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Blog Post Archive
Welcome to the Future: The Bed That Makes Itself
Got fifty seconds to change your life? Well this little number’s likely to do it: the OHEA. Dubbed a smart bed, it can make your bed with the press of a remote control, no matter how restless a sleeper you are. And here I was thinking was an immigrant on the payroll.
International Dads Unite: Our Father’s Day Gift Guide
It seems like there’s a gift-giving celebration every weekend these days. Well, hit your wallet again—it’s Father’s Day. “What?” you say. “Didn’t we just have that?” Well, fear not if don’t live in the United Kingdom, United States or South Africa—you’re off the hook … this time. Though, if you do reside in one of [...]
Curated Luxury: Men’s Goodies by Svbscription
I once worked with a woman who the entire staff unaffectionately referred to (not to her knowledge) as “Sore Flaps”. She was one of those stereotypical human resources types who wore greige poly-blend pants suits and held meetings about meetings and meetings about those meetings. It was all so meta. Perhaps she was ahead of her [...]
Shaving, Artisan Style: Geo. F. Trumper
Since 1875, George F. Trumper serviced the shaving needs of British aristocracy, and now has found itself known as one of the most luxurious men’s barbery goods and perfumes. Trumper’s products have hit the mark when it comes to a soft, lathery finish for facial shaving—or any other part of the body that the user deems necessary—and [...]
Seductive Motion: Samsung’s Smart TV with Motion Control
The below is a sponsored post from one of our carefully selected advertising partners. Are you one of those people who, soon after checking into a hotel, spreads a towel over the bedspread before unpacking? Do you also sterilise anything in sight with a bottle of disinfectant, including the coffee cups, the remote control and [...]
No More Helmet Hair: The Hövding “Invisible” Helmet
Is bike safety getting in the way of your personal style? Have you often preferred the prospect of a head injury instead of—god forbid—helmet hair? Then step aside, I’m going to show you something that will twist the chain on your fixie. Enter Hövding, the next revolution in bicycle safety wear that is—dare I say it—fashionable. [...]
Confessions of a Master Forger: Our Talk with Tony Tetro
He’s been heralded as the world’s greatest living art forger, he’s copied everything from Dalí to Rembrandt to Rothko, and has even forged a 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (of which only two were ever made)—from scratch. Now he’s taken on Warhol and has been commissioned to fake nine works by the famed pop artist by the Art [...]
Olympic Effort: The Bulova Accutron Stratford Collection
What dapper chap doesn’t love a leather strap? Okay, perhaps with the exception of corporal punishment, the sentiment remains true for timepieces. There is something about watches with leather straps that score instant man points and the Bulova Accutron Stratford watch has a doozy of a leather strap—not to mention an incredibly impressive dial and [...]
Slash Horror: ASUS’ Padfone
I’m the first to admit I love a good piece of technology. Something that makes my life easier, more novel or ups my social status to ‘one of the cool kids’, which doesn’t happen terribly often. Even in primary and secondary school I always seemed to gravitate to myself and was only noticed when I’d [...]
Bye Bye “Beer Fairies”: John Cleese on Booze, Style and Hipsters
He’s played a range of characters: from brusque hotelier, to medieval madman and even Lucy Liu’s father in Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle, one of the best worst movies ever made (Hello, Demi in mink and lingerie!). His career spans five decades, in which he walked sillily, made fun of the French and generally stood [...]
Fat Beats Anywhere on the Street: Son Valise’s Upcycled Old School Sound
For those who are partial to the Audrey Hepburn era outing at the park, or the arm-in-arm romanticised amble around the lake, this one screams old school reminiscence and will tickle your tonsils. A Melbourne-based design company that stakes its reputation on upcycling and making the old new again, Son Valise, fills a distinct void in [...]
Be Serenaded Awake with Uniqlo’s Wake Up App
Have you ever woken up and felt like an inkjet printer? No, you say? Well give this a listen and let me convince you otherwise: Yes it’s a strange comparison, but there are days when the magenta cartridge runs out and you can’t help but feel a bit greige. That’s grey plus beige, in case [...]
Symbolic Gifts to Celebrate Mum: Our Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Australian Mother’s Day is just around the corner and it’s your chance to show your mum just how fab she is. So, this year, why not get her a gift that actually means something, or at least means something more than “It’s Mother’s Day, so I bought you these choccies from Coles.” To help you [...]
The Chivalry of Champagne: G.H.MUMM’s Gentlemanly Education
When I was an infant, I suspect I was weaned on champagne. While I wasn’t allowed Coca-Cola because it would rot my teeth, I suspect a piccolo of the good stuff was upturned, a rubber teat attached and a mild sprinkling tested on my mother’s wrist. While I’m hesitant to admit the holes in my [...]
High-Style Hippies: Kriss & Jules Jewellery
If you’re a bit of a hippy in a fur coat like me, it’s likely that you will have meddled with a bit of crystal in your past. No, not that kind of crystal, Jason Russell (allegedly), I’m talking about that agate that you find exclusively at wooOOOOOOooooooo stores as my grandmother liked to call [...]
Learn Your Dating Shortcomings with WotWentWrong
How would you like me to tell you that you were terrible in bed, had halitosis worse than a crack-addicted garlic farmer and your choice in footwear was less than desirable? Didn’t think so. Now what if someone who you once dated, no matter to what extent of humiliation could do the same and do [...]
Light Reading: House Brick Bookends
If you live in a rough area, chances are you know the versatility of the humble house brick. Informal coffee table? No problem. Home protection device? Excellent. A way of extricating the rent out of an irresponsible housemate? Perfect! Now you can add bookend to its list of uses. Made in Melbourne from the discarded [...]
Ain’t Nuttin But a Gangsta Party: Snoop Dogg’s Smokeable Book
As if the Internet wasn’t already ablaze with talk of Tupac Shakur’s holographic resurrection (gotta love an estate prepared to pimp out their deceased loved ones) at Coachella, 90s hiphop hype is at fever pitch. But what about poor old Snoop? His co-performance of the egregiously-spelt ”2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” (Though, this came from a [...]
Look, Mum, No Hands! Tokyoflash’s Fun But Confusing Timepieces
Have you ever noticed what a bad wrap wolves have received in folklore? In the Three Little Pigs, the poor asthmatic wolf huffed and puffed his way into a cauldron wolf soup, which The Guardian has cleared up as an insurance scam by the pigs themselves. In Little Red Riding Hood the poor old wolf was so hungry he had to [...]
Get the Ice Cream Truck of Love on the Road and Help Us Change the World
On I Do Believe I Came with a Hat we talk about the refined things in life and from time to time, weddings. While we aim to be exclusive, our stance is not the same concerning marriage. You see, for too long now only a certain portion of the community has been able to get [...]