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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.
NASA: Need Another Six Asahi’s
Today’s only in America tale is bought to you by fine American heroes at NASA who drive the Space Shuttle whilst drunk. I would imagine that being blotto in Space would be fun, and imagine the toilet humor; shit flying would take on a whole new meaning. Spot question: how the fark do you random […]
Funny Pownce Moment
I’m on Scoble’s good side these days, but I kid you not: I went to add Scoble as a friend is Pownce, typed in “Robert Scoble” and this is what I got in return:
John Stamos Drunk on Kerri-Anne
This is just bizarre…apparently he’s on ER now, I’d think as a mental patient.
Todays insane video bought to you by…
Tornadovideos.net This is insane. And yet amazing at the same time.
Japanese confuse sheep for poodles
What the? From news.com.au: THOUSANDS of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles… The scam was uncovered when Japanese film star Maiko Kawamaki went on a talk-show and wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food. She […]
Top 10 George W Bush moments
Worth a laugh:
Getting back to basics, French style
According to the SMH, this is a picture of French Presidential Candidate Nicolas Sarkozy on the campaign trail. Gotta love the tractor:
New Zealand: beautiful one day, photoshopped the next
From the SMH: Tourism New Zealand has admitted it digitally enhanced the latest images of scenic New Zealand spots in its 100 per cent Pure New Zealand campaign. No word yet if it was a matter of just cutting out the sheep 🙂
Jeremy Schoemaker slams Ask, then deletes post
I always find it interesting when people say stuff they shouldn’t, then try to undo the damage by deleting the post, ignoring the fact that RSS leaves a trail. And no, for the record I generally don’t delete stuff, although I do often regret writing some of it, but hey, I’m also smart enough to […]
Nazi Germany: Extraterrestrials are to blame
From The Canadian: Manipulative Extraterrestrials influenced Adolf Hitler, scholars suggest. Damn those aliens 🙂
I’m all for making money, but this is just plain sick
Apparently people are trying to profit off the Virginia Tech Massacre, with Wired reporting that domain names based on the massacre are up for sale on eBay. I’m all for people making money, and domaining is a legitimate business, but this is just sick. I wonder what they would think if one of the victims […]
Graffiti removal in Canberra, a good or bad thing?
Looks like Canberra MP Steve Pratt is in a spot of bother, having painted over an “officially commissioned” artwork that he mistook as graffiti. OK, so take aside the legalities of it all for a minute, and think about it. Personally I think Pratt did the people of Canberra a public service. OK, so I’m […]
33 people dead in US Massacre: naturally the Australian press finds an Australian angle
Maybe I’m just becoming to cynical, but lets see, 33 people are killed in a Massacre in the US, the Sydney Morning Herald leads with a story that someone from Sydney was studying at this University, who knew someone who wasn’t shot but saw other people shot and pretended to be dead. Seriously. I can’t […]
Only in Queensland: croc not removed from park
A large Croc is stalking people in a park in Cairns according to news.com.au. Get this, for the only in Queensland file, authorities are debating whether they should remove the croc or not! Yep, apparently it’s not a given: “Queensland Park and Wildlife crocodile scientist Mark Read said yesterday his team was “assessing” the croc’s […]
The Chaser does Hilary
Sort of funny, sort of cringe worthy, and it took less than a couple of hours to make YouTube 🙂
Google pushing Child Prostitution?
Spotted at Mosnews: Marriage or friendship with women is one thing, but what sort of people are looking for “Polish Girls”? more importantly, what’s Google doing allowing this stuff?
Top 100 Australian Blogs
Got an email from Craig Harper today, a Melbourne based blogger and motivational speaker, he’s set up a rather nifty blog roll of Australia’s top 100 bloggers based on Technorati Rank (right side bar). Apparently duncanriley.com comes in at #22. Given that my motto at duncanriley.com is “I couldn’t care less what I post and […]
Cultural Difference: Easter Eggs
Lifehacker has tips with what to do with left over Easter Eggs. Apparently American Easter Eggs are actually Eggs as in come from Chickens, as opposed to being made exclusively from Chocolate, and instead of coming in a brightly coloured celofoil wrap, the shell is dyed. You learn something every day…and personally I prefer the […]
Open Source in Trouble?
If this is what Open Source can do, then maybe I need to drop Firefox for IE 🙂 Sort of reminds you of the episode of the Simpsons wher Homer builds a car, doesn’t it 🙂
Bloggers make JibJab
Lastest clip from JibJab, Chris Pirillo, Michael Arrington and Robert Scoble can spot Kabul on a map….well I guess two out of three isn’t bad 🙂 (via Steve Rubel)