swine flu in adelaide

One of the “highlights” of Adelaide’s CBD are the bronze pigs on Rundle Mall (often the subject of late night, beer fuelled photos of people riding them). Some inspired person has seen fit to protect us (or them)…

tiny art director

This site is funny, in a slightly sickly-cutesy kind of way – an artist receives briefs from his toddler daughter who then critiques the results (read: gets angry and hurls abuse).

100 megacalorie warhead

Continuing with the emerging theme of “totally repulsive things you should never actually eat”, Erin points to this masterpiece of high-energy, low nutrient food: various McDonalds products on a pizza.

The gun in the final picture…

cat-related news roundup

Thanks to Sam, our roving feline news correspondent and long-suffering cat owner/victim:

1. Bush family cat dies (possibly of shame); Bush’s nickname for cat is “Kitty”.
2. Cats commence takeover of worldwide news media with German putsch; weatherman demonstrates excellent comprehension

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animated fish coming out of the street

My friend Sam forwarded me this amazing video of… well, I don’t know what it is.  It appears to be some kind of interactive animated light display which is mapped precisely over the physical surfaces it is projected…

ham update 2: ham-related art, and more legal details

Further to previous posts (one, two), here’s some great “Jesus with the little dinosaurs” art (thanks to KO):

Meanwhile Legal Eagle points to this article on the actual details of the legal battle in the Ham v Anti-Ham lawsuit.

the only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen

This is an odd little piece of civil disobedience – the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen was draped in ‘Muslim dress’ and a headscarf.

Apparently a previous incident in which a Burqa was put on the…

desiccated coconut redux

Following on from our former PM’s recent comments in the media (Costello is “all tip and no iceberg” and the PM is a “desiccated coconut“), a friend points to this great site, which contains…

be careful not to touch the wall, there’s a brand new coat of paint

News.com.au reports on Canberra politician Steve Pratt, who managed to spend several hours destroying a commissioned mural in a stunt about reducing graffiti. The MP described the work as an

obnoxious piece of vivid graffiti vandalism

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