Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Herald-Sun Fail!

There is a lot of pointless hoopla going on today about the Collingwood vs Geelong / Top of the AFL Ladder tonight – much of which is quite tiresome. However, I guess it would have been respectful of the Herald-Sun to have gotten Geelong’s colours right? Don’t Geelong have DARK blue HORIZONTAL stripes, and not […]

Assange is No Political Prisoner

In one of the biggest journalistic beat-ups / publicity stunts I have seen in a while, there is a growing perception online that in some way Julian Assange of Wikileaks has been made a “political prisoner” within Australia, after his passport was “confiscated” upon his recent ingress via Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. Australian Wikileak Founder’s Passport […]

Conroy: His Former Job?

Was being all nostalgic on YouTube this morning, and was watching the film clip for Men At Work’s classic Australian hit, “Down Under”. Imagine my surprise when I saw Stephen Conroy in the film clip! Perhaps his former life was as a dodgy salesman? Oh wait, that’s his current life!

Darth Vader Records for TomTom

Some manufacturers GPS devices let you add custom voices to direct you to where you are going. TomTom has released a range of Star Wars voices for their devices. Here is Darth Vader during his recording session. Very clever piece of marketing!

The Heel is on the Other Foot

With Kevin Rudd sliding badly in the polls, some pundits are suggesting Julia Gillard might take over the reigns before the election. I don’t think that will happen, but if this snap from an ABC News update last night is any guide, Kevin Rudd might be trying on her heels already for a positional swap? […]

Wikileaks Screwup – Time for a Line in the Sand

There’s been much ado on the interwebs over the last couple of weeks about what many see as a “victory” against the mandatory filtering of the internet in Australia, with many people misinterpreting the “shelving” of the policy by Senator Conroy and/or Prime Minister Rudd as being the end of the policy forever. Alas, this […]

Kennett Has Convenient Memory

Well, Jeff Kennett is flapping his gums once again, and is displaying his carefully convenient memory – especially when it comes to the defection of former Hawthorn CEO Ian Robson to Essendon. Kennett Says Robson ‘Wasn’t Totally Focused on Doing His Job’ In today’s media, Kennett states that: Ian came to me at the beginning […]

Stop! Hammertime!

Courtesy of a Facebook share from Jason Calacanis, comes the “Only in America Stop Sign”. Any comment would be superfluous!

Mark Larkham Has A Go Too!

A few weeks back, I posted a video of Neil Crompton having a go in Mark Winterbottom’s FPR Falcon at the Clipsal 500. These little segments by the Channel Seven commentators are for use in the coverage of the 2010 V8 Supercar season. Last weekend it was Mark Larkham’s turn in Greg Murphy’s PMM Commodore […]

Analysing the Filtering Retreat

A lot of people are celebrating the supposed “retreat” by Kevin Rudd in regards to the mandatory ISP filtering, as reported in the media this morning. Hold the champagne folks – there is a lot more to this than you might think – this is a political ploy. There are two realistic ways the government […]