Friday, December 19, 2008

Do You Have A Chumby?

2:08PM Jess McGuire | Sounds rude, but it isn’t. A Chumby is apparently some kind of technical internet-y gadget thingo sent to important folks like Gizmodo AU’s Editor Nick “Bruff” Broughall and not idiots like me. Why? Just because I don’t actually write about gadgets on a daily basis? Do I look like I don’t like free stuff? I LOVE FREE STUFF! IT’S CHRISTMAS! GIVE IT TO ME! Erm, sorry about that outburst. Let’s move on. Chumby is “an interactive gadget, a media player that constantly streams your favorite parts of the Internet in a fun, always-on always-fresh format!” according to chumby.com.au. Which is nice, non? Well, I’m happy to announce that you clever techy bastards who own one of these genius gadgets can now read Defamer Australia on it. Here is a link to our “widget”. Enjoy! More »

Baby’s Brain Found To Contain A FOOT!

12:00PM Jess McGuire | Nothing to do with pop culture, but this story has been kicking around in my head since I first read it (SORRY) and I thought I should alert you to it so you have a nice little tale to regale new friends with over the festive season. A Colorado Springs family is part of one of the strangest cases in medical history. Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he was surprised when he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel. “The foot literally popped out of the brain,” Grabb told TheDenverChannel Wednesday. I believe the acronym OMG was created especially for moments like these. The article continues… More »

Pixie Skase Has Returned To Toorak Village

9:59AM Jess McGuire | In what the Herald Sun have deemed the news story of the day (judging from Pixie’s face splashed over the front cover of the paper), the wife of late disgraced businessman Chistopher Skase has returned to Melbourne after a 17 year exile. Mrs Skase, 67, says the time is right to settle back in Toorak after years of luxurious exile. “I am so excited to come back home,” she said during a Christmas visit to catch up with family ahead of a permanent move in February What’s Pixie been up to? Oh, exciting things! Like walking through Toorak! More »

Jet Are Reborn!

8:40AM Jess McGuire | Remember the other week I was going to tell you about the band that had sold a heap of records and were playing a small gig on the QT? I forgot to do it! Ha! We’ll laugh about it later, trust me. Anyway, the band was Jet and they played a gig to die-hard fans on Wednesday night at The East Brunswick Club in Melbourne. I hosted trivia there on the Tuesday and the band were rehearsing. THINGS OF NOTE &middot They were happily drinking at the bar earlier on in the evening, according to certain trivia punters. &middot They looked very fashionable, with lead singer Nic Cester sporting a fetching denim jacket and scarf combination. &middot Numerous people assured me the new stuff sounded “really different” and also, “awesome”. And now, to The Age for a proper review of something even better than sound check – the gig itself! They are surely the biggest unsigned band in Australia right now. And after more than 15 months’ absence from the stage, on Wednesday night in front of a packed room of die-hard fans, family and friends, Melbourne’s biggest rock exports of the past decade made their return. The gig at the East Brunswick Club was significant for an act now deemed to be at something of a musical crossroads. More »