What makes a genius? What makes a genius stand out from the pack in a professional sports team, in classical music, in pop music, in Silicon Valley, in literature, in science, in anything?  It’s a surprisingly simple formula according to Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers.  It’s ten thousand hours of practise. Outliers is a much more focused and thematically ...

I was saddened to wake up this morning to the news of Ernest Borgnine’s passing, at the ripe old age of 95.  As an actor, Borgnine had a career spanning eight decades and featured in over 200 different television shows and movies.  For many people, he’ll be best remembered for his roles in The Wild Bunch and The Poseidon Adventure.  ...

Plane to see

A spectacular reboot or just another clone?

I really wish I had thought of this 🙁 Have a good weekend everyone!

Dumb, Drunk & Racist “Initially the show was called “Dumb, Drunk or Racist” and you only had to be one or the other. We changed the name to all three after visiting Queensland.” – Joe Hildebrand This ABC2 program opens with a narration from host Joe Hildebrand who explains that in Indian call centres, staff are taught that the average ...

The Pet Shop is the third building in the modular series that I’ve built, following the Fire Station and the Grand Emporium.  We put off getting this particular set until later on as it was released only last year.  By comparison, the Fire Station and Grand Emporium are more likely to go out of print. As you can probably tell ...

This is it.  For all the marbles. 0 min  I’m absolutely starving.  I can’t decide whether to have a meal or a snack.  I think I’m going to have a pot noodle. 0 min  SBS Coverage is just talking heads in the studio.  No footage of the closing ceremony. 1 min  The crowd counted down to kick-off like a Royal ...

“I don’t celebrate [when I score a goal] because I’m doing my job.  Does a postman celebrate when he delivers the mail?” – Mario Ballotelli It couldn’t be scripted any better that Euro 2012, a tournament that brought into sharp focus the ugly side of European football that still struggles with rapant displays of racism, should find its star player ...