Yes, Pecan!

Ben and Jerry’s icecream endorsed Obama when Edwards pulled out. To celebrate Obama’s win in Vermont, Slate recently ran a competition to name […]

someoneorotherisyournewbicycle.com

I bookmarked barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com last week but forgot to post on it in amongst the (not over yet) story of John Key’s admission that: […]

How a blog works

I’ve always wondered what happens after I hit ‘publish’ here on the blog. Wired’s goneAll information about free download free verizon ringtones samsung. […]

Political intermission

If like me you are thinking “why?” to the issue of attack billboards at the time of year when everyone just wants to […]

CommitteeCaller.com

Here’s a cool idea. From the site: I’ve just finished building CommitteeCaller.com, a site that allows one person to target an entire congressional […]

Hollow man beachtowel

Make your National MP’s holiday season with one of these fantastic towels. Currently out of stock but don’t doubt for a minute that […]

Google Australia launches election tools

Google’s launched some great new online tools for the Australian election. Check out: www.google.com.au/election2007 where you’ll find Google maps called maplets, with electorate […]

Gaybourhood Halloween party cancelled

From the NY Times: This Halloween, the Glindas, gladiators and harem boys of the Castro — along with untold numbers who plan to […]

The Superest

You’ve probably heard of the battle raging accross the ditch. You’ve probably even heard of the one in the Parliamentary lobby. In California […]

Elephants ‘do a Blumsky’

The Guardian reports that “Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India’s remote north-east”. No […]

FreeRice

FreeRice is a vocabulary game. For each word you correctly identify, they’ll donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help […]

Free culture. Amen.

Wouldn’t be a weekend on The Standard without a post on free culture now would it? I’m going to go out on a […]

Found

It’s Friday. Maybe you need a break. Don’t say we never think of you. Here’s a site I used to love but had […]

Colourful advertising

The Sony Bravia ads are among my all-time favourites. First we had the bouncy balls, then the paint explosions, now it’s clay bunnies.