Seamus Byrne - Instablogs
Nov 4 2009
Filed under: News Whether you like to wear them or just to gawk at others who do, next Thursday there’s likely to be more than a thousand people in budgie smugglers and bikinis marching through Sydney streets in the name of charity and breaking...
Nov 4 2009
Filed under: Entertainment Chalk this up as one for good taste? It might be a long way to the top, but once you’re there you can stay there for a long, long time. AC/DC have topped the earnings chart for Aussie entertainers, pulling a cool $105m...
Nov 2 2009
Filed under: Sports, Science Now, now, there’s ALWAYS one of these stories each year, but this Professor at UNSW genuinely has a winning formula for placing bets on the Melbourne Cup each year. The catch? You’ll need to use this formula...
Nov 2 2009
Filed under: Sports We do love our great race, but one Swiss horse nut has shown he loves it more than most. Lukas Baumann has spent the last seven months driving — yes, driving — to Australia from his home in Zurich to today attend the...
Oct 28 2009
Filed under: Entertainment It would be an honour just to be nominated. Or complained about. But The Chaser, for the second year running, wins the ABC’s title of most complained about television program. Sadly, they didn’t quite break the...
Oct 27 2009
Filed under: News The leader of a Christian group known as Catch the Fire Ministries has been conducting a ‘prayer offensive’ after discovering a black altar in Canberra where he believes evil spells have been cast upon parliament. Daniel...
Oct 26 2009
Filed under: Gadgets, News There’s a thousand good reasons to pick on the English. Add a new one to the list. Australians can now sign up to an online surveillance service that will pay you for monitoring a web feed of British surveillance...
Oct 26 2009
Filed under: Video, News 190,000 people applied for just 6,000 tickets to park their ass on grass on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last weekend. It was a pretty stunning sight to see the bridge with a turf surface, picnic rugs aplenty, and even a few cows...
Oct 25 2009
Filed under: Games Prototype is a great open world action game where you have some pretty awesome powers, courtesy of some rather disgusting mutations. But then, what are you willing to give up in good looks in order to score god-like powers? Actually,...
Oct 21 2009
Filed under: Entertainment, Sports There is something about professional wrestling. The fact that what is ultimately a soap opera featuring buff men in tights is loved by millions of men who would never eat a quiche is remarkable. And the fact that...