Kindergarten Yakuza

I’ve come across a couple of fun apps this week. I’m really digging the Guardian’s free photo-a-day app Eyewitness.  It does exactly what it says on the tin which is update each day with an interesting photo from someonewhere around the world.  I’ve add a couple of my favourites from the past week. Also, I downloaded the The Chaser app ...

"100% medically accurate"

Dom lent me his copy of Forza 3 a few weeks back and I’ve had a chance to start playing through its career mode.  TFW readers with long memories might recall that I was quite a big fan of Forza 2 back in 2007.  The game looked great, had a deep career mode and the driving was very accessible.  Best ...

0 min This is the first of two remaining friendlies for the Socceroos on African soil before the competition kicks off. 45 min It’s scoreless at halftime and so far, we’re looking better than we were against the All Whites.  My biggest concern at the moment is how I’m going to keep my sanity for the next six weeks listening ...

For Jen and I, one of our favourite places to eat out if we’re in the mood for steak, is Char Char Char on Eagle Street Pier.  This fanciful and ever popular monument to meat-eating has some of the best steak in Brisbane.  And don’t they know it.  If there’s two constants that we experience when we come to Char ...

If you’re looking for an app on the iPad to engage your creative side then Brushes is  worth checking out. Part of the beauty of the iPad is of course its very satisfying and responsive touchscreen interface and Brushes really plays to this strength.  For $10 bucks you get a pretty simple but effective finger painting application that lets you ...

Lets discuss the Lost finale!  (spoilers ahoy) I think the most succinct summary I’ve read for the Lost finale that sums up the general feeling is: “The problem with Lost has always been that the fans watch the show for the plot, and the creators think they watch it for the characters.” – Chris Suellentrop, journalist. Which is more or ...

Australia and The Rest of the World had their iPad launch day on Friday 28th May.  Always a sucker for Day One launches, I went along with Jen to the Chermside Apple Store for an 8 am opening.  We got there around 7ish and there were about 150 people in front of us. As launch day line up crowds go, ...

We had one of our big company work parties this Friday.  Unfortunately, it was a bittersweet occasion as it was also a night to say farewell to over 150 of our staff who are being made redundant over the next two months.  Whilst I am one of the lucky ones and my position is unaffected, for some of my very ...