Posted on 21 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
It’s the end of the working week at the Countdown and that means that we’ll be looking at stories relating to the world of entertainment. However, unlike many other website’s definitions of entertainment which often confine it to simply showbiz, gossip and the like, Lijonoli will bring you news across a variety of entertainment mediums, [...]
Filed under: Countback, Entertainment | Tagged: Apple iPhone, Australia movie, Barack Obama, Baz Luhrmann, Blackberry Storm, Chief Technical Officer, Countback, Countback Tracker, CTO, Dance Masters of the World, epic movie, expansion, friday, Hugh Jackman, Lady Sarah Ashley, Motorola RAZR, movie, NBC, New Media, new reality dance competition, news, Nicole Kidman, Nigel Lythgoe, Olympic Games of dance, Oprah Winfrey, presidential addresses, Simon Fuller, Social Median, Superstar Dancers of the World, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Wrath of the Lich King, top MMORPG, White House, World of Warcraft, WoW, Youtube, Youtube addresses | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 20 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
It’s Thursday and that means today we’re talking health. If you haven’t visited Lijonoli this week, you’ve been missing out on the Countback, our new series where we’re taking a look every weekday at some of the top international news stories across common topics across Lijonoli such as politics, technology and science, as well as [...]
Filed under: Countback, Health | Tagged: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, adolescent pregnancy, AIDS, Associate Professor Raoul Walsh, blood stem cells, Centre for Health Research and Psycho-Oncology, cigarette addiction, Countback, Countback Tracker, Dr Annita Chandra, environmental factor, expense, Gardasil, HIV, HIV cure, HPV, HPV Vaccinations, Human immunodeficiency virus, Human Pappilloma Virus, Men, news, nicotine replacement therapy, price, quitting, research, rosuvastatin, sexually transmitted infections, Social Median, statins, stem cell transplants, stop smoking, teen preganacy, teenage pregnancy, transplant | 1 Comment »
Posted on 19 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
Its Wednesday, and that means for the first time ever that its science day on Countback. In case you’ve missed our new Countback posts over the last two days, every weekday from now on, we’ll taking a look at some of the top international news stories, and come the weekends, we’ll analyse information about the [...]
Filed under: Countback, Science | Tagged: adolescent pregnancy, Assistant Professor Xiaomei Jiang, astronomy, cloning, Countback, Countback Tracker, extinct animals, global pandemic, global warming, HR8799, Hubble Space Telescope, ice age, Jurassic Park, NASA, Nature, photovoltaic cells, research, satellites, Social Median, solar cells, solar power, Teruhiko Wakayama, Thomas Crowley, wednesday | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 18 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
Welcome one and all to Tuesday’s edition of Countback. Yesterday we launched Countback with relatively little fanfare, but today we’re doing it all over again: every weekday of the week we’ll taking a look at some of the top international news stories, and come the weekends, we’ll analyse information about the people, themes and [...]
Filed under: Countback, Technology | Tagged: AES, Australian Communications and Media Authority, Australian Government, Binary Messages, Blue Badge, censorship, Couhtback, Countback Tracker, Games for Windows Live, Hotmail, Internet Censorship, Live Calendar, Live Messenger, Mars, Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA, PDC, Professional Developers Conference, QoS, Red Planet, Social Median, social networking, TKIP, tuesday, Twitter, UAC, WEP, WEP2, Windows 7, Windows 7 Alpha Build 6801, Windows Live, WPA Crack, WPA Hack, Xbox Live | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 17 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
What did you think about Obama’s first interview on 60 Minutes? If you haven’t seen it, here it is.
Filed under: Spotlight | Tagged: 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, CBS | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 17 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
Hi everyone and welcome the first edition of Countback. From now on in we’re going to be taking a look at some of the top international news stories every weekday of the week, and come the weekends, take a closer look at the people, themes and events behind the headlines. Today is Monday, so we’re [...]
Filed under: Countback, Politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Barbara Bush, Clinton, Countback, Countback Tracker, Dmitry Medvedev, G20 Summit, George Bush, global financial crisis, Group of 20, Head Diplomat, Hilary Clinton, Kremlin, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, monday, news, news stories, Obama administration, Politics, presidental terms, Russia United Party, Russian Parliament, Sasha Obama, Social Median, terrorism, terrorist threat, Vladimir Putin | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 16 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
While Canon has wowed photographers at the more professional end of the scale with their soon to be released Canon EOS 5D Mark II due to its capacity to record both 1080p video and 21.1MP images (yes, megapixels aren’t everything but its work crediting Canon for), something may just be around the corner to blow [...]
Filed under: Spotlight | Tagged: digital cameras, epic, Mysterium Monstro, red camera company, red digital camera company, red one, scarlet, Spotlight | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 15 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
We’ve all probably heard that “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” or maybe even that “a dog is a man’s best friend”, but what about the astronauts? What would we give Neil Armstrong or the countless other individuals who’ve spent some of their life outside of the confines of planet Earth?
You know, I think this [...]
Filed under: Spotlight | Tagged: a dog is a man's best friend, Apollo 11 rocket watch, diamonds are a girl's best friend, expensive jewellery, expensive watches, gadgets, iconic, jewellery, Moon Watch-DNA, Neil Armstrong, Romaine Jerome, space watch, Spotlight, the moon dust watch, watches | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 12 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
The new wave of Web 2.0 applications on the internet set their focus on the collaborative two way interaction between content creators and individuals, and today’s Lijonoli Pick looks at the free online game JamLegend, an excellent game given the nil price tag which serves as a great demonstration of the power of Web 2.0 [...]
Filed under: Games, Lijonoli Picks | Tagged: game, guitar hero, jam legend, rock band | 1 Comment »
Posted on 8 November, 2008 by Darren Tan
Today is a special out of schedule The Seeker feature article which looks at a variety of knowledge issues related to my time studying Psychology. Over the past year, I’ve been completing an anticipated Psychology course which covers a wide variety of topics including the biological, cognitive and behavioural viewpoints of psychology, as well as [...]
Filed under: Feature Article, The Seeker | Tagged: animals, behavior, behaviour, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, determinism, drugs, ethics, levels of processing, little albert, memory, mike the headless chicken, multistore memory, psychology, reconstructive memory, reductionism, The Seeker, watson and rayner, working memory | 1 Comment »
