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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.
Melbourne and the English Speaking Peoples
Back at the grindstone again after 2 weeks in Melbourne, during of which Melbourne, some would argue not surprisingly, experienced it’s coldest ever Christmas Day, some 15 degrees (celcius) and snow in the high country down to 900m (I’d note when I say 15 the wind chill factor was significantly colder again). Indeed for most […]
2006 in review
I was all ready to give a glowing valedictory to 2006, until I read Skeletor’s summation of the year that was over at The Spin Starts Here. For those of you not inclined to click on the link, here are a couple of highlights: The acquisition of YouTube by Google and News Ltd’s belated discovery […]
PS3s Being Traded For Wiis
GigaGamez reports on people trading PS3s for Wiis. Hilarious. I’ve been away from my Wii for over a week now, and I’m missing it already. Wii games are still as rare as hens teeth. I managed to pick up the last copy of the Sponge Bob Square Pants Wii game from JB HiFi at the […]
The WSJ called, they said it’s 2004 again.
Steve Rubel reports on Joseph Rago of the Wall Street Journal writing an Op-Ed piece stating that bloggers [are] fools that are read by imbeciles then continues that bloggers “ride along with the MSM like remora fish on the bellies of sharks, picking at the scraps.” Yikes. Some one forgot to take their happy pills […]
Click Arbitrage isn’t easy
One of my little distractions this past couple of weeks has been to dabble into the world of click arbitrage, ie: advertising via Google Adwords to doorway pages that lead to a CPA affiliate site. I’ve not put an awful lot of effort into it, but I have run a couple of ads to see […]
It’s true, the British love Australia
I was surfing a totally unrelated story on the BBC website when I stumbled on this: Brits Abroad ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú a comprehensive guide to where Britons live around the world.From the site: “An estimated 5.5m British people live permanently abroad ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú almost one in 10 of the UK population” And where do most of them live? […]
Wii for a workout
OK, my second post on what will be probably plenty on the Nintendo Wii, if you’re not interested by all means tune out, but I like to share this stuff. Indeed, the only time I can’t share things is where there’s a legal agreement saying I can’t 🙂 Anyhow, just saw another benefit from the […]
Wow Wii: first thoughts on the Nintendo Wii
It’s Nintendo Wii launch day here in Australia, and despite never having owned a gaming console since the Atari 2600, I bought the Kool Aid and headed down to Target at lunch time, Visa in hand to buy one. Presentation It presents well, at least in the box. It’s hard for me to say that […]
Considering the built environment
I’ve held this post off because I didn’t want every single post I make to be about my trip to North America (via Hong Kong), but I did want to share a few thoughts. Firstly, I’m not a greenie, and although I’m seriously thinking that my next car may well be a Prius, it’s because […]
Full/ Part feeds
Had a few notes from people asking me why I’ve switched back to part feeds. I haven’t, but for some reason WP has defaulted back to that position, and no matter how many times I click on the full feeds option, some people (not sure if it’s everyone) are seeing part feeds. A work in […]
The Australian connection continues with Tom Cruise
All the gossip aside, it’s interesting to note that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are honeymooning on the Artic P. Who owns the Artic P? We’ll it was purchased by Kerry Packer, but since he’s dead it would be fair to say that it’s now owned by James Packer, Australia’s richest man, and as we […]
IE7 is quick
Had to download the latest MS updates today…mainly because I was hoping they had bundled the WA Daylight Savings patch (they hadn’t). The download included IE7. I’m not totally convinced by it, but first thoughts in playing with it: it’s quick. Really quick, like twice as fast as Firefox quick on sites I regularly visit. […]
Australia’s Funniest Home Videos: Glen Milne attacks Stephen Mayne
This would be hysterical, if only for the fact that Glen Milne (the chap doing the attacking) is regarded as one of Australia’s leading political journalists. I guess journalists shouldn’t hit the piss, right?
What next, and a final word on silence
Just catching up on some 2 weeks worth of reading, strangely enough some of it about myself. A couple of people have asked “what next”, the simple answer is I don’t know at this stage. I’ve spoken to a couple of people about different things, and I’ve got as many emails to follow up on […]
Google purges porn?
Dude, Where?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s My Porn?: SEO Blackhat Blog Quadszilla is reporting some serious changes in the Google algo which has resulted in porn sites being purged from the index, both in full and in part, a move that it bound to upset a lot of people in the adult blogging business as well as the mainstream […]
Where’s the snow
Back in Toronto again, and I can honestly say that I’ve never been colder in my life. It was 0c (32f) when I landed….and still no bloody snow, and allegedly down to -5 tonight. I’ve travelled across the world and I’ve still not seen snow, mind you at this temperature I’m entitled to it….sooooo coooold. […]
For the want of a Caramel Tim Tam
Sunday, Newark NJ. The US is great but I’ve had enough now, and still a week till I get home. I’m back to Toronto tomorrow and I’m not looking forward to it. Ashame really I don’t have the rest of the week in New York, you’d need that and more just to see everything. Great […]
New York, New York
Perhaps it’s because I’m tired, perhaps it’s the sore back (:-)), but I keep getting this strange feeling….a feeling to dance down the street signing “New York, New York” as Sinatra did in the 1940-50ish musical which at this stage I cant seem to remember, but for lovers of musicals you’ll know the one, Sintra, […]
I’m alive, just.
On a computer again for the first time in 3-4 days, I say 3-4 because I’m not quite sure what day it is. The flight from Hong Kong to Toronto via Anchorage was, without doubt, the single worst flight of my life. It’s also the first time in my entire life I’ve thrown up on […]
Checking out AzoogleAds
Ive just got my acceptance email through for AzoogleAds (aff). Admitedly, I did have to jump through some hoops, and I’ve got to post some stuff to Canada as well to later recieve a payment (I’ll probably hold off till Monday, then I can post it locally :-)). I’ve heard some really good word of […]