I just finished reading William Gibson’s latest novel SPOOK COUNTRY today (it’s a great read btw) and it reminded me of the whole issue of the missing money that went from New York in Iraq from 2003 - 2004 and then disappeared…. $9 Billion out of $12 Billion in cash that was sent [...]
I heard about this on a recent episode of the Skeptics Guide To The Universe Podcast. Some guys calling themselves the Extant Dodos have been taking videos posted to the web by the Creation Science Evangelism organisation which “prove” creationist theories and then debunk them, putting the re-edited videos on YouTube. The CSE people don’t [...]
I’ve never really taken the “Google is watching you” conspiracy theories very seriously, but Cory Doctorow has cooked up a scenario in his new short story “Scroogled” which scares the hell out of me. It’s a story about how easy it would be for Google to do a deal with a neo-fascist Government to provide [...]
When I had Matt Marks on the show recently talking about politicians using Web2.0 to engage their audience, I wish I’d seen this example. Democrats Senator Andrew Bartlett (who was my guest on the show back in February 2005) has a video on his Facebook profile where recent G’Day World guest Julian Burnside QC [...]
I can’t avoid posting about this. The mighty Van Halen have been doing some rehearsal gigs ahead of their tour which starts next week and some footage of the rehearsals has made it into YouTube. Thank god for the innertoobs.
Sure - Dave these days looks more like Glen Campbell than Thor The God of [...]
Thanks Alex, it’s an honour to make your list. But I’m not sure about this “ranting the ass” comment. Perhaps that means something… different… where you come from? Anyway, I’m sure you meant it in a … flattering… fashion. Right? Mate??
Ben Barren, CEO of Feedcorp, joins me on this show to interview author Adam Shand.
As people in Melbourne will be very aware, in the last decade there was a series of high profile retributional killings involving various underworld groups that cost the lives of at least 28 criminal figures.
Adam Shand, a journalist who [...]
USA Today journo Kevin Maney (who, incidentally, I jammed with on stage in SF last year) has a lengthy video interview with Linden Labs (the makers of Second Life) CEO Philip Rosedale here which is worth watching if you’re interested in the future directions of SL.
Some of the interesting questions covered are whether or [...]
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My final interview from the X | Media | Labs event I attended last month. This one is with Jason Roks, currently acting as a Technical Advisor with The Real News, a non-profit news and documentary network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism. Jason talks to me about the vision for The Real News [...]
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