A story on 702 (ABC Sydney Local Radio) caught my ear this morning - for two reasons. 1. that Truth is indeed stranger than fiction and 2. the implications of technology and so-called Gen Y “tribalism”. A bunch of girls at a Catholic school in Mackay formed a group called “Club21″. Apparently, entry criteria [...]
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Searches for beauty and body treatments on yellow.com.au have spiked since 2001.
A Yellow directory spokesman says the figures not only reflect the general growth in the use of the internet but provide insights into social trends. “Even the way we exercise has changed,” he says. ”For example, Sydneysiders could have burned fat in 1980 [...]
Thank you to Claudine Ryan at ABC Science Online for this article:
Blogging can help you feel less isolated, more connected to a community and more satisfied with your friendships, both online and face-to-face, new Australian research has found.
The research, from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, found after two months of regular blogging, people [...]
Pod Slurping is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year for 2007.
Announcing the award today, the Australian dictionary’s three-member selection committee said the expression’s inventive and sensuous appeal had seduced them. Pod slurping, officially listed as a noun, is the downloading of large quantities of data to an MP3 player or memory stick from a computer.
The [...]
