Obscure Box
You're way too late with the dog and cat diary
Radio wag in Brisbane needs to wake up and smell the web. Running out of time on his morning talkback show this morning he tells me he hasn’t time to bring me the diary of a dog and a cat he’s just discovered. Never mind, he says suddenly remembering he’s not in tomorrow. “I’ll tell [...]
My fair empty theatre
Was it the storm or the Storm in Brisbane that saw Saturday night’s performance of My Fair Lady play to a half-empty house at QPAC? I’d been looking forward to the production as I have fond memories of the movie-version of the hit musical. I’d booked the tickets ages ago. How was I to know [...]
Sick of the Flash
When will web designers wake up and realise that Flash is not the ideal way to present information on a website? Here I am, trying to research a story on James Bond when I come up against the website www.007.com I’m looking for information on the new Bond movie Quantum of Solace but all I [...]
Clive James has it right about the web
I miss Clive James on my television set. I didn’t realise how much until his appearance on Channel 9′s Today program this morning. Every word that man utters either has me in fits of laughter or nodding my head in agreement at the profound insight he has on almost any subject. Today it was the [...]
Stating the obvious
Some people must be really stupid to prompt the number of detailed explanations of what would appear to be the bleeding obvious. Take this explanation on the Qtix website for online ticket sales at some Queensland events. “When selecting tickets the system says ‘sold out’, what does this mean?” What do people think this message [...]