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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.
A solution to the oil crisis?
Article here, and video following, if its legit…wow!
Big Brother uplate…in WA
Because BB uplate is…well…late, I haven’t watched it before, but if you wan’t to play the games…or watch it live, anywhere in the world, you can, at quiztv.com.au. It’s on roughly 11:20pm AEST to 1:20am AEST (for me, two hours behind). The unfortunate thing is that it’s hosted by Mike Goldman (??? not sure if […]
News calls in the big guns: set to dominate the Australian Internet Landscape
According to the new News Limited site perthnow (thank god I can finally get a little bit of local news on the web…given the woeful internet presence of the Worst Australian), News has appointed Richard Freudenstein as chief executive of the News Digital Media division. Freudenstein was previously chief operating officer of British Sky Broadcasting […]
Big Brother twist: Camilla wanted to be Turkey Slapped
With the storm in the tea cup still raging, Behind Big Brother reports on a as yet unconfirmed rumour that prior to the Turkey Slapping incident, Camilla was recorded saying the previous day that she wanted to be Turkey Slapped….that’s right, she actually asked for it! Puts a whole different perspective on it, doesn’t it. […]
Joel Comm and Eric Holmlund define irony.
In case people hadn’t noticed I was forced to take down a couple of posts in relation to Joel Comm and Eric Holmlund’s Adsense spam program…basically our hosts are weak and gutless…but I’ll leave that till another day. But talking of ripoffs, it looks like Joel Comm and Eric Holmlund are in deep, deep trouble, […]
Big Brother vs Government: 1-0…haha!
Our idiotic government has lost it’s jihad against Network 10’s Big Brother, with ACMA finding that the broadcaster didnt break any laws. Naturally, being the self important imbeciles that they are, with all the other problems our nation faces, the Government is now going to try and change the laws! From News.com.au: THE communications watchdog […]
Happy Independence Day, and stuff you might not know about the United States
Happy Independence Day to all of b5media’s, and my readers. Given that b5media is incorporated in the United States (for the time being…until we might creep a little more north) I thought I’d extend my well wishes. Of course, as with any event of significance, I made the mistake of going to Wikipedia, a mistake […]
Big Brother Turkey Slap Transcript
In case the video of the Big Brother Turkey Slap indecent is yanked from YouTube (currently available here), here’s a full transcript of the incident (as I viewed it anyway). Length: 1:57 Start: general discussion 0:08: Video on Camilla in bed, John and Ash call from across the room “Cam come here”. Camilla responds “what”. […]
Senator defends Big Brother…I might even consider voting for him one day..
Thank god there is at least one Australian politician out there with some common sense, and as much as I’ve never been a huge fan of the Australian Democrats, good on Andrew Bartlett for this (via the Behind Big Brother Forums quoting AAP) REALITY TV show Big Brother should be left alone by meddling politicians, […]
Big Brother Turkey Slap: the video
Want to see what the controversy is about: here it is! (note, whilst there is no clear nudity some may deem this NSFW). Tags: Big Brother, Big Brother Australia, Turkey Slap, John and Ash Update: looks like Channel Ten got the video yanked from YouTube, new copy above.
Big Brother meltdown
If you haven’t caught the news yet, Big Brother Australia is under a huge amount of fire at the moment following an incident of sexual harassment, or sexual assault depending on which report you read, where Big Brother contestant John pinned Camilla down on her bed whilst contestant Ashley whacked her on the face with […]
Eric Holmlund responds
There’s been some interesting debate and discussion in the comments here at duncanriley.com in relation to my trips inside the Joel Comm Made for Adsense program. I’m always suspicious when people go on the attack and don’t actually try to defend their products, which has been the case now for several days..however Eric Holmlund has […]
Sharing the link love, or how nofollow has failed
I’ve been reading with interest over the last couple of months bloggers, particularly in the SEO community, arguing that the link=nofollow attribute, the attribute launched with much fan fare a few years back as a solution to comment spam has been a complete waste of time. The main argument is that comment spam hasn’t decreased […]
Bloglogic relaunches as a blog news site
I noticed an incoming link from Paul Short’s old blog network Bloglogic tonight, so I thought I’d check it out given I’d recently read the news that he’d given up Bloglogic to trade under the name of Gomaud Media…and I’ve got to say I was shocked! Bloglogic lives! as a blog news style site (I’m […]
CSS Reboot for Sale at SitePoint, SitePoint redesign
CSS Reboot, an excellent resource of CSS beautifulness is up for sale at Sitepoint. I can’t remember whether this was once a 9rules or Paul Scrivens site…certainly there is mention of Mike Rundle on the main page… Also if you haven’t checked it out, the sales forums at Sitepoint have had a big makeover with […]
Telecom New Zealand to split wholesale and retail operations, so why can’t the Australian Government do the same thing with Telstra?
The Register reports that Telecom New Zealand has announced plans to create an independent wholesale operation to promote competition in the industry. These quotes are interesting: If successful, rival operators should be able to get equal access to Telecom’s wholesale network, giving them greater scope to compete and invest in broadband services. “The country expects […]
Finally, an Alexa tool for Firefox
Spotted this one at the Search Engine Journal, Search Status, a Firefox plugin that integrates Alexa rankings (and naturally phones home to Alexa as well to track your page viewing habits) into Firefox, where as Amazon/ Alexa has never gotten around to providing something similar themselves. It also displays Google PageRank, all in the bottom […]
So long Yaro Starak, and thanks for all the spam!
I’ve been following with interest an up and coming Australian blogger for some time, one Yaro Starak, who writes an interesting blog, Entrepreneur’s Journey. To date, I’ve found Yaro’s content a worth while read… then last week he decided to flog Made for Adsense templates from Joel Comm, a guy who I’ve written about in […]
Why the US Government is stuffed!
Check this video in full, then tell me, what’s wrong with this picture, aside from the obvious reactions 🙂
I love Camilla…sorry
Got to admit, I love Big Brother’s Camilla. I felt so bad when I read this, she’s a great girl with a great personality….maybe I should jet to the Gold Coast if (and when) she’s evicted and offer her a b5media gig! I’d love to have that voice here!. Tags: Camilla, Big Brother