The four-letter words Australians should stop using
The word that always meant 'I've got your back' is in danger of becoming a trite cliche.
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Garry Linnell
Garry Linnell is a Fairfax Media columnist and the co-presenter of the 2UE Breakfast Show.
We've surrendered to the drones that invade our airspace and our privacy
How to overcome the outrage at such a blatant intrusion, particularly in a place where your family has traditionally been able to escape to, far from the madding crowd?
The book is dying and I don't care: storytelling has been reborn
I should be in mourning. But let's get over ourselves and celebrate the rebirth of storytelling.
Don't get sucked into using the sewer of self-promotion
Twitter is suffering a declining user base and a marked slowing in its revenue growth. Its biggest problem is that unlike Facebook, its engagement levels are poor.
We spend too much time in meetings listening to gobbledegook
At the end of the day, it is what it is, for what it's worth.
Be afraid: your job and your life are not safe from robots
Laugh this off as alarmist, absurdist and the stuff of science fiction and you're not really living in the real world.
Welcome to the Lemon Age where nothing lasts forever – or even a year
A month ago our refrigerator had to be replaced after 18 months of constant leaks. Last week the dishwasher, barely a year old, was hauled back to its manufacturer after a leak caused kitchen benches to swell and warp.
Jump in the time machine and taste food as it should be
There's a time machine hidden at the rear of my mother-in-law's house. True story. We've kept it secret for a long time because we all love using it and don't want anyone else muscling in on our good fortune. But now it's time to let the rest of the world know how easy it is to journey back to another era.
The men who lead secret second lives are in for a shock
Two heavily pregnant women share a hospital room. Talk turns to the men in their lives, the fathers of their soon-to-be-born children. The similarities are striking. Both discover he's about the same age. Travels interstate a lot. God help them – he even has the same name. Surname, too. Same guy. Two lives.
Trump has murdered the English language
Subtlety has been grabbed by the neck, strangled and buried somewhere in his backyard shed.
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