Jack Arthur Smith

sydney.concreteplayground.com.au — Burgers have always been a firm favourite around the globe, whether they're eaten as a once-in-a-blue-moon treat or as a regular dietary staple. But there's much more to just cooking up a patty and sticking it into a bun.

www.thebrag.com — Like the scanning of its celestial-viewing namesake, Catriona McKenzie’s directorial debut Satellite Boy is a touch slow. But luckily for us, what it explores is just as beautiful.

www.thevine.com.au — In this day and age of instant communiqué to anyone slightly more tech-savvy than an Amish OAP, sometimes, just sometimes, when something gives us the shits, words fail us. Yes, it's true. Immaturity and social retardation aside, as the intelligent, sensible, sentient creatures we are, there are often moments where all we want to do is stick our index and middle fingers up and, depending on the level of searing outrage, blow a raspberry too.

sydney.concreteplayground.com.au — To those yet to finger the face of Ghostface Chilla, Snapchat's mascot stuck in a state of eternal smugness, don't believe everything you've heard. Snapchat is much more than just sexting. In fact, it's hilarious.

junkee.com — If you've been walking around with your eyes closed, fingers in ears and singing "tralaladiladilala" for the past 72 hours, then welcome home, we're currently up in arms over police brutality.

Time Out Sydney — Every student knows there's nothing more useful than a milk crate when it comes to storage. This beautifully carved designer version is by hip Sydney couple Bianca Riggio and Ryan Hanrahan.

fb.concreteplayground.com.au — From prosciutto-wrapped spatchcock to slow-cooked lamb shanks on a rainy weekend, most kitchen-loving folk among us are like pigs in the proverbial when it comes to good meat. But finding the best cut, and a fair and decent source that considers animal welfare as vital as profit margins, is like finding a vegetarian on Masterchef - far from impossible, of course, but often predictably disappointing.

www.samesame.com.au — We may not quite have full equality yet but there are many things about being LGBT here Down Under that are pretty amazing. In fact, back in 2010 we even made a list of 50 things we love about gay Australia , making us appreciate what we have - and helping us realise why so many LGBTI people from around the globe want to call our sunburned nation their home. But how fortunate are we really? Below, dueling gay workmates Jack Arthur Smith and Christopher Carroll put it all in perspective. Even in 2013, in too many nations of our world it's very difficult to be gay.

www.gaystarnews.com — With great power comes great responsibility, so said Stan Lee through his iconic comic Spider-Man. Well, if you want to get pernickety, many argue it was in fact French Enlightenment writer, Francois-Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire. But regardless of who once uttered these words of wisdom, it is undeniable that in this day and age, an age of light speed information communication across the globe, they very much still ring true.