Sure, Nathan Sawaya’s large-scale Art Of Brick sculptures have been fun to see in Sydney over summer, but the exhibition ends this weekend. Sydney needs its own Lego show, like Melbourne’s Brickvention and Canberra’s BrickExpo. And the Lego movie being made by Animal Logic in Sydney doesn’t count. Great news: the inaugural Sydney Brick Show kicks off at the Powerhouse Museum on June 2 and 3. More »
What are you up to this weekend? Fancy meeting Chekov himself (Walter Koenig) or the beautiful Chase Masterson, who you may know as the Bajoran dabo girl from Deep Space 9? Gizmodo has five double passes for both Melbourne (Saturday) and Sydney (Sunday) to give away. And the winners are… More »
Last week, officials from Grindr (the gay location-based hook-up app) confirmed to Gizmodo that accounts belonging to a “small number of primarily Australian users” had been compromised and some details placed on a since-taken down website. The SMH broke the story, and is now reporting that to date, no complaint has been filed against the “hacker” – one ‘Mr Nasty’, who was 18 when this all went down around July last year. [SMH]
What did you have for lunch? I got to eat one of my geeky fatty favourites from when I lived in the States: In-N-Out. They setup a special pop-up restaurant at Barrio Chino in Kings Cross today. Is the chain coming to Australia? My waistline hopes not. Looks like today was a one-off promotion, but if you missed out Lifehacker has all the details on making your own In-N-Out burger. Oh god. More »
Moonwalking. While it raises connotations of Michael Jackson blowing minds by moving backwards while seemingly walking forwards, it also has a newer, geekier meaning. Walking in the moonlight. Sydney tour company Understand Down Under has launched a nighttime walk through the Royal National Park, using moonlight and glowsticks to guide you through the bush. More »
Ruh-roh! This Hills Bus driver is in hot water after video of him texting while ferrying passengers down the M2 motorway hit national TV bulletins. According to the reports, his eyes are only the road about 25 per cent of the time throughout the two minute video. Take a look. More »
Many Sydney-siders believe that the only good thing about the city’s monorail system is the fact it offers a small column of shade while crossing Pyrmont Bridge. The state government isn’t too fussed on it either, telling developers to not let the monorail constrain their thinking when it comes to redeveloping the Convention Centre side of Darling Harbour. More »
You probably don’t even know what Lightswitch is. Neither do I, really, but that doesn’t matter when Microsoft turns Sydney’s cityscape into such an awesome light show. More »
After 18 months of anticipation, the iPhone 4S launched today, and buyers in Australia were the first in the world to get their hands on Apple’s latest smartphone. Giz gave you the chance to jump the queue last night, and early this morning I set off to photograph the launch as it happened. More »
Want 4G data right now? Two networks are vying for your mobile broadband dollar. But how fast are they? I hit the streets of Sydney to find out. More »
