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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.
Google Image Labeler launched
More at Techcrunch, but strangely addictive, if some what stupid.
Blogtipping September 2006
The first of each month is Blog Tipping Day according to Business Blogwire, and each month the list of people participating seems to continue to grow, so it’s time I had a go as well :-). Yes, it is September 2 as I write this, but it’s still September 1 on the West Coast on […]
The Street gets it totally wrong on blog reach
Weird article at The Street on AOL/ Weblogs Inc’s new blog strategy. Most of it is obviously factual, but all I can say is WTF!? to this quote (emphasis added by me): AOL’s blog expansion comes as advertisers are becoming increasingly interested in reaching people who read and write the online journals because it lets […]
Dam Busters to be remade…but what about the dog?
According to The Register, Peter Jackson, he of King Kong and Lord of the Rings Fame is going to remake one of the best films of all time: The Dam Busters. The report indicates that Jackson’s version will be more accurate to the real story of the Dam Busters as much of the actual mission […]
Browzar launched
A new web browser from the people behind Freeserve in the UK: Browzar. Lots of buzz around the place that I won’t bother repeating, their main goal is to provide localised private web browsing by deleting/ not recording the web sites you visit using it. But that’s not why I find it interesting…nope, I like […]
The best ever time zone/ time tool ever!
http://www.qlock.com/time/gmaps?map=1 The GMT time (+/-) plus what time it is there now, all in Google map glory.
HP Printers are crap
I never buy HP printers…and here’s a classic example:
How to get out of the Echo Chamber
Darren has some good points here based on a post by Chris Pirillo. A great read, but I’ll add some of the things I do regularly: 1. Read the blog list at BlogAds Want to see different blogs that are doing amazing things, the BlogAds blog list does it for me every time. Yep, I […]
Any one up for a online radio show?
Stumbled across this site the other day: BlogTalkRadio. Fascinating concept, basically live podcasting with the ability to take call ins (upto 5 people on air at once, unlimited queue in for others). The killer feature: the ability to do the show without the need to edit or record the audio yourself. It works by users […]
Chicken Noodle Soup Video
Grawolf’s update on his stats based on the Chicken Noodle Soup Video are up. Intesting stats, particularly the fact that his second higest post is for “My Butt is Big” :-). My personal stats for the Chicken Noodle Soup video come in at 1668 page views month to date, but I’ve fallen off Google’s main […]
OK, so Feedburner is pretty cool
I’ve always had issues with Feedburner in the past, mainly on the basis that you’ve got to give up control of your feed to use the service. Here in lala land (TM) we’ve got our hands on the top notch, whole kit and kaboodle version of Feedburner, the one that you get to host on […]
How to apply for a blogging job
Darren has an excellent guide up on how to apply for a blogging job. It’s amazing from the other end the variation you do get from applications for blogging positions. Sure, the blogosphere and blogging are generally informal in their structures and general usage of the English language but this doesn’t mean your application should […]
Aint nobody knows RSS
Dead 2.0 has the stats, only 9% of Americans know what RSS is. Only 2% subscribe to a feed. I’d suggest though the actual subscription rate would be higher, it would be similar to the blog conundrum: that in the same way people read blogs without knowing they are reading blogs, I’d reckon that people […]
Yahoo! Flickr maps mashup is completely useless
So Flickr now allows you to geocode your pictures using Yahoo! maps via drag and drop…great, only that Yahoo! Maps is completely and utterly useless outside of the United States and Canada. This is as close as I could get to geocoding my shots from the Big Brother Live Eviction show: Thinking that given the […]
kvetches? WT?
My new word for today: kvetch, or it’s variation, kvetches. I’d never heard the word prior to today, and yet Jeremy used a variation of it (kvetchy) in an email I was party to, and Dave Winer used it in a post. According to The Free Dictionary, kvetch means: 1. A chronic, whining complainer. 2. […]
A battle for blog news supremacy?
There’s some good things happening out in the blog news field of late; competition is good for readers and it’s good for blog news junkies (like me 🙂 ). Each site has some great strengths, and yet none of them look like taking a clear lead in terms of what they are delivering at the […]
September glory
The score says it all: Fremantle 18.10 (118) West Coast 8.13 (61). The underdogs whip the silvertail, drink driving, gangster socialising Weagles. GO THE DOCKERS!
UK Telegraph writer caught copying work
This sheilas a brunette so she cant even use dumb blonde as an excuse: Threadwatch has the details, but compare and contract, the Mediabistro.com post was the first to be published. Tags: Stupid Sheila Pommy journalists
Blaugh hits the spot
Looks like Chris Pirillo’s comic venture is improving…certainly this comic is dead on 🙂
And on the 8th day, god delivered a working Australian EPG for MCE, and all was good in the world
I was having a look around the Australian Media Centre Community Boards this evening and I found this: EPG Stream, a free, working, integrated MCE EPG for Australia…and when I say integrated I mean it, unlike some of the other half arsed efforts out their by people to deliver Australian program guides into MCE via […]