Stalking Venus

In The Night Garden is a kids show from the makers of Teletubbies. It’s the same sort of repetitive nonsense as the earlier show, although with a bit more… I don’t know. Back-story? No, not that. Characterization? Hmm, maybe. Silliness? Yes, that’s not a bad option. Let’s leave it at that: Silliness. Well, now that’s [...]

Alright, this is just too much now. I may be naiëve, but I honestly expected there to be a big Apple fanfare announcement at the last minute that Adobe Flash would, indeed be installed on the new generation iPhones. I thought that they were just going to pretend they weren’t installing Flash Player, so that [...]

These two… er… things are named Wenlock and Mandeville, and they are the two official mascots for the London Olympics in 2012. Thank God, the Mayans and Roland Emmerich we’ll all be dead by then! The story goes that some steel worker was putting the final beam in place for the Olympic stadium, when some [...]

I’m trying to pipe the picture from my MacBook Pro 17 ” to my Panasonic Viera 50″ television, because I do most of everything in my lounge. I’m a stay-home dad, writer and photographer, and my coffee table is pretty much where I do all my work, so I was wondering if there wasn’t some [...]

Okay, there’s a chance that some of you ended up here by trying to go to AustralianDad.com. Don’t panic. Normal reality will reassert itself in approximately… Oh fuck it, I have no idea. Nothing ever seems normal to me. Fact is that I, Tim, am the same guy that runs the Australian Dad website, which [...]

With apologies to Peter, Paul and Mary, I’m a-leavin’ on a jet plane. Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Yup, that’s right – This blog is about to become an Australian one. I’m heading into the final stretch of days that lead to my migration to that great big island south east of everywhere. [...]

In today’s ever worsening environment, with global warming on the rise and natural resources being stretched to snapping point, we all need to be far more proactive in our quest to save our planet. It is with this in mind that I suggest boycotting love. Take a look at the upcoming celebration of love for [...]

Those of you who work in an open plan office or cubicle farm, this is the day for you to vent your frustration! All you need in order to participate is to own a cellphone and know your office desk direct line number. Here’s how it works. At 10am sharp (in your timezone), simply use [...]

There comes a time in every sentient (but not necessarily proud of it) lifeform, when he realises that the blog post he’s been toiling on for several weeks just plain and simply isn’t going to work out. No matter what he does to tweak it or rework it, it’s still only moderately less repulsive than [...]

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