The Nerd Cave moves to Accessibility

Transcription INTRODUCTION: Geek is chic but one niche that has been neglected are wheel chair users. Elwyn Chow reports... CHOW: The Nerd Cave is a community centre for many types of gamers and is also a retail store. They are putting the finishing touches on their move to Ashfield. Almost all board game shops in Sydney are …

24/7 Street Kitchen and Safe Space Capacity Increase

Introduction for presenter: A unique solution to the lack of accommodation for Sydney's homeless people is growing. Elwyn Chow reports. https://soundcloud.com/elwyn-chow/247-street-kitchen-capacity-increase Transcription: Chow: The 24-7 Street Kitchen and Safe Space is increasing their bed capacity to a hundred in  June. The safe space was established in December 2016 under the awning of a construction site in …

Drizzle Drazzle Drazzle Drone

Tooter Turtle was a semi-entertaining and semi-educational cartoon that ran from 1960-61. Each episode followed the same formula. Tooter (a turtle) asks his friend Mr Wizard the lizard for a favour: to magically send him across time and/or space into whatever his dream job was that week. Mr Wizard warns him that it's not what he'll expect …

Cold War on Sydney Cycleway gets hot

Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, accused WestConnex contractors of tearing up part of the Bourke Road cycleway in Alexandria without due process. In Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts on 28 April, Moore was concerned about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians and said WestConnex acted without consultation, notification or providing an alternative route. "It is a miracle no …

Pilgrimages: Minneapolis

Everybody goes on holidays but the focus is on satisfying the mainstream. The "pilgrimages" blogs covers niche affections for music and popular culture and provides map links to them.   Minneapolis, Minesota, USA was the epicentre of some of my favourite musicians' careers. Prince and The Replacements came from Minneapolis. Hüsker Dü were from neighbouring Saint Paul. Bob …

Stevie Nicks – Cat Champion At Royal Easter Show 2017

The overall Best Exhibit in Show for the 2017 Purina Pro Plan Pet section of the 2017 Royal Easter Show goes to Stevie Nicks.

Last Supper at Sizzler Kogarah

There is only one Sizzler left in NSW and I was the last customer at their Kogarah restaurant.

Make America (and everybody else) Fact-Check Again: You Should Shame Sharers of Fake News

Daily, millions of people engage in vitriolic online discussions. Helpfully, journalists have provided you the resources to shame your online opponents by exposing their gullibility and lording your superior intellect over them! “Fake news” are news articles that purport to be fact but are actually created in Macedonia (or elsewhere) to misinform, entertain or generate …