Obscure Box
Brave headline on the cup punt
It’s a brave sub that opts for a headline with so much potential for mispronunciation. So it was that the ABC posted a story it headlined “Cup punt not child’s play” on Melbourne Cup day (Tuesday November 3, 2009). I’m sure the linguists have a name for it; that move from the first word to [...]
Out of the iron lung and into the furnace
Those Google ads need a close watch. Look at this highly inappropriate ad that appeared on on a story posted on the Brisbane Times website, originally from the Sydney Morning Herald. The story “Dead after 60 years in iron lung” (Saturday October 31, 2009) told how June Middleton had died at a Melbourne nursing home [...]
Queenslander hits Twitter
Whatever the result in tonight’s State of Origin clash, the Maroons have already won the battle online. 612 ABC Brisbane’s breakfast host Spencer Howson started the ball rolling with a post on the online social gossip website Twitter. The post simply read: “Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander! Queenslander!” Howson then encouraged [...]
Not the drumming gorilla we're used to
When the drumming gorilla first hit the web he was a big hit. I recall sitting in one office where the e-mail went from desk to desk, on each occasion the tune was the same. Phil Collins – he of Genesis and solo career fame – was heard singing the opening lines of his classic [...]
She's back!
After a few days of Twittering silence from Queensland Premier Anna Bligh … she’s back. No longer anna4queensland she’s now only known as Premier_Bligh. Not sure about the background image though. Works on a really really big screen, but on the normal size screen the face of Anna Bligh disappears.