HTC Touch 3G review

by | Dec 5, 2008 | technology

I’ve been playing the new HTC Touch 3G for the last week. Here are my thoughts.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUdx6Cur9-U&hl=en&fs=1]

Australian News Media Takes More Hits

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Australian media

From Crikey today:

Fairfax CEO David Kirk was sacked by the Board yesterday. While I never thought Kirk was a good choice for the role, it’s hardly his fault that their share price is in the toilet. They’ve been running it into the ground for years. And they *still* aren’t coming to me for advice.

Two years ago, when I was at the PANPA conference, I heard the newly-minted CEO Kirk say that his strategy for Fairfax had 3 priorities:
1. defend and grow the newspapers
2. build strong online businesses
3. become a genuinely integrated digital media company

Name me one significant online move they have made in the last two years?

Also from Crikey:

News Ltd are quietly cutting journalists. I’d hate to be a traditional journalist these days.

Prop 8 – The Musical

by | Dec 4, 2008 | US politics

Wikipedia defines bigotry as:

“A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles or identities differing from his or her own, and bigotry is the corresponding attitude or mindset.”

Anyone who voted for Prop 8 in the recent Californian elections or who contributed money to the campaign for it – the Bill which introduced a ban on same-sex marriage into the Californian constitution – is a bigot, plain and simple. Prop 8 was, of course, mostly financed by the Mormons, The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, 77% of the funds for Prop 8 came from LDS families, who were asked/told to support it by the Church, according to an LDS press release.

The Mormons are understandably copping a lot of heat for their actions including an investigation into whether or not they broke Californian disclosure laws.

You can review a list of the major donors here or search a database of contributors here.

I think Jack Black has it right in this video:

http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die