Half Mag / Half Zine
Saya Sakakibara was on the final turn, leading the pack with the finish line and an Olympic final in sight. The Australian BMX racer said she was racing for both herself and her brother Kai, who would have been in Tokyo too but for a serious crash last year which left him with permanent brain […]
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You can’t argue with the magnificence of a beautifully executed black-winged eye. Except I would argue that its colourful counterpart is equally wonderful. A bit 80s yes, but it can, as per Valentino AW21, be super modern. A little colour tones down the severity of a black liner, adds a fun dimension and is less […]
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OPEC+ ministers agreed on Sunday to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 2-1/2 year highs as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The group, which includes OPEC countries and allies like Russia, crucially agreed new production allocations from May 2022 after Saudi Arabia and others agreed to […]
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Several applications on smartphones use their own text fonts and default size that, at times, becomes unreadable. If you’re an iPhone user, there’s a simple shortcut that can adjust the text size in less than five clicks to improve readability on apps and not just the Safari browser app, which only supports zoom in and […]
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Police in New York said members of the community helped rescue six kittens heard crying from inside a storm drain. The Plattsburgh Police Department said officers were called to an intersection at which a resident heard kittens crying from inside a storm drain near where an adult cat, suspected to be the mother, was found […]
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New Zealand have claimed two more rowing golds at the Tokyo Olympics, with Emma Twigg powering to victory in the single sculls and the men’s eight upsetting the odds to beat much more fancied rivals. After Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler won New Zealand’s first gold in the women’s coxless pairs on Thursday, Twigg immediately […]
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First of August. The dog days of summer. We will have lost three hours of daylight since the solstice by the end of this month. Time for gardeners to focus. It’s the weeks of school and other holidays when more of us are more likely to be away – though maybe less this year. If […]
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ.AX) on Monday became the first domestic bank to say it would return up to A$1.5 billion ($1.11 billion) to shareholders by buying back its stock starting in August. After posting a stellar round of earnings for the March-quarter, Australia’s “big four” banks were expected to return as much […]
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The Steam Deck isn’t the only handheld gaming machine people are anticipating. GPD’s WIN Max 2021, the sequel to the GDP WIN Max, starts its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign today. For those who don’t know, it’s a device that’s more akin to a mini laptop with a built-in controller. The upcoming handheld looks similar to last […]
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Virginia health officials and insect experts are trying to determine the origins of mysterious bug bites being reported by residents of one county. Locals in Arlington County said they have received what initially appear to be mosquito bites, but the bumps quickly swelled to much larger than what would normally be expected. “It started to […]
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