by Tony Lembke | Jun 4, 2011 | General
Coke is good for you! Smoking is good for you! Radiation is good for you! See the full gallery on Posterous oobject.com has collected some vintage ads claiming dubious outrageous health benefit for the products they advertise. This could never happen now...
by Tony Lembke | Jun 1, 2011 | General
See the full gallery on Posterous Someone very close to me may always be late, but is always worth waiting for. The same can be said for the Sydney Morning Herald (and Age) iPad app, released today. On first testing, it is evident that it takes full advantage of the...
by Tony Lembke | May 27, 2011 | General
I love my Fisher Space Pen. The West Wing, Series 3, Episode 21 “We Killed Yamamoto”, (2002) : Josh and Toby come in with Leo. JOSH Hey. LEO We spent millions of dollars developing a pen for the astronauts that would work in zero gravity. Know what the...
by Tony Lembke | May 17, 2011 | General
Should it be “What I Learnt Today?” or “What I Learned Today?” I am “waiting for” a response, or I am “waiting on” a response? Netspeak at http://www.netspeak.org is a cool tool that provides a...
by Tony Lembke | May 17, 2011 | General
We all know that people of West African origin are good sprinters because they have more ‘fast twitch’ muscle fibers. Right? And people of East African origin, particularly those from Ethiopia, have muscles that are better for endurance running because of...
by Tony Lembke | May 10, 2011 | General
Although born in Cootamundra (1908), Don Bradman spent his school years in Bowral. The local oval was named in his honor in 1947. Beside it stands the International Cricket Hall of Fame, opened last year, which now incorporates the Bradman museum. Reading...
