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US$17 billion not enough for Zuckerberg?

By Greg Hill | May 16, 2012 - 12:40 pm |May 17, 2012 Offbeat
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Perhaps because of the looming initial public offering (IPO), Facebook feels it needs to show potential investors what a great opportunity its shares are. It’s not happy with being one of the wealthiest companies on the planet. It’s not happy with the Facebook page sidebar being stuffed full of advertisements. … Continue reading →

Tagged Facebook, Yahoo

Stilettos and Starlettos

By Greg Hill | May 13, 2012 - 5:00 pm |May 13, 2012 Miscellaneous, Offbeat
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We were guests at a delightful wedding yesterday. It took place at Summerlees Cottage in the southern tablelands near Moss Vale. The ceremony was a garden affair, and this caused great difficulties for some women as their stiletto heels disappeared into the soft grass. But wait – there is a … Continue reading →

Tagged Fashion, Stiletto heel

Global flatulence

By Greg Hill | May 8, 2012 - 10:28 pm |June 17, 2013 Offbeat
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For some reason flatulence is intrinsically funny. It’s just methane gas, but kids wet themselves laughing about it, the internet’s full of jokes about it and comedians make a living from it. The Roman Emperor Elagabulus used a whoopee cushion to amuse his guests at his dinner parties, and they’ve sold … Continue reading →

Tagged Flatulence, global warming, Methane, Whoopee cushion

Peeve of the week – Carpark Etiquette

By Greg Hill | April 21, 2012 - 2:40 pm |April 30, 2012 Offbeat
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I was in the car-park of our local shopping mall yesterday watching a family carefully transferring the contents of their full trolley into the boot of their car. The car park was full, and there was a car waiting for their parking spot. Traffic was queued up behind the waiting … Continue reading →

Tagged car-park, trolley

Amazing intersection of careers

By Greg Hill | April 17, 2012 - 1:29 am |April 17, 2012 Offbeat
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For a long time Bob Brown has been one of my heroes. Last Friday he resigned from the leadership of the Australian Greens Party after a remarkably influential political career. Although I don’t know a lot about Jimi Hendrix, I do know that he was considered one of the most … Continue reading →

Tagged Bob Brown, Jimmy Hendrix

Sabine’s horse story

By Greg Hill | March 25, 2012 - 3:16 pm |April 17, 2012 Hobbies, Offbeat
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People say that if you fall off a horse the best thing to do is get straight back on again. And that’s exactly what Sabine did yesterday. The other thing you need to do, judging by what Sabine has been doing ever since, is tell everyone about how you fell off the … Continue reading →

Tagged horse, Sabine

Cardigans are analogue

By Greg Hill | June 24, 2010 - 2:20 pm |April 17, 2012 Offbeat
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Winter is well and truly upon us and, as is the case each year, cardigans are unfashionable. However I want to speak on their behalf.

Things to do with odd socks

By Greg Hill | June 22, 2010 - 12:16 am |April 17, 2012 Offbeat
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Since I added the post about orphan socks I’ve found lots of things to do with them: Continue reading →

Tagged Bill Clinton, Socks

Bubble wrap – cheap thrills for kids

By Greg Hill | May 30, 2010 - 4:46 pm |March 10, 2012 Offbeat
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Some shopping we bought recently came in a large sheet of bubble wrap. The kids saw it and immediately knew how to use it Continue reading →

Tagged Gabriela, Sabine

Back to reality

By Greg Hill | May 13, 2010 - 1:42 pm |March 10, 2012 Offbeat, Travel, US vacation 2010
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Back home in Sydney Continue reading →

Tagged Gabriela, Greg
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