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Posts from 2004 to 2017. This was a personal blog during a fairly chaotic decade in independent publishing — some of it tech commentary, some of it Australia, some of it ephemera. It’s kept here in full for anyone who arrives via an old link.
Current writing lives at SiliconANGLE.
RSS goes cute in Japan
I didn’t have the heart to link this from the Blog Herald as its just too bizarre Engadget: “After the success of PostPets it was clear that Japan had a taste for having information delivered to the desktop by fluffy animals, and now the inevitable has happened: A cute RSS reader is upon us. Ageet?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢s […]
Bizarre yet sad, Hopkin Green Frog
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Crop circles over Augusta
Going through some of my favourite shots and this one was taken at about 3000ft South East of Augusta on 3 September 2004. Its apparently a farming technique
Sad state of affairs
One of the most pathetic sites I have ever laid my eyes on http://www.sorryeverybody.com/ Instead of celebrating the wonder of democracy in America and accepting the result, these sad sacks of shit denigrate the great nation with their whiney apologies to the rest of the world. If this is the attitude taken by many on […]
How WordPress bought back the love
A corny tagline I know, and I promised myself to be nice to Mena at SixApart some time ago, so there will be no anti-MT tirades either here or at the Blog Herald but I have to say publicly what a wonderful time I’m having blogging using WordPress. The most refreshing change is not having […]
Finished reading bloglines subs 6 weeks late
After a long election campaign and a backlog of work I’ve finally gotten through my bloglines subs: Steve Rubel posts going back to the beginning of October. Its a relief to have finally gotten back on top of things, particularly after 4 days of non stop re-writting of the Blog Herald. Its such a pleasure […]
Giant squid ‘taking over world’
You’ve got to love Rupert Murdoch’s soon to be Delaware based News.com.au portal, particularly given how seriously they report the news, but then again, this is the organisation that employs Phillip Adams. GIANT squid are taking over the world, well at least the oceans, and they are getting bigger. According to scientists, squid have overtaken […]
British Navy recognises Satanist
This will undoubtedly get the conspiracy theorists going: News.com.au> A TECHNICIAN in the Royal Navy has become the first serviceman in Britain’s armed forces to be officially recognised as a Satanist, the defence ministry said. Chris Cranmer, 24, has been given the go-ahead by his captain to perform Satanic rituals on board the HMS Cumberland […]
Donor No 12 to the NY Times Firefox Drive
Yep, not very often Im so high on a list! If you’ve ever though about contributing to Firefox this is the best chance to do so + you get your name in the NY Times. Contribute now
I’m back….
Yes, after a heavy fortnight dedicated to the Australian election I’m back on deck and blogging! Having not been able to update the Blog Herald in 10 days results in a Google Page Rank slip from 7 to 6 which is a pain, but I’ll make up for it in the coming weeks. For those […]
Blogging space ship One
fascinating, http://www.2020hindsight.org/2004/09/29/ansari-x-prize-x1/ you know the problem with the 1960’s futurist’s visions of space travel at the turn of the century is that they wrongly took a socialist view that Government would successfully fund space travel. Skip foward 40 years and no trips to Mars but for the first time in a long time we are […]
Delayed moblogging coming soon…
I’ve been a big fan of moblogging for some time and have recently been fortunate to obtain a phone from work with camera, however there is no ability to add a data ability to the service, none the less photos will be here soon, abeit delayed by a data cable I’m yet to purchase. No […]
Wi-Fi blogging on the lounge
Although I haven’t had the opportunity to blog as much lately as I’d like, the ability to work from my lounge room, in front on my TV through Wi-Fi and laptop has radically changed the way I work at home. From hours in my office I’ve now been liberated from the desktop to the laziness […]
Mushroom cloud over North Korea
Yahoo> A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea (news – web sites), sending a plume of smoke more than two miles wide into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday. ..Seoul as raising the possibility of an accident or a nuclear […]
Ultra-fast broadband hits Europe
I can’t wait, although it will probably take Telstra another 50 years….. Reuters: His 10-megabit-per-second service from telecommunications company Bredbandsbolaget is up to 20 times faster than conventional cable modems, enabling a user to download a two-hour movie in a matter of minutes rather than hours
The day the ADSL died
Ahhh!!!! Looks like the D-Link DSL-300 has packed it up: no ethernet connection working: my ISP iinet (despite providing it) said its not their problem and the manufacturer. If the Blog Herald is a little quiet the next few days you’ll know why: 56k connection through the work laptop, a bit like 1998 revisted.
Sez Gov lover’s his ex
More bizarre sex scandal stories from the Governors Mansion of New Jersey The New Jersey gay sex scandal took an explosive new turn as a man claiming to be Golan Cipel’s lover came forward and reported the affair to aides of Gov. Jim McGreevey, sources said yesterday. The mystery man, a college professor from northern […]
Questioning Google on free speech
Reports that Google have banned an anti gay marriage advertisement on Adsense for this site from a Christian group on the bizarre grounds that it promotes hate. Bizarre you may well ask? or am I defending their view point? I?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢m not arguing one way or another on the content but Google search is a service […]
Wired drops Internet punctuation
I’m on mixed thoughts about this one. Punctuation has its place but its far easier not to use it. Does dropping the capital I from reference of the Internet denigate its purpose as a description of something of value? Wired> Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the “I” in internet. At […]
The demise of the great white hope
One of the images that struck me in the lead up to the Olympics is US swimmer Michael Phelps telling the word that he would be winning 8 gold medals at the Olympics in a fashion that can only be described as arrogant to the max. He was going to win everything he competed him. […]