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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.
When I run out of quota, what then?
Massive panic attack today, my peak usage hit 30gb for the month to June 28. Anyone reading this inside the United States will have no idea what I’m talking about but it works this way: you buy broadband on a plan in Australia, even though they claim it’s unlimited (well some companies do,they lie…by unlimited […]
1938Media on CNet
Congrats to Loren on this deal. He’s one of the smartest, most engaging and interesting guys I’ve ever spent time with, and a pure gentleman as well. I just hope it doesn’t result in too many more fluff pieces like these 🙂
Plurk Widget
Might add this to the sidebar. Let’s see if the wave of new members continues first.
Why I’m Happy To Pay $8/ Mth To Blip.TV
Aside from the amazing variety of distribution paths, they promise priority uploads and encoding. They promised right.
SMH Spins Government Propaganda?
WTF on every level…. SMH: Labor to deliver Lightnight internet speeds Most homes will have broadband communication speeds up to 100 times faster than what is currently available, under the Rudd Government’s plan to wire Australia for the 21st century…. …by deploying VDSL, (also known as Very High Speed DSL) technology, Senator Conroy said the […]
New Address + LPO’s are like Rabbits
PO Box 8164 Camberwell North, VIC 3124 With choice strangely comes scarcity. I started at the Camberwell West LPO because it’s easier to get a car park there (despite being further) but they had no boxes, so I ended up at Camberwell North which is within reasonable walking distance but being on Burke Road is […]
I’m Not a Camera Whore, But Is That Wrong?
I keep seeing people in photos with “famous” people and I realize that I have none, despite having met a reasonable share over the years, both in politics and tech. For some reason I just don’t feel the need to get a picture of myself with that person, and yet I seem to be fairly […]
AT&T Makes Telstra Look Good, And a Good Travelers Tip
Given when I first traveled to the United States in November 2006 I came home to a $998 Optus bill, I’ve been really, really shy on subsequent trips about using my mobile for anything. The roaming charges on Optus are insanely expensive, some calls are $2.50 a minute, and for memory it’s $1.30 to receive […]
You Have No Idea How Good This Is To Use
I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT 6.8mb download, under 3 seconds. 1mb, so quick I didn’t see the download bar. 30mb ftp upload, minutes
Ruddslide
The results are in and it’s wall to wall Labor for Australia. On one hand I’m deeply disturbed; the thought of returning to the days of Hawke and Keating with high interest rates and high unemployment scare me, and yet the Howard Government bought this on themselves. Work choices was bad politics, the legislation went […]
And Now We Wait
Voted. Senate paper went to U with 54 boxes to fill out. Polls close at 6pm AEST so first results from around 6:30pm AEST (or 4:30pm my time). One observation: old people suck at setting up signs and bunting. The Liberal setup at the Riverlinks Community Centre Australind was beyond embarrassing for them. The Independent […]
I’ve Been Threatened With Legal Action by MyMac
Interesting call from MyMac Melbourne who weren’t happy with my previous post about them selling me an incomplete iSight kit. The conversation started well (not): they immediately demanded that I remove the post and YouTube video I put up or I’d be hearing from their lawyers.My response was simply that I want the missing parts […]
On The Pod Episode 3 Is Live
OK, so I was shocked to find that my last post was to episode 2 a week a go. Yes, I need to start personal blogging some more, but in the mean time check out Episode 3 of On The Pod. This week I interview Bronwen Clune of PerthNorg.
San Francisco
Still recovering today from a bike ride from Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge then back again. About 15 miles, what ever that is in Km I have no idea, but the trip up the hill, wearing RM Williams Moleskins nearly killed me. Amazing the climatic differences in the Bay Area, […]
Global Warming Eat Your Heart Out
The Sky is Falling! Well it was 3 weekends ago when I took this. Not bad for a place that according to many is becoming bone dry, a place that is forever suppose to bare the burden of drought. Filmed on my Panasonic DMC FZ-50 still camera, great video quality for a still camera.
Sony Demonstrates How They’ve Completely Lost The Plot
This is the latest mouse from Sony. OMFG! Just when you thought Sony had already lost the plot. (via Crunchgear)
Kylie: Hot or Not?
Kylie Hot or NotYou know it's a slow news day when the lead story on news.com.au has this photo with the words "Kylie hit the red carpet at Cannes in this interesting black dress and curious-looking shoes. Blogger Alison Godfrey asks whether the pop pocket rocket is losing her sense of style"Posted using a new […]
Court ruling reaffirms immunity of site owners from legal action over comments
Good news for US based bloggers and owners of forums, guestbooks or any other type of site that allows visitors to make comments; a Federal Court ruling in the case of Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos, a case where Universal Communications systems sued Lycos for defamatory statements made on a message board (I presume the […]
Do it now!
Today’s inspirational post bought to you by Quadszilla. Of course he’s right, which is why I’m busy building stuff myself, but when you’ve got a big ticket idea you need money to fund that…that as they say, is a story for later in the year, all things being equal 🙂
Happy Australia Day!