Apparently at least one federal government minister has enough time on their hands to complain about a TV presenter’s joke. Personally, I wish they’d be more focussed on matters of importance — like, oh, making sure they’re not paying millions of dollars to foreign dictators.
Photographs: fantasy, not reality
“They say cameras add ten pounds, but HP digital cameras can help reverse that effect,” says the promo material. “The slimming feature, available on select HP digital camera models, is a subtle effect that can instantly trim off pounds from the subjects in your photos!”
Three thoughts come to mind…
If you’re going to show your computer on TV…
… remember to clear your web browser’s cache first. Here’s a TV report from Denmark about — oh, something or other. Watch our serious bearded Internet expert demonstrating how to download music. Now when the time code reaches 58 seconds, stop and notice the second-to-last file he downloaded. Oops.
Kevin Rudd’s hairy-chested shower with Helen Coonan
Shadow foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd‘s unimaginative catch-phrases are sending the wrong messages. Calling Foreign Minister Alexander Downer “hairy-chested” won’t work. And all this talk of cold showers is revealing far too much of your personal life. Here’s why…
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More OTT political rhetoric
With the ABC’s new editorial guidelines announced yesterday, it’s given the right-wingers an excuse to engage in some over-the-top rhetoric — proving that hyperbole isn’t the preserve of the left calling everyone a fascist.
Best effort so far has to be this one from Murdoch-land:
With its poor performance, entrenched ideological bias and ‘Vietcong-style’ industrial strife, surely it’s time we sold the public broadcaster, maintains Rudi Michelson.
Yes, apparently ABC staff members have been creeping through the jungle at night, slaughtering villagers and setting fire to ammunition dumps…
It’s Star Trek, Jim, but not as we know it
For a start, it’s Star Trek in Turkish. And the SFX are really, really… choice. Listen up for the Pink Floyd sample. It’s ten minutes of your life you’ll never get back.