An exciting month this month. In our segment, we’ll discuss food preservation tips I’d never thought of before, the postive impact that microfinance offers, and a new concept of balanced coverage of issues on the internet. But I also announced the launch last week of my new, weekly podcast about Adelaide. It is called, Another […]
Online Insights
Category: Online Insights
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday August 04 2013
This month on Online Insights we hope to surprise you with a whole new type of second hand smoke, decode the hidden messages of President Barack Obama and get an insight into insomnia (and how to cure it). Cure insomnia by sleeping outside Some interesting research into sleeping disorders and the body clocks of humans […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday July 07 2013
On FIVEaa Adelaide this month we will deal with age old physics questions one minute at a time, cook up a winter storm and learn how to share photos privately! Minute physics If you ever have questions about the natural world, Minute Physics is a Facebook Page and YouTube channel you need to follow. Henry […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday June 02 2013
This month on Online Insights we ask RUOK, pick up some more kids activities ahead of the mid year break, and rediscover how the internet can help you find new ways to earn a living. Making money can be child’s play Wendy Tsao captures everything the next phase of life on this planet has potential […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday May 05 2013
This month we tackle the deception of our eyes and brain (a dastardly duo), meet Adoorabears, celebrate No Diet Day, and dump a lot of data about stools. The blue and green illusion ANZAC Day was an intriguing day for me, quite apart from the commemorative part. As I was making ANZAC biscuits, my girls […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday April 07 2013
This month we investigate journalism, give space a feminine touch, ask whether Google has become god, and we take our medicine, the informed way! A spoonful of science helps the medicine go down I feel like a real parent now that we have dealt with our first round of head lice. The little mites were […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday March 03 2013
This month we will think like Sherlock Holmes, make choosing movies easier, make cooking easier and make bringing about world peace easier. How to think like Sherlock Holmes What makes Sherlock Holmes such a memorable character? Surely it’s his ability to see things that others overlook and then deduce solutions to puzzles for the police. […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday February 10 2013
This month on Online Insights we tip our hats to childcare workers, learn to write simply, digest movies faster and dream about stars. Early Education & Care Awards Our girls have been going to childcare for a few years now and I am astounded by how patient and professional the childcare workers are. Every day […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday January 6 2013
Another year lies ahead of us, so tonight’s websites are all destined, so to speak, to guide us through this year with aplomb. We will look at how to get organised from a ‘housewife’s’ perspective, how to sort good science from quackery, ideas for bucket lists for the whole family, and take the mother-of-all looks […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday December 2 2012
To sleep, perchance to dream. Yes, this month’s Online Insights on FIVEaa with Sean Perry and Steve Davis begins with dreams and then moves into shoes that are ‘lost proof’, we then ponder the pests of Xmas before finishing with some optical illusions (perfect for radio). Dream:ON ‘Tell him he’s dreaming,’ is an iconic phrase […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday November 4 2012
We do a little IT trick to spread your wireless connection farther, duck our heads, and then get ready for a feast of the revolting and the delicious. Waiter, waiter, there’s a fly in my food This weekend has been playing host to a conference for food bloggers and writers in Adelaide, so to mark […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday October 7 2012
This month we’ll go out of this world, contemplate leaving this world, explore being cartoon characters, and investigate just how much luck ‘lucky people’ have. Go Animate Go Animate is a cartoon-making service with plenty of free options and some premium upgrades. I find the best way to make use of Go Animate is to […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday September 2 2012
Tonight on Online Insights we commemorate the passing of Neil Armstrong by looking at a great moon myth, look at another use of human technology – the nuclear bomb, look deeply into the Facebook mirror and then finish with a Coke. The Great Moon Hoax Since our last Online Insights segment, the Mars Curiosity has […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday August 5 2012
Amid all the Olympics coverage, we will persevere with some non-Olympics material again this month, including sites that can capture childhood in a novel way, teach you how to have gourmet coffee in the middle of nowhere, raise awareness about another dumb and dangerous move by the federal government that could make our fears about […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday July 8 2012
This month on online insights we look at latest detailed statistics on who is using social media in Australia, privacy on social media demonstrated a new way, remind you of a computer test you must run tonight, and we’ll finish up with a cup of ‘warmth and vigour’. DNS Changer Test Late last year, the […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday June 3 2012
This month on Online Insights, we teach kids to play with electricity, see some guys who play life or death with electricity, investigate a tool perfect for terrorists and anxious loved ones, and we investigate that food in your fridge – when should it be thrown out. Still tasty? I have always tended towards throwing […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday May 13 2012
This month on Online Insights we drive down memory lane in Adelaide in full technicolour, discover a resource to stop grey-haired people around you turning your hair grey, recoil at Vegemite’s woes and discover what brand you would be, given your personality. Life in Adelaide I have started a new habit. It is so cold […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday April 1 2012
This month on Online Insights we find a treasure chest of intelligent, Australian writing, take the federal survey on same sex marriage, look for love in social networks, review how necessary daylight saving time really is, and then look for local things we might like to do. Same Sex Marriage survey This weekend we have […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday March 4 2012
This month on Online Insights we shall see the light, then move from the old world to the ‘other world’ and come to rest in the inner world. Sounds mysterious but don’t fear, it is me and Sean Perry, you will not be spooked! Before you dive into the actual stories, I also encourage you […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday February 5 2012
This month on Online Insights we explore mind control tricks from the underbelly of marketing, tease out some of Adelaide’s interesting bloggers, get a grip on British English and poke some fun at the lack lustre food photos shared in Social Media. 5 Creepy Forms of Mind Control You’re Exposed to Daily As many of […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday January 1 2012
Welcome to 2012 and the first edition of Online Insights for another year. This month we take a different approach to resolutions involving food, give ourselves some tricks for spelling better, correct some of the common myths we all believe and finish with a way to play book publisher. What’s more, most of tonight’s links […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday December 4 2011
With xmas about 20 sleeps away a couple of sites this month will focus on that event on how to navigate work parties and how single people can treat themselves to festive feasts, we’ll discover some quick house cleaning tips (always useful this time of year) and we finish with some thrilling rides. Andersons Law […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday November 6 2011
This month we get real about food, about money, about music and about publishing a book. What does a healthy person eat? There are many theories and diets around the best food for us. There are also many examples of healthcare professionals who abuse their bodies worse than their patients do. But a young, Darwin-based […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday October 2 2011
This month we explore what is meant by Australian Women’s Weekly when it claims that Frugality is the new Black, experience the fun side of HTML5 (who would have guessed), and a small video of magic and high tech blended into one. Enjoy. Frugality is the New Black My wife told me the Australian Women’s […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday September 4 2011
This month we look at the importance of sleep for weight loss, of how to get our minds straight, take a global glimpse at Fathers Day and finish off with a handy way to use Lego. Sleep adds weight AND makes you fatter After reading this article, I have worked harder and harder at getting […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday August 14 2011
This month on Online Insights we look at incredible printing technology, furniture planning software that allows you to order your design, troubleshooting bitter coffee and a fun poke at MySpace. 3D Printing During a workshop in Murray Bridge recently for Regional Development Australia, I met Andy Ide, a man obsessed by the technology known as […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday July 03 2011
This month we prepare for an indoors winter with tips for making better home movies, things to do with your store of pumpkins, ways to find public toilets when the cold conditions prompt an unplanned call of nature, and one of the most obvious cases of political messaging captured on film. Meanwhile, on the Web […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday June 05 2011
This month on Online Insights we help out a neighbour or hire them, we try to help save a parent support service, cook a delicious breakfast treat and investigate smoking that is not smoking. Parent Helpline When governments carve up the pie for spending OUR money, they face innumerable demands from many sectors. For example, […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday May 01 2011
This month in Online Insights we see what locals think about the alcohol issues in Alice Springs that are making headlines around the country, rethink how humans are living right now, spare a thought for mum, and finish off with a dash of light relief. Tell ‘Em That’s Enough I spend a lot of each […]
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday March 06 2011
This month on Online Insights we take a kite’s eye perspective on hobbies with international appeal, Let’s go fly a kite. Up to the highest height! I had two very interesting South Australians take part in my Online Marketing workshops last year and their “hobby” of kite flying blew me away (is that the best […]