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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.
Something Wrong with the UK
Something must be surely wrong with the UK if this is acceptable. George Orwell must be turning in his grave.
Wait, What???
When did the War in the Pacific become the “lesser known theater” of WW2? Seriously, are these people retarded?
Something Is Not Right Here
The story of the 3 year old kid found dead in outer Melbourne is a tragedy. But there’s something not right in the coverage/ story: The Herald Sun When Harpreet Kaur Channa stepped out of the shower and realised her little boy, Gurshan Singh, was no longer in the house, she panicked. But when she […]
Google News censoring pics?
We ran a story earlier today on the name and public details of the alleged Churchill fire arsonist. We didn’t run his picture due to the gag order in place on his picture and address in Victoria (the gag order was lifted on his name), despite The Inquisitr being hosted in the US. No idea […]
Now would be a good time to invade Australia
It could be worse…like New Zealand Via SMH Navy closes for Christmas NAVY chiefs battling a staffing crisis have taken the unprecedented step of ordering a two-month shutdown over Christmas, and have told personnel with child-care problems that they can work from home. The navy has also ordered all ships not deployed on operations home […]
The McCain-Palin Mob
I know what some critics have said: you can probably find a loony bunch of Obama supporters as well, but no one can watch this video and not be staggered by its contents. These aren’t your typical red-neck hicks, these look like middle class, average white folk, clean cut, some well dressed. Just…just….
Grand Theft Hypocrisy
News.com.au reports on the ABC being forced to apologize over Tony Jones suggesting in an episode of Q&A that computer games aren’t rated in Australia. Pretty much a non-story, even if it is on the front page of news.com.au, but given I’ve never watched the show, there was one part that flawed me: During the […]
Melbourne commuters take note, this is how they do it in South America
I wonder what colour a Connex train would burn? via Reuters: Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour. Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the capital, Buenos […]
Email Fail + Apologies
A short note of apology to anyone who sent me an email in the last 24 hours and had a bounced response. I’m still here, unfortunately my MediaTemple set up suffered some email fail. I still don’t know what it is, and after spending hours doing everything from trace routes, deleting and recreating the inbox, […]
Mysterious Apple Pirate Posters
I went down the street today (Burke Road, Camberwell, VIC) for some lunch with the family and some time in Borders, and I kept seeing the above poster. Someone had come along and plastered it at the various places posters are frequently posted (construction site boarding mostly). But that’s it: An Apple and Pirates cross […]
NAB Spams Blogs. Australian Blog Owners Need To Change Banks
I simply ask this: could I walk into a branch of the National Australia Bank and openly promote my business to those in attendance? I’d encourage EVERY Australian blogger who has an account to the National to close it. From today’s Crikey (not quite reprinted in full, but as it’s subscription only, reprinted enough so […]
Steve Gilmor Translated: The Master In Seques Returns
Steve Gilmor is a smart guy, but his inability to focus on more than one thing at a time (or more precisely to constantly seque in a post) is worthy of cult status. This post translated as best as I can make it out. Our Home Town I stumbled across Summize. I did a vanity […]
I Don’t Get This Government [Bangs Head on Desk]
Mao Ze Rudd is going to make R rated games legal, a good thing, and yet they want to censor the interwebs from sex and anything else that might be offensive on the given day they pass the legislation, and the giveaways they’ll give to Fielding to get it through the Senate. Don’t get me […]
This is a Fucking Joke, Right?
The Melbourne God-botherer has a post on his blog about swearing. Here’s some choice quotes Blogging using cuss words has become a trend for some new bloggers hitting the scene, but I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m wondering is it really to any avail? I want to take this time on Problogger to analyze the pros and cons of putting […]
Blu-ray Vs HD DVD
Clever.
Where Hippies Come From
This video needs no explanation. Did someone say brain damage? 🙂
New Simpsons Game is Fun Fun
This is pretty close to being one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen 🙂 (via CG)
Why the AFL is Farked
Read this. WTF? Instead of the issue being focused on yet another couple of AFL players being on the Persian rugs, I say yet another couple because if you look at the Weagles alone more than one are on them, the problem is Channel 7 publishing the truth. Yes folks: AFL players may boycott the […]
Australia’s Next Prime Minister Got Shitfaced And Touched Up Strippers In New York
Golden: from the same party that delivered a Prime Minister that held the world record for beer drinking comes Kevin Rudd, potentially (likely) the next Prime Minister of Australia who whilst representing Australia at the UN in 2003 allegedly got so maggoted he visited a strip club and “was warned against touching the dancers” by […]
Are We All Living in a Computer Simulation?
Makes sense, at least at the same level that religion as a whole does. Spot question courtesy of Richard Dawkins: if there is a supernatural creator, who created the creator? 🙂