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This website is like Digg for restaurant menus

August 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

webmenu This website is like Digg for restaurant menus

One of the people who commented on my post of last week about how the PR industry engages with journalists was David from Webmenu.com.au. If I don't know a commenter I like to check out their website, and I was…

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Why no late movie sessions in Sydney?

March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

latenight Why no late movie sessions in Sydney?I've been perplexed ever since getting to Sydney why it is that there are so few — if any — late night movie sessions beyond about 9.40PM. In Melbourne, almost all cinemas have a few movies starting at 10.40 -…

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Sydney's most beautiful girls?

May 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

sydneys-most-beautiful-girl Sydneys most beautiful girls?

I snapped this scene of ironic juxtaposition on my cameraphone on the way to work the other day. The "Sydney's most beautiful girls" truck was parked outside the strip club where they work, next to a street person clad in…

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Low sun, sodden sky

April 14th, 2006 · No Comments

127892414_9dbe13eb5b Low sun, sodden sky

Don't you love it when this occurs… late in the day when the sun is low, it can illuminate the city skyline brilliantly against a dark sky. These are some great photos that I took when I stepped off the…

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Brushing shoulders with the PM

April 13th, 2006 · 6 Comments

127893598_c549800102 Brushing shoulders with the PM

Who should I brush shoulders with on the way to work this morning but Australian Prime Minister John Howard, on the way in to the Australian Wheat Board / Iraq corrupt kickbacks inquiry. Of course I didn't literally brush shoulders…

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When Sydney had trams, too

April 9th, 2006 · 14 Comments

rozelletram When Sydney had trams, too

My girlfriend Kate, who is a local history buff, found this tram, circa 1951, online at the Leichhardt Council website.

It would have been powered by the White Bay Power Station which is a gigantic derelict building near our house. When…

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