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The Wii Exercise Plan

David Pogue of The New York Ttimes agrees with me in this article. Why is no one commenting on Wii being the only game console to get kids’ heart rates above comatose?

My nephew plays xbox for as many hours as his parents let him – and then some. And then some more. And more. Luckily this kid has got skinny genes from his dad so weight is not an issue. Not all his mates are so lucky and the majority of them are porking up.

Be aware – obesity IS the new smoking.

Link: Pogue’s Posts – Technology – New York Times Blog.

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SMH does a Tele

Typically it would be the Telegraph that would take a story from another newspaper and run the questonable reporting of that story as news. In this instance the SMH is bashing the crap out the Telegraph over their reporting of the NSW Young Australian of the Year, a Muslim woman, who was arrested on drugs charges.
The linked article below refers to a blog and references may posts from that blog. The article’s author is reporting/arguing that the Daily Telegraph was full of praise for this yong woman until charges against her were made public during the week. However, it fails to mention that in the same week the SMH’s monthly (sydney) magazine also featured a story about this young woman.
It appears that balanced, honest reporting at Fairfax has become optional in it’s long runing war with the the Telegraph. Of course it’s easy to see why; the Telegraph broke the story on Wednesday – the same day the very expensive (in both production and ad rates) (sydney) magazine hit the newsstands.
Link: Anger on Muslim web forum – National – smh.com.au.