I apparently signed up to receive almost daily emails from a group called Avaaz, who keep urging me to email or call my US congressman or other such silly things – but it knows I’m Australian when the time comes to fork over money! Today they sent me an email about Monsanto, and how “we” [...]

I had to go on a bit of a hunt earlier to backtrack the source of some strange search terms leading to my site. On the way, I realised my old blog (which has been absorbed into this one) had Google Authorship set up, so if your search brings up a result from that blog, [...]

Study the image carefully. I popped into Not Quite Right today to see if they had discounted Vanilla Coke, as they often do. They did not, but they did have Coke Zero Cherry available – 99c for 600ml or $1.99 for 2L. I figured I’d try it, so grabbed two 600ml bottles. My mum is [...]

For the past year or so I have been having problems with a particular fast food franchise – I’ve been overcharged, had items missing from my order, haven’t received promotional bonuses and had very poor quality food. But the store is convenient. I went there on Saturday to buy a meal as part of a [...]

I update the design of my blog very infrequently; usually only when there has been a major change to the name, premise or direction. However, those who know me well know of my love for old school-looking technology, so obviously when I found the chance to make my blog look like an old computer terminal [...]

Yesterday I went to a shop to buy my lunch. I get my lunch from this shop every Thursday, but this time I also had a coupon for a free item. I have had the same coupon before (hence my weekly visit) and know the terms. Now, this store had decided to add a condition [...]