Saturday, January 31, 2015

Less People May Be On Australia’s National Minimum Wage Than You Think

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This week the Fair Work Commission released its first findings from its Australian Workplace Relations Survey (AWRS) , which is a survey tha...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

When To Buy Petrol (In Your Australian Capital City)

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Last month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launched a web page which suggests when the cheapest and most expensive t...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Tom Brady v Peyton Manning: Even If Brady Wins A Fourth Super Bowl I Would Still Probably Choose Manning

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Last week Tom Brady, quarterback for the National Football League’s New England Patriots, helped the Patriots into their sixth Super Bowl du...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 98

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ECONOMICS: Working long hours? This article suggests you are not producing that much more by doing so . ECONOMICS: Australians shouldn’t...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

The Origin of the Wooden Finger

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Why is this blog called ‘The Wooden Finger Depot’? When I was a teenager I discovered that I could ‘click’ my middle finger on my left han...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

The Leaden Finger Gamer’s Review: The Last Of Us

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‘The Last of Us’, a shooter/adventure/puzzle game revolving around yet another ‘zombie’ apocalypse, is one of the best reviewed games of ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Wooden Finger Five - January 2015

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‘ Epic Rap Battles of History ’ is one of those things that I didn’t realise was missing from my life until I found it. I first came ac...
Monday, January 5, 2015

A) The Stylistic Simplicity of Grant Morrison’s ‘Thunderworld Adventures’; B) And That of ‘The Rocketeer’; and C) The Bleakness of ‘The Adventures of Luther Arkwright’

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  Comic book writer Grant Morrison has a reputation for fitting big ideas and manifestos into his stories. ‘Thunderworld Adventures’ ...