Million Dollar Wheel falls off

I heard that the newest incarnation of Wheel of Fortune here in Aussie land was axed by Channel 9, adding to its programming woes this year. Not surprising – I watched bits and pieces of it and it is nothing compared to the classic days of John and Adriana on Channel Seven.
Games shows like [...]

Character v intellect

The vice chancellor of Australian Catholic University says that it should be important to remember that these 2 characteristics are not divorced from one another, and thus the university will be relying on a “mentality of service” as opposed to the more traditional entrance criterium of finishing grades in Year 12.
Based on the criteria, which [...]

Charities being hit hard by rising costs of living

It’s not surprising to see that the level of donations to charities are dropping off at a time when there’s traditionally a spike in money donations coinciding with the end of the financial year. To see an example of how the Smith Family may fall short of its $4.5 million donation budget by up to [...]

Great forgotten rock songs of the 90s

I’m listening to Closing Time by Semisonic – a great song that got plenty of airplay when it was released back in 1999, but you probably wouldn’t have heard it much ever since. I think I have the CD single of it somewhere here at home, such did I enjoy the simplicity of the song. [...]

Is live coverage damaging rugby league?

Penrith are playing Brisbane tonight at CUA Stadium (about 10 minutes away from where I live), and I’m staying inside my cosy warm house to watch it live on Channel 9. This is as opposed to paying around $20 and whatever else I’d require for food and drink, and rugging up in pretty cold temperatures.
As [...]

The world’s 10 worst diseases

Courtesy of Livenews’ Tim Brunero, who cites such maladies as human maggot infestation, chronic hiccups and the ebola virus worthy of inclusion. And you thought it was annoying to be off for a week or 2 with the flu…

Pamela Anderson to enter the Big Brother house

I still don’t know (nor do I care) whether Steve Carell made it in, but the busty Baywatch blonde (whose best TV work in my opinion was in Home Improvement as Tool Time’s first female assistant) will visit the modern day house of horroes in around 2 week’s time.
Source: News Limited

TV shows section in the Aussie iTunes store

Not too many shows to choose from, but I read about it somewhere today and am having a look at what’s available now. A few shows from Channel 9, the ABC (US and Australia), MTV and Disney Channel – there are other shows such as Good News Week available as podcasts, but hopefully this is [...]

Another day of disgrace for the Sydney road network

I certainly feel for those affected by the shutdown of the M5 East tunnel, and no apology from Eric Roozendahl can bring any sort of satisfaction to angry commuters who will be late for work today. You’d think that there’d be some sort of backup plan or system for such a complex tunnel network as [...]

A snapshot of American religious belief

Some interesting findings have come out of a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in the US, especially some of the viewpoints of 1 in 5 people who call themselves “atheists” (namely their belief in God, which would of course be in complete contradiction to what they call themselves). Also it [...]