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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.
200 million users can’t be wrong: eBay
Amazing figures from eBay via Reuters, even more reason why we need net neutrality, because it a world without net neutrality, the eBay’s of this world wouldn’t exist: EBay Inc. has now registered 200 million users of its online auction services, which would make it the fifth-largest country in the world if its members could […]
In response to Aaron
Aaron has posted this lovely photo of me: and my only response: Tags: World Cup
Why I have a new found respect for Robert Scoble
I’ve always though Scoble was a bit of a lackey, but today I read something that gave me a new found respect for the guy, a guy who’s willing to take a (real) risk and give something a go, from Slashdot: Q: What would have kept you at Microsoft? Money? Relocation? More Channel9 cameras/staff? Free […]
Spam web sites become big business
An incredible story from Boston.com: A venture-backed Waltham company that’s quietly amassed more than 650,000 Internet domain names is stepping out of stealth mode today and unveiling its plans to build a substantial Boston-area Web 2.0 business around the emerging field of “direct navigation.” The company, called NameMedia, is being led by Kelly P. Conlin […]
Watch the World Cup in Ascii
There’s nothing quite like watching the World Cup live via Telnet and rendered in Ascii 🙂 (via el Reg) Tags: World Cup
I know it’s winter, but this is ridiculous!
At the forecast top: 12.
Is the Sydney Morning Herald being swamped by Socceroo Fever?
I’m having serious issues connecting to the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, anyone else? Really, really slow. Given the morning print media have no news on the historic win I’m wondering whether everyone is jumping online for news? I did read earlier (after waiting for the page to load) that 20% of the Australian workforce […]
PC-less VoIP WiFi phone
This is very cool, from el Reg: A little-known company called BCM used Computex to show a multi-format VoIP Wi-Fi phone based on the Windows CE kernel. The WLAN800I is compatible with Skype, SIP services, MSN Talk and MSN Messenger….There’s no need for a PC for it to function, all you need is an 802.11b/g […]
Anyone for legal action
Noticed this media release on one of my Google feeds this morning, this goose is trying to flog 600 names for “blog portals” that include the name BlogSpot….yep, the very same name trademarked and owned by Google, and he wants $699 USD per domain for each one….I can feel Google’s lawyers sharpening their pens already […]
YOU BLOODY BEAUTY!
The Score says it all: Australia 3 v Japan 1 GO THE SOCCEROOS!!!!!!! Next stop: Brazil.
It’s the end of the internet as we know it
The US Congress today failed to support a vote to enshrine net neutrality into law. Why does this matter to me you may well ask? well think about it this way, who owns the trans-pacific cables? If I visit a page hosted in the states, how does it get there? it’s got to go via […]
Now this is an Adsense cheque!
Check out Macrus of Plenty of Fish’s Adsense Cheque: $991,773.04 for two months…..wow! Tags: Plenty of Fish
Web 2.0 company Pageflakes resorts to Web 1.0 email spam
Pageflakes, apparently yet another Web 2.0 online-OS startup, has resorted to spamming people in an attempt to get their RSS subs button up on blogs. I received this email from Pageflakes on 5 June: From: Tegan Harris (Pageflakes) [email protected] Reply to: [email protected] Date: 5/06/2006 8:58pm To: [email protected] Hi Seth, My name is Tegan and I […]
Aggressive advertising
Aggressive advertising thanks to Fark, the best photoshop contest they’ve held in a long time. My two favourties as follows:
Google Browser Sync?
Google has announced Google Browser Sync, a Firefox Plugin that basically backs up your bookmarks, passwords, cookies and what not to the Google servers so you can access them from anywhere in the world if you are away from your computer. Honest thoughts: do people really want to give Google access to everything? I guess […]
OK, Google Spreadsheets is cool
Got my invite today to Google Spreadsheets, initial thoughts: it’s pretty damn cool. It’s quick, and it seems to do everything I’d ever want to do with a spreadsheet, at least is plays like Excel does in terms of formula which is…well cool. Is it a Microsoft killer? I still don’t think so, but there […]
Feedburner Partners With TypePad
Very nice for TypePad users, although I’m interested to know how SixApart is implementing it, modredirect through .htaccess perhaps? From Techcrunch: Feedburner and TypePad will announce a partnership on Thursday that will allow TypePad users to automatically redirect their existing TypePad RSS feed into Feedburner. Until now, if a TypePad user wanted to transfer RSS […]
Nick Denton and Gawker Media cause World Crisis
According to Reuters: The only sites I’m aware of at the moment running the pics of little Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt: Gawker Media’s Gawker and Defamer! (via A Socialites Life) Tags: Nick Denton, Gawker Media, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie Pitt
Not happy Bill!
Latest news on Microsoft is that Windows XP communicates with Microsoft once a day…yep, basically Microsoft has been secretly spying on computers and hasn’t owned up to it until now. Personally I’ve got nothing to fear as my two computers running XP (one is XP MCE) both have legit copies (and yes, they are registered […]
Bloggers vs Time Inc.
The Gallery of the Absurd hits the mark again! Tags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Gawker, Time Inc