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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.
OK, so I was wrong about the Sydney Morning Herald
Got into a bit of a debate on another blog the other day (sorry, cant remember where), where I defended the Sydney Morning Herald online against claims it’s become too tabloid and full of crap. Steve Irwin died what..about 2 hours ago as I write this, news.com.au went straight to the story with top headlines […]
Vale Steve Irwin: Crocodile Hunter 1962-2006
Australia’s own clich?É?í?Ǭ©d gift to the world, Steve Irwin, is dead, killed in an accident doing what he loved best, interacting with deadly wildlife, in this case, a Sting Ray that seems to have taken offence to his presence. Indeed, it’s not hard to image Irwin saying “crikey” as his last word as the stingray […]
This has got to be a spoof, right?
The New New Internet Conference. Christopher Locke notes that his favourite line is “Gain a Deep, Non-Technical Understanding of Web 2.0”, personally I like “How to Apply Web 2.0 Techniques to Improve Life and Business”…yeh, like we really all want to adopt Web 2.0 in life and business, after all it would involve taking a […]
My Fathers Day gift
Today is fathers day in Australia, and my thoughtful 4 year old gave me a gift I’m sure to get many hours of enjoyment out of, Absolute Power Series 1. Although it was made in 2003, the ABC has only recently showed the series here and I only managed to catch a few episodes, but […]
Something that actually needs Web 2.0
Darren at Problogger points to The Seal Generator, a site that lets you make your own official seal. Sort of nifty idea, but it desperately needs a Web 2.0 makeover because theres no Ajax that updates the image as you make it, something you sort of come to expect in the days of Ajax enabled […]
Kimberly Williams: some sheila’s never give up
More funny stuff in relation to Kimberly Williams of the Boston School of Electrolysis over at Greywolf today here. This sheila never seems to give up, from SEOMoz to Greywolf and who knows where else next, she’s like the energizer bunny on crack, with ridiculous legal threats against half the SEO community. Obviously someone never […]
If Browzer is bad, isn’t Yahoo! as well?
Looks like the Browzar browser might be a bit dodgy, with Techcrunch and the Web 3.0 log reporting that it’s actually IE in disguise + it’s what they claim as “adware”, because the browser utitlises Overture for search results and it’s near on impossible to change away from Overture. And yet Overture is 100% owned […]
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 […]