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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.
Nailing MSN
Time for a little blego on my little posted to personal blog: The Blog Herald just achieved its first No.1 placement on a major search engine for our key search term: “Blog News”, on MSN. It’s currently sitting at No. 2 on Google for the term behind the pesky, useless, computer generated Topix, but this […]
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Yes, not enough blogging, still recovering from the election, but the boy seems happy.
The world has finally gone mad
Strange but true: it might be time to ban lawyers in the States: “Denver Post: Two Durango teens thought they’d surprise neighbors with nighttime deliveries of home-baked treats. But one woman was so terrified, she sued and has won….Two teenage girls decided one summer’s evening to skip a dance where there might be cursing and […]
Murray school’s ‘cutest couple’ title awarded to lesbian pair
From the state that gave the world Mormonism, comes an interesting tale Murray school’s ‘cutest couple’ title awarded to lesbian pair: Salt Lake Tribune Face it: politics aren’t pretty. They aren’t even cute. The “best of the seniors” election at Murray High is no exception. Hanging chads and confusing butterfly ballots were not the issue. […]
Gates in “Teen Magazine” pose
This is very funny, take yourself back to 1983, throw on a dress and open your favourite teen magazine, and what do you see? http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=272750&st=0&#entry585309992
Windows DRM Installs RIAA Spyware on Your PC
If your for the war on software piracy I ask you to think twice: when the police lower themselves to lower levels than the pirates, or in historical speak: more criminal than the criminals, you start to question who to support: Windows DRM Installs RIAA Spyware on Your PC: he RIAA or their agents ?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Ǩ¬ù […]
How Did Animals Escape Tsunami?
Bizarre…. Wired: Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a sixth sense for disasters, experts said Thursday. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.