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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.
Perez to be a test case for Bloggers
TMZ.com reports on news that Mario Lavandeira, aka Perez Hilton is being sued by a Hollywood photo agency for $7.5m US for copyright infringement. (I believe I read elsewhere the agency was X17). Admittedly Perez goes a lot further than other blogs in posting pictures taken from elsewhere, however the case could present a chilling […]
The page view is safe for now
Steve Rubel writes that the Page View is on it’s last legs, because Ajax and DHTML markup will mean that visitors to a page will no longer necessarily call a page from the server. I don’t agree. Sure, with my Web 2.0 cheer squad hat on, I get and support the idea of attention, however […]
Australia’s Funniest Home Videos: Glen Milne attacks Stephen Mayne
This would be hysterical, if only for the fact that Glen Milne (the chap doing the attacking) is regarded as one of Australia’s leading political journalists. I guess journalists shouldn’t hit the piss, right?
Don’t Digg this
Steve Rubel reports on yet another example of Digg coming after mashup and fan sites that dare use the word “digg” in their title. You just can’t be a good Web 2.0 citizen and go around threatening to sue everyone…it just shouldn’t and doesn’t work that way. I’m just waiting till they sue a site […]
Valleywag is an eyesore!
Zoli writes that the new version of Valleywag is an eyesore. He’s right. WTF was Nick Denton thinking? Further proof that gay stereotypes are wrong, because not all gay men have a strong sense of style and fashion…indeed, I think if Nick Denton launches any more makeovers like this the only thing people will be […]
What next, and a final word on silence
Just catching up on some 2 weeks worth of reading, strangely enough some of it about myself. A couple of people have asked “what next”, the simple answer is I don’t know at this stage. I’ve spoken to a couple of people about different things, and I’ve got as many emails to follow up on […]
Does Size Matter in the global economy?
An interesting observation I’ve made while I was away: size sometimes is different. It’s odd, but it’s the little things you notice: the fact that the toilets are full of water and are low to the ground, that 10c coins are smaller than 5c coins….and in North America a broadsheet newspaper isn’t the same size […]
Google purges porn?
Dude, Where?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s My Porn?: SEO Blackhat Blog Quadszilla is reporting some serious changes in the Google algo which has resulted in porn sites being purged from the index, both in full and in part, a move that it bound to upset a lot of people in the adult blogging business as well as the mainstream […]
Where’s the snow
Back in Toronto again, and I can honestly say that I’ve never been colder in my life. It was 0c (32f) when I landed….and still no bloody snow, and allegedly down to -5 tonight. I’ve travelled across the world and I’ve still not seen snow, mind you at this temperature I’m entitled to it….sooooo coooold. […]
For the want of a Caramel Tim Tam
Sunday, Newark NJ. The US is great but I’ve had enough now, and still a week till I get home. I’m back to Toronto tomorrow and I’m not looking forward to it. Ashame really I don’t have the rest of the week in New York, you’d need that and more just to see everything. Great […]
Down but not out
My many thanks to everyone who let me know that duncanriley.com was down. It’s not b5 related, I promise, and u can all take that with my personal I don’t lie certification. It’s just after 7pm US EST time as I’m writing this, but just 4 possibly the first time in my life, I’m actuallly […]
New York, New York
Perhaps it’s because I’m tired, perhaps it’s the sore back (:-)), but I keep getting this strange feeling….a feeling to dance down the street signing “New York, New York” as Sinatra did in the 1940-50ish musical which at this stage I cant seem to remember, but for lovers of musicals you’ll know the one, Sintra, […]
I’m alive, just.
On a computer again for the first time in 3-4 days, I say 3-4 because I’m not quite sure what day it is. The flight from Hong Kong to Toronto via Anchorage was, without doubt, the single worst flight of my life. It’s also the first time in my entire life I’ve thrown up on […]
Web 2.0 irony
News Corp. Looking At BubbleShare: Techcrunch. If it wasn’t a bubble before, it looks like it might be with this deal 🙂
Don’t believe in free markets? Visit Hong Kong
I’m standing here typing this in the Departures lounge at Hong Kong Airport. One word to say about about Hong Kong: F*ck! Free markets not only work, they rock. I only wish I wasn’t about to hop on another plane to North America. Absolutely mind blowing amazing. My only gripe, the main shops don’t open […]
Going to TechCrunch NY again
If you’re reading this post I’m dead….sorry, wrong intro, I’m not Pauline Hanson (Australian joke). If you’re reading this post I’m on my way to North America via Hong Kong, and the good news is that I’ll be able to go to the TechCrunch Party in New York again. I’ll also probably spend a couple […]
PayPerPost plus?
Steve Rubel points to LoudLaunch, yet another PayPerPost competitor (how many have their been lately??), although it would appear that the relationship might be pre-blog as opposed to post-blog: ie, you start up a blog on a topic with an advertiser behind you. Sounds like a solid idea, but it will be interesting to see […]
Checking out AzoogleAds
Ive just got my acceptance email through for AzoogleAds (aff). Admitedly, I did have to jump through some hoops, and I’ve got to post some stuff to Canada as well to later recieve a payment (I’ll probably hold off till Monday, then I can post it locally :-)). I’ve heard some really good word of […]
TLA Acquired by MediaWhiz
Congrats to the crew at Text Link Ads on being acquired by MediaWhiz. Like a lot of people I hadn’t heard of MediaWhiz before today, so I’ve got no idea what to expect. But I will say this to the new owners: TLA does a brilliant job with what it does, don’t mess with it […]
Britney Spears getting divorced
I’m not longer writing a Britney Spear site for a blog network, but I always knew that this would eventually happen: Britney Spears files for divorce in LA: Reuters.