has immediately reverted me back to childhood with memories of Monopoly-fuelled rage and overturned games of Connect 4. The inevitable realisation that everyone you know is actually a complete twat, and no one ever gives you a break when you’re not as good at games as anyone else. OK, so maybe that was just me. The point is, I hated board games. With the exception of Canasta and Guess Who, I perpetually avoided playing games of any kind as I knew myself well enough to know I was bound to take it personally when [...]

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Forget the Digital Divide, The Digital Bulldozer is coming

May 6, 2013 in Celebrity, Current Affairs, Entertainment, Music, News, Politics, Technology

I am worried about radio in the country. Not the WHOLE country, mind you, just the parts of it politicians don’t visit unless something is wet, burnt or wind blown, i.e. “the country”. What worries me is digital radio. In cities digital radio may be a wonderful thing, more choices, better quality, I hear you may even be able to pause a live broadcast. Wonderful things. What I am worried about is the thing that radio was meant to be for – getting across information. A few years ago, a lot of “regional” stations were bought up by radio networks. [...]

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And Now For The Good News

April 10, 2013 in Entertainment, Film & TV, Lifestyle, News, People, Self, Society, Technology

Ever since childhood I’ve hated watching the news. I would daydream or leave the room if my parents insisted on watching the news at home, consistent in my attempt to avoid knowing what was going on in the world. Why? Because they only ever report the bad. With the exception of the token “good news story” of the dog riding a surfboard, or what’s happening in Hollywood, the news is primarily about the important things that happen in the world, and this seems to be predominantly the bad. North Korea’s latest threats, the death of public figures, murder, accidents, robberies, the [...]

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Video: Dove’s Sneaky Action Against Photoshop

March 27, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Celebrity, Entertainment, Fashion, Health, Style, Technology

As part of the Dove “Real Beauty” campaign, they devised a clever way to sneak the message directly into the hands of those who can change our retouching culture. In case you can’t watch the video, Dove used a popular Photoshop plugin site to put up their free “Beautify” plugin that appeared to make the model’s skin glow. Instead what it did was undo all the photoshopping done to revert the image to the original and add the message “Don’t manipulate our image of real beauty”. What do you think of this campaign?

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My Favourite Podcasts

February 21, 2013 in Books, Celebrity, Entertainment, Film & TV, Stories, Technology

When travelling on public transport now it’s common to see more people with headphones than without. While I’m sure most are listening to their favourite tunes, I suspect a few, like me, would be indulging in podcasts. For those who are not familiar, a podcast is generally a series audio or video files you subscribe to and can download to a mobile phone, tablet, iPod or computer. You can find a podcast on almost topic and many TV and radio programs now release their show as a podcast. Since discovering them I have become addicted. I probably listen to podcasts [...]

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The Help: Motherly Musings

January 17, 2013 in Anecdotes, Children, Mothers, Parenting, People, Society, Stories, Technology

The views expressed in this piece are not necessarily the views of the writer I eavesdropped as they sat at a table, adding sugar to tea and talking about how different parenting had been for them. These women were all young mothers in the 1960’s and 70’s. Their experience with babies and raising children seemed so different to the way my generation approach it. “I can’t believe there’s a ‘baby bonus’”, said Mum #1. “Why are they given money, thousands in fact, every time they have a child?” The other women murmured responses. There wasn’t resentment in her tone, but [...]

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Social Media and the Mob Mentality

November 28, 2012 in Entertainment, Health, Mental Health, People, Society, Technology

With the popularity of social media platforms like Twitter it’s become easier than ever to get access to news as it happens. It seems as well as news being faster than ever to reach us, it’s also faster than ever to smack someone down publicly, jump on a bandwagon or submit to mob mentality, teasing, unnecessary rudeness and vitriol. We all watched it when Kristen Neel made the somewhat catastrophic error of tweeting “I’m moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says.” We all watched it unfold and go from funny to nasty [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide: Men

November 22, 2012 in Body, Books, Entertainment, Film & TV, Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Style, Technology, Work

When it comes to buying Christmas presents, a lot of people get stuck on what to get. Especially when it comes to men. So I thought I’d lend a hand with a bit of a gift guide. Most people can think of DVDs and books themselves, so I’ve tried to go a little outside the box with my suggestions. If in doubt, get a book voucher . Keep checking back for my guides for women & kids. Under $50 Avengers: Without a doubt one of the most popular movies of the year was The Avengers and with only having come [...]

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Digital TV sends us back to Analogue Age

November 19, 2012 in Entertainment, Film & TV, Technology

I remember when I was about 10, my sisters and I had finally badgered our father into buying a 30 foot mast for our TV aerial. This was a momentous day; it meant that we would soon be going to from a mere 2 T.V. Channels, ABC (5A) and NBN (3) to 6. The extra height would let us get the Sydney Stations. A new world of television opened up to us in this golden, pre-internet age. And we could see more of everything. It was not until about 5 years later that all of NSW got the extra channels, [...]

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