There is the story of the little girl that asks her father if there are any other kind of fairy stories except for the ones that start, “Once upon a time…..” and her father replies, “Yes dear, there are also those that start with If I am elected….”. Well he said he [...]
Unfortunately in our enlightened world, no-one likes to be criticized. This includes big business, Government and the next door neighbour. Thousands of Bloggers choose to write their opinions and interpretations of current events. Even more choose to hide behind pseudonyms, avatars and anonymous commentary. Why? Because we as a world are [...]
Or – How to increase Record Sales…… A few years ago (1994), a well known Australian journalist told me the secret of Journalism. “Tom, if you want to get published, just have something contrary to say about someone famous or a hot political subject and every journo in the land will want to ‘quote [...]
Errata: It's been pointed out to me that Facebook just passed the three hundred million user mark and not the four hundred million. – Which obviously indicates early signs of dementia perhaps, on my part. – Hat-tip to David Goldstein from Link. Facebook has done more for détente and political stability than any other single [...]
It seems the Big studios have finally recognised the value of YouTube as an identifier of valuable new talent. After all it isn’t every day that someone can show casting agents and producers a “pre-approved” Showreel. Pre-approved? Well, viewed, by millions; thereby suggesting “Star Quality in relation to the actors, performers and possibly “No.1 [...]
“D” was something to be feared when I was a lad; especially if it was written in red on the top right corner of a homework assignment when it came back from “marking”. The recent Joel Tenenbaum case in the USA may have backfired in a bigger way than any previous litigation activity undertaken [...]
I am reading a fascinating book. It is called “The Age Of The Unthinkable – why the new world disorder constantly surprises us and what to do about it”. Written by Joshua Cooper Ramo. This book is like the Tipping Point (if you read that) of national security. Ramo discusses the way that in the [...]
I am a regular visitor and poster on the P2PNet.net site in Canada and its users/readers taught me something new in the last few days. Users are unaware of the impact their online activities have on the networks. For three days I ranted, raved (and generally got extremely frustrated) that they could not [...]
Maxwell Smart fans will remember the cone of silence. That horrendous piece of elliptical cone shaped perspex that descended from the ceiling to foil the bugging attempts of KAOS. As Max, the Chief and spies and persons with secrets to hide have discovered worldwide, sometimes, containment (cone of silence) doesn’t work very well. At [...]
Over the last couple of days the European Parliament elections took place. Gordon Brown's Labour Party was decimated in the UK with them showing up worse than the ultra right British National Party in the UK. Meanwhile in Sweden, the youth vote really got out and backed the party that they care about, The Pirate [...]