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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.
The Times
This is nice, but I’m really going to have to watch the gramatical structure and use of English in my comments for now on if they are going to make the English press. Google launches blogs search engine
God Outdoes Terrorists Yet Again
Got to love the Onion for stuff like this Onion Katrina Coverage.
A whole lot of Katrina comments going on
I don’t think I’ve ever got anything close to this. (screenshot from the Blog Herald WP interface)
Suddenly 30
I turned 30 yesterday. As well as doing the usual things one does when turning 30, such as vowing to quit doing bad stuff (such as drinking and regular McOz burgers from McDonalds) as the reality that you are no longer immortal starts to set in, its a good time to reflect. I can remember […]
An apology to Jason Calacanis
Well, I f@cked up. It wasn’t nice, a bit tired and emotional so to speak. So sorry Jason. We all make mistakes, sometimes I do tend to more than others 🙂
A Fresh Coat of Paint
Yes, its not dead, but its time for a fresh coat of paint here at duncanriley.com and a bit of a fresh start after some time away from the person blog as many, many other things have gotten in the way. I’ve got a new project on the way shortly as well which is great […]
Grass
I stupid question to be sure, but why plant frost intolorent grass in an area that gets the occasional frost? its a serious question I’ve been asking myself as the grass in my temporary residence whilst my new house is being built turns a yellow-white colour due to the nasty frosts the ridiculously cold weather […]
Back in the politics game
Check out Donklephant for a different mix of politics, the latest from Weblog Empire.
An Australian in Charelston
Firstly, they should stop complaining: a 3 foot Roo is a baby, try putting a 8 ft roo across your car bonnet and you’ll know what I mean, and the Mrs has had one through the winscreen, now thats talking to the animals W. Virginia kangaroo tales real (AP) hat really was 3-foot kangaroo wandering […]
An Australian version of Google Maps?
Spotted this one on kuro5hin.org today in an article about Google Aquisitions – Where2 – This Australian mapping company was also mentioned in the 2004 annual report, but not much is known about it. It also had something to do with Google Maps. Maybe at long last we are going to get a mapping service […]
A storm in a haggis
This is hilarious, but before anyone gets upset, think about my name and its origins, and yes, Riley is the common Sc____ spelling. New BBC weather map causes storm The BBC’s new weather map has caused a political storm with the Scottish National Party claiming it gives a “distorted” view of Scotland. New 3-D television […]
Weblog Empire logo
Working draft, but I like it. Now for the slogan ideas: “Why stop at just 1″ “If Calacanis can do it, why can’t I” “If Denton can do it, why can’t I” “First the blogosphere, then the world” “because weblog democracy would require tanks”
The word according to Google
This is hilarious, but on a more serious note its about time Google started expanding its services 0utside of the US and UK. Yahoo can role out most things to many countries (including Australia) but Google always seems to lag behind. It will cost them in the long term The Register: Google redraws world according […]
Whoops, you’re a mobster!
A bit you this guy didn’t wake up one morning expecting this to happen (AP)The Chicago Tribune apologized Thursday for publishing a photo caption that misidentified a man as a high-ranking mobster, a day after a second man sued the newspaper over a picture wrongly identifying him as a mobster. In an article in Thursday’s […]
A sick, sick world
Violent phone craze hits UK A disturbing and violent craze is spreading across the U.K., aided by cell phones and 3G. British authorities are seeing a rise in “happy slapping,” in which youths assault a stranger and film the incident with their mobile phones. People have been attacked in such innocent circumstances like jogging, waiting […]
There no where without Firefox support
This article at Wired about a multi-player online game “There” sparked an interest and I thought I might take a look. Site looked nice and clicked on the free trial. Then, to my horror, the “we only support Internet Explorer”page appeared. Oh well, you not here nor there if you don’t support Firefox…..
Captain Cook’s Dairy online
The National Library of Australia has digitized Captain Cooks Dairy of the Endevour Mission which lead to the discovey of the East Coast of Australia available here. You know, I was raised in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney where Cook landed and attended the commemerations of the landing regularly. I hear do-gooders are trying to […]
What next, electronic drugs?
The world is a weird place, and although I can see the military uses for this, can you imagine this in your living room. I mean, seriously, next it will be sim-drugs, maybe a helmet that makes you nuseau’s and similutes the sound of an ambulance coming to save you? who knows, but who’s seriously […]
Doughnuts for Mormon Missionaries
There’s an old saying about avoiding politics and religion when you want to make friends, and I broke the second rule on the Blog Herald when I couldn’t help but take the piss out of a femenist mormon website. Naturally, Google’s Adsense provided a list of mormon sites in which to visit, and one struck […]
Thoughts on Terri Schiavo
The Terri Schiavo case seems to be the only thing many want to talk about State side at the moment, and although living a long distance away the case has also made news here, although about 20 pages into The West and the second part of the 6pm news. I’m not aware of all the […]