Got my Maiden tickets this morning. Sat there at 8:58 hitting F5 over and over until the Buy Now button appeared at 9:00. The lower level had sold out of 4 tickets in a block by 9:01. At 9:05 we cannot buy 4 in a row in any part of the stadium. [...]

Great article in the Age on why the new ‘electoral integrity laws’ in Australia actually reduce the integrity of our democracy. The new laws are seemingly small changes, boiling down to three significant points – you only have until 8pm on THE DAY AN ELECTION IS ANNOUNCED to enrol yourself, instead of a week, or [...]

OK so Monique came home from shopping the other day with one of these razors. She thought, and I agreed : we just have to know.
The five bladed razor first came out in 2006, in response to Schick’s four bladed razor, which was brought out to up the ante on the three bladed razors [...]

So I’d always thought the Chaser’s pranks seemed a little contrived and set up, with ‘victims’ being a little too well behaved. Apparently not, as they’ve just been charged for running a fake motorcade through APEC security. Funny enough, especially since Chas was dressed as Osama Bin Laden, but does go to show what an [...]

It’s official, news thanks to Coxy, Iron Maiden will be touring Australia in February 2008. I am a giggling 12 year old girl. More tour info on the Maiden website
They’re fitting out a 757, and Bruce is flying it around the world for the tour. From the article : “Dickinson is a full-time pilot for [...]

Went to a seminar on the new copyright laws the other day – these are the ones that came in last December as part of the free trade agreement with the US. Surprisingly, the copyright changes in Australia are mostly opening things up for the consumer, although much of what they legalise are [...]