G’day! Thanks for returning!“Is there anything more absurd than the sight of the ageing children of the 1960s bemoaning the drug, drinking and sex habits of today’s teenagers?” asks Trevor Cook. “I think it is the cynicism of older generations that is the problem in today’s world. We have been wearied by the ceaseless political [...]
Good news for modern man has seeped out from Psychology Today — a man’s mid-life crisis is all his wife’s fault. Phew! That’s a relief. “Many middle-aged men do go through midlife crises, but it’s not because they are middle-aged. It’s because their wives are. From the evolutionary psychological perspective, a man’s midlife crisis is [...]
My mate Gerry McCusker has let us know that even Social Media experts are not too other-worldly as to be excused when they make a ‘stuff up’. Gerry is getting the good ol’ Aussie “irrits” (rhyming slang for “sh!ts”) with Elizabeth Albrycht‘s newcommreview, pointing out that a comment he popped up in response to a [...]
Courtesy of the excellent MyRaganTV comes a video so unbelievable that if you saw it in a movie you’d think the writers had strayed too far from reality. Do you think there’s a bit of ‘kiss and make up’ to be done here, or is it too late and a move to another station is [...]
My research project has reached the stage where I need to work with two or three partners. Here is what I am looking to do, and what would be required of these partners: You are: a small-medium sized company (min. 11 employees, max. 250; turns over between US$3m and US$80m per year [€2M – €50M]) [...]
Via the PRNewsChannel comes word that a website’s owner, who lives in France, is being sued by an Oregon man via the Oregon judicial system over what may have several implications for ‘freedom of speech’. Founded in 2002, Signs of The Times is an alternative news research resource and news analysis site. Its founder, Laura [...]
Unleashed presents diverse and robust opinion about politics, society, belief and behaviour. My mate Trevor Cook has written a bottler of a post over on the ABC Unleashed site on the potential death of quality journalism. Trevor looks at the whole issue of clever, archly humorous headlines versus what the search engines love. An example [...]
Celia Heffernan, the Online Content Producer at the NSW Dept of Education and Training, recently asked me to write an article about virtual worlds for inclusion in a technology guide for parents. The guide has now been published and I’m very flattered to see my article in there alongside material from my colleague Ross Monaghan. [...]
“The place behind the old church in Puteaux, along the quai de Seine (Quai de Dion Bouton), has been beautifully restored and all the facades of buildings that overlook the square was painted in trompe l’oeil. Order at the moment the place is not open to the public, which is a great pity. It is [...]
