What I Learnt Today

Super 15 Rugby kicks off tomorrow (Friday). SANZAR has adopted a new format with more local derbies.

The first game for the NSW Waratahs is against the new Melbourne Rebels team – kick off 7:40pm Friday Feb 18th (in Melbourne). Go the Waratahs,

There is still time to enter in a footy tipping comp, as our extended family does each year. There is now a footytips iPhone app to make entering your tips easier. 

In this Rugby World Cup year, the All Blacks have been in secret high-performance training camps over summer.

This video obtained by WikiLeaks gives us an indication of what they have been doing.

The Australian teams have clearly adopted the same tactic that has paid dividends in previous world cup preparations – lull the kiwis into a false true sense of complacency.

Sad, very sad.

 

 

 

 

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La Linea is a series of animations created in by the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli between 1972 and 1991. It has been shown in Australia on ABC TV – as each episode is 2 and a half minutes, it is used as an occasional filler.

I suspect you’ll recognise the man, drawn in silouhette as part of an infinite line. He complains frequently to the cartoonist about the obstacles placed in his path – and in this interactice youtube series you can decide what adventures the little man must face.

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Need some extra time in your day? 

Seconds count. This video shows how to save time by doing many everyday things a bit faster – from folding a shirt to peeling a potato.

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Today I learnt that Ronnie Corbett is still doing his thang. Who would have guessed?

I also learnt that Apple owners have bigger dongles.

Thanks to both Mukesh and Donna for forwarding this to me.

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