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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.
US Congressman mounting campaign to change the name of Interstate 69
Only in America…. John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number. There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all […]
Blue State Blues as Coastal Parents Battle Invasion of Dollywood Values
Hillarious, long but worth the read “”I’m not sure where we went wrong,” says Ellen McCormack, nervously fondling the recycled paper cup holding her organic Kona soy latte. “It seems like only yesterday Rain was a carefree little boy at the Montessori school, playing non-competitive musical chairs with the other children and his care facilitators.” […]
Dick Cheneys appendage
I’m not so sure what to make of this, the Blogosphere seems to be obsessed at the moment with this picture. Free speech or post election boredom? you be the judge.
How to smash a home computer
The BBC provides some interesting tales from computer recovery firms: One user put his hard drive in a freezer, after reading on the internet that this can fix malfunctioning hardware When tidying up his computer folders, one user inadvertently deleted the ones he meant to keep. He only realised he’d made the mistake after emptying […]
RSS goes cute in Japan
I didn’t have the heart to link this from the Blog Herald as its just too bizarre Engadget: “After the success of PostPets it was clear that Japan had a taste for having information delivered to the desktop by fluffy animals, and now the inevitable has happened: A cute RSS reader is upon us. Ageet?ɬ¢?¢‚Äö¬¨?¢‚Äû¬¢s […]
Bizarre yet sad, Hopkin Green Frog
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Sez Gov lover’s his ex
More bizarre sex scandal stories from the Governors Mansion of New Jersey The New Jersey gay sex scandal took an explosive new turn as a man claiming to be Golan Cipel’s lover came forward and reported the affair to aides of Gov. Jim McGreevey, sources said yesterday. The mystery man, a college professor from northern […]
New Jersey Governor Resigns due to Gay affair
WNYC News: In a stunning declaration, Gov. James E. McGreevey acknowledged that he had an extramarital affair with another man and announced his resignation Thursday. “My truth is that I am a gay American,” he said. “Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, which violates my bonds of matrimony,” the married father […]