Writing

Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.

America – “The Land Of The Jailed” Jun 2008

So much for being “The Land Of The Free”: Human Rights Watch has just posted up the latest stats which show the USA incarcerates nearly 7 times the…

G’Day World Video – Peter Ellyard discusses “Designing 2050” Jun 2008

I had the pleasure once again today to catch up with Dr Peter Ellyard, Australia’s leading futurist, one of our most popular public speakers and, of course, author…

Exxon says one thing, does the opposite Jun 2008

From the “Just-Cuz-We-Say-We’re-Going-To-Do-Something-Doesn’t-Mean-We-Will” department: The Center for Science in the Public Interest points out that ExxonMobil has just announced “for the second consecutive year” that it is cutting…

Re-inventing Politics – The Cameron System Jun 2008

On Twitter this afternoon I made a crack about how the two-party system we have in Australia is, I believe, fundamentally broken. Someone asked me how I would…

GMAIL – Filtering many messages at once Jun 2008

Here’s something I learned this morning – how to quickly set up a Gmail filter to delete multiple annoying messages. This may not be news to most of…

Aussie Startups in Aust Financial Review Jun 2008

Renai LeMay did a story on Aussie start-ups in today’s AFR. But, of course, I can’t link to it online, because the zombies running the Fin still have…

The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Jun 2008

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8x14cLGh5o&w=425&h=355] Thanks to thomasrdotorg for the link! He suggested that if I had a daughter, this is what she’d be like.

Win A Signed INDY IV Poster! Jun 2008

Want to win a block-mounted Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull one-sheet signed by Shia LaBeouf And Steven Spielberg? TPN has one to give away…

Rudd’s burying the Haneef inquiry? Jun 2008

More evidence that it doesn’t matter which one of the major parties is in power, the same game is played: The narrow terms of reference were drafted to…

The real reason behind high oil prices Jun 2008

You won’t hear this talked about on TV: The hoax of Peak Oil – namely the argument that the oil production has hit the point where more than…