Sometimes you come across things on the internet that just represent your entire being (in a metaphorical kind of way of course). When you share these things it is often obligatory to tag the post with “same”. Although initially you… Read more ›
At the moment I am a full-time student in City University studying Information Science. As part of that course we learn all about information resources and how they are organised. We are taught the importance of categorising and organising information… Read more ›
Twitch TV is a site that allows gamers from around the world to broadcast, watch and talk video games 24/7. Judging by how the gaming community has behaved in the past (examples here and here), this may sound like many people’s… Read more ›
There are only two weeks left until the 25th of December. I think it is now safe to mention the “c” word and no, I don’t mean “clone” (Orphan Black plug because it is great). Despite selection boxes creeping into… Read more ›
It wasn’t even that long ago. Walking in, membership card in hand, for a lovely movie night. Friends were over, the movie was picked. All that was left was to grab an array of tasty sweets. This wasn’t just tapping on… Read more ›
Music has always been so much more than notes dotted on staves. Take the piece 4’33” by John Cage for example, which in its three movements does not require any musician to start playing. The four minutes and thirty three… Read more ›
Scrolling down your Tumblr dashboard can be both inspiring and terrifying. This week’s post is a little bit of both. Thanks to the amazing Tumblr blog thisisnthappiness, I came across some very chilling photographs by enigmatic designer Chiu Chih. Chih submitted… Read more ›
Back in 2011, Australian musical comedy group The Axis of Awesome released an official music video to their viral hit “4 Chords“. The song illustrates the similarity between pop songs by mashing over forty of them up in one piece, using… Read more ›
Lately my personal dashboards and feeds have been swamped by the overwhelming amount of entries by men and women to The Everyday Sexism Project. Unfortunately, the majority of stories that end up on the Project’s Twitter recount tales of street harassment, sexual and… Read more ›
Sitting there watching the opening of the Ubisoft presentation, Emer our contributor goes, “isn’t this nice and understated, not like the EA one at all”. The second she finished that sentence Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains fame, walks onto… Read more ›