In episode 3 of TPA Live, the official The Public Apology podcast, we tackle a range of burning issues, including: – The FIFA World Cup – Australia’s World Cup report card – Luis Suarez’ bite – President Obama’s rumoured use of emojis – Shane Warne’s penchant for trolling lion cub pics on Twitter – MH370 – specifically, where the…
Read More TPA Live: episode 3A recent spike in interactions on The Public Apology Facebook page is pretty much reflective of society’s intellectual malaise, according to founder Dave Edwards. Nate Silver’s analytics blog, fivethirtyeight.com, reported that 95% of TPA Facebook followers do not interact with the actual website – just the fan page itself. The Public Apology’s core business is…
Read More TPA Facebook Page Reflects Society’s Intellectual Malaise: FounderThe internet. On the face of it, it’s this wonderful technological achievement that will endlessly astound you, much the same way one might try to fathom the boundlessness of an ever expanding, eternal universe. My phone can tell me the barometric pressure in Eastern Mongolia in 0.016 of a second, which is a million times…
Read More Blokes With Smartphones: The Internet’s Knee-Jerk Reaction to SuarezI recently penned a piece about the joyous relief of letting one’s self devolve into a bile-spitting drunken lunatic during State of Origin, and indeed argued that it was perhaps a necessary outlet for your (and your family’s) ongoing survival. Well now, two games in and with the series effectively over, I’m experiencing the come-down.…
Read More Why I Fucking Hate OriginThe FIFA World Cup has captured the imagination of Australians, and rightfully so. It’s a wonderful show; a real must-see. But as with any stage spectacle, once the show leaves town, all that is left are the memories. And with time, those memories will fade gracefully away, like a 90’s summer romance at a New…
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