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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.
Hitler – Internet Censorship Australia
Brilliant. Watch it while you still can.
Bailouts
So the US Government bailed out Citibank. Add them to the long line of bailed out companies. They’re still blueing over the auto industry, but the likely outcome is more taxpayer dollars spent. I know I’m not alone in thinking this, but has the world gone crazy? Since when were Governments in the business of […]
Take on Me A-ha
…and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home. Memories of my youth: Take on Me: A-Ha
Remembrance Day 2008
Lest We Forget. Until the day I die I’ll always remember that my great-grandfather died on the Western Front, and that my Grandmother lost her father at such a young age, and her speaking of it when I was young (she has since passed on). We are the last generation to have met or have […]
An end to the politics of old
Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. Voters have rejected the negative politics of McCain over something more positive. Today’s coverage on The Inquisitr Obama Victory Speech Obama Wins Election CNN Hologram Exit polls show economy number one election issue (update: Obama up) Election Results
We’re F*cked
So on Melbourne Cup day, the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates by 75 basis points, or 0.75%, on top of the 100 basis points, or 1% cut last month. We’re f*cked. Nearly 2% in 2 months….nothing I can remember in my life time. Massive economic stimulus attempt that could have only been based […]
How Obama is to the right in an Australian sense
The 2008 US Presidential election is getting unprecedented coverage in Australia. The Presidential debates were covered live here on major stations, and our television news, online news, radio and newspaper news is giving the elections serious coverage. But how do the two sides compare in an Australian sense? Not everyone in Australia is following the […]
Top Gear Australia fails because it’s just a car show
Two episodes in, and it looks like Top Gear Australia is in some serious trouble, dropping 250,000 viewers to come in a 674,000 viewers and last in its time slot. It may be an SBS show, but this is an SBS that does advertising now, and it relies on viewers to work that; low viewers, […]
Change starts from the ground up
On September 8 I wrote a post observing a noticeable difference in Australian politics of late: that voters were sick and tired of negative politics, are were looking for positives, and this showed in recent election results. I put the question to the American test, noting that Obama was running a far more positive campaign […]
Worst Ruddy speech ever?
Apparently the PM spoke at the UN yesterday. The Oz has the full transcript here. The takeaway: look at the sound bites. One line statements after one line statements. Waffles McRudd. Soundbite over substance. Worst Ruddy speech ever. Howard may not have been perfect, but he at least understood that delivering a speech required substance..any […]
What we going to do when the money runs out?
WaMu gets siezed and sold in a fire sale, the $700billion bail out hasn’t passed yet, there are no large investment banks left on Wall Street, China has either completely cut off funds to the US, or in part depending on the report. I even read on FriendFeed that the Saudi’s were holding back money […]
Game Over.
Chinese banks have been told to immediately stop lending money to the United States, according to Reuters. Game over. No. 1 lender of finance to the United States: China. According to AFP, China is the world’s biggest holder of foreign reserves and second biggest holder of US treasury bils. Take Chinese money off the table, […]
Brilliant Politics
So your poll numbers are tanking so badly that even FoxNews gives Obama a 9pt lead. Your strategy of hiding Caribou Barbie from the evil liberal press has backfired by taking her out of the spotlight, resulting in the positive buzz shifting away from her. You’ve got a serious case of foot in mouth, making […]
5 To 10 Days Until Cash Dries Up
Jim Cramer on MSNBC calls end of the world if the $700 billion bailout isn’t approved. (via Donklephant). Still, bailing out the industry doesn’t fix the problem, it prolongs it. No one wants a great depression, but likewise the concept of bailing out private enterprise from their own muck doesn’t sit right.
Hurricane Ike
While waiting for the obligatory “global warming is to blame” commentary, we’ve got the storm covered at The Inquisitr: Hurricane Ike Live.
XXXIII
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz and yet… All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. Maurice Maeterlinck still What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others […]
Solis takes a good picture
Both show me tired, a little puffy, sadly (in retrospect) unshaven, bad hair (I’d confused the conditioner which said something like Apres Shampoo in french on it as being shampoo) but jeez Brian Solis takes a good pic. Original source links via the pics themselves
State of media delusion
I was in a cab yesterday and the driver had the radio tuned into what I believe was Ernie Sigley’s afternoon show, and they were talking job cuts at Fairfax. The discussion was not about how these job cuts are directly related to the downturn in print advertising caused by online alternatives, no, according to […]
Interview with ABC Illawarra re: the switch from television
I did my first radio interview yesterday in probably 9 months. Moving from country WA to Melbourne has meant that I’ve become a small fish in a big pond as opposed to a small fish in a small pond. The audio isn’t great, probably my VOIP connection, but I was called by ABC Melbourne today […]
And still the world remains silent on Zimbabwe
The following is reprinted from today’s subscriber edition of Crikey. They didn’t attribute a source, and I haven’t asked for permission to reprint it, so apologies on any copyright issues up front. I’ll pull it if asked, but I’m sure Crikey wouldn’t ask such a thing, and this is a story that needs to be […]