Last night I went to a belated Thanksgiving dinner at some friends, one of whom is American. One of the guests was a journalist who I haven't seen for at least 15 years – Bruce Elder. (Bruce is one of the most knowledgeable music journalists I have ever met and was incidentally a big supporter [...]
When I was fifteen, I slipped in a puddle of Nitric acid that had spilled onto the roadway in Wellington (New Zealand) from an insecure load. Of course when 90 proof Nitric Acid meets skin, usually the skin suffers second or third degree burns. It did and I was hospitalized for the [...]
An anecdotal statistical examination of music industry potential income with no file sharing. The music industry have managed to convince global Governments that they should have special protectionist legislation enacted. No-one has bothered to have a look at the logic behind their claims. Forget file sharing for a moment. The question should be, [...]
Sometimes you can read a paragraph and skip right over important words. It is not till later that something in the brain clicks and says “Whoa”! The other day I quoted a paragraph from wikileaks: In 2007 a select handful of the wealthiest countries began a treaty-making process to create a new global [...]
Yesterday, a leading Australian Academic suggested the fortifying of the Australian National Broadband Network with anti EMP measures. My response was that it was pointless as the public wouldn’t like Valve Radio powered wifi routers, and that we should just send flowers to everyone around the world to make them like us. [...]
I wrote a blog earlier this week, that for some reason has disappeared… So here is a brief attempt to recapture the underlying intent: Essentially there is a research project that has originated in New Zealand to look at an open source and networked approach to solar energy generation and billing. That has turned into [...]
The problem with the Internet is that it’s full of lies and misdirection. Some of those lies emanate from Media barons, some from Politicians. Hell, some even come from Bloggers. But when the misdirection is uttered by a music artist who is worshipped by the young and naive, then I feel that I have to [...]
There are now several hundred “watch on line for free” video sites. These online sites make the point about file-sharing almost moot except for countries like Australia that have an artificial monopoly stranglehold on the internet bandwidth and monthly Caps. So Koltai, people in Australia are using P2P because they cant afford the cost [...]
Disclaimer: The following article is an article written by an occasional misogynist for the consumption of open minded readers. Feminists may take exception to the conclusions reached and may possibly be offended. The sixties heralded the arrival of near goof proof birth control. The weapon that women of the world needed to finally become equal [...]
Apologies in advance – this article uses an expression of Profanity for which there is no other suitable word available in the English language at this time in relation to politicians and their games in Parliament. If the “f” word offends – please leave this page now. There’s an old saying, “There are only two [...]