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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.
The fat lady still isn’t singing for me
Opera have announced the latest version of their browser, and unfortunately it still doesn’t do it for me. Got to say it’s a vast improvement over some of their earlier versions, it’s (fairly) quick, it renders CSS properly (I can still remember problems with v7), and their Widgets are pretty cool….its getting close but I […]
Sony want’s bloggers support….I can’t stop laughing!
CNet reports that Sony is chasing blogger support for it’s new music video site Musicbox, by encouraging Bloggers to link to videos and even display them on their blogs (ala YouTube)….they’ve got to be joking. The same company that puts rootkits on our computers and sends C&D notices like McDonalds sells hamburgers want’s the support […]
Old people are homophobic…what a surprise
Younger voters show strongest support for same-sex unions (SMH): NEARLY 50 per cent of Australians support the Australian Capital Territory’s attempts to formalise same-sex relationships, an ACNielsen poll has found….The new poll found 45 per cent of those surveyed supported the ACT laws and 34 per cent opposed them. Younger people were more likely to […]
A blast from the past!
The year was 1998, and this from my old friend Laura (who is in teh middle of the pic), can you guess who is me?! 🙂 I’ll give a clue, I had hair then!
God help me, Lindsay Lohan might be attractive.
Ok, I admit, I’ve never been a big Lindsay Lohan fan, but this pic from Arieanna’s always excellent Lindsay Lohan blog makes me think twice! Tags: Lindsay Lohan
The Cowboy returns
I’m happy to note that David Krug, aka The Cowboy, has returned with a decent blog worth reading: PRblogging.com. Early days yet but I smell that the old cowboy might be back!
Sea levels are decreasing….anyone for an Ice Age?
This from the BBC: Arctic sea level has been falling by a little over 2mm a year – a movement that sets the region against the global trend of rising waters. So this whole Greenhouse thing doesn’t stack up again…hmmm, interesting. This comment at Slashdot: The arctic icepack is melting at an accelerated rate, due […]
200 million users can’t be wrong: eBay
Amazing figures from eBay via Reuters, even more reason why we need net neutrality, because it a world without net neutrality, the eBay’s of this world wouldn’t exist: EBay Inc. has now registered 200 million users of its online auction services, which would make it the fifth-largest country in the world if its members could […]
Spam web sites become big business
An incredible story from Boston.com: A venture-backed Waltham company that’s quietly amassed more than 650,000 Internet domain names is stepping out of stealth mode today and unveiling its plans to build a substantial Boston-area Web 2.0 business around the emerging field of “direct navigation.” The company, called NameMedia, is being led by Kelly P. Conlin […]
Is the Sydney Morning Herald being swamped by Socceroo Fever?
I’m having serious issues connecting to the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, anyone else? Really, really slow. Given the morning print media have no news on the historic win I’m wondering whether everyone is jumping online for news? I did read earlier (after waiting for the page to load) that 20% of the Australian workforce […]
PC-less VoIP WiFi phone
This is very cool, from el Reg: A little-known company called BCM used Computex to show a multi-format VoIP Wi-Fi phone based on the Windows CE kernel. The WLAN800I is compatible with Skype, SIP services, MSN Talk and MSN Messenger….There’s no need for a PC for it to function, all you need is an 802.11b/g […]
Anyone for legal action
Noticed this media release on one of my Google feeds this morning, this goose is trying to flog 600 names for “blog portals” that include the name BlogSpot….yep, the very same name trademarked and owned by Google, and he wants $699 USD per domain for each one….I can feel Google’s lawyers sharpening their pens already […]
It’s the end of the internet as we know it
The US Congress today failed to support a vote to enshrine net neutrality into law. Why does this matter to me you may well ask? well think about it this way, who owns the trans-pacific cables? If I visit a page hosted in the states, how does it get there? it’s got to go via […]
Aggressive advertising
Aggressive advertising thanks to Fark, the best photoshop contest they’ve held in a long time. My two favourties as follows:
Not happy Bill!
Latest news on Microsoft is that Windows XP communicates with Microsoft once a day…yep, basically Microsoft has been secretly spying on computers and hasn’t owned up to it until now. Personally I’ve got nothing to fear as my two computers running XP (one is XP MCE) both have legit copies (and yes, they are registered […]
Download this Song
Caught this song on the radio yesterday, it’s apparently No. 6 on some commercial radio chart. Catchy, and interesting lyrics, and apparently MC Lars is touring Australia at the moment, with a visit to Bunbury as well! Download This Song It’s 2006, the consumer’s still pissed Won’t take it anymore so I’m writing a list […]
How to kill your blog? Don’t kill it at all
Darren has a post over at Problogger on how to kill your blog. Personally I don’t believe in killing blogs these days at all. Two reasons: 1. Although you might not be posting to it anymore you could still be getting traffic (say from Google) and this traffic can still equal revenue. 2. You can […]
Considering 911
Not being American I don’t know enough about 911, but this film certainly asks some interesting questions.
Why Microsoft should sue Adobe
This is a really, really good question, from iTWire: Microsoft has born the brunt of criticism for its massive domination of the computer desktop since the release of Windows 95. For once, however, it is not Microsoft that has some explaining to do. Microsoft’s decision not to include the ability to save files to Adobe’s […]
I guess I won’t be buying Fold.com
Read on TechChrunch earlier today that Fold.com had….well…folded, and noticed that domain was up for sale at Sedo.com, so I put an offer in, apparently the first offer they had received. I guess given the response that I won’t be buying Fold.com anytime shortly 🙂 Tags: Fold.com