Australia

Personally? I’m sick to death of hearing about Power Balance Bands and the popularity of these particular dodgy products — I’ve even ‘unfollowed’ people off Twitter until they’ve stopped railing against them. Yawn. Because, to my mind, once Choice Magazine has pointed out the obvious: This so-called exercise-assisting “hologram” is nothing more than a pricey [...]

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Dachshund U.N – November 13 at Perth PICA

by podblack on November 15, 2010

A gathering of minds like no other! This is a short film I made of all the fine furry delegates from Perth, who came to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in order to take part in Perth artist Bennett Miller’s ‘Dachshund U.N’. Dachshund U.N is both a large-scale architectural installation and a participatory performance [...]

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I’ve met him! He was at the Global Atheist Convention and threw me a toy in the audience — and I still have no idea how he did the trick up on stage where he guessed my husband’s name. :p He still doesn’t follow me on Twitter though — oi, Simon, say hello, we’ll both [...]

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WAAHHH It’s on The Guardian website as a guest post! Absolutely thrilled to see the company I’m keeping – Leslie Cannold also has an article online! ‘Abortion is about balancing rights – religious medics don’t get the final say’. Do check it out! Many, many thanks to Martin Robbins and to Warren Bonett who made [...]

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Sent to me by one of the wonderful people who worked at the Global Atheist Convention, this is a new site urging politicians to have the Australian Marriage Act of 1961 reflect that all couples should have the right to express their love and commitment – including two of my friends Jason and James, who [...]

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Well, I’m not well. :/ But I’m more worried about another friend, Milton, who is currently so unwell, he’s in hospital. Really hope things improve quickly for him and hopefully he’ll enjoy this when he’s better. I really love Stephen Fry’s ‘Podgrams’ podcast (yes, I have to get back to work on my podcast too!) [...]

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Little Kitten – Cool Card Trick By James Galea

by podblack on October 23, 2010

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This is great timing considering all the skeptical-action going on in the UK at the moment! 10:23 Campaign in 2011 – An Interview with Andy Wilson of www.1023.org.uk – at Curiouser and Curiouser! This was one of two interviews I conducted during my short (well, it felt short, I was attempting to do too many [...]

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