I was just watching the SBS news and it occurred to me, not for the first time: Why do give the global weather to an audience that is in Australia? Even if audience members were intending to travel to another country - especially one that's more than a day's travel away - surely there's every chance the weather will have changed by the time they get there.

Pssst. Want to see the latest trailer for next year's The Simpsons Movie? It's here.

Do you listen to the radio through your digital computer or television set, rather than a radio receiver? Well, doing so apparently pumps more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than need be that case. At least that's what this Media Guardian story says.

I know what they mean, but you'd think the authorities at Sydney Airport could come up with a better security-clearance term for people who enter the terminal on a casual basis. I can't imagine that I'd want to wear a badge declaring: "Sterile visitor".

I made a special "appearance" on Spencer Howson's breakfast program on 612 ABC this morning to talk about the new Borat movie and the press conference Sacha Baron Cohen gave, as the Borat character, in Sydney yesterday. There's more about that, including a photo and some audio, on my other blog.

Callers to the Queensland Theatre Company who get put on hold hear a recorded message extolling the virtues of the 2006 season, encouraging them to request a brochure. What a pity that the final show in the season, Puss in Boots, opens on Thursday, so 90 per cent of the message is redundant.