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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.
Ask Duncan: Why Do You Love Big Brother?
OK, so the whole ask Duncan thing didn’t work so we’ll (I’m still open for q’s) but Darren ask’s as good question: “Why do you love Big Brother so much?” Well Darren, the short answer: I live in the Country. The long Answer: I live in the Country. Seriously though, we don’t get Channel 10 […]
Now I know American law makers are Crazy: bill to ban Blogs, Social Networking sites for under 18’s
They say only in America. And only in America could law makers, elected representatives, put forward legislation that would punish and ban those under 18 from joining Social Networking sites and blogging, whilst totally ignoring the very people they are concerned about: online predators. I suppose in a society that allows every man and his […]
Will Reciprocal links get you banned from Google
This from a Media Post Email: As Shari Thurow points out, AdSense creates A LOT of so-called search engine spam, which refers to the myriad link farms and other bogus sites appearing in natural listings that make their money off a combination of AdSense and high natural search placement. Link farming is the process of […]
Bugs Bunny in “Adware Rampage”
Reports Online Media Daily: CONTROVERSIAL ADWARE COMPANY 180SOLUTIONS AT the end of last month quietly began offering streams of two shows distributed by Warner Bros. Online. The shows–the soap opera “Deception” and the animated show “Medical Island”–were created specifically for the Web. Both programs are available online exclusively on 180solutions’ consumer site, Zango.com. Visitors to […]