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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 Chaser does Hilary
Sort of funny, sort of cringe worthy, and it took less than a couple of hours to make YouTube 🙂
Google pushing Child Prostitution?
Spotted at Mosnews: Marriage or friendship with women is one thing, but what sort of people are looking for “Polish Girls”? more importantly, what’s Google doing allowing this stuff?
More Goose, more often from Scoble
Scoble on Photobucket’s ban @ MySpace: Myspace is right, everyone else is bad, parasites even. BS. MySpace is the amazing success it is because it gave it’s users a creative freedom other sites didn’t. My response to Scoble as follows. It will probably get deleted, so I’ll post it here. I’ll tell you what I […]
Top 100 Australian Blogs
Got an email from Craig Harper today, a Melbourne based blogger and motivational speaker, he’s set up a rather nifty blog roll of Australia’s top 100 bloggers based on Technorati Rank (right side bar). Apparently duncanriley.com comes in at #22. Given that my motto at duncanriley.com is “I couldn’t care less what I post and […]
Dan Rather talks plants?
He hates the blogosphere, but it’s fairly clear we won, because Dan Rather has been reduced to doing guest appearances on Martha Stewarts TV show talking about….wait for it….Exotic Plants 🙂 What goes around comes around I guess, a lesson others should prepare themselves for, because I know a couple of people due a bucketload […]
Google invests in Maxthon: smart move
Michael Arrington @ TechCrunch has the scoop: Google has invested in China based browser Maxthon, which for memory has something like 25-30% of the Chinese market. It’s a very smart move by Google, knocking Baidu off in China and Yahoo off elsewhere as the default search option for Maxthon will exponentially increase their share in […]
Has Twitter passed its peak?
Has Twitter passed its peak? or is it more of an adjustment following the post SXSW hype, a rollercoaster ride of traffic? I’ve got an ever increasing list of friends/ subs in Twitter, and yet the level of posting this last week is actually declined. Might have something to do with Easter…will wait and see […]
My Google Wishlist
For those not following my posts @ 901am, I wrote yesterday about my switch to all things Google. But I do have a small wish list of things I’d like Google to implement/ change so I can perfect my experience: 1. Outlook style functionality in gmailI need folders! The main reason I download my email […]
If you’re a games developer and you didn’t back the Wii, guess what?
If you’re a games developer and you didn’t back the Wii, guess what? Your profits and sales are down whilst your competition is seeing increasing profits and sales. Officially. Dare I say to EA as a Wii owner: sucked in 🙂
It’s time for people to grow up: Scoble vs Winer
Looks like the Scobles have fallen out with Dave Winer. I don’t know much about Maryam because I don’t read her blog, but I’ve observed Robert’s behaviour long enough, he’s a “you’re with me, or against me” sort of guy, one who takes a disagreement as being a personal attack, a declaration of war if […]
Cultural Difference: Easter Eggs
Lifehacker has tips with what to do with left over Easter Eggs. Apparently American Easter Eggs are actually Eggs as in come from Chickens, as opposed to being made exclusively from Chocolate, and instead of coming in a brightly coloured celofoil wrap, the shell is dyed. You learn something every day…and personally I prefer the […]
Just what the world needs: A Twitter Clone
Scoble reports the Leo Laporte has switched to Jaiku, a Twitter clone. Already I’m seeing messages there from new signups thanking both Scoble + Laporte. Does the world need another Twitter? I’m finding keeping up on Twitter hard enough as it is, imagine having to do it on two sites, or three, or more? And […]
An open apology: I was wrong.
On March 28 I wrote a post pointing out that Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has been duped by a clever person running a site called popuri..a site which I alleged ran on a script that could be bought for $20. Turns out I was wrong, totally wrong, and hence I openly apologise to all readers. […]
Nearly time to drop the Poor Photographer tag
I spent some time Thursday at Perth Zoo with my new camera, a Panasonic DMC-FZ50. Amazing what you can do with a decent bit of technology, certainly it might be time to drop the poor photographer tag, 10mgp with 12x optical zoom really makes for some half decent shots. More on my Flickr account.
TV: where Australia still lags far behind the US
From a Wired Report on TV: “According to Nielsen, the average consumer [in the United States] now has access to 104 traditional TV channels” Lets see. I’ve got 10, and only because I live on an estate that rebroadcasts a couple of free to air satellite channels across the estate SBS,ABC,Seven,Nine,Ten,GWN,WIN,Now,Bloomberg & ABC 2. The […]
Western Australia now the most taxed state
SMH: WA takes lead as heaviest taxer Absolutely disgraceful. When I moved here nearly 10 years ago WA was one of the lowest taxing states in the nation, if not the lowest. Unfortunately the only way to avoid taxes here now is to not undertaken any transactions that involve paperwork: for memory our stamp duty […]
Acer Vista Scam?
It’s April and I’m still waiting for my free Vista upgrade from Acer, sent the proof off two months ago, nothing back, rung, they told me to send an email, sent email, no response. Has Acer in Australia run a scam here? time to call DOCEP or the ACCC maybe? Hopefully someone from Acer in […]
TechCrunch duped again?
Arrington covers Sonopia. It’s an affiliate program with a little touch of custom branding based on the affiliate. I’ve seen similar offerings before. In 1998. TechCrunch duped again, or a slow Web 2.0 newsweek? who knows, but credit to those getting the coverage.
Wii outsells PS3 + XBox 360 in Feb
Latest US sales figures via El Reg: “According to market watcher NPD, some 335,000 Wiis were sold in the US in February. Microsoft sold 228,000 Xbox 360s and Sony 127,000 PS3s. Nintendo was just 20,000 units short of outselling both its rivals put together.” Overall figures to date: “Americans have bought around 5m 360s, to […]
The 2007 Federal Election will be fought on WorkChoices
Attended Capelfest yesterday, one of the biggest local annual fairs held in the South West of Western Australia. The Liberal Candidate wasn’t in attendance. Pure stupidity, Forrest might have a 10% margin but she won’t have the advantage of incumbency and if the swing is on the seat could easily be tight…even lost. The ALP […]