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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.
Playing with Flcok
Flock imports your del.icio.us list, and syncs up your local Favorites with your del.icio.us ones. Each time you star a page as a Favorite, it is added to both your local and your del.icio.us list. well…above is the cut and paste I just did from flock, there is just no way of moving it down […]
Hapiness is an ezine redescovered
No, I’m not being paid for this, but I want to share it none the less, I’ve been looking at all sorts of money moneying things to complement the b5media blogs and what should I stumble upon: Affiliateprograms.com. I read this ezine for years (probably 10??) and somewhere along the way, probably when I last […]
Crowded House alternative? now things are getting strange
Its the Queens Birthday long weekend here, so I’m sitting at home doing some site scripting, fixing the wifes laptop, and a few other things, and I think to myself: why not put on some music. So I fire up Winamp (the AOL Music/ Winamp music and video lists are first rate) and I’m flicking […]
Jeez these things are good
A damn fine assessment You are a Social Liberal (60% permissive) and an… Economic Conservative (81% permissive) You are best described as a: Capitalist Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating
The Times
This is nice, but I’m really going to have to watch the gramatical structure and use of English in my comments for now on if they are going to make the English press. Google launches blogs search engine
God Outdoes Terrorists Yet Again
Got to love the Onion for stuff like this Onion Katrina Coverage.
A whole lot of Katrina comments going on
I don’t think I’ve ever got anything close to this. (screenshot from the Blog Herald WP interface)
Suddenly 30
I turned 30 yesterday. As well as doing the usual things one does when turning 30, such as vowing to quit doing bad stuff (such as drinking and regular McOz burgers from McDonalds) as the reality that you are no longer immortal starts to set in, its a good time to reflect. I can remember […]
An apology to Jason Calacanis
Well, I f@cked up. It wasn’t nice, a bit tired and emotional so to speak. So sorry Jason. We all make mistakes, sometimes I do tend to more than others 🙂
A Fresh Coat of Paint
Yes, its not dead, but its time for a fresh coat of paint here at duncanriley.com and a bit of a fresh start after some time away from the person blog as many, many other things have gotten in the way. I’ve got a new project on the way shortly as well which is great […]
Grass
I stupid question to be sure, but why plant frost intolorent grass in an area that gets the occasional frost? its a serious question I’ve been asking myself as the grass in my temporary residence whilst my new house is being built turns a yellow-white colour due to the nasty frosts the ridiculously cold weather […]
Back in the politics game
Check out Donklephant for a different mix of politics, the latest from Weblog Empire.
An Australian in Charelston
Firstly, they should stop complaining: a 3 foot Roo is a baby, try putting a 8 ft roo across your car bonnet and you’ll know what I mean, and the Mrs has had one through the winscreen, now thats talking to the animals W. Virginia kangaroo tales real (AP) hat really was 3-foot kangaroo wandering […]
An Australian version of Google Maps?
Spotted this one on kuro5hin.org today in an article about Google Aquisitions – Where2 – This Australian mapping company was also mentioned in the 2004 annual report, but not much is known about it. It also had something to do with Google Maps. Maybe at long last we are going to get a mapping service […]
A storm in a haggis
This is hilarious, but before anyone gets upset, think about my name and its origins, and yes, Riley is the common Sc____ spelling. New BBC weather map causes storm The BBC’s new weather map has caused a political storm with the Scottish National Party claiming it gives a “distorted” view of Scotland. New 3-D television […]
Weblog Empire logo
Working draft, but I like it. Now for the slogan ideas: “Why stop at just 1″ “If Calacanis can do it, why can’t I” “If Denton can do it, why can’t I” “First the blogosphere, then the world” “because weblog democracy would require tanks”
The word according to Google
This is hilarious, but on a more serious note its about time Google started expanding its services 0utside of the US and UK. Yahoo can role out most things to many countries (including Australia) but Google always seems to lag behind. It will cost them in the long term The Register: Google redraws world according […]
Whoops, you’re a mobster!
A bit you this guy didn’t wake up one morning expecting this to happen (AP)The Chicago Tribune apologized Thursday for publishing a photo caption that misidentified a man as a high-ranking mobster, a day after a second man sued the newspaper over a picture wrongly identifying him as a mobster. In an article in Thursday’s […]
A sick, sick world
Violent phone craze hits UK A disturbing and violent craze is spreading across the U.K., aided by cell phones and 3G. British authorities are seeing a rise in “happy slapping,” in which youths assault a stranger and film the incident with their mobile phones. People have been attacked in such innocent circumstances like jogging, waiting […]
There no where without Firefox support
This article at Wired about a multi-player online game “There” sparked an interest and I thought I might take a look. Site looked nice and clicked on the free trial. Then, to my horror, the “we only support Internet Explorer”page appeared. Oh well, you not here nor there if you don’t support Firefox…..